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

[Emily Knox]

I won't be able to help out with this.  The training to do a workshop
confuses me a bit.

E

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Follow up
>
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> 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!
>>>
>>>
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>>> 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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