Sisters Rising Updates

OK, so Sisters Rising has ended the 08/09 nine month internship successfully. Everyone has had a great opportunity to transition to another job and is doing well. Staff are still here at the center Mon-Fri for any support that anyone might need. We are working on a brand new nine month curriculum for the girls that will be in the next 09/2010 internship, and everything is coming together fantastically. Sisters Rising will be starting up again in October 2009 and we are ecstatic about having the new girls come aboard. Thank you to all of our supporters and you all well be hearing from us soon.

The Police Officer Needs to Go to Jail

I have had issues with the police. One time they told me to sit down and I didn’t want to. But they made me sit down. As for the police officer who shot Oscar Grant, I think that he needs to go to jail because there are a lot of people who are protesting and angry at him -– feeling like if it was anyone else, he would surely be in jail. I was involved in the protests in Oakland, and I felt that it was a way to let the police know it’s not okay to act that way just because they got the power. I feel that the protest was a good way to make changes in this world. I also feel it was good that a lot of people came together and spoke on how they felt.

- T, 17

Young Black Female That's All For Our Rights

I can’t believe what that BART police officer did. Well, nah, don’t let me lie because me and my friends always have run-ins with the police and they try to hurt us with their racial comments like: "It’s always the black people and they always play the race card, that time is over. We don’t have to cater you black f-----s any more. What more do you guys need? You already have a black president.” It just proves to me that we’re far from a change. Now in the case of Oscar Grant, I didn't hear about it on the news. Actually, a friend told me and asked me if I wanted to go to the protest for this dude and I said: ‘Why not? I’m all for trying to make a change in the world.’ It’s a must that we change as people.

-Faith, 19 - San Francisco