Global Educational Empowerment for 100,000 Girls

Since our last report, members of the Sisterhood Agenda's team have made great progress in our goal of creating a beautiful, eco-friendly, centralized female resource center: a place of knowledge, support, self-determination, and healing. Sisterhood Agenda's Sisterhood Empowerment Academy (SEA) is the headquarters for the Global Educational Empowerment project.  Its media center is key to reaching girls utilized the power of technology.

We have made great strides toward our goals. Specifically, the SEA team:

1. Secured a 10,100 square-foot ocean view land parcel for the SEA. It is located on Morehead Point near Frank Bay Beach in Cruz Bay, St. John, neighboring an environmentally protected eco-system.
2. Participated in a local green building workshop by Island Green Building Association for instruction and walking tours of local green buildings in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
3. Has been working with St. John architect, William Willigerod.  Thank you, Bill!
4. Solicited, received, and picked up 38 gallons of paint and other donations for the SEA totaling over $2,500. Thank you to The Paint Depot and PriceMart!
5. Raised over $15,000 in cash to build the SEA—thank you donors, we could not do this without you!
6. Launched the Operation Girl fundraising challenge to raise funds and awareness about our efforts with the SEA. In less than five days, we raised 11% of our $5,000 goal.  The Operation Girl challenge ends mid-August 2014.
7. Gathered legal documents for our building permit.

In addition to our new SEA headquarters to increase our capacity to serve more girls, Sisterhood Agenda consistently adds new Global Partners working with girls, almost daily.  Currently, we have more than 3,500 Global Partner agencies to coordinate, collaborate and share resources with--that is an average of 29 girls per agency to reach our target goal of 100,000!

Sisterhood Agenda continues to publish educational materials, such as the new Black Girls Guide:  How to Be a Sister. These resources are well-received by our constituents and used by service providers and teachers in their classrooms.

With your contribution, you are working hand-in-hand with the consciousness stewards on our team.  We appreciate your generous gift, maybe more than you realize.  Let’s keep the momentum and positive energy flowing as we progress toward our goal!

A new facility equipped to handle Sisterhood Agenda’s digital mentoring needs is coming! The Sisterhood Empowerment Academy (SEA) will invite a shared, multi-media experience. Housed under one roof (under the SEA), Sisterhood Agenda will focus its educational strategy on reading, writing, and holistic global health for optimal female empowerment.

A Sisterhood Agenda website makeover (now in progress) and social media revamp will accompany this enhanced experience. The new website will feature a new Global Sisterhood Directory that identifies the physical location and website for each Sisterhood Agenda Global Partner, as well as the Sisterhood Agenda programs and strategies that they are using in their local communities.

Sisterhood Agenda plans to hire a Digital Director to assist the agency in its global resource development and sharing plan, particularly its recommended reading list: Best Books for Black Girls. Many of these empowerment resources will be available online, as well as in printed form. Whenever possible, Sisterhood Agenda ships books and educational materials to its Global Partners directly. Many educational materials will also be shared via webinar format with sister circles with discussions facilitated by a mentor to enhance the learning experience.

Global consciousness, health and well-being, education, self-sufficiency, leadership development… The future of global girls is exciting! Thank you for being such an important part of this journey.