Q&A
Council member inquires about The Brotherhood Sister Sol organization
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Council Member Linda Lee asks about The Brotherhood Sister Sol organization, learning that it's a community-based organization with chapters in multiple schools. The organization provides support and educational programs for Black and Latinx youth.
- The Brotherhood Sister Sol is not located within schools but has a building on West 143rd Street
- They work with multiple schools through Brotherhood and Sister Sol chapters
- The organization offers various programs including liberation, Gaia, Sister Sol, and wellness clubs
Linda Lee
1:26:21
Thank you.
1:26:22
So really quick question.
1:26:23
How many schools are you located in currently?
Nasirah Fair
1:26:26
So the Brotherhood Sister Soul is actually a community based org.
1:26:30
We have a building on 143rd West 143rd Street.
1:26:34
Yeah.
Linda Lee
1:26:35
Okay.
1:26:35
So they come to you.
1:26:36
It's not that you're okay.
1:26:37
Got it.
1:26:37
We
Nasirah Fair
1:26:38
also work with schools.
1:26:39
We have chapters within schools.
1:26:40
I don't work with a chapter.
1:26:42
I think how many school chapters do you know?
1:26:44
Oh.
Cree Atkins-Griffin
1:26:45
I'm sorry.
1:26:46
I'm an active member of 4 years there.
1:26:48
We have the brotherhood members.
1:26:50
We have us, the liberation program.
1:26:51
We have Gaia.
1:26:51
We have Sister Soul.
1:26:51
We wellness club, and we have many different organizations.
1:26:54
It's a whole bunch.
1:26:55
And it's a place where they provide for mainly students of, like, color, a Latinx who, like, feel like the school system of, like, color, Latinx who, like, feel like the school system have failed them.
1:27:11
So they teach them, like, kinda I don't wanna say it the right way, but they teach us history that will never learn, like, abandon history that they wanna get rid of.
1:27:21
Yeah.
Nasirah Fair
1:27:22
So, we work with multiple schools, within the schools for the Brotherhood and Sister Soul chapters.
1:27:27
Yes.
