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SISTERS RISING GRADUATION 2013
Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of Sisters Rising 2013.
Date: June 27th, 2013
Time: 5:30pm-8pm
Address: 832 Folsom St, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94107
Please RSVP by June 17th to Marshawna Anderson at (415)703-8800 ext 211.
Sisters Rising is a 9-month employment and educational internship.The young women between the ages of 16-24 learn transferable job skills trainings, opportunities for self care, self advocacy, and leadership development.
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Our mission is to empower and inspire young women who have been involved with the juvenile justice system and/or underground street economy to create positive change in their lives and communities.
The Center for Young Women's Development (CYWD) is one of the first non-profits in the United States run and led entirely by young women.
From the beginning, we have organized young women who were the most marginalized in San Francisco —
those in the street economies and the juvenile justice system —
to design and deliver peer-to-peer education and support.
READ MORE ABOUT OUR APPROACH
Young Mother's Bill of Rights
Sisters Rising 9 month Program
CYWD recently co-authored Assembly Bill AB 1900 (Skinner-D, Berkeley) which, if passed, will protect the health and safety of incarcerated pregnant women by requiring that state wide standards are established for how they are retrained during transportation to and from state and local correctional facilities. Shackling pregnant women puts their health at risk and restraint policies must be standardized. Currently, nearly two-thirds of county jails shackle pregnant women in ways that could cause miscarriage or other serious injuries. AB 1900 requires the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) to set standards for how pregnant women are restrained. This will protect financially-strapped counties from being sued and ensure the health and safety of one of our most vulnerable populations.
The bill has passed in the senate.
A Mother for Justice
Violette Mejia
Young Women's Development
832 Folsom Street, Suite #700
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone 415.703.8800
Fax 415.703.8818