Submitted by alyssakeil on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 4:00pm
Calling all women interested in getting fit and healthy at a great price-- join Healthworks Community Fitness in Codman Square in January and pay NO joining fee! Want another bonus? If you get a friend to join with you, you'll both receive a free month of membership - just mention the DotBoard or MyDot.Org when you enroll! Enjoy cardiovascular and strength training equipment, fun group exercise classes including yoga and Zumba, affordable personal training, free childcare while you exercise, and ample parking. Ladies only, sorry gentlemen!
Submitted by alyssakeil on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 12:19pm
On Saturday, November 12, Discover Roxbury will be hosting the Roxbury Women's History Tour! The names and stories of Roxbury's men are familiar to most people. But how many stories do you know about Roxbury's prominent women? Dr. Z, Susan Dimock, Melnea Cass, Muriel Snowden, Elma Lewis, and others made important contributions to the neighborhood, Boston, and American society. Explore their histories and see their legacies on a fascinating tour led by members of the Boston Women's Heritage Trail! >> Read More
Haitian Women of Boston (AFAB) will hold their annual Domestic Violence Prevention Forum on Saturday, August 6, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The forum, entitled "Healthy Families Ensure Healthy Communities," features workshops on "Protecting your body," "TPS (Temporary Protected Status): the future of Haitian immigrants," "Family Stabilization Team" and "Advocates navigating for DV clients in health centers & beyond." Mary R.Lauby, ED of Jane Doe, Inc. will give a keynote speech. All events take place at Codman Square Health Center's Great Hall (6 Norfolk Street, Dorchester, MA 02124). RSVP with AFAB by calling (617)287-0096 or emailing cbonhometre@afab-kafanm.org by July 29th, 2011.
Sponsored by The Haitian Round-table on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault.
It's time to celebrate women! Come to "Girls' Night Out," a female-focused fiesta of fun hosted by Healthworks at Codman (450 Washington Street) and open to the public. Stop by the gym between 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21 for manicures, massages, dance, food and conversation with other mothers. The event presented by Liz Walker’s Better Living Campaign, in partnership with The Boston Public Health Commission, features Special Guest Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick, and is themed "Mental Health Matters: Let’s Talk." >> Read More
The public is invited to attend a forum titled Run, Women, Run! discussing and encouraging women to run for office. Sponsored by The Hispanic Studies Department at UMass and the League of Women Voters of Boston. The discussion is taking place at UMass Boston, Healey Library, Room 11B, Wednesday, March 23rd, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Panelists:
State Senator Katherine Clark, Middlesex and Essex Districts
Sheriff Andrea Cabral, Suffolk County
State Representative Gloria Fox, Suffolk County
Former Mayor and City Councilor E. Denise Simmons, Cambridge
Submitted by acreedon on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 12:49pm
Applications for 2011-2012 Red Thread Fellowship Program are now Open! The Red Thread Fellowship is available to college-bound women of international backgrounds who will be entering an American college or university in fall 2011. The fellowship consists of two parts: a scholarship award and year-long mentorship support. The Red Thread Foundation for Women's mission is to provide women of under-served, international backgrounds with financial support and mentorship to help them succeed academically and professionally. >> Read More
Our mission is to support the development of young girls through the arts of creative expression, academic support, and social/emotional development. We instill in each seeker the importance of encouragement, understanding, team building, respect, discipline and community service.
Key Programs Offered:
Summer Arts Series 2010
Monday July 5 - Friday August 27 (8 weeks)
8:00 am - 6:00 pm: 10 hours each day
Check back for 2011 Summer Series information.
Program includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Summer Series Costume, All Field Trips (family trip in August).
Reflect and Strengthen (R&S) is a grassroots collective of young working class women from the urban neighborhoods of Boston who take a holistic approach to organizing to create personal and social transformation. Our programming focuses are political education, healing form trauma, creative expression, community building and campaign work to end racial disparities in the juvenile justice system.
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures:
For more information regarding Reflect and Strengthen please download the One Sheet. You may also contact R&S for more info at: rands@reflectandstrengthen.org or 617-442-2355.
