Our Founder: Angela D. Coleman

Nonprofit Executive │ Social Entrepreneur │ Scholar-Practitioner

Angela D. Coleman, Ìbíyínká Oladojá Oyèwọlá, is a nonprofit executive, social entrepreneur, and scholar-practitioner dedicated to transforming communities through innovation, systems-level thinking, and equity-centered solutions.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Princeton University and an Masters in Business Administration. Angela also holds various degrees, certifications, and credentials from Harvard Medical School, Duke University, New York University, and other esteemed institutions. As the founder and long-time President of Sisterhood Agenda, Angela has spent over three decades developing programs, publications, and community models that promote empowerment, resilience, and sustainable well-being.

She is a published author of more than twenty books on holistic health, personal transformation, and community leadership. Angela combines strategic insight with real-world experience to equip communities with tools for thriving in mind, body, spirit, and society.

A Social Entrepreneurship Fellow with Ashoka, Angela’s interdisciplinary expertise includes trauma-informed care, psychological first aid, African holistic health and sciences, wellness real estate, and certification as a Maryland Master Naturalist. Recognized with the Jefferson Public Service Award, she has spent decades advancing civic leadership and sustainable community solutions.

Angela is preparing to pursue doctoral research to further develop scalable models for integrated, community-centered systems that create lasting impact and opportunity.

Angela, on behalf of the two million women and girls that we serve in the country, we thank you for all that you have done, not only within the U.S. but outside of our borders.  Your beauty and brilliance shine bright.  We are honored to partner with you and we wish you continued success.

Tycely Williams, YWCA-USA

The Sisterhood Agenda empowers girls at a local level throughout the world through their network of organizations they train to reach, educate, and support these girls. Additionally, they provide their content and training directly online and in-person. One of the things that impressed me the most is the 10-year study they conducted that provided evidence that their approach delivers meaningful results for the girls they touch.

Angela is the most unassuming force for women empowerment and leadership, embodying positive energy, calming hope, and untethered dedication to her mission. I can’t recommend Sisterhood Agenda enough.

Helen ToddSociality Squared

“Angela is like a REINVENTED POWERFUL ANGELA DAVIS in millennial world.”  Dr. Zina Arinze

More information about Angela

Visit angeladcoleman.com.

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