Sisters Unchained, Inc

Sister's Unchained (SU) supports young women – primarily of color - who have been affected by parental incarceration. We provide a healing and educational space for young women, ages 14-18, with incarcerated parents. Our work fosters healing and develops leadership skills of participants by building a community of peer support. We provide year-round leadership programming; we assist with family visitation by providing free transportation for children to visit their incarcerated parents; promote intergenerational healing, and; we empower young women to advocate for community-based sentencing alternatives. Our abolitionist dream is to break the isolation of daughters with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated parents to realize transformative social change, heal, and reclaim our power in solidarity with all women and girls most impacted by incarceration. Community based alternatives to incarceration will lead us to a more liberated future. We will have transmuted our pain and generational trauma to heal ourselves and communities. We are intentional about the spaces, culture, and relationships that we cultivate, since they are all sacred opportunities to plant seeds for a more just world.