The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/building-ourselves-through-sisterhood-and-service/)
At their annual Mental Health Summit, Building Ourselves Through Sisterhood and Service educated women of color about the importance of mental health through speaker panels and workshops.
During my freshman year, I joined Building Ourselves through Sisterhood and Service, a peer mentoring program for womxn of color on campus. Every year B.O.S.S. assigns upper-level mentors to first-year and sophomore womxn on campus. It is very much a get-as-much-as-you-put-in sort of organization. They provide brunches, movie nights and service opportunities for mentor-mentee pairs to bond, but still encourage them to get to know each other beyond scheduled events.
“I don’t think there are other opportunities on campus who focus on women of color with mental needs,” Amber Haywood ’21, chair of the Mental Health Committee, told The Sun. “This platform which allows women of color to be vulnerable with each other is really special.”
On Saturday, the organization hosted 10 different workshops on topics including body image, study activism and relationships. The workshops were hosted by professionals from Cornell Health and the Title IX Office as well as student leaders.