Sister to Sister International, Inc. provides sholarships for graduating seniors from area high schools for over 10 years New Rochelle, NY, 5/7/2023 – On May 7, 2023 Sister to Sister International Hosted the annual Pre-Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch and Hat Parade to benefit our Reach for the Stars Scholarship Fund. Special Guest MC for the occasion, Supreme Court Judge Janet Malone. Congressman Jamaal Bowman presented special recognition to the Hon. Pearl C. Quarles, the first African-American woman to serve as Westchester County Legislator. The event was well attended by various elected officials from Westchester County including NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Hon. Pearl C. Quarles, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Deputy County Executive Kenneth Jenkins, Mt. Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard and Westchester County Executive Director of Human Rights Commission Delores Scott Brathwaite; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Yonkers Judges Verris B. Shako and Karen T. Beltran. Legislators Christopher A. Johnson, Terry Downes Clements, and Yadira Ramos-Herbert. Previous scholarship awardees; Sayidana Brannan Douglas, Khadyja Sarr, and Jordanne Lewis provided testimonies explaining their journey being part of the STSI STEAM program and how it has greatly benefited their career trajectory as adults. All attended the Inaugural STEM Camp in 2010 and have since secured Master Degrees. Also featured was a new college student and our current STEAM Program Consultant, both of whom have benefitted from the STSI experience Jhinelle Walker and Leah Townsend Brown. The annual “Reach for the Stars” College Scholarship has provided graduating seniors in Westchester County college scholarships for the last 20 years. Black women and girls are breaking down barriers and reaching their full potential in Westchester County where there is a thirst for equity and inclusion while confronting systemic racism. We must continue to create educational opportunities for our young people in order to create wealth and improve our financial trajectory, now and for the future. Sister to Sister is now accepting Scholarships and encourage black females in Westchester to apply. See qualifications and instructions to apply here. Click Here View photos of the event. Click Here

STSI Hosts a 4 day only fundraising effort to support STEM/STEAM efforts for young girls of color in Westchester. Fundraising Drive Starts Sunday, February 26 at 12noon and ends on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 12noon Double Good is fundraising company that offers a platform for organizations to sell popcorn and keep 50% of all profits. Double Good offers different flavors of single bag popcorn including, Butter Believe It, Carmel-DIEM, In Queso Fire, White Cheddar Go Getter and more! Check out the Double Good Website Click Here to Participate by selling popcorn or making a donation! STSI's long standing success in Westchester is mainly due to it's supporters, sponsors, members, and community partners. If you would like to participate you may help sell popcorn or make a donation during these 4 days. As always, thank you for supporting STSI once again! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sister to Sister International, Inc. (STSI) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that links women, girls and families of African descent globally, to the resources that connect, advance and strengthen them. We do this through advocacy, education and the promotion of African culture.

Once again, STSI is at the forefront of excellent work in Westchester that benefits women of color. Three groups working to improve health outcomes for Black expectant mothers and their babies will receive a total of almost $1 million from Westchester County, officials announced Wednesday. Through a new program called The Black Maternal Child Health Initiative, the county health department will give $365,000 to the Lower Hudson Valley Perinatal Network, $330,000 to St. John's Riverside Hospital and $300,000 to Birth from the Earth. Read More

Yonkers, NY: On January 19 th , at 6:30 PM, students’ videos turned on and their audio connected to a Zoom session with a panel of professional women of color waiting for them. These students, known as STEAM Sistahs, were taking part in a pilot mentoring program called Mentoring Circles w/ UKG, a joint project by Sister to Sister International, Inc. and UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions for all people and the first corporate participant to engage in programming of this kind. Read more

Sister to Sister International has been in the forefront of promoting awareness and systemic change around the Black maternal health crisis in the United States and its impact on Westchester County and the region. In this regard, on Thursday, November 10th, Sister to Sister International (STSI) and Community Partners hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary, Aftershock and a Ribbon Cutting for the creation of a Westchester County Black Maternal & Child Center of Excellence. The event was hosted at the Grinton I. Will Library in Yonkers. Read more

Cheryl Brannan of STSI states that "Many Black women say that when they go to their physicians or their health care provider that they don't listen to them," said Cheryl Brannan of Sister to Sister International. Westchester is allocating funds to programs that match expectant moms of color with the care they need to give birth safely. Read more

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