Dear Family, Friends, Organizers, Collaborators, and Supporters!
We hope you are having a joyful day with a superfantastic weekend ahead of
you. We have some wonderful news to share with you. R&S is excited to
announce:
- We've moved our offices and programming space!
- We're relaunching programming!
- We're hiring a Girl's Rap counselor!
- Ways to get involved!
***We've moved our offices and programming space!***
After 3 years of living at the Freedom House, there is no longer enough room
for R&S. It was difficult to say goodbye (and move our filing cabinet full
of history down the stairs) but we've very excited by the new relationships
and collaborations we're nurturing!! Thank you to everyone who helped us in
our search for new space.
Our office is now located at the City School in Uphams Corner!!! *Since the
beginning of R&S, City School has supported us with space, people power, and
trainings for our members. City School is place where young people feel
safe, and we're excited that youth leadership from R&S and City School can
build and learn from each other. Now, we'll be able to work even more
closely together as movement builders. The office is beautiful...big
windows, an altar space, and enough room for new R&S interns to do their
work! *You can still reach us at: 617-442-2355*. Our new address is:
614 Columbia Road #R
Dorchester MA 02125
Our Wednesday night programming is happening at the Marshall School in
Field's Corner!!
*Because of Reflect and Strengthen's unique and holistic
programming, it can be a challenge to find programming space that
accommodates our membership and makes us feel safe.
We have found a frienda friendly and fantastic space, with plenty of rooms, that is
accessible by car and public transportation. R&S will be holding
Girl's Rap and What's the 411 at the Marshall School, which is part of
the Boston Centers for Youth and Families. Through this new
partnership, R&S members will have access to many of the benefits BCYF
facilities across the city. The address of the Marshall School is:
35 Westville Street
Dorchester, 02124
**We are re-launching programming!**
Because of our membership's hard work and the complete support of our
community, we have ended the furlough and are gradually starting
programming again. For the month of February and continuing into
March, we're doing the necessary planning so that we can hold a full
session from April--June. This session willl feature the core
programs our members love and depend upon: What's the 411, Girl's Rap,
and Girl's Night Out. A strong sense of sisterhood amongst our
membership is the essence of our strength and sustainability after the
furlough. We will not be accepting new member until the Fall so we can
focus on current and returning members and build up our capacity to
welcome new folks in September.
Our external programs are also building up momentum.Street Theater is
preparing to emerge from a long hiatus and start workshops and
rehearsals again in April. Our Sisters Behind the Wall is holding it's
third training for new facilitators to begin workshops in April with
young women re-entering the community after DYS lockup. Da FORCE
recently held our first ever retreat and we are continuing to advocate
for the passage of SB940: An Act to Improve Juvenile Justice Data
Collection. ISSIS and Sisters Rising are also being nurtured, and we
have two younger members who are continuing their leadership journey
by starting formal internships.
We are deeply grateful for the abundant and multi-faceted support from
our community! R&S is maintaining a strong focus on fundraising for
sustainability. There are many ways to contribute to R&S...with money,
with supplies, and with expertise! Please see the bottom of this email
for opportunities to join us in re-igniting R&S programming!
**We are hiring a Girl's Rap counselor!**
R&S is now hiring a Girl's Rap counselor. Girl's Rap has always been a
core part of R&S. We believe that without healing, support, and
sisterhood we can't make social transformation happen in our
communities. If you have experience working with diverse, working
class, urban teenage women...If you are well connected to resources in
the Boston area...If you believe in justice, equity, anti-racism,
love...If you want to be part of a member-led collective...we NEED
YOU! You must be a woman and a licensed social worker to apply. Please
email your resume and cover letter to Alexia@reflectandstrengthen.org
Please check out the attached job description and circulate it widely!
Thank you so much for your on-going support...we feel loved and uplifted by you!
Peace and many blessings,
Reflect & Strengthen
Ways to be involved with R&S!
There are so many ways to be an active supporter of R&S. Please
contact us if you'd like to take on any of the following
opportunities:
Fundraising
Become a monthly donor! www.reflectandstrengthen.org
Throw a sustainability fundraiser at your home
Supplies... We need donated or discounted:
Butcher paper
New or new-ish Computers
Windows software
Space heater
Expertise...We need support with:
Refining our donor database
2009 Tax filing |
