YWCA Meeting and Tour

On 9/18 Emily, Alexa and I met with Yen, the YWCA volunteer coordinator. She began by telling us a story about a girl who thought she was ugly at the age of 5. Where did this little girl get this message from? Where are most girls getting this message from regardless of age? We thought about possible reasons where young girls are getting these messages from, mothers? media? peers? She continued by sharing with us a need that she saw and her desire in creating a program which focused on body image and girls self esteem. This is an issue that most girls can relate to from all walks of life, no matter where you come from and we saw a need for the community in putting something like this together.  We discussed hosting an event where we would divide the girls into three groups depending on age. One group would be younger girls, another group would be teenagers and another would be adult women. We realized that what may appeal to young girls would not appeal to teenagers or adults so we knew we had to cater to each group differently. We discussed the possibility of someone coming and doing art projects with the younger girls and having a more academic presentation for the adult women.  We also discussed having female speakers come in, but have not decided on who exactly would be presenting.  Overall, we want to empower women, help build confidence and that beauty comes in many different forms not all physical.  

The goal for our group this week was to find academic sources concerning body image and self esteem.

Blog Post 1

Alexa Carr

Emily Donaldson

Stephanie Guadalupe 

Leslie Jensen 

• Our first group meeting was held on September 9, 2014 after class. All group members were present. We first discussed which organization we would want to work with. The group came to a consensus to work with the YWCA. Emily has worked with the YWCA before and has many connections within the agency. We all made a goal to try and understand the agency a little better. We also discussed times to meet, as well as times to meet with staff of the agency

Individual Assignments:

Alexa Carr: Look up YWCA website to familiarize with the agency. Read article, The Well being of the Women of Utah. Set up blog as well as write blog post. 

Emily Donaldson: Look up YWCA website to familiarize with the agency. Read article, The Well being of the Women of Utah. Call YWCA and see when the staff would be able to meet with us. 

Stephanie Guadalupe: Look up YWCA website to familiarize with the agency. Read article, The Well being of the Women of Utah.

Leslie