[Makerspace-keymembers] Fwd: Workshop for girls / young women Aug 1 or 2?

[Gergana Slavova]

Sounds awesome!  I can do this - anyone else want to volunteer with me?
Since we have open hours on Saturday, I'll go ahead and pick the Sunday
time.

~Gergana

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Jeffrey Putney <quaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a cool looking opportunity!
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aimee Rickman <aimeerickmansemail at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 10:33 PM
> Subject: Workshop for girls / young women Aug 1 or 2?
> To: "makerspaceu at gmail.com" <makerspaceu at gmail.com>
> Cc: "chyn at ojctech.com" <chyn at ojctech.com>
>
>
> Dear Makerspace.
>
> At the IMC on August 1 & 2, we are holding a reunion weekend for
> GirlZone, a volunteer-run, female-led, feminist grassroots organization
> that ran in CU from 2003-2011. GirlZone did many things to support girls in
> our community, including hosting supportive yet challenging hands-on
> workshops for girls led by talented and inspiring female facilitators. We
> will be doing this again for the reunion, with some of those who
> participated in GirlZone as kids now leading workshops as facilitators.
>
> Danielle Chenowyth mentioned that you might have some female volunteers
> willing to host a workshop for girls and young women as part of our reunion
> weekend. This is wonderful! We would really love to expose girls and young
> women to Makerspace as part of our schedule.
>
> Right now, we have an opening on Saturday, August 1 from 10-11:45am or on
> Sunday, August 2 from 9:15-10:45am. Would either of these times work?
>
> GirlZone has always required training for workshop facilitators/teachers.
> While workshop leaders clearly know their content area, creating positive
> learning environments for young women requires advanced thought and
> planning. We will be having a training for all reunion workshop
> facilitators from 6-7:15pm on Thursday, July 23 at the IMC. Any adult
> leading or helping with a workshop is required to attend this training. If
> a few female Makerspace volunteers were willing to host this workshop, we
> would definitely welcome their involvement in the training.
>
> We would also work with you to set enrollment and age limits that allow
> for the best learning opportunities for those in attendance. Ideally, the
> workshop would be suited for young women aged 7-13, though a workshop that
> has activities for older teens and/or younger girls would work too. Most
> important is that those who come are able to succeed in activities they
> take on without relying on others' help, and that they leave feeling they
> are able to do something again after the workshop that they previously did
> not know how to do before the workshop.
>
> This means that workshop activities should be developmentally suited to
> the ages in attendance. If a wide span of ages are welcome, there should be
> a number of activities to allow everyone to be challenged and successful in
> their explorations.
>
> I am happy to discuss further details once we know if this might be
> possible.
>
> I would appreciate it if someone could please get back to me by this
> Monday to let me know your thoughts. Fingers crossed!
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Aimee Rickman
> 646 250 3226
>
>
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