Checks can be mailed to:
614 Columbia Rd. #R
Dorchester, MA 02125
Key Programs Offered:
Juvenile Justice Organizing: Our Sisters Behind the Wall meets the urgent needs of young women involved with the juvenile justice system through healing, workshops, and sisterhood building. The Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Task Force on
Racial Disparities aka Da FORCE is community people demanding fairness from the juvenile justice system. We are organizing against the system’s racism which causes too many youth of color to be locked up.
Girl's Rap: is our peer led support groups, guided by licensed social workers, healing circles and beef resolution mediations, where we explore what sisterhood means and how we can unlearn the ways in which sexism, racism, homophobia and classism have taught us to think, act and feel toward one another.
Street Theater: members draw on our personal experiences and political awareness to create, direct and perform over 300 productions in the last five years. We educate, inspire and celebrate the power of culture through dance, theater, song, step, poetry, visual art, drumming, photography, videography, hip-hop and other means of creative expression. We perform at protests, theaters, rallies, jails, schools, cultural centers, youth groups, subways, theaters and hip-hop shows.
What's The 411?: Our political education program addresses the ways that racism, classism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism manifest in our communities. We explore the root causes of our struggles and make the connections between our personal experiences and the political context. By focusing on internal transformation, we are empowered to transform the context that shapes our lives.
Girl’s Night Out: Evenings spent together to deepen our bonds and enjoy our community. At R&S we believe if we don’t have anything to celebrate we don’t have anything to fight for, so we choose to honor celebration.
Sisters Rising: Our internal leadership development program. Members can step up and lead committees, plan events, and take on internships. Sisters Rising is also responsible for implementing organizational decisions made by the membership.
To provide shelter and a positive force in young mothers lives and to empower pregnant and parenting women and eliminate racism. Aswalos House's aim is to empower young homeless mothers to become self-supporting members of the community, and also to provide educational opportunities, life training skills, sex education, and parenting education.
Healthworks Community Fitness provides a fun, safe, and supportive environment in which women can become empowered to take control of their physical and emotional wellbeing. The member/scholarship program gives women free access to the environment needed to develop the whole woman- mind, body, and spirit. Healthworks Community Fitness understands that gaining access to fitness is the first step for many women towards empowerment. Since this is often a difficult step, it is crucial for women to obtain support.
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures:
Please call for more information!
Charge for services:
Yes
Scholarships available:
No
Vouchers accepted:
No
Transportation provided:
No
Number of people served each year:
over 1000
Community Meeting Space Available:
Yes, meeting space available during the day for women's groups
Type of facility in which this program/organization located:
Calling all women interested in getting fit and healthy at a great price-- join Healthworks Community Fitness in Codman Square in January and pay NO joining fee! Want another bonus? If you get a friend to join with you, you'll both receive a free month of membership - just mention the DotBoard or MyDot.Org when you enroll! Enjoy cardiovascular and strength training equipment, fun group exercise classes including yoga and Zumba, affordable personal training, free childcare while you exercise, and ample parking. Ladies only, sorry gentlemen!
Haitian Women of Boston (AFAB) will hold their annual Domestic Violence Prevention Forum on Saturday, August 6, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The forum, entitled "Healthy Families Ensure Healthy Communities," features workshops on 
It's time to celebrate women! Come to "Girls' Night Out," a female-focused fiesta of fun hosted by Healthworks at Codman (450 Washington Street) and open to the public. Stop by the gym between 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21 for manicures, massages, dance, food and conversation with other mothers. The event presented by Liz Walker’s Better Living Campaign, in partnership with The Boston Public Health Commission, features Special Guest Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick, and is themed "Mental Health Matters: Let’s Talk." 
The public is invited to attend a forum titled Run, Women, Run! discussing and encouraging women to run for office. Sponsored by The Hispanic Studies Department at UMass and the League of Women Voters of Boston. The discussion is taking place at UMass Boston, Healey Library, Room 11B, Wednesday, March 23rd, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Applications for 2011-2012 Red Thread Fellowship Program are now Open! The Red Thread Fellowship is available to college-bound women of international backgrounds who will be entering an American college or university in fall 2011. The fellowship consists of two parts: a scholarship award and year-long mentorship support. The Red Thread Foundation for Women's mission is to provide women of under-served, international backgrounds with financial support and mentorship to help them succeed academically and professionally. 