The Young Women’s Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI) will train young 14-18 year old Somali women to take lead of their health and wellbeing, gain policy and advocacy skills, and create social media advocacy campaign to address skin-lightening practices, self-esteem and promote reproductive health. YWWLI will give them a safe space to flourish, re-discover, and explore parts of their health and wellness that they have not yet tapped into due to social and economic limitations. Each cohort will meet weekly for 18 weeks and conclude with a retreat. YWWLI will also include one-on-one mentorship for the young women and will provide sustainable mentorship once they complete the program.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE YWWLI
DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS
- Participate in a number of professional development workshops
- Learn self and community advocacy skills
- Create a social media advocacy toolkit
MIND-BODY WELLNESS
- Have a safe space to unfold issues that impact them and co-create
solutions to address the issues - Gain health and wellness knowledge by participating in guided montly
sessions and ongoing coaching - Participate in wellness retreat
NETWORKING AND MENTORSHIP
- Build relationships and network with many professional women of
color in public health and other fields - Have one-on-one mentoring that will continue beyond the six months
of the program
RECRUITMENT
YWWLI participants will be recruited from local Public and Charter Schools that have East African students
Partnership with community leaders and faith-based institutions
Contact information
Fathi Ahmed, ihtaf123@gmail.com, 612-644-9508 Amira Adawe, amira.adawe@thebeautywell.org, 612-250-4263.