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Live Your Dreams
The women name a dream they have had and the fears that keep them from realizing this dream. They name steps to overcome these fears. At the end of the eight weeks, each woman is given a picture of a rainbow on which are written the strengths that have been named in the course of the workshop. In the picture is a cloud on which is written the fears she has named and a pot of gold sits at the end of the rainbow, symbolizing the dream she has named.

Let Your Light Shine
We reflect on the negative images we hold of ourselves, how these images developed and the tools for overcoming these negative images. In the first session, each woman makes a cardboard puppet of herself and in the ensuing weeks, as images of self are named, colored dots symbolizing these images are placed on the puppets. In the last session, strengths that have surfaced are placed on the puppets over the images.

Gift Giving
Offered in December, this workshop focuses on the meaning of a gift and the intention of the giver - not the price of the gift. The women choose a person who has been important in their lives and write a poem for this person that they enclose in a card they have decorated.

Claiming the Power of Our Voices
Helps women to experience and learn the power of raising their voices for justice by learning about other women who have raised their voices. They study the lives of women of the Civil Rights Movement and the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo who have fought against violence and for justice. The women study violence in our society and make plans for raising their voices against it.

Women Brave
This workshop is based on a book named "Women Brave in the Face of Danger", that celebrates the lives of women in Latin America. The workshop looks at the lives of various women who can teach us how to live "brave" by their example. These women serve as role models for facing fears and overcoming obstacles.

The Tree
Involves reading a few pages of the book "The Tree That Survived the Winter" each week and applying that story to the women's lives. Questions explored include: What have I survived? Who has helped me through the winters of my life? How has my own family tree influenced my life?

Taming the Lion
Teaches us how to deal with the difficult people in our lives including ourselves. It focuses on learning that the difficult relationships we have begin with our own actions and attitudes, not the faults of other people. We have drawn many of the exercises from the book "Lion Taming: Dealing with the Difficult People in Our Lives".

 
 REV:3/8/2005
 

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