Our Programs

The C.H.O.I.C.E.S Experience: Creating Heightened Opportunities In Community, Environment and Self

The C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Experience is a series of skill development and life enhancement workshops for young women of color.
Cultural Excursion Program

Our young women are exposed to environments and culture beyond Syracuse.
B.U.I.L.D. Mentoring Collective

The B.U.I.L.D. (Broaden. Uplift. Inspire. Lead. Develop.) Mentoring Collective is a mentoring initiative and partnership. Graduate and undergraduate students are matched with City of Syracuse middle and high school students in one-on-one relationships for an academic year.

The Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference

Beginning in 2005, the Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference is a two-day event created and hosted by the Image Initiative for young women of color. Held in March -- in celebration of Women's History Month -- SES is complete with keynote speakers, plus other locally and nationally renowned speakers and moderators. It features lively panel discussions on the organization's core issues like self-esteem, relationship violence, STDs/HIV/AIDS awareness/prevention, and teen pregnancy prevention. The conference also provides workshops that focus on higher education and career choices. Read more.

Our Programs

The Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference

Just for our girls

What Happens at the Annual Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference?