Florida State University Chapter of SISTUHS Inc.
SISTUHS @ FSU
About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to continue to honor the past achievements of influential women through the success of our present endeavors and promotion of the future’s promise. As individuals, our Members are active in our community as officers and various board and committee members of organizations including the Black Student Union, NAACP, and National Council of Negro Women. They represent the needs of our people as campus leaders and assist those in need through various volunteer ventures. This legacy of giving back has created many great doctors, lawyers, writers, and professionals that now represent our organization and our mission in their professional capacity—being successful in their careers by being significant our communities.
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History
SISTUHS was conceptualized in the fall of 1992 by a group of young, black women who felt strongly that women of color at Florida State University lacked an organization that addressed their needs as a whole. There needed to be an alternative that would help young, black women understand what it meant to be black and a woman in this society. These young ladies felt that there was a need to establish an organization where women of African Descent would be able to discuss and implement programs that would contribute to the uplifting and well-being of the community.
The group, which was initially a book club, became an official organization in the Spring of 1993 on the campus of Florida State University. With strong drive, determination, and help from advisor Mrs. Joanne Clark, founders Akiba Jackson and Germaine Smith soon began to mold words into actions, later establishing the preamble and constitution of the organization, SISTUHS. In addition to this, the organization was created to provide a forum for women of African descent to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the history and role people of African descent have played and continue to play in this and other societies.
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