Ongoing and Upcoming Events

We Are Great Too Opportunity Fair
Wednesday, June 2^nd, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.

An event to bring together non-profits, state agencies, and businesses to explore, develop and celebrate innovative, inclusive, and mainstream employment and social opportunities and the resulting benefits to all segments of society.

Just Shout E-newsletter, disseminated quarterly
Seeks to raise awareness about the challenges faced by disabled young adults

Bi-Monthly Coffee for Parents of Disabled Young Adults
A relaxing, informal time to enjoy the support and company of parents who share the challenges and joys of parenting a disabled young adult.

Past Programs
* A job fair for teens with disabilities
* WOW -- Write on Writers -- a literature based workshop designed to give inner city students an opportunity to explore roads to success while increasing literacy
* Co-Hosting of SHOUT (Success, Have Hope, Overcome Obstacles, Use Your Power and Take Charge), a musical about overcoming difficult circumstances, donating tickets to organizations, serving disabled young adults, at-risk teens, and women facing challenges. The event was also used as a creative tool to establish and honor community partners.
* Women and Inner City Youth Facing Challenges
* Sisters Supporting Sisters Gathering, an informal, relaxed time for women to discuss issues that concern them and ways in which they can support one another and improve the lives of women facing severe challenges.

Young Adults with Special Needs

Sisters has held a job fair, written letters, communicated with educators and the business communities through its newsletters and letter writing campaigns encouraging all to look for innovative fresh ways to employ and increase mainstream opportunities for young adults with special needs. Sisters works with educators, teachers and parents to expand the classrooms of Young Adults with Special Needs to include outside businesses and agencies that can provide invaluable hands-on training and experience in a mainstream setting. Such programs also help the society at large view young adults with special needs in a more positive way.

Inner City Women and At-Risk Youth

Sisters Supporting Sisters achieves its goals through its SHOUT workshop and seminar at agencies, schools and businesses serving inner city women and at-risk youth.

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