Our Story
Built by us, for us — with love.
A Sista's Love is a culturally responsive nonprofit dedicated to improving the health, stability, leadership, and overall well-being of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and underserved and at-risk women and families.
Our Story
A Sista's Love began as a circle of women holding one another through the everyday weight of mothering, working, healing, and leading. What started as kitchen-table conversations grew into a movement — one rooted in the radical belief that when women of color are supported in culturally affirming ways, entire generations transform.
Today, we create brave, safe, and supportive spaces where women heal, build community, strengthen their voices, and access the tools and relationships needed to thrive.
Mission
To improve the health, stability, and leadership of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and underserved and at-risk women and families through culturally responsive support and healing-centered programs.
Vision
Communities where women of color lead, families flourish, and culture is the foundation of every system that serves us.
Values
Sistahood. Cultural integrity. Brave spaces. Healing as resistance. Family at the center. Excellence with love.
Why We Exist
Our communities have always known how to heal, lead, and care for one another. But too often, the systems meant to serve us miss our cultures, languages, and lived wisdom. A Sista's Love exists to fill that gap — and to change those systems from the inside out.
Founder & Leadership
Meet Lydia Gray-Holifield.
Founder & Executive Director · Community Health Worker · Community Education Worker · PAT Parent Educator · Healthy Families of Oregon
Lydia built A Sista's Love out of decades of advocacy, mothering, and frontline service within Black, Brown, Indigenous, and underserved and at-risk communities. As a Community Health Worker, certified Parents as Teachers Parent Educator, and Healthy Families of Oregon practitioner, she blends clinical knowledge with cultural wisdom to walk alongside the women and families we serve.
"We don't save anybody. We sit beside her, hold the space, and remind her of her own power."
Walk with us.
Whether you're a family, a partner, or a supporter — there is a place for you in this work.