SisterLove's
Bridge Leadership Program is a deliberate effort to integrate the many issues
that intersect at the junction of HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, and
human rights into a cohesive and innovative program area.
This Program's purpose is to:
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implement a strategy to increase involvement of people in women's HIV/AIDS,
sexual health and human rights issues through organizational relationship
building and shared activities;
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- provide a structured program focus for the various projects that SisterLove
offers to our organizational constituency; and
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- give greater visibility to SisterLove's capacity to help strengthen and
empower individuals and organizations involved in similar or related issues.
Current
program projects and activities include:
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The
Odyssey Project: Integrating HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health and
Human Rights, a series of formal collaborations, primarily with the
National Center for
Human Rights Education, Morehouse School of Medicine/Master of Public Health
Program and the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
that provides opportunities to network, share training and develop culturally
conscious programs at the grassroots level;
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SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective: committed to advancing a
women of color reproductive health agenda on behalf of four of the major ethnic
groups in the United States: Native/Indigenous, Latina/Puerto Rican, Black/African
American
and Asian/Pacific Islander;
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Community on Campus Project: two collaborations with local academic
institutions:
a) between SisterLove and Morehouse
School of Medicine's Master of Public Health Program to co-instruct an MPH level
course on Women's Health and Development, and
b) between SisterLove and Spelman College
to develop and instruct a course on Women's Health and Development for multi-disciplined undergraduate students for the combined purpose of increasing
awareness
of and interest in gender specific analysis and research of HIV/AIDS and other
reproductive health issues; and
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Collaborations
& Partnerships: a variety of projects, activities and actions intended to
establish and nurture collaborative relationships and partnerships that bridge
gaps in services that SisterLove does not provide directly, but are critical to
providing comprehensive education and care to affected communities.
Questions about
SisterLove's Bridge Leadership Program may be directed to Antoinette
Barnes.
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