On Friday August 28, 2020 SHE Sisters joined the National Action Network in the March on Washington-Commitment March to honor SHE Sisters, Antwainisha Bratcher and Tajanay Samuels who were lost to gun violence May 26, 2020 on Chicago’s east side. Vehemently speaking up for her SHE Sisters, Zhane Hill expressed to the Washington Post “Im … Continue Reading
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You GROW Girl! A Teen Professional Development Webinar Series
Every weekend for the month of June 2020, SHE Chicago provided a professional development webinar/workshop where teens learned to connect their social and emotional skills to college and career readiness through responsible decision making. Each Saturday highlighted a new skill and showed a direct connection to the upcoming skills. While getting teens out of bed … Continue Reading
SHE Chicago Presents:You Go Girl! 2020
Our annual young women’s empowerment conference You Go Girl! Empowering Character Above All hosted some of Chicago’s most prominent women who came out to share their professional insights with SHE Sisters. Women from all industries came out to discuss the importance of great character in post secondary success. This year’s line up consisted of; CEO … Continue Reading
SHE Chicago Holiday Food Drive
Every December SHE Sisters host a holiday food drive at their schools to share resources with families in need during the holiday season. In our first year, EPIC Academy SHE Sisters led the planning and worked with Julian High School SHE Sisters to raise a total of 880 cans to donate to the Morgan Park … Continue Reading
SHE Chicago’s YGAB (Young Gifted and Black) HBCU College Fair
At SHE Chicago we are always looking for opportunities to engage minority youth with college and career opportunities. So, on October 3, 2019 we hosted our first ever YGAB HBCU College fair at Julian High School. The idea for this college fair is that we bring HBCU’s to our students during school hours to maximize … Continue Reading
SHE Chicago’s Spring Break College Tour 2019
On April 10, 2019 SHE Chicago launched its first ever Spring Break College Tour in partnership with Beyond College. With a group of 18 SHE Sisters, we traveled to universities in Washington D.C, Virginia, North Carolina and Atlanta Georgia. SHE Sister had the opportunity to visit Morgan State, Howard University, Norfolk State, Hampton University, North … Continue Reading
#FreeFroFebruary- Self-Rejection to Self-Acceptance
Self-Rejection is a feeling manifested from not being wanted or deemed imperfect that resulting in low self-esteem. We live in a society where we are constantly bombarded with messages of self-love and self-care while projecting ideas of beauty and perfection onto the very people that we are telling to love themselves as they are. Most … Continue Reading
SHE Sisters and #MeTooforTeens
On Saturday March 3, 2018 SHE Sisters had the opportunity to engage with another young women’s empowerment organization, Cause the Effect- Young Feminist Ambassadors. Our girls observed a panel discussion where several women shared their experiences with sexual harassment and offered some realistic approaches to protecting oneself when faced with this dilemma. SHE Sisters got … Continue Reading
Paul Hall Community Center Banquet
On December 3, 2017 SHE Sisters had the opportunity to put their hearts to work in service to the community through Paul Hall Community Center’s Annual Charity Banquet. SHE Sisters served as greeters and servers to some of Chicago’s most influential community leaders on the south side. SHE Sisters exuded exemplary patience and grace as … Continue Reading
SHE practices INTEGRITY
Welcome, SHE sisters from afar, to our topic of the month! This month’s focus has been INTEGRITY. We’ve explored integrity through all three strands to identify how it folds into our everyday lives. Our SHE Sisters have learned that integrity is a character trait that follows them through every facet of life. It begins on … Continue Reading