Girls' Stories, Girls' Voices
Edgewood
College presents a summer institute designed to encourage girls in grades 6-9 to find their voices. Researchers and social scientists point to the psychological, social and economic importance of young adolescent girls maintaining and sharing their voices. In their works, Carol Gilligan, Annie Rogers and Mary Pipher describe the loss of girls’ voices during their early teens and the consequences of such losses. They each indicate a need for helping this age group of girls see the value in themselves. Participants will deal with these issues using literature, arts, writings, and sharing. “GIRLS CREATING HOPE” will be the theme this summer. The five day workshop will be held at Edgewood College and involves girls in grades 6-9. College and high school students will be facilitators for groups of six to eight girls. Also check the website:
http://www.gsgv.net Please contact Nancy Nelson (or Melissa Hamer) with any questions.
Humanitarian Aid is Not a Crime:
Life and Death on the US/Mexico Border
A public presentation and exhibit of an altar that was created to honor Latino immigrants who risk their lives crossing the Sonoran desert in Mexico/Arizona in hopes of finding a better life in the US. The exhbit was created by students from Edgewood College who travelled to the border in March 2009 to learn about the lives of Latino immigrants and provide humanitarian aid to immigrants crossing the desert. For information on this event's time and location,
click here.
