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healing in a way that might not have happened across interests and needs of youth with whom you work and
race/ethnicity. their developmental stage should ultimately inform how
you utilize our curriculum.
Brother, Sister, Leader came to be because
educational content, approach, and context matter a 3: Select and Develop a Workshop
great deal if young people are to develop critical thinking (Sections Four & Five)
skills, healthy responses, and positive self-perceptions. Workshops are designed to be both easily replicable
Where schools fall short due to a lack of time, resources, and accommodating of the creativity, knowledge, and
or will, our work counteracts the imbalance in curriculum experience of individual educators. In other words,
content and lack of connection with caring adults too facilitators should modify the workshops to meet
many Black and Latino/a youth experience in their their particular situation and objectives. Most of the
schools. Although Brother, Sister, Leader was refined in workshops are geared to youth ages 13-19. We have,
a community-based setting, with block scheduling and however, included workshops specifically designed for
advisory periods, school-based educators can facilitate youth ages 7-12, and many others are adaptable for this
our workshops which require at least two hours. And age group. Use the Framework for Analysis (Section
while we primarily work with Black and Latino/a youth, Three) as a guide in developing and/or assessing your
young people from all backgrounds will benefit from workshop.
broadening their knowledge of and perspective on the
historical origins of present-day social and political 4: Add Supplemental Information as Needed
conditions that touch us all. (Section Seven)
We cannot not provide all of the information necessary
How to Use Brother, Sister, Leader
for developing and facilitating workshops because: 1)
we use topical materials wherever possible and relevant,
1: Review Our Educational Philosophy and 10 and 2) the scope of information for a given workshop
Curriculum Focus Issues (Section Three) may be too lengthy. Many workshops therefore require
research. To assist educators with this task, we offer
> Mind, Body & Spirit
suggested sources within lessons and have included
> Leadership Development
a Resources section at the end of the curriculum.
> Pan African & Latino/a History
> Sexism & Misogyny
5: Consider Implementing Single-Sex Programming
> Sexual Education & Responsibility
(Section Four)
> Drugs & Substance Abuse
The core work of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol is the
> Conflict Resolution & Bias Reduction
creation of single-sex chapters at public secondary
> Political Education & Social Justice
schools in Harlem and Washington Heights, New York.
> Educational Achievement
Values of sisterhood and brotherhood are infused
> Community Service & Responsibility
across all our programs, working to build a culture of
These issues are the general focus of BHSS and are not
connection and community. However, participation in our
meant to be exclusive. Ours is a living curriculum, one
chapters offers intense and long-term involvement in our
that is constantly changing as current political and social
members’ lives, supporting their critical self-reflection,
issues highlight historical discussions. Focus issues
in-depth exploration of our focus issues, and solidarity
overlap each other: content and goals in one focus area
building. Our members have sustained opportunity to
complement and expand on those in another.
deconstruct issues of race, class, and gender, preparing
them to negotiate dynamics of power and privilege
2: Review Workshop Matrix (Section Five) unique to the coeducational spaces where they spend
Workshops are organized by theme and do not have most of their days and lives.
to be facilitated in any particular order. The specific
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