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Cedar Rapids effort 'trying to build girls up' to be leaders

Cedar Rapids effort trying to build girls up to be leaders
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Akirah Johnson, 11, spends three days a week finding community and mentorship at a new program - Saving Our Sisters - that encourages positive decision-making for middle and high school girls in Cedar Rapids.
For the past few weeks, Akirah has been working on creating a vision board, which helps her think about her goals and how to achieve them.
Akirah, who is a fifth-grader at Garfield Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, already is eager to learn how to drive a car, said her mother, Tiara Johnson. She loves to dance, draw and color and read. And she asks a lot of questions, her mother said. ....

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Cedar Rapids effort 'trying to build girls up' to be leaders

Cedar Rapids effort 'trying to build girls up' to be leaders
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'Saving Our Sisters' program helps build up girls to be future leaders

Saving Our Sisters program helps build up girls to be future leaders
New program open to at-risk middle, high school girls through Tanager Place and African American Family Resource and Planning Committee
Akirah Johnson, 11, works on her vision board Monday at Saving Our Sisters, a new program for teen girls at Tanager Place in Cedar Rapids. The program, funded by the SET Fund, is a yearlong initiative that gives a group of girls the chance to interact with mentors on a regular basis who help them develop their self esteem and work toward their goals. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette) ....

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