Sister to Sister (S2S)— Program Overview
Sister to Sister is a trauma-informed healing justice program of BRIDGE, created to support women of the African diaspora—Black and African American women in particular--across their family lives, professional and work lives, and community lives. The program emerged from the Ujima & SCESA Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault capacity grant where we imagined ending SA and DV in Black Communities starting with places of belonging, peace, healing and connection.. S2S during the post pandemic era of COVID-19 and ARPA supports was conceived by a long time advisor and program participant with a community health background. She identified a critical gap and opportunity in culturally specific, relational support for women carrying layered responsibilities while navigating trauma, care, leadership, and survival.
At its core, Sister to Sister is built around mentoring and a living circle of care. Women come together across all stages of life and all levels of education and academic experience. The program is intentionally designed to meet women where they are, creating flexible pathways for mentorship that are non-hierarchical and relational. A woman may be a mentor, a peer mentor, a partner, or simply a companion—depending on need, capacity, and moment in time. All forms of support are valued. all are welcome-- Artists, Scholars, Gardeners, Seniors, Foodies, Healers, Young Adults starting careers in college or post-grad, caregivers, spouses, daughters, transwomen -- all my sisters come!
Sister to Sister takes place within BRIDGE’s Solidarity Farm & Garden and the Fawohodie Center, grounding healing in land-based and community-centered spaces rooted in liberation, reparation, and restoration. As a healing justice program, Sister to Sister centers joy, relaxation, and rejuvenation as essential to wellbeing, alongside practices of refusal—refusing isolation, violence, overextraction, and silence—and practices of support, rooted in care, reciprocity, and collective responsibility.
S2S enjoys the cultural landscape of the Berkshires at local cultural institutions.
Women gather to share resources, exchange recipes, and prepare and enjoy healthy food together. We share crops & remedies from the garden, passions shaped by culture and creativity, and wisdom drawn from lived experience. Participants are invited to create giving pots to support women in moments of need, practicing mutual aid as both care and solidarity. Through these everyday acts, women strengthen trust, reduce isolation, and build resilience together as they walk through life with family, community, and career.
Sister to Sister integrates arts and creative expression, healthy food access, a culturally affirming hair salon space, and community mutual aid as core practices of healing and dignity. These are not add-ons, but essential pathways through which women restore connection, affirm identity, and support one another’s thriving.
At the heart of Sister to Sister is our shared commitment to refusing isolation and violence and embracing our brilliance and our compassion. Together, participants imagine new futures and new possibilities of being and thriving as Black women of the African diaspora. Sister to Sister is a living circle of care—where healing is collective; joy is practiced: and no one walks alone.
Join our group by emailing [email protected] or come to an event.
Bring a sista! Find us on New Pathways & join our Sister to Sister Channel.
Call us and we will tell you how to get more involved! Our programs and engagement line is 413-274-8142 -- ask about joining Sister to Sister and they will match you up with someone to talk to!
Sister to Sister is a trauma-informed healing justice program of BRIDGE, created to support women of the African diaspora—Black and African American women in particular--across their family lives, professional and work lives, and community lives. The program emerged from the Ujima & SCESA Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault capacity grant where we imagined ending SA and DV in Black Communities starting with places of belonging, peace, healing and connection.. S2S during the post pandemic era of COVID-19 and ARPA supports was conceived by a long time advisor and program participant with a community health background. She identified a critical gap and opportunity in culturally specific, relational support for women carrying layered responsibilities while navigating trauma, care, leadership, and survival.
At its core, Sister to Sister is built around mentoring and a living circle of care. Women come together across all stages of life and all levels of education and academic experience. The program is intentionally designed to meet women where they are, creating flexible pathways for mentorship that are non-hierarchical and relational. A woman may be a mentor, a peer mentor, a partner, or simply a companion—depending on need, capacity, and moment in time. All forms of support are valued. all are welcome-- Artists, Scholars, Gardeners, Seniors, Foodies, Healers, Young Adults starting careers in college or post-grad, caregivers, spouses, daughters, transwomen -- all my sisters come!
Sister to Sister takes place within BRIDGE’s Solidarity Farm & Garden and the Fawohodie Center, grounding healing in land-based and community-centered spaces rooted in liberation, reparation, and restoration. As a healing justice program, Sister to Sister centers joy, relaxation, and rejuvenation as essential to wellbeing, alongside practices of refusal—refusing isolation, violence, overextraction, and silence—and practices of support, rooted in care, reciprocity, and collective responsibility.
S2S enjoys the cultural landscape of the Berkshires at local cultural institutions.
Women gather to share resources, exchange recipes, and prepare and enjoy healthy food together. We share crops & remedies from the garden, passions shaped by culture and creativity, and wisdom drawn from lived experience. Participants are invited to create giving pots to support women in moments of need, practicing mutual aid as both care and solidarity. Through these everyday acts, women strengthen trust, reduce isolation, and build resilience together as they walk through life with family, community, and career.
Sister to Sister integrates arts and creative expression, healthy food access, a culturally affirming hair salon space, and community mutual aid as core practices of healing and dignity. These are not add-ons, but essential pathways through which women restore connection, affirm identity, and support one another’s thriving.
At the heart of Sister to Sister is our shared commitment to refusing isolation and violence and embracing our brilliance and our compassion. Together, participants imagine new futures and new possibilities of being and thriving as Black women of the African diaspora. Sister to Sister is a living circle of care—where healing is collective; joy is practiced: and no one walks alone.
Join our group by emailing [email protected] or come to an event.
Bring a sista! Find us on New Pathways & join our Sister to Sister Channel.
Call us and we will tell you how to get more involved! Our programs and engagement line is 413-274-8142 -- ask about joining Sister to Sister and they will match you up with someone to talk to!
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