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ESOL Instructor
I know what it means to lose everything and leave your family behind and come to safety. Libya was a great country before the unrest, we were happy and had everything we desired but after that it became so so bad and unsafe. We used to hear gunshots every single night, you can not go outside because of fear to die or get hurt. I did not want my daughter and son to go through that, they complained of the gunshots and seeing people die. I did not want this situation have power over my family and life so we decided to leave everything behind and move. It was not easy at all since we did not have an American Embassy anymore in Libya so we had to go all the way to Tunisia. It was not easy, it was not easy at all...” Siham says
"I think WEE is special in a way that it encourages and helps woman and low –income families to be confident and be able to advocate and organize for themselves and also be leaders in their families, communities and their lives. This is empowering.

siham sherif

ESOL Instructor

Siham Sherif is originally from Libya. She was born in the United States, but her family decided to go back to Libya when she was only 2 years old. She went to University of
Libya and earned her Bachelors Degree in English.
She has experience in Lecturing. She taught English at the University of Libya, Tripoli, Libya for ten years. As a result of the political unrest and instability in Libya in which she lost her dearest brother, she decided to come to the United States in 2015. On getting to the United States, Siham says she had to start from “zero”. The transition was hard but she had a lot of support. She heard about WEE from her cousin that was taking English classes here. She knew what it meant to be an immigrant and starting from scratch in a new country. She wanted to make a difference in someone’s life. She became a member and very vocal and very influential in the immigrant community. Siham started teaching and instructing Level 1 ESOL Adult classes for beginners as well as volunteer as a translator and organizer in the Arabic speaking community.
She has a passion and dedication to work with women despite their religion, race, gender, culture and country of origin. She wants to be a voice in marginalized and low-income communities because she believes and has faith that we are here for a reason and a season, so make everyday count by reaching out and helping someone. It is that simple. with their struggles and challenges.

Siham, Gladis, Claudia, Blanca, Olga and Maria

parent lead organizers

The “Parent Lead Organizers” of Women Encouraging Empowerment (WEE) has been working on a project that aims to strengthen school-family relationships, facilitate parent participation in schools, and increase family leadership opportunities in schools to ultimately benefit student learning in Revere public schools. Grounded in our belief in the centrality of family engagement to student learning and fully aware of obstacles for parent active participation in theirchildren’s school experiences, particularly immigrant and refugee families,we will be collaborating with the District to produce 1) a family engagement policy, 2) a family-friendly handbook and 3) overall improve school-family communication, with an emphasis on overcoming linguistic barriers toincrease family participation in their children’s schooling experiences.