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May:

Sisters in Strength program teens organized, in Paul Roberson HS, to combat a “no dance” policy the administration had created a few years earlier in response to violent incidents involving weapons and fighting at school functions. The Sisters in Strength participants wanted to hold a dance in order to raise money for a newly opened domestic violence shelter in the neighborhood, and were originally denied. After four months of advocating on behalf of the students of Paul Robeson High School and negotiating with the principal and assistant principal, the administration reversed the policy and the young women organized the fundraiser. They gave $500 to the domestic violence shelter, were recognized in the school for their work, and felt proud of their accomplishments.

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October:

Second Annual Basketball Fundraiser at Medgar Evers College in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

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November:

Sisters in Strength attended the Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Awards watching ten outstanding women receive awards for their accomplishments: Melissa Etheridge, Christiane Amanpour, Thelma Golden, Hurricane Katrina’s Female Heroes, Mukhtar Mai, Petra Nemcova, Anne Sweeny, Diane Von Furstenberg, Venus Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Goldie Hawn and Mary Robinson. Presenters of the awards included Steven Spielberg, Meg Ryan, Queen Latifah and Diane Sawyer. Singer Mary J. Blige performed.

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