About Sisters of Tomorrow

Black females should prepare for, be guided through, and celebrate each phase of our lives from birth conception to the ancestral realm. Rites of passage thought and activities help us direct our energies to higher levels of human social development. It explores and imparts ways of becoming more productive, conscientious girls and women, and encourages family bonding and community cohesiveness.

Sisters of Tomorrow utilizes a culturally relevant approach based on African traditions to pass on life-skill competencies through discussions, training, volunteer service projects, and a range of hands-on activities -- for example, positive image art, African music and dance, quilting, jewelry-making, healthy food preparation, friendship-building games, and more. All this culminates in truly meaningful rites of passage ceremonies for Black girls and women.

A group of concerned Black women (teachers, mothers, community activists, social workers, and others) formed the original Sisters of Tomorrow in East Palo Alto, California (a.k.a. “Little Nairobi”) in 1984. Sisters of Tomorrow now has a 20-year uninterrupted history of serving as a volunteer, community-based, group-building “extended-family” which supports the positive development of African American females throughout their lives. Our families can be found throughout the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean.