A model of sisterhood activism… Watching Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay being interviewed by Van Jones on the Van Jones Show on CNN while promoting A Wrinkle in Time made me think: This is what sisterhood activism looks like. United in Sisterhood Our activism is not something that we learn;[…]
Feminism, gender identity, and cultural pride go hand-in-hand with contemporary women’s empowerment paradigms. The movie, Black Panther, demonstrates these concepts beautifully. As we push toward progressive, positive social change, labels and status-quo norms are challenged. Some find this change frightening while others welcome it and push it even further. Writer[…]
Sexual harassment hurts women. As more actresses and women in media are coming forward to reveal how they, too (#MeToo) have been sexually harassed, even raped, by Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men in Hollywood, our society is becoming more conscious about how insidious and institutionalized this form of abuse[…]
Sisterhood Agenda unites women and girls in a global sisterhood movement. Empowering girls is no easy task. Empowerment is a complex concept, especially considering the socialization and media processes at work that can undermine our power from a very young age. Sisterhood Agenda’s A Journey Toward Womanhood Curriculum Guide with[…]
Gen Z is also known as the Internet Generation. Does Gen Z know and understand their cultural significance as the first majority “minority” group? I never liked the word “minority.” When I wrote about the word in my Princeton University thesis many years ago, I wrote how its political use denoted[…]
My name is Laryne Gamble. I am 25 years-old, a wife of 3 years, an education student in the Indian Teacher Education Program, and an outreach worker for at-risk youth. I am a sexual abuse survivor. I never thought I would define myself as a sexual abuse survivor and at[…]
Sisterhood Agenda is pleased to announce its Best of the VI Award. For the second year in a row, Sisterhood Agenda has been voted “Best of the VI” by Virgin Islands Daily News readers. This year’s 2016 award recognizes Sisterhood Agenda as “Best Nonprofit Organization of the Virgin Islands on[…]
WHO? Coordinated with ItsOnUs.org and other strategic partners, Sisterhood Agenda, with its SEA (Sisterhood Empowerment Academy), is excited to offer a multi-sector strategic response to one of the country’s most relevant public health issues-women and trauma. WHAT? The Sister Circle group dynamic is an effective therapeutic tool that encourages women[…]
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