Project GEM Malawi – Collaborating Globally
After months of our community gathering to sew menstrual kits for young girls and women in need, we travel to Malawi, to work with GEM, a Malawi based girls empowerment organization, and together, run workshops on sewing and care for menstrual kits, paired with reproductive healthcare education. This has been an ongoing, love filled, successful relationship.
www.GoFundMe.org/project-gem-malawi
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Therapeutic ReWilding Workshop – A nature & wellness experience
Join Tessa Magill, LMFT and Cheney Caldwell, Wilderness Enthusiast, for this very special weekly therapeutic nature program made available in collaboration with Ojai Valley Youth Foundation – open to junior high school girls in Ventura County.
Check out the Channel Islands Retreat with thanks in part to a grant from The Downtown Ventura Rotary.
Email Tessa at: info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org
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The Wilderness and Wellness Immersion Experiences
Join Katie Mundle and her team of wilderness women for a week long wilderness immersion program open to junior high and high school girls in Ventura County who have completed The Girls Empowerment Workshop.
Email Katie at info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org
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Join local Seamstress, Diane Steele for our SEW IN Camp where we will sew menstruation kits, and in doing so, provide for the girls in our sister program, GEM, in Malawi.
Our team will then be traveling to Malawi, to deliver these kits, where girls miss up to a week of school every month because they are unequipped to care for their periods. Along with the kits, Diane is bringing a sewing machine that has been donated to GEM, which will be used to teach Yamiko and her girls how to sew their own menstrual kits and in turn have an endless supply, keeping girls in school, and off to a bright future, and a better world.
For more information on our SEW IN Camp, please email info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org
Self Defense for Girls & Women
The Girls Empowerment Workshop is proud to collaborate with Cheyenne Jensen and her amazing female self defense team of Ojai Valley MMA who provide ongoing Self Defense & Assertiveness Workshops for the girls and women in our workshops and throughout our community.
Contact Ojai Valley MMA at (805) 798-5564 or stop by to sign up!
519 N Ventura Ave ~ Oak View, California 93022
Or email info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org for more information.
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If you are interested in hosting this powerful workshop with PoC Advocate, Chiany Dri, on Privilege, Implicit Bias and Racism, please email us @
info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org
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SCHOOL BASED WORKSHOPS & OTHER EVENTS
VISTA REAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL – Oxnard, CA VISTA REAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL – Ventura, CA VISTA REAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL – Port Hueneme, CA VISTA REAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL – Santa Paula, CA ROCK TREE SKY School CHAPPARAL HIGH SCHOOL OAK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, OPUSD NORDHOFF HIGH SCHOOL MATILIJA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OAK VIEW PARK & RESOURCE CENTER OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL – Junior High Campus OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL – High School Campus BESANT HILL SCHOOL OAK GROVE SCHOOL Girls Empowerment Alumnae – Leadership/ Mentorship Group If you are a High School Student, who has been through The Girls Empowerment Workshop and interested in being a part of this group, email us at info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org VENTURA – ALL JUNIOR HIGH 8 week Program If you are a 7th or 8th grader in Ventura, you are welcome and encouraged to join this workshop! Please email info@thegirlsempowermentworkshop.org for more details. The Girls Empowerment Workshop for WOMEN DAYS for GIRLS – Teen Led Leadership Event & FundraiserA Day of Empowerment for Young Girls: Presented by TGEW Chaparral High School Alumnae for 9-11 year olds Empowerment and The Arts: A Workshop for high school girls featuring 7 renowned female Artists of Ojai