Our Programs

  • The C.H.O.I.C.E.S Experience
    The C.H.O.I.C.E.S Experience is a series of skill development and life enhancement workshops for young women of color.
  • Cultural Excursion Program
    Our young women are exposed to environments and culture beyond Syracuse.
  • B.U.I.L.D. Mentoring Collective
    The B.U.I.L.D. (Broaden. Uplift. Inspire. Lead. Develop.) Mentoring Collective is a mentoring initiative and partnership. Graduate and undergraduate students are matched with City of Syracuse middle and high school students in one-on-one relationships for an academic year.

The Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference

Beginning in 2005, the Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference is a two-day event created and hosted by the Image Initiative for young women of color. Held in March -- in celebration of Women's History Month -- SES is complete with keynote speakers, plus other locally and nationally renowned speakers and moderators. It features lively panel discussions on the organization's core issues like self-esteem, relationship violence, STDs/HIV/AIDS awareness/prevention, and teen pregnancy prevention. The conference also provides workshops that focus on higher education and career choices. Read more.

The Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference has changed my life; this program has given me a reason to look towards my future.
-- Sofia, 10th grade

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What Happens at the Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference?

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