Meeting the Needs of New Americans
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Posted by Web Team, December 13, 2005
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Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change
Connecting Simmons to the Community and the Community to Simmons
presents
The Girls’ Coalition of Greater Boston
2005-2006 Professional Development Series on
Strength to Strength: Maximizing Girls’ Potentials
Friday, January 20, 2006
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
Meeting the Needs of New Americans:
All Girls Welcome
7:30-8:00 a.m. Registration, networking, breakfast
8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Forum open to general audience interested in girls’ issues and/or immigrant issues
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hands-on training, geared to practitioners working directly with girls
We will address such questions as:
- What are the needs of New Americans?
- What are some of the specific issues facing these girls?
- What resources are available in the community?
- What can be done to make programs more inclusive?
The training following the forum will be geared to service providers. It will be focused on how to implement activities that are inclusive of New American girls.
Presenters include:
- Cassandra Clark Masariegos of Sociedad Latina
- Mariama White Hammond of Project Hip Hop
- Lorena Escoto of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston
- Malika Arty of the OSIRIS Group
- A representative of CAPAY (Coalition of Asian Pacific American Youth)
Free with a Simmons ID
Please RSVP to diane.hammer@simmons.edu
This forum is free to Girls’ Coalition members, supporters, and Today’s Girls…Tomorrow’s Leaders grantees; the cost to nonmembers is $10. For up-to-date information and/or to register for this event, visit our website at http://www.girlscoalition.org and click on Events & Trainings. Preregistration strongly preferred. Please RSVP by January 18.
Cosponsored by the United Way of Massachusetts Bay’s Today’s Girls…Tomorrow’s Leaders Initiative, the J.E. & Z.B. Butler Foundation, and the Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change.
