SHE: Sisters Healthy & Empowered

Celebrating our 25-year anniversary is a testament to the collective spirit and strength of our constituency including over 5,000 global agencies throughout 36 countries, who share our purposeful focus on girls while facilitating a powerful force for positive social change. The agencies implementing SHE:  Sisters, Healthy & Empowered services and the girls who are participating in SHE activities will be celebrated with us. 

During the devastating 2017 storms, hurricanes Irma and Maria, our newly opened SEA: Sisterhood Empowerment Academy in the US Virgin Islands, St. John was severely damaged. We rebuilt it, stronger than ever, and remain vigilant in our ongoing support of millions of women and girls through partnerships, training, projects, programs, and products.

To mark this occasion, we decided to share our 25-year anniversary within our sisterhood by spotlighting the efforts of other amazing women and girls who have made a difference by standing up, stepping out and lifting us up to make the world a better place. Together, we realize the collective bond and power we impose when eradicating the issues we choose to champion. Therefore, we commemorate our anniversary by celebrating others!

Sisterhood is the foundation for collective empowerment. Our sisterhood is diverse and inclusive because we are all unique. Striving for meaningful connection, we want women and girls to know that they are never alone.  This is the foundation of SHE:  Sisters, Healthy & Empowered.

Later this summer, we will announce our first Sisterhood of Greatness Awards presented to two women and one girl who represent and exemplify a code of excellence in consciousness, character, and conduct.

We hope that you join us for this special event in the Baltimore-Washington, DC area, live-streamed on our YouTube channel.

In the Spirit of Sisterhood,
Angela D. Coleman
Founder & President

Links:

• Celebrating 25 Years of Service
• Testimonials
• Historical Accomplishments

For over 25 years, Sisterhood Agenda has been addressing violence against women and girls as one of the largest public health crisis of our time.  Over 90% of women have experienced two or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) by the time they are eighteen years old. ACEs increases risk for chronic diseases, from heart disease and cancer, to depression and substance abuse, even premature death.  

Women and girls are disproportionately affected by trauma, creating coping mechanisms and behaviors that take them further from optimal health. Traumatic experiences, lack of knowledge and lack of social support place women and girls at risk.  Being untethered, social isolation further marginalizes victims and survivors, increasing their chances of disease, depression, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The goals and objectives of Sisterhood Agenda’s SHE program are:  1) to create and test an innovative safe space facility plan that will physically reflect and support an empowerment model and that can be replicated nationally, and 2) to implement and evaluate a process for the empowerment of women and girls that addresses the impact of trauma, builds resilience, and results in the optimization of holistic health. 

We are so excited about starting SHE activities at our new facility in Maryland.  There we will increase knowledge of trauma, resilience, and protective factors for 48-60 girls per year in Baltimore County. 

Sisterhood Agenda’s SHE is coordinated with schools and other Sisterhood Agenda partners.  SHE participants meet once each week for 14 weeks. Youth workers facilitate the specific, standardized activities in the SHE curriculum, which is a selective set of engaging activities that are well-researched and evidence-based.

Sisterhood empowers and heals. Partnership is the key to Sisterhood Agenda’s success. 

Thank you for all of your support!

Links:

• SHE on St. John, USVI
• Find Your ACE Score Video
• Are ACES Putting You at Risk? Video