The Black Girl Project Announces the Date for its Second Sisterhood Summit
The Black Girl Project (www.blackgirlproject.org), the Brooklyn based non-profit outreach program dedicated to providing a positive environment for the encouragement, education and enrichment of Black women and girls announced the date of their second annual "Sisterhood Summit." Hosted by the BGP founder, Aiesha Turman, the day of workshops and seminars will take place on October 27th.
- New York, NY (1888PressRelease) September 26, 2012 - Brooklyn-based non-profit, the Black Girl Project (www.blackgirlproject.org), announced today that the organization will host its second "Sisterhood Summit" on October. Hosted by the BGP founder, Aiesha Turman, the day of workshops and seminars will continue its format as a symposium designed to provide a platform for young women and girls to develop the tools to advocate, express, create and inspire each other. The Sisterhood Summit will also serve as a means to build active and sustainable networks on local, national and global levels. The event will take place on Saturday, October 27 at the State University of New York- Empire State College Brooklyn Campus.
"This year's summit was planned based on feedback and the bits of conversation we were able to glean from last year's attendees," Aiesha said. "We have a lot in store for both youth and adults -- parents, educators and caregivers -- and we're excited that there will be more intergenerational exchanges."
This year's symposium is themed: PYT: Pleasure, Youth & Transformation. Inspired by last year's summit experience, the theme will have participants explore the deeper themes of sex, sexuality, intimacy, love and identity and how these issues resonate in the lives of young women and girls, their communities and popular culture. The purpose of the summit is to give the participants an opportunity to engage in dialogue and interactive workshops that will allow them to question, discuss viewpoints and deepen their awareness and insight. This year, Turman and her team have created a section of the summit dedicated solely to the parents and other adult caretakers in the attendees' lives. The Black Girl Project firmly believes in the importance of providing a space for a diversity of perspectives to encourage growth as sharing views and ideas lead to enrichment, transformation and understanding.
Interested in attending this year's Black Girl Project Sisterhood Summit? Online registration is available here: http://blackgirlproject.wufoo.com/forms/sisterhood-summit-participant-registration/.
About The Black Girl Project Sisterhood Summit 2012:
BGP's annual Sisterhood Summit is situated in BGP's mission to empower young women and girls to navigate the challenging social issues they are faced with around sex, sexuality, and gender by providing a safe environment for them to connect and collaborate with peers, investigate, innovate and explore; in order to educate themselves, educate others, and take action.
About The Black Girl Project:
The Black Girl Project is the outreach arm of the film of the same name. The mission of The Black Girl Project is to use the issues discussed in the film-Identity, Obstacles, Goals, Love & Sex, Family and the Media-to help build critical thinking, inspire dialogue and empower young women and girls. For more information, visit us at blackgirlproject.org.
*The Sisterhood Summit is open to all people who identify as Black and women and/or girls and is inclusive of transgender women and girls as well as people who identify with any femininity/femmeness/etc. spectrum.
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