African American Partnership Day of Service

Siler with three of the Teens On The Move rising college freshmen in the auditorium.

June 20th, 2025 

This past Friday (June 20th), the She Soars team had a unique opportunity to attend United Way of Greater Atlanta’s 7th Annual African American Partnership Day of Service. The event was hosted by Atlanta Technical College and had STEAM and literacy workshops for middle and high school students.

One of the teams from the sexual health workshop participating in trivia.

A group looking over the various team roles in the Ransomware attack and cybersecurity workshop.

This opportunity came from a partnership between She Soars Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Keri Hill, who serves as a mentor for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter's Teens On The Move program. The She Soars team served as mentors for the day for the young people who are part of Teens of the Move in addition to their peers from other local organizations.

The first event was a sexual health & HIV/AIDS prevention workshop hosted by Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC). BLACC was created to educate and bring awareness to HIV/AIDS prevention methods, as well as bring the African American community together to destigmatize HIV/AIDS.

One of the trivia teams in the sexual health workshop celebrating after getting a correct answer.

Students heard about preventative measures the organization is administering, as well as how they can be health advocates. After the session, students participated in a trivia game where they had to answer questions on the workshop content to win prizes.

Visit BLACC’s website here to learn more about the work their organization is doing: https://blacc.net

She Soars Youth Ambassadors strategizing in the Ransomware attack workshop.

The second session we attended was about Ransomware attacks and cybersecurity, hosted by Equifax. The students got split up into six groups of four, each group had a Ransomware attack/security breach scenario that the students had to respond to, acting as various company roles. The roles are as follows: CFO, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Public Relations, and Chief Attorney. Each role had different information, which students had to relay to their team. After the workshop, the groups had to present and defend their decisions. 

Trivia during the sexual health workshop.

The event culminated in a community lunch and presentation from keynote speaker, Chris James, from Black Boys Better (an organization dedicated to mental health programming for Black boys in Atlanta. The presentation started with two students leading us through a group meditation and visualization activity, then moved into a presentation about the importance of community and taking care of your own mental health. 

Teens gathering in the auditorium.

Thank you, United Way of Greater Atlanta for organizing this amazingly interactive and engaging event. And thank you to the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter Teens on the Move program for your commitment to enhancing the lives of adolescent girls in metropolitan Atlanta.

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Written by Siler Wooster, She Soars Intern and rising Agnes Scott College Junior

Sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention workshop.

Presentation during the Ransomware attack workshop.

Event mentor checking in on one of the teams in the Ransomware attack workshop.

Reading of one of the trivia questions in the sexual health workshop.