Gifted Hands Gift Shop Program

"Empowering teenage girls is our business"

Our Mission:  To educate teenage girls about domestic violence prevention to help them live free of domestic violence, poverty and depression

2010 Workshop Description and Schedule

Gifted Hands Gift Shop Program uses its "Girl Empowerment Workshops" to teach domestic violence prevention and the importance of self-esteem enhancement to teenage girls.  After all, many victims of domestic violence first experience it as a high school student.  According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 5 high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner. 

Prevention is the key.

Our program is leading a visionary pathway for dealing with the public health crises of domestic violence:  We teach young ladies how to prevent it from ever happening to them.  We work with girls from all walks of life because domestic violence effects women from all walks of life; it does not discriminate, nor does it care if you are rich, poor, middle-class, educated in a private school or in a public school system.  It can happen to any of us.  By teaching teen girls prevention, we are reducing the potential numbers of domestic violence victims and saving lives; 1,500 women per year are murdered by an intimate partner.

Every teenage girl should experience the Gifted Hands Gift Shop Program. It is an essential life-skills teaching tool.

Announcement

Community-wide "Girls' Empowerment Workshop"

Date:  Saturday, July 31, 2010                        Time:  11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.              Place:  Gifted Hands Gift Shop Program, 3rd Floor, Crown Center Shops                       Ages:  12 to 19 years old     

Cost:  FREE

Call (816) 471-5515 to sign-up, or email giftedhandsinc@sbcglobal.net.

Lunch Served        

Students will learn the following four objectives:

1.  The accurate definition of domestic violence;

2.  Dating "Red Flags;"

3.  That domestic violence is about one person seeking POWER & CONTROL over another; and

4.  The importance of healthy self-esteem and it's vitality in making you less vulnerable to becoming a victim of domestic violence.

We teach these four objectives using various teaching tools and methods, including:  video/audio equipment, simulation games, traditional classroom instruction, creative expression exercises, art therapy, and role-playing exercises.

Workshop teachers are Master-level instructors: Jessica Hodge, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at UMKC; Vickie Ellison, Executive Director of Gifted Hands Gift Shop Program; Jamila Marshall, M.S.W. Candidate at UMKC; and Leddy Glenn, Youth Education Specialist.

2010 Workshop Schedule

School/Organization Name                   Workshop Dates

Mother's Refuge                                           1/23

 Cristo Rey High School                                2/18

 Cristo Rey High School                                3/1

 Delta Gems                                                  3/6

Create Your Own Reality                              4/3

Ottawa High School                                      4/16

Cristo Rey High School                                 5/17

Youth Summit at Kauffman Foundation          6/18

Front Porch Alliance                                     6/30

Community-wide Girls' Workshop                7/31                      

Teenage students learn the following four objectives in a workshop:

1.  The accurate definition of domestic violence;

2.  "Red Flags" or the warning signs of an abusive personality;

3.  That domestic violence is about one person seeking POWER & CONTROL over another; and

4.  Healthy self-esteem makes you less vulnerable to becoming a victim of domestic violence.

We teach these four objectives using various teaching tools and methods, including:  video/audio equipment, simulation games, traditional classroom instruction, creative expression exercises, art therapy, and role-playing exercises.

Workshop teachers are Master-level instructors.

It is a workshop that ALL teenage girls should experience. 

Enroll your students today for them to experience this visionary workshop.