Empower our young Sistars*

Help protect and guide our teenage girls.
Sistars* is a non-profit international initiative where feminine wisdom is passed on from generation to generation of women.
 
The goal of this project is to connect girls from across the globe in a strong network of Sistars*, and for us older, more experienced women to hold space for and contribute to their joint passage into womanhood.

Sistars will empower the next generation through education, sistercircles, camps, platforms on social media and other important channels. Supporting their early stages of womanhood, inspiring their future lives as adult women.

Passing on knowledge and compassion from generation to generation of women, we created a sacred space where these young women can feel seen and heard. A place where they can talk about things like appearance, friendship, love, relationships, sexuality, sisterhood, menstruation, stress, and emotions.

Most of all, we provide a safe haven for them to courageously ask all those curious questions older women may be able to answer.

Questions that you might have wanted answered when you were their age.

You can now support us to spread this movement worldwide.



Why Sistars*?
Indigenous tribes have rituals for entering womanhood, which prepare the young women culturally for the future they face as they gradually become an adult. Most societies today have become separate devaluated entities; each family or individual left to its own devices. Generations collide. Valuable knowledge is lost.

Young women turn to peer attachment, comparing themselves to and learning from their peers about being peers. A closed circuit. When the people a young woman mirrors herself in all have exactly the same age and level of emotional challenges, the lack of emotionally mature guidance creates confusion and spiritual loneliness.

This gaping hole where aloneness is hidden in the midst of a seeming belonging is a core reason why so many girls get locked down in self-hatred, comparing themselves to each other and to the false images of the media, lost in a painful circle of competition. 

This is also what gives rise to self-harm, addictions, non-loving sex life, stress, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts and attempts.

Peer attachment can never replace the attachment young women have to the adults in the world around them. The only thing that can address, and take care of, these destructive patterns is to create an alternative space, where loving, wise, and genuinely compassionate adults can serve as a place of real attachment and mature support.




The Backstory
I am Bea Dominic. I am an international speaker, facilitator, and workshop leader. I work all over the world empowering women, men, and couples to compassionate, loving, and free lives. 

About two years ago, I had the idea to create a movement where young girls are supported by older women on their way into womanhood. I held on to this idea and recently it has taken on a life of its own.
 
In August 2017, we launched a pilot camp where 12 girls between the ages of 12-13 stayed for a weekend together to talk about things like appearance, friendship, love, relationships, sexuality, sisterhood, menstruation, stress, and emotions. We created a sacred, safe space where they felt seen and heard.




The results were amazing, and we now have 12 very proud Sistars* who help each other and are eager to support the coming generation of Sistars*.

We recently arranged a conference where a group of wise adult women discussed how to support and develop the project. We now have a group of powerful and skilled women who are therapists, spiritual guides, teachers, leaders, and healers—all ready to take this project on to the next step.

What will the money be used for?
Our next step is to set the foundation for our sistercircles and camps and educate guides so that they are ready to facilitate them. This work is documented and done in replicable ways so that the structure can be copied and applied anywhere in the world.

The goal
· 10 smaller sistercamps during 2018
· 1 big sistercamp with 100 girls
· 20 educated adult sisterguides
· Manual for how to set up Sistars in your own country

The Costs
· Developing education for sister guides
· Project management
· Documentation
· Startup and structure of the organization


How can you help?
Please consider donating to this campaign and sharing it with your friends and family on Facebook, email, Twitter, and via text message. Each share makes a real difference!

Thank you for your support


Please also visit Sistars* website.


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