BISA Products and Publications

Since 1981, BISA has published 24 annual calendars, three major reference books highlighting the accomplishments and the cultural heritage of black women; and two posters Hatshepsut, ruler of Egypt, and Njinga, Queen of Angola. Sales from these are also used to increase funds for scholarship support.

These publications are designed to educate and inspire our youth to reach for excellence through continuous achievement. They have helped to provide over $190,000 in scholarships and grants for inner-city, financially needy black women to attend colleges and universities across America. BISA's books and calendars are major reference documents that are helping to fill a critical void in our educational pursuit at every level. They are in major reference libraries across America.

BISA's annual calendars, posters and books are designed to educate and inspire our young people for excellence through continuous achievement. Beyond all that, we want to celebrate black women, our heritage, our forebears. They are the perpetuators of black heritage.

These women, selected from among many, are maps of excellence. It is through their support of our mission, goals, and programs that we are able to market products (calendars, posters, books, and poems) that provide the primary source of funding for the national scholarship assistance program. BISA proudly acknowledges that distinguished Black women were here yesterday; they are here today and they will be here tomorrow.

BISA is unswerving in its commitment to chronicle and herald the outstanding accomplishments of black women in action, past, and present.

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Distinguished Black Women 20th Annual Scholarship Calendar
During BISA's 24 years of operating, BISA has saluted over 200 women through its its annual calendar. BISA's annual scholarship calendar represents black distinguished women who serve as role models, mentors to members, and youth of all ages. These black women help to empower us!

Distinguished Black Women Book -Volume II, III, and IV In 1986 and 1990,
BISA published its first two books, Distinguished Black Women 1981-1985, Volume I and Distinguished Black Women 1986-1990, Volume II. In 1995, BISA published Volume III. In 2000, BISA published Volume IV. These books are published every five years. They include women that BISA has honored in its annual calendars.

Poster - Hatshepsut
Pharaoh of Egypt (reigned 1503-1482).

Poster - Njinga
A poster of Queen Njinga of the African land now called Angola, which inherited her throne and ruled from 1582-1663.

Poem - Challenge of Black Women's Heritage
A poem written by Ruth Bates Harris McKenzie - BISA's Distinguished Woman, 1985