Programs

“Some journeys you travel alone, others you travel with your sisters; it’s all about discovery.”

i Am My Sister Club

"It's more than a club, it's a sisterhood."

i Am My Sister Club is a bi-weekly youth-led group that prepares high school girls for a successful future through leadership development, peer support, and community service.

Each club meeting, the presenting club leader use interactive group activities, discussions, or special guest speakers to cover one of over 100 club topics addressing almost every life experience that teen girls go through: gossip, bullying, body image, teen pregnancy prevention, college planning, budgeting, community service, dating, friendship, and talking to your parents, etc., before ending the meeting with a journal question for reflection.

And no i Am My Sister Club would be complete without some bonding time! Spending time volunteering, seeing new places, and experiencing new things will never be the same.

*To start a club in your community, or at your school, church, or organization email lela.blackwell@iammysister.org.

BeautiFit Me

Redefining Beauty

BeautiFit Me! is a 9-month hybrid (virtual/in-person) health, fitness, prevention/education, and self-confidence-building initiative for high school, and current and new college graduate young ladies. The initiative is broken into three components; “The Inner Me”, “Project Move”, and “Eat to Live”. Through innovative events, interactive workshops, observational learning, knowledge-based activities, and coaching and mentoring relationships, i Am My Sister is helping participants build self-efficacy and understand beauty…re-defined.

Finish Strong Mentoring Program

Finish Strong Mentoring Program is a 10-month hybrid (in-person/virtual) program dedicated to increasing the number of underprivileged young ladies who graduate from high school and college through life skills, goal setting, leadership development, college and career readiness preparation, mentorship, and scholarship opportunities. Through continuous education and support, we can assist young ladies in fulfilling their high school and college graduation goals.

Finish Strong Mentoring Program has two mentoring options: high school to college and college to the workforce. Through innovative events, interactive workshops, and mentoring relationships, i Am My Sister is helping high school and college juniors and senior participants matriculate by providing resources and support to help them navigate through the challenges they’re facing to complete school and prepare them for the next phase of their lives.

Mind Your Mental

Breaking the silence, Ending the stigma

Mind Your Mental gives high school and college young ladies a safe space to tell their stories, live in their truth, and receive access to resources, and support from their fellow sisters as they navigate through their mental health journey.

Mind Your Mental is i Am My Sister’s Mental Health Initiative. It allows young ladies to focus on being the best versions of themselves by focusing on themselves.

The Attic

Shopping Redefined

“The Attic” is a virtual pop-up shop allowing youth to purchase the things they want and need by using points they have earned through excelling in school; not just excelling with good grades, but by exhibiting good citizenship in school and the community. Points are also allocated to social workers to distribute to youth in need.

The Attic is not just your typical pop-up shop. It’s an innovative program that connects shopping with mentoring and workforce development.
Students working in the pop-up shop are mentored by retail professionals helps to give the students real-life work experience. i Am My Sister helps students create resumes and work with participating retailers for employment opportunities for students that meet the required eligibility but will be given priority when hiring.

“The Attic” promotes goals such as enhanced employability and increased access to employment.

*As the current climate changes, The Attic Pop-Up Shop will become in-person

Seminars and Workshops

i Am My Sister is available to provide one-day and multi-day seminars and workshops on a variety of topics specific to the physical, educational, and emotional growth of today’s young ladies. Seminars and workshops can be hosted at churches, schools, housing communities, community centers, and organizations. Some topics include (Full list available upon request):