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Help amplify the message in the music.

Add your voice to the rising tide of the #metoo movement. 
Samm demonstrates what to do. 
Make a video recording of the 'Sisterhood' chorus and send us a copy to upload. 

​The lyrics remind us that we often face the hardships of being a woman alone. Let's use that understanding, born from difficulty, to offer sisterhood to other women, when we see them in need. 

We hope to inspire women to communicate about, and to each other through music.

 'Sisterhood' hook on loop

Use the looped sample below to listen in your headset and sing along as you record a video. Send us a copy and tell us what city you live in.  
Send us your cover!

Hook Lyrics:

Sister, Woman
Woman, Sister
When you a sister?
When you a woman?
When you a sister woman?
Every woman needs a sister
Every sister needs a hood


watch other women's covers

Onna from Toronto, Canada.
Lee from Vancouver, Canada.
Samm leads the crowd at Hop Scotch Festival's IWD event in Halifax, Canada. 
Kym from Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. 
Kristen & Emily from Vancouver, Canada.
Naba from Malaga, Spain.
Raessa from Halifax, Canada.
Natasha from Dartmouth, Canada. 
Florence from Vancouver, Canada.
Rania from Guadalajara, Spain.
Gianna from Halifax, Canada.
Suzy from Halifax, Canada.
Syllona from Vancouver, Canada.
Sarah from Montreal, Canada. 
Carmahn from Dartmouth, Canada.

Check out the original 'Sisterhood' Song & Video

​'Sisterhood' is the result of a year long grassroots collaborative project called Women Safe & Sound. 

​All aspects of the music and film were made entirely by women. 

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With Your Involvement We Hope To:

Reinforce the women that helped create Sisterhood. Many of the women did not consider themselves artistic before this project.

Inspire similar projects. 

Reinforce female musicians to honour each others’ work.

Inspire women to communicate about/and to each other through music.

Amplify the message in the music, which is a call to action for women to help women facing of male violence. 

You Might Notice...

We celebrate the trust and intimacy between women, especially the bond that comes from telling on him. Whoever him might be.  

We promote alliance between women helping each other escape a violent man.

We draw attention to the power of water. We appreciate the ways in which women use water to heal. 

We recognize the global connection between pillaging the earth and male violence against women.

We pay homage to Indigenous women who despite the disproportionate rates of male violence and lack of justice, fight on the front lines as water protectors. 

We represent a range of skin colours and rejoice the beauty of dark tones.  
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Full Lyrics

Sisterhood
 
Sister opens the back door
Woman walks in
Sister removes woman’s mask
Shows a green and yellow stain
Sister puts on hot water
Lets the tea steep
Woman opens her mouth
Then the dam breaks
They follow water down to the ocean
Where herstories meet
 
Woman pulls the loose strings
Of her tattered fabric
Sister extends her hand
Woman flinches, systematic
In silence sip, sip and sip
Faucet fills the tub
Drip, drip, and drip
Sister lays out dresses
On the peaceful bed
Woman takes time selecting
Purple, pink, or red
 
Woman, Sister
Sister, Woman
When you a woman?
When you a sister?
When you a sister woman?
Every woman needs a sister
Every sister needs a hood
 
Woman soaks her skin
Splashes at the bubbles
Blue turns to rust
Taking on her troubles
Woman steps out bare brass
Turns to pull the drain
Dirty water gurgles
Only scummy ring remains
Sister knocks and brings a towel
Together they scrub off the foul
 
Conscious mirror waits to see
Who the woman choose to be
Sister finds her standing tall
As if there were no storm at all
Sister gestures to the chair
Strong fingers untangles her hair
Splits in 3, in 6, in 9
A braid for each year wasted time
Woman's shoulder sister's hand
Missing tarnished wedding band
 
Woman, Sister
Sister, Woman
When you a woman?
When you a sister?
When you a sister woman?
Every woman needs a sister
Every sister needs a hood
 
Hands extended - interlinked
Silent witness doesn't blink
Penny sounds an echoed story
Woman reaches into dress
Not enough to build a future
Just enough to take a step
Sister brushes up the palette
Paints 3 lines across her cheek
Warriors adorned set to face
Raising fists they rise to lead
 
Woman, Sister
Sister, Woman
When you a woman?
When you a sister?
When you a sister woman?
Every woman needs a sister
Every sister needs a hood

Copyright 

Music Liberatory grants permission to cover 'Sisterhood' for non-commercial purposes only. 
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