At SCEF
we value women.

We’re helping young women become the next generation of change-makers through self-development and online mentorship. Our Online Mentoring Program creates space for young women to experience nurturing relationships and community support to realize their full potential as involved members of their communities.

About SCEF Shirley's Story

At SCEF we value women.

About SCEF Shirley's Story

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Inspired to be a Protégé?

If you are between the ages of 16 and 25 and looking for a mentor to help guide you through the jumpstart of your career and how to get involved in your community, please apply for a mentorship. We look forward to matching you with a mentor.

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Interested in Mentoring?

Here at SCEF, we’re looking to pair women who can provide career and life advice to young women. You could be a very influential part of a young woman’s life and her community today.

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Decades before Kamala Harris broke barriers to become the first woman, first woman of color, and the first woman of south Asian heritage to become Vice President of the United States, there was Shirley Chisholm. Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968 and the first woman to seek the presidential nomination in 1972.

Greenfield Community College

1982 Speech at Greenfield Community…

Shirley Chisholm, the first black congresswoman and a 1971 candidate for nominee for Presidency of United States in a historical political moment speaks at the Greenfield High School Auditorium in 1983. Introduction by Risky Case.

Government of Barbados

Foundation Honours Pioneering…

When Kamala Harris ascended to the vice presidency of the United States on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, becoming the first woman and also the first woman of colour to attain this high office, she paid tribute to Shirley Chisholm, the political trailblazer of Barbadian descent, who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.