^{“It’s hard to find places that have political education and self love and healing. I didn’t want to feel like I was two separate people, and Sisters Unchained made me feel like I could have both identities at the same time.”}

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Hawa Hamidou Tabayi

Hawa Hamidou Tabayi is a 3rd year student at Dartmouth College and an alumna of Sisters Unchained, a refuge space for girls, young women and non-binary youth directly impacted by incarceration. Its work is rooted in abolition, shifting power from carceral systems by building communities of care.

Our time with Hawa taught us about abolition as a process of building and nurturing a community alternative to the carceral state. Working together to codify Sisters' approach and impact, we learned from the ways that they bring together their organizing and advocacy work with their personal journey of healing.

^{The project: We worked with Sisters Unchained to develop the organization’s strategic foundations and impact model, preparing it for a next stage of growth.}