This year, we had our second SOHO night at the girls school - Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School. Or, AJCES for short. We invited families to join us, too! Big sisters got to see the girls' neighborhood, what their school was like and meet some of their family members. This was the first time we had ever tried this and it was wonderful!
Everyone had Girl Talk together where we played the always-fun untangle game and talked about what Girl Talk really means. Mainly, we wanted to make sure all the women and girls knew it was a safe space to share ideas and thoughts and feelings and to explore new ideas, too. Everyone also went through images and postcards to find one that they felt reflected them as a person and then shared why with the group.
The girls gave their big sisters a tour of the school which was really fun. The girls seemed to enjoy being the ones teaching this time!
Finally everyone sat together in the cafeteria and word on creating inspiration boards for the room makeovers each pair would do at the end of the year. It was fun to see parents getting excited and little sisters and big sisters getting to know each other. Inspiration boards included colors, patterns and ideas but also included things like how girls wanted their room to feel and what was most important to them. We ended with another wonderful closing circle - can't wait for next week and getting the group into the VisArts studios!
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