Sadie Nash Leadership Project

PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM:
SPRING 2010 COURSE OFFERINGS

Fierce Females
Location: Satellite Academy, Forsyth Branch, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Day & Time: Tues & Thurs, 11am-12noon
Number of Participants: 15
Description: This course supports the self-empowerment, growth, and leadership development of young women. Through activities, workshops, and art projects, we will encourage young women to reflect on their lives – where they’ve been, who they are today, and where they are hoping to go. Led by: Claudia Martinez, Former dean, Summer Institute faculty member 2008 and 2009, Leadership Institute Faculty 2009.

Visual Agitation: Art, Leadership, and Activism
Location: The Renaissance Charter School, Jackson Heights, Queens
Day & Time: Wednesdays 1:30-3:30pm
Number of Participants: 10
Description: Through art and organizing, the women in this class will be given the abilities to create visual and direct responses to tell their stories and address issues and needs of their communities. Led by: Leanne Sajor, SNLP alumna, veteran after school faculty member (since 2008) and current SNLP Board member.

¡Chicas Fabulosas!
Location: Pan American International High School, Elmhurst, Queens
Day & Time: Wednesdays 1:15-2:45pm
Number of Participants: 10
Description: This class incorporates some themes from our core Leadership Institute class “Sisterhood Academy.” Working with the theme “Dare to be Important,” young women will be encouraged to prioritize their wellbeing, feelings, identities, and experiences. The class will incorporate discussions and workshops to help recent immigrant women explore their identity, develop their leadership, and build their confidence. This class is taught in Spanish.
Led by: Claudia Martinez, Former dean, Summer Institute faculty member 2008 and 2009, Leadership Institute Faculty 2009.

Self Defense
Location: Catherine McCauley High School, East Flatbush, Brooklyn
Day & Time: Thursdays, 3:15-4:45pm
Number of Participants: 10
Description: This course will combine practical self-defense skill-building with intensive leadership development. By exploring the different types of violence that young women are exposed to, and giving them the tools to defend themselves physically, emotionally, and psychologically, we believe this course will promote anti-violence and leadership development in a holistic way. This course is a collaboration between SNLP and the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) Led by: Promiti Islam, Former dean in 2008, Current SNLP Program Assistant and Raven Koch, from CAE.

SAT Prep
Location: SNLP, 157 Montague Street, 3rd floor, Brooklyn Heights
Day & Time: Saturdays, 10am-12noon.
Number of Participants: 12
Description: This class will help participants increase their test taking skills and their confidence. The instructor will teach essential test taking tips and strategies as well as how to approach math, reading, and essay sections. The class will explore some social justice issues related to the SAT, and will teach some basic stress management strategies. The class will focus on group instruction but will also offer 1x1 assistance. Led by: Julie Finefrock, professional 1x1 tutor and SAT instructor.

Investigating Leadership
Location: Bed-Stuy Prep, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Day & Time: Wednesdays 1:25-2:05pm.
Number of Participants: 10
Description: This class will support pregnant and parenting teens to engage in goal setting, building their self-confidence, and realizing their own leadership potential. Participants will, through a process of practicing habits of self-care, self-reflection, and developing and taking clear steps towards goals, leave with a set of skills they can use in their lives beyond the session. Led by: Aisha Domingue, former Co-Program Director at SNLP.

Take the Lead
Location: Satellite Academy, Midtown Branch, 30th St, Manhattan
Day & Time: 5 days a week, variable times. M&F:1:20-2:35, T&Th:11:20-12:30,W:8:45-10:05am
Number of Participants: 20
Description: This class will encourage young women to examine and explore their own leadership while building self-esteem, developing goal setting skills, learning about systems of oppression, and creating a new community of support and accountability. This course will provide students with the opportunity to envision themselves as leaders now and develop the skill to be great leaders for the future. Led by: Tynesha McHarris, Newark Program Director at SNLP.

Brooklyn Prep
Location: Satellite Brooklyn Prep, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Day & Time: Wednesdays, 2:20-4:00pm
Number of Participants: 10
Description: This class will focus on building sisterhood and self-esteem, examining identity and building leadership. Youth will discuss issues in their lives, practice healthy coping skills and strategies, and explore their leadership skills, potential, and vision. Led by: Christine Peng, a teaching artist and social justice educator.

Project KISS
Location: Project KISS, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
Day & Time: TBD
Number of Participants: 10
Description: This class will explore leadership, power, privilege, and social justice with HIV positive young women living in New York. These workshops will provide tools for self/group empowerment, as well as strategies to navigate a world fraught with oppressive systems that these women encounter daily – as young people, women/women of color, and HIV positive individuals – and which also serve as social barriers to healthy living. Led by: LeeAnn Fletcher, Senior Program Manager at SNLP.

View Spring 2010 Partnership classes

“I have learned how I can protect myself, express myself, and speak up for myself.”
Participant

“Our young women, and school community, have benefited enormously from this relationship. Each summer we have had students accepted to SNLP's Summer Institute, and these young women invariably start their next year of high school with more self confidence and positivity.”
College Services Coordinator, Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice

“As a result of their participation in the Sadie Nash “Mujeres del Tambor” program, young women at our school have explored their cultural history and their identity while finding their voice and developing leadership skills. The program is an essential safe, healthy and nurturing space for teenage girls to co-create a network of mutual support, to cultivate stronger friendships with each other, and to navigate the challenges of adolescence.”
Director of School Programs & Community Partnerships, The Pan American International High School

“The young women who participated in the ‘Say It Loud!’ Writing Project enjoyed every minute of it. They especially enjoyed creating their very own poetry publication with the help of their teacher. The program has helped instill in our Graham Windham girls a sense of confidence about their writing, and will surely inspire them to keep writing and to say it LOUD!”
Director of Educational Policy, Planning and Practice, Graham Windham

“I feel like I can be in control without taking control from other people I may work with in the future. I stand up for what I believe in and have no doubt about what I am capable of.”
Participant