Rise Sister Rise - Evaluating African American Girls'Experience of Trauma and Resiliency in Ohio's Communities

RISE SISTER RISE


	Rise Sister Rise^TM Evaluating African American Girls' Experience of Trauma and Resiliency in Ohio's Communities This groundbreaking research project includes more than 400 African American girls from Akron, Columbus, Dayton and Lima, Ohio. In telling their stories of trauma and resiliency, the girls provided important insights about their social relationships, school performance and commitment to learning, the significant adults in their lives, their exposure to violence, satisfaction with their gender and race, about their values and identity, risky behaviors, leisure activities and aggression. *Please check our events page for upcoming local events and updates. Review the Executive Summary*. ________________________________________________________________________
	Rise Sister Rise in the News A web site is posting pictures of young girls from Columbus with sexual comments and captions attached, 10TV's Tanisha Mallett reported Wednesday (07/20). Watch the Story. African American girls face daily trauma of violence and poverty...Rise Sister Rise featured on All Sides with Ann Fisher. Listen to the podcast. Ohio is one of the first states in the country to look closely at the lives of young African American girls and Lima is one of the four cities in the state to provide the answers. It's called the Rise Sister Rise Study. Watch the Video. Lima was one of four cities that participated in the study and local Rise Sister Rise program is looking at ways to use this information to help local girls rise up to their potential. Watch the Video. A three-year study conducted by the Rise Sister Rise project has been completed, and investigators found that most black girls' lives are filled with contradictions, 10TV's Andrea Cambern reported on Wednesday. Watch the Video. Ohio's Black girls fighting daily traumas. Violence a huge obstacle to their success, study finds. Read the article. The Akron Rise Sister Rise Girls Resiliency Conference took place recently at The University of Akron. "Power of Dreams, an Introduction to the Power of Thoughts, Self-Esteem and Confidence," was the conference theme. Read More.