Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This Empowerment Project prepares girls to meet the challenges of their generation by giving them tools, awareness and knowledge to avoid negative outcomes for self-sufficiency, educational attainment, life enhancement and ultimate success.

Project Message

“A Journey Toward Womanhood is a wonderful program that changed my daughter’s life.” “The detail that you have given to helping young girls is unbelievable…. It is an absolute blessing." ”
- Gwen Brown and Teresa via email, Parent of participant, Global Partner liasion

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Angela Coleman,
President
524 Ridge Street
Newark, NJ 07104
United States
9732302765
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Sisterhood Agenda, Inc. 524 Ridge Street Newark, New Jersey 07104 United States 973-230-2765 http://www.sisterhoodagenda.com

Learn more about Sisterhood Agenda, Inc. and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 31, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 09, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Progress Report

By Angela D. Coleman - President, March 31, 2008 09:15 PM

Sisterhood Agenda (www.sisterhoodagenda.com) was recently voted as the 2008 Black Web Award Winner in the category Best Site for Sistahs, beating essence.com and other nominated sites.

Sisterhood Agenda’s Sisterhood Empowerment project is progressing quickly with over 60 new Global Partners added since the new year began including partners in Canada, Uganda, Nigeria, Jamaica and throughout the United States. This brings the total number of Sisterhood Agenda Global Partners close to 1,000.

New sites for A Journey Toward Womanhood implementation include geographical areas in California, Florida, New Jersey, Ghana, and Nigeria. Several grant applications have been submitted and individual donations have been received, along with grant support from YouTube. A comprehensive public relations campaign will be implemented spring 2008 to further publicize Sisterhood Agenda’s global project and positive media component.

Sisterhood Agenda has also significantly increased collaboration with wholesale distributors, retailers and beauty salons to offer Sisterhood Agenda publications to their customers and clients in national, localized and global markets.

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