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

[Emily Knox]

Follow up

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Aimee Rickman <aimeerickmansemail at yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: 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>


Correction: The required facilitator training will run from 6:30 - 7:40 on
Thursday, July 23 at the IMC.

If you wanted to get more volunteers involved to help with the workshop, we
could definitely drum up a few female volunteers who you would be able to
run a small training for after this basic facilitator training so they are
ready to assist in the workshop. We have one facilitator running a training
for assistants after the training, from 7:45-8:30 that evening. This (or
before the training) is an option for you also, if you would like.

Please do let me know what you think!

Thanks!


On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Gergana Slavova <
gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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