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Sister2Sistah

Uplifting each other up with a "hand up," not a "hand out." Each one, teach one, pass it on....

Sister 2 Sistah is a Houston-based organization on a mission is to help college-aged women of color from across the country. Many women suffer in silence as they struggle to achieve their academic goals and we offer love, support and services, letting them know that hard times won’t last forever.

The founders, Rebecca Briscoe and Nakia Cooper were inspired by their own struggles to create a platform where young women are given a fighting chance to be someone. These influential women come from a place of understanding.

Sister 2 Sistah has been on the move, committed to lending our hand, uplifting and giving back to those in need. We have a “hand up” not a “hands out” mentality, stressing the importance of pulling one up, mentoring, then preparing them to pass it on.

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! S2S in the News:

Featured in: USA Today, Black Enterprise, The Houston Chronicle, Houston Style Magazine, News with Attitude (June 2016), KPRC 2016, Newstimes, News With Attitude (June 2016), News With Attitude 2015, KPRC 2015 (Read Across the Globe)

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We pride ourselves on being active in the community

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Mentorship

- - Provide mentees networking opportunities with established journalists in their field through workshops and mixers
  - Provide life skills training and workshops:
    1. Resume Building and Interview Coaching
    2. Financial Literacy
    3. Restaurant Etiquette, Hygiene, “Dress for Success’ on a budget
  - Founders secured internships for 90% of Sister 2 Sistah members through relationship building, coaching and – through our workshop, volunteerism and workshops – helped to build solid undergraduate portfolios making our S2S mentees more competitive in the fields to which they are applying

***Sister 2 Sistah mentees are now working or have worked in various newsrooms across the country, including the nationally-syndicated Rickey Smiley Show, TMZ, Nightline, Houston newsrooms CW39, KHOU 11 News, ABC 13, KPRC 2 and KRIV Fox 26; talk shows Houston Life and Great Day Houston, KFDM in Beaumont, KAMR in Amarillo, KSN in Kansas, KSAT and Kens 5 in San Antonio, in addition to becoming restaurant managers graduating from the prestigious University of Houston’s Conrad Hilton program, counselors at Prairie View A&M University, a Sports Public Relations professional, a published author of romance fiction, a member of the United States Peace Corps, mixed martial arts instructor, elementary and middle school teachers, etc. and at least 10 have obtained master’s degrees.****

Volunteering

- - Volunteered as ushers at the Dwight D and Sheryl H. Howard winter basketball camp for two consecutive years.
  - Volunteered as ushers the Houston Association of Black Journalists’ and WALIPP School’s “Real Role Models” gala.
  - Tutored at risk youth and under performing schools in Houston.
  - Read to students at schools in underserved communities for the “Read Across the Globe” initiative held by the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation.
  - Mentees conducted several focus groups to discuss dating abuse and sexual assault on several college campuses, community colleges, and historically black colleges and universities in partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline and NOVO Foundation’s LoveIsRespect.org campaign

Events

- - - Held Sister 2 Sistah dinners with mentees and today’s women of influence (who are established women of color) to share their personal narratives of success, promote health and healthy relationships, financial literacy, career advancement, and sisterhood. Guest speakers included representatives from NOVO Foundation, Macy’s Corporate, several banks, businesses, doctors, entrepreneurs and esteemed university first ladies.
    - Provided a teambuilding retreat where 15 mentees were flown to New York City to see the Broadway play Eclipsed starring Lupita Nyong’o and Akosua Busia, and received special invitation to meet cast of Eclipsed immediately afterward
    - During the all-expense paid NYC trip, mentees bonded by staying in a hotel together, enjoyed a five-star dining experience at Sardi’s, and took educational tour on various historical sites, museums, etc. around NYC and Times Square.

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