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1 Oklahoma African Heritage Network Inc
SISTERS OF TOMORROW An association of Oklahoma African Heritage Network Inc Supported by Trinity Missionary Baptist Church

2 NGUZO SABA: The Seven Principles

3 UMOJA-UNITY: To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
KUJICHAGULIA-SELF DETERMINATION: To define ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others. UJIMA-COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBITY: To build and maintain our communities together and to make our sisters and brothers problems our problems and solve them together. UJAMAA-COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS: To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. NIA-PURPOSE: To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. KUUMBA- CREATIVITY: To do always as much as we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. IMANI-FAITH: To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggles.

4 SISTERS OF TOMORROW PLEDGE
As African Sisters, we, will always be Proud of our heritage and love our Africanity We will creatively maintain our culture with Dignity and pride. We will do our best work whenever we work and complete those things we begin. We shall never disown our people For it is from them, and the Creator that we gather strength. We have the responsibility to be intelligent African leaders of the future because we are the Sisters of Tomorrow.

5 THEME SONG PARADISE ROAD
Come with me down Paradise Road This way please, I'll carry your load This you must believe Come with me to Paradise Skies Look outside, open your eyes This you must believe There are better days before us And a burning bridge behind us There's fire smoking, the sky is blazing There's a woman waiting, weeping And a young man nearly beaten All for love Paradise is almost closing down Come with me to Paradise Road It will change your life I believe It will sure change your life This you ought to believe Please take my hand down Paradise Lane Away from hard days without pain (Repeat) You must believe Paradise is almost closing Take my hand SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR : “VOICE FROM HEAVEN”

6 visit Lima, Oklahoma, a Black incorporated town during spring break.
Sisters of Tomorrow visit Lima, Oklahoma, a Black incorporated town during spring break. March 2007

7 The Mayor of Lima, woman in the middle
The First Lady of Lima, Mrs. Tammie Hill

8 Sisters of Tomorrow in Lima’s First Black school
Sisters of Tomorrow in Lima’s First Black school. It’s no longer is used Remembering the Past

9 Sisters of Tomorrow in a cooking class

10 Sisters of Tomorrow learning to set a table correctly

11 Sisters of Tomorrow learning to properly set and get-up from a table

12 Enjoying a night out, showing our community Spirit
The work has just begun. Helping the community! Enjoying a night out, showing our community Spirit

13 The work has just begun. Helping the community!
Sister Finley and some of the Sisters

14 Helping unload truck for Exodus Foundation

15 Sisters of Tomorrow

16 Having fun while helping Exodus Foundation paint

17 Coming to walk and pray for the community of North Highland.

18 Walking for the Cause

19 Praying at North Highland Elementary School
Gathered at the flag pole

20 Praying at the park in North Highland

21 Gathering after the prayer/walk through the community

22 Time to give praise to God

23 Grand Finally Sisters of Tomorrow in 2007 Pageant

24 September 2007, New faces and a new beginning

25 Sisters of Tomorrow Doll Making
To introduce the future young women to pass crafts. Instilling in them that with imagination that can do anything.

26 Sisters of Tomorrow just having fun

27 Sisters of Tomorrow Visit to Lima –Black Township

28 Sisters and Brothers of Tomorrow
THIS GENERATION IS OUR FUTURE WE MUST MENTOR AND MOTIVATE WE MUST TAKE TIME TO FACILITATE TEACH INSTILL GOOD MORALS AND VALUES

29 THANKS Mrs. Linda Finley wish to thank each person that came out whether to be of assistance or just out of curiosity. A very special thanks for the parents and the young ladies that have shown an interest in this great adventure. Remember we are the future. Be blessed!!


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