The women’s festival Sisterfire debuted in 1982 at Takoma Park Junior High School as a fundraiser for Roadwork, a multiracial women’s arts organization that worked to foster cross-cultural connections between communities. From the very start, Sisterfire showcased an array of female artists with an emphasis on women of color, performers like Sweet Honey in the Rock and other musical activists who tackled social justice issues both local and global.
