JAHAJEE SISTERS: EMPOWERING INDO-CARIBBEAN WOMEN
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Leadership & Empowerment Institutes

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Our Leadership & Empowerment Institute (LEI), is an intensive 7-month multi-generational leadership program for 20 participants ages 14 and up who are seeking personal empowerment and an entry into gender justice organizing.

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 Institute provides: 1) personal transformation tools and practices that allowed participants to heal from trauma and become bold, courageous leaders; 2) political education that supported participants to build a shared, intersectional gender justice analysis; and, 3) a leadership pipeline for emerging leaders to co-design and implement advocacy efforts that transform our community. The program opens and closes with weekend retreats and the cohorts meets one day a month for workshops. This program is held every 2 years.

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Developing leaders for gender justice has always been a critical part of our work. In fact, Jahajee Sisters began because existing community leaders were not speaking up on issues impacting women.  

From 2010-2012, we held 3 week-long Young Women’s Leadership Institutes to support young women to build their gender justice analysis and challenge gender-based violence.
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 Two of those institutes focused on young Muslim women, a marginalized group within the community with unique experiences. Our alumni have gone on to take their places in the social justice movement as advocates and organizers, and to assume leadership positions in community-based organizations.

Check out some of the PSA's that were created by our 2010 Leadership Institute Program Participants.  ​




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  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Theory of Change
    • Our Constituency & Leadership
    • Our People
    • Our History
  • Programs & Events
    • Emergency Fund
    • Sister Circles
    • Leadership Institutes
    • Summits >
      • 2020 Summit
      • 2019 Summit
      • 2018 Summit
      • 2017 Summit
      • 2016 Summit
      • 2011 Summit
      • 2010 Summit
      • 2009 Summit
      • 2008 Summit
      • 2007 Summit
  • Job Openings
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