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I Am My Sister's Strength

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About us

We exist to establish a lifeline of support to women of color from all walks of life.

We serve women able bodied or disabled, deaf, hearing or hard of hearing facing various issues in a society not geared toward their success at large.

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Meet the Team

dr. teela davis-umukoro,
CEO & Founder
Photo shows a headshot of Dr. Teela Davis-Umukoro, a woman of color, with a white background. She is smiling and has long black locs with honey blonde highlights. She is wearing a turquoise blouse with a gold fashion necklace with a white background.
Tiffany Elder-Kirkum,
COO & Executive Office Manager
Photo shows Tiffany Elder-Kirkum, a woman of color, with a white background. She is wearing dark brown glasses and her black hair is styled natural with bangs down the side of her forehead. She is wearing hoop earrings and a yellow, white, black and gray floral-print blouse.

DeAnna Swope,
VP & Director of Deaf Women's Outreach
Photo shows Deanna Swope, a woman of color, with a white background. She is smiling and has black locs pulled back into a large high bun. She is wearing a black and multi-colored floral print cardigan with a mustard toned undershirt and a long gold necklace.
TESSY PAUL,
COO & Director of International Outreach
Photo shows a headshot of Tessy Paul, a woman of color, from the neck up with a white background. She is smiling. She has short black twists/locs that are neck length. She is wearing black glasses, gold dangly earrings, and two thin gold necklaces.
Holly jackson,
Director of ASL Interpreting
Photo shows a headshot of Holly Jackson, a woman of color, with a white background. She is smiling and has her black hair pulled back. She is wearing a dark purple blouse.
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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves as black and brown women.

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women's empowerment & Education
Photo shows three women of color sitting together on the grass in an open field. The first woman sitting on the left has long black curly natural hair and is smiling. She has on a black long sleeve shirt with a white design in the middle and black jeans with cut out knees. The woman in the middle has long straightened black hair, is wearing glasses, and is smiling. She wears a white shirt with black sleeves and a small crest-emblem design and black and white stonewashed jeans with a hole in the leg. The third woman has natural hair all going to the opposite side of her head and going down the side of her face. She is wearing a red half-sleeved shirt, gray pants, and has a soft grimmace.
What we do
domestic violence support
Photo shows a close up of two women, one Black the other White, laying next to each other with their heads/cheeks touching one another. The Black woman is wearing a white tank top and has her eyes closed. The White woman is wearing a white short sleeved shirt and her eyes are open.
women's health advocacy
Photo shows two women of color. One woman is laying on a table face down, shirtless while getting a massage. Her hair is natural in a high ponytail. The second woman is giving the massage. She has on a blue mid-sleeve shirt with a stripe going down the sleeve.
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We organize inclusive events for Women & Girls

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What We Do
  • Advancing women’s human rights
  • Healthcare, rehabilitation & awareness
  • Building leadership in women
  • Expanding reproductive freedoms
  • Education programming
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