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In the Fall, the El Paso community will host its second annual Girl Empowerment Festival, a gathering for middle school girls in the El Paso community.
This event will address issues such as body image, self-esteem, dating violence, sexual assault victim rights, wellness, peer pressure, substance abuse, media literacy, cultural identity, and teen pregnancy prevention through workshops, art, poetry and song.
PLANNING COMMITTEE: Arte Sana, El Paso County Attorney's Office, Girl Scouts Rio Grande Council, Health & Human Services Commission-Office of Border Affairs, Latinitas, Rio Grande Safe Communities Coalition, Texas A&M University Prevention Resource Center, Thomason Hospital Women's Health Center.
PAST WORKSHOPS & SPEAKERS:
- STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE: Preventing Teen Dating Violence – Elizabeth L. Richeson, Ph.D
- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs: What’s Up With the Risk? – Victor Parra
- No Kidding: Straight Talk from Teen Parents – Eileen Huereque, Child Crisis Center of El Paso and Kathleen Thompson, Two Should Know
- De hombre a joven; lo que es ser hombre hoy en dia/Boys to Men: What it means to be a man today – Emiliano Diaz de Leon, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (PARENT SESSION)
- Teens and Dating Violence – Maria Sanchez, Center Against Family Violence
- Las Chavas y El Alcohol/ Girls & Alcohol - Adriana Cadena, Rio Grande Safe Communities Coalition
- UR FREE 2BU (Stereotypes) – Alicia Rascon, Latinitas
- The Heart of Self-Esteem - Susan De La Paz and Lelia Onsurez, Women's Health Center
- Attitudes Toward Differences – Diana Salaices and Adriana Molina, YWCA El Paso del Norte Region
- Protegiendo a la familia de la violencia sexual – Arely Sulvarán Achenbach, Arte Sana
- Chica 2 Chica – Alicia Rascon, Latinitas
- Resources to prevent our children from using drugs – Susan Hernandez-Hurt, Texas A&M University Prevention Resource Center (PARENT SESSION)
For more information, contact Alicia Rascon at 915.219.8554 or latinitasaly@yahoo.com.
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