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UJAMAA Collective-Aya Duafe Youth Showcase

Family, friends, and community gathered with Ujamaa Collective at the August Wilson House in the Hill District neighborhood to celebrate 10 amazing girls, culminating the conclusion of our Aya Duafe Arts & Entrepreneurship Program. The 2025 project theme was Sisters Stories: A Journey of Healing & Self-Expression, which focused on local African American girls ages 13-18 writing, reflecting, and building resilience in response to the impacts of systemic school pushout and racial targeting. School Pushout refers to the over-discipline and criminalization of Black girls in educational settings. With support from The Pittsburgh Foundation, the girls met weekly with author/facilitator team, Kim El and Alana Griffin, members of Ujamaa Collective, to explore their voices, experiences, and power. Through poetry, storytelling, interviews, and historical reflection, participants created a collective book that documents both struggle and triumph within public and private school systems. The book, the Sisters Stories Zine, is available for sale at www.ujamaacollective.org/shop