Dear Sister,
Give light. Receive light.
Write a few words of light for a sister in education leadership, wherever she is. When you are the one who needs it, come in and take a light that was left for you.
How it works
Three ways to take part.
Give light
Write up to 160 characters. Tell us where your light is coming from and, if you like, where it is needed. Sign with your first name or as A sister.
Receive light
Enter your ZIP code and see the lights sent toward your area, given near you, and lifted most. Take one and keep it.
Lift a light
Lift the lights that carry you. The most lifted travel with us to UNITY Day, and the best are read aloud during Dear Sister.
The tapestry of light
Where the light is going.
Each point is a light a sister gave. Each thread runs to a place where a sister asked for light. Everything appears after a UNITY sister has read it, and the map shows areas, never addresses.
Drawing the map.
Tap any light on the map to read it. Lift the ones that carry you.
Lights you have kept
A UNITY sister reads every light before it appears. The map shows the area a light came from, never a ZIP code or an address.
Your light is on its way
It joins the map once a UNITY sister has read it. Until then, only you can see it, shown as an open light.
Light for you
This light is yours
Keep it close. You will find it again under Lights you have kept.
Carried to UNITY Day
The most lifted lights
These travel with us to UNITY Day on February 23, 2027, at the CAAASA Conference. The best are read aloud during Dear Sister.
Where Dear Sister comes from
We lit a candle together at the Retreat.
Dear Sister keeps that light moving through the year, one note at a time, from one sister to another.
On UNITY Day, February 23, 2027, we gather at the CAAASA Conference under the theme Still We Rise. During Dear Sister, the most lifted lights are read aloud, so the words you leave here are heard in the room.