Challenges of COVID-19 by Ronnea Worley

The most challenging thing for me during the stay-at-home order would have to be not being able to go to the programs I’m in and not being able to attend school. I have loads of work to do and zoom calls to attend and it’s just very stressful. However, the fast paced work I have …

COVID-19 & Money by Saryiah Lint-Hardin

My name is Saryiah Lint-Hardin. I am 10 years old. I want to share a few thoughts about COVID-19 and money. The coronavirus is hurting a lot of people when it comes to money because people need money to buy a lot of things. However, it is hard for us to make money right now …

We’re Back!

Hello! We've missed you guys! So much has happened in our world since we last "saw" everyone in November 2019. We held our annual holiday sleepover in December. We started our third learning cycle in January and it lasted until March 1st. During that cycle we learned a lot about poetry and how to write …

Sisterhood’s field trip to see “Pushout” and participating in Lake Erie Ink’s “Raise Your Voice” event

Sisterhood went on a field trip to see a documentary called “Pushout.” “Pushout” talks about the criminalization of black girls in schools. In “Pushout” there were multiple black girls who spoke about how they get treated in school. After the documentary was over a panel of three women shared their knowledge about the criminalization of …

“Girl Talk” Fridays and reading from Andrew Solomon’s “Far From The Tree”

In Sisterhood we get together on a circle and pick strips of paper out of a box that has anonymous questions written by the girls. We call this “Girl Talk”. Mrs.Ali normally reads the questions out loud but this past friday we did something different,we learned about three girls who recently were killed in Cleveland. …

Profiles : Summoira and Kaelyn

My name is Kaelyn  and I’m almost 11 years old. I would like people to know that Sisterhood helps me get better in school and it helps me with my social skills. Through “Girl Talk”, Mrs. Ali and Ms. Tae have helped me through some of my problems and I would love to keep coming …

Lessons from “Sing, Unburied Sing”, a novel by Jesmyn Ward and a topic of conversation, Sisterhood’s “Girl Talk”

What I learned was that I can make mistakes as long as I correct them.  I learned this because Ms.Nicene asked a question about the book, Sing, Unburied Sing.  The question was how can you feed someone without actually feeding them, but I kept saying your supposed to feed people literally.  Then when Ms.Nicene broke …

Sisterhood’s trip to see writer, Russell Atkins and a first reaction to Michelle Obama’s “Becoming”

On September 24th, Sisterhood and I took a field trip to see the writer Russell Atkins. We took a bus to the Karamu House. We had really nice seats high up with the perfect view. There were different writers who read his poems and poems inspired by him. There were a lot of people there …

Poem: “N’em,” by Jericho Brown

At Sisterhood, we read a poem out of a book titled, "The New Testament," by Jericho Brown. The poem, "N'em," stood out to me being able to relate to the black traditions; it talked about how things used to be and how things are often forgotten. Being able to understand this poem and relate to …

Sisterhood In Review: 2018-19

Our experience through the 2018-2019 school year of Sisterhood was truly something spectacular.  We got to meet an amazing black author named Jericho Brown and a black congresswoman named Stephanie House. Our bonds with other girls also became better this school year.  We were able to attend Cleveland Cavaliers games and a photo exhibition.  We …