The SHE Society Incorporated was founded at a high school in Chicago’s South Shore/South Chicago Community. At the time, the school only hosted an affinity group for young men in the building which raised questions around support of the young women. As a result of this concern a social emotional learning program with community service and college and career planning embedded was designed to support young women within the school community. Strength, Humility and Empowerment (SHE) became the core consciousness of the group as they were considered foundational attributes that would empower young women to evolve into transformational leaders for their communities.

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SHE Chicago launched on September 4, 2017. Our first cohort consisted of 80 SHE Sisters. In our first year we saw a 62% reduction in disciplinary referrals as a result of our character education curriculum, along with an end of year cumulative SHE.P.A (GPA) of 3.75 due to our college and career support efforts.