Mission & Goals

Our Mission

South Brunswick's Task Force on Women's Leadership was founded in 1996 by Debra Johnson (who would go on to become the first directly elected Black Mayor of South Brunswick in 1997) for the express purpose of promoting leadership skills to our high school girls. In 2000 the Task Force on Women's Leadership was renamed the South Brunswick Commission on Women. The new group's purpose widened to include Domestic Violence Awareness. The South Brunswick Commission on Women is run on a strictly volunteer basis.  Its members are appointed by the mayor and are granted commissions of varying lengths of time. The membership includes adults and high school students. Each spring, the Commission sponsors a Women’s Leadership Conference. This event brings together female students as well as adults, and leaders from our  community and beyond; all working toward the goal that today’s young women become tomorrow’s leaders.