Rites of Passage Peer to Peer: We are who we are together

I am what I am./I am a bridge.

I am a thread that weaves connections.

Rites of Passage Poem, 2009

 

Dear Loveland Magazine Readers,

Grailville Retreat and Program Center in Loveland OH and Nzuzu, a life coaching organization, are pleased to invite girls aged 11-14 and mothers and other women who mentor girls to learn from and with each other Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 10 am–1 pm.

Through creative writing and arts activities, guided discussion, experiences of nature, meditation/reflection and other activities girls will come together for sharing, transformation and celebration. Adult women will meet in a separate group to do the same. The event will end with sharing between the two groups and a delicious Grailville lunch!

Topics includes:

•    Who are we and how can we stay true to ourselves?
•    What do we face everyday that supports and challenges us to become the young women we want to be?

Girls and women are welcome with or without a mom/daughter in tow. Led by Rites of Passage co-leaders Beth Barr, Pauletta Hansel and Quanita Munday. Bring questions, ideas, stories and your desire to learn together about this important transition in their, and your, lives. Mothers, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, social workers and other adult friends of teen girls are welcome.
 
Rites of Passage Peer to Peer is led by Beth Barr, Co-Director of Grailville and  a Licensed Independent Social Worker specializing in supportive services and advocacy for women and girls; Pauletta Hansel, Pauletta Hansel, also Co-Director of Grailville, a poet and teacher who leads creative and personal development programs, with an emphasis on programs for women and girls; and Quanita Munday, an Integral Life Coach, and director and founder of Nzuzu LLC, with experience in facilitation in the arts, diversity education, asset based community development, youth development, and building effective collaborations.
 
Rites of Passage gatherings are designed to support the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual journey of girls on the path to womanhood. Programs help girls make a positive, healthy, self-aware and self-sufficient transition into young adulthood

The Rites of Passage Gathering will be held Saturday, September 18, 2010, from 10 am to 1 pm, at Grailville, 932 O’Bannonville Road, Loveland OH. Tuition (which includes lunch) is $25 for an individual and $40 for an intergenerational pair. Scholarships are available. For information about this or any Rites of Passage program, or to register contact 513-683-2340 or www.grailville.org.

Sincerely,

Pauletta Hansel, Grailville