1.) Collaborated Research for Training Development
YCWL Gender Empowerment department staff as well as current volunteers will collaborate with various women’s empowerment organizations to develop curriculum tailored to the women in Paynesville. YCWL Gender Empowerment staff has conducted a needs assessment to identify the areas of interest of the girls Paynesville. Girls in Charge has contacted various women’s empowerment organizations who have provided workshop designs and information of the subjects being covered in the Girls in Charge workshops. YCWL Gender Empowerment staff and volunteers will use the following resources as a guide to design workshops that are culturally relevant and address the needs of the women and girls in Paynesville.
- Valley Trauma Center of Southern California has provided training workshops for advocates working with survivors of domestic violence.
- Dove Self-Esteem workshops will be adjusted to fit the cultural aspects of Liberian women.
- Let Girls Lead has provided policy advocacy workshops for women and girls, focused on community leadership.
- Girls Action Foundation’s Amplify Toolkit will be used as a guide in designing workshops for girls and women.
2.) Leadership Training
- The YCWL gender empowerment staff and volunteers will compile the information gained from the collaboration efforts to develop the training to be implemented in the 6 communities of Paynesville. They will train 15 YCWL volunteers who have participated or
As a part of the women’s shelter, the Harriet Tubman Day Program is facilitated Monday-Friday from 9am- 5p. During the day program the staff assists the client with more case management, life skill workshops in small groups, resume building/employment skill building, discussions on
Across cultures and throughout history, women have experienced ongoing systemic oppression; and they have responded with progressive movements of protest and creative alternatives. Harriet Tubman in the fight against slavery: Fannie Lou Hamer for voting rights: Ella Baker and Mary White Ovington in the civil rights movement: Rosa Luxemburg in the German socialist movement: Winnie Mandela in the anti-apartheid movement: Puerto Rican independence leader and poet Lolita Lebron: and American Indian movement activists Anna Mae Aquash, Ingrid Washinawatok, and Winona LaDuke (Mink and Navarro). Women have pioneered in movements for labor rights, prison reform, reproductive rights and health, education, affordable housing, affirmative action and equal rights, human rights, and environmental safety. These women’s leadership styles span a range from soft to harsh, from wielding individual, hierarchical power to possessing a commitment to collectivism, and from identifying as “woman as caretaker of life” to woman as requiring and utilizing equal power to man. There is no one characteristic that applies to all women as social change leaders (Hurtado).
Women residents of the Stearns County Jail can be members of our group. This population was chosen because we both thought it would be a new learning experience to work within the jail system; in addition, our supervisor at the jail suggested that he needed an all-female group. Furthermore, we liked the idea of stepping outside of our comfort-zones. We also though this group would be a little more challenging, yet we have high hopes that this will be a great learning experience for the both of us.
Promoting women’s equality in the workplace has been a central focus throughout my professional life. As a journeywoman carpenter (prior to my current academic career), I volunteered as a project leader for the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., OTI (http://www.tradeswomen.net/) in Portland, Oregon. In this role, I taught women in OTI’s apprentice program introductory skills that allowed them to enroll in various trade union training programs throughout the Pacific Northwest. The goal of this work was simple, to increase the number of women in careers that were predominately male-dominated. At every stage of my academic career, I’ve made a concerted effort to mentor female students, and took great joy in watching them succeed. I believe that serving
is a course taken at school. The whole goal and objective of the course are to influence girls from all over the world that they can do what they want as long as you are strong, smart and bold about it. They have taught me to be strong, how so? Well, I am a woman and Latina. I am part of a minority group, therefore, we don’t get as much attention has others would but Girls Inc shows me that doesn’t mean you have to give up. It means now you try even harder to show otherwise. Strong in the sense of you can’t that things to heart, like you need to stand up for what you believe in, in a respectable, educated matter. Smart, this doesn’t mean you need to be the top student in your class, but that you keep in mind that these actions affect you. If you have a problem you have to be smart about the way you handle it, therefore smart in the sense that you know right from wrong. Bold, taking all the chances you can get. I can’t say I don’t like something without trying it out. Girls Inc has taught me how to be confident and courageous, and yet be willing to take safe
During the six-day program participants meet women leaders with a wide range of backgrounds, experience and political views. They also participate in interactive workshops to practice leadership skills such as public speaking, networking and advocacy.
Part of the project includes a series of meetings and workshops that will run from Oct. 2-6, at the Virginia Tech’s Women’s Center located at 206 Washington Street in Blacksburg, VA. Individuals of the Montgomery County area are encouraged to come out between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to participate.
The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) was established in 1974 to provide diversified programs and services for the Washington State University community. The vision of the Women’s Resource Center is to promote a safe and supportive climate that enables women to engage as full and active participants within the University community. The WRC works to put initiatives in place to confront inequities that restrict opportunities, access, and upward mobility for women. The Women’s Resource Center defines four basic equity-oriented initiatives in order to fulfill its mission:
I believe it is our obligation to fight for their lives and futures. When I attended United Nations General Assembly in September, there are 20 girl advocates who come from different countries including Brazil, USA and Nigeria, to name just a few. They shared about what they have achieved in their own neighborhoods and answered several questions from me. I admired their adamancy deeply and developed a belief that I must do something to help them.
2017 Women in Leadership Conference has opened my eyes and my heart to a wonderful world of opportunities. These successful and inspirational speakers; Dr. Wendy Murphy and Bentina Terry, along with the list of phenomenal of panelist really stood out with ear piercing words like be myself and be confident in what I know. Having mentors would be one key to my success that I learned and can begin today. Mentors provide support, motivation, understanding, and guidance. The one last thing to drive it home was Bentina Terry outstanding and unforgettable lecture. I will never forget her words of Boundless instead, of fearless, who’s going to stop me, and never jump if I don’t have wings. The needed learning tools given in this
As this assignment was given to us, I knew exactly what community place I wanted to learn about and that was the Women’s Center on the UNLV campus. I chose this because, as walking around campus I noticed many of their advertisements around. They had papers in the women’s bathroom, and they had them on bulletin boards, and they had them in the dorms. I picked up some of their advertisements to see what they were all about. They had one for the UNLV CARE line: Break the Silence, which is where you can call at any time of the day and you can talk about any of the issues you have going on and it is 100% confidential. There was also a flyer for the UNLV Department of the Police Services.
Young Women on the Move (YWOTM) leadership program is a twelve month leadership training and development program for young women from high schools and youth clubs in Parkdale and surrounding neighbourhoods. The YWOTM leadership program will support the participant’s development of confidence, self-esteem and presentation skills, to engage and encourage peers to address violence. through the performing arts (spoken word poetry, digital media and storytelling). WOTM participants will create, develop and perform theatrical art pieces
The Young Women on the Move (YWOTM) program aims develop the leader to address the issue of violence against women and girls (VAW & G), by providing a ten-month leadership and violence education training to 36 high school age young women. Young women will work on developing leadership skills; building confidence and increasing elf-esteem. They will create and deliver performance art pieces, and facilitate violence education workshops to peers.
I decided to select girl equality as my choice of a service learning activity because I hear about this issue in the news almost every day. It’s important for people to be aware of the issues that women and young girls have to go through and face constantly in their lives. Some examples of things that young women and girls experience that aren’t fair are human trafficking, abuse, sexual harassment, child forced marriage, HIV, illiteracy, unequal pay, and unequal job opportunities in the job force.
The Community Outreach department and the Women on the Move (WOTM) program continues to build great sustainable relationships with partner agencies in the broader community. Much of our efforts focuses on providing educational workshop in a series format. Our expectation with delivering workshop series comes from our desire to build on existing knowledge, so that the information are delivered in a way that is seamless and provides important context to the topics we address. Two such examples worth mentioning, is our work with Unison Health and Community Services, in their many locations in the west end of the city, and The 519 Community Centre. With these organizations specifically, we work in partnership to deliver violence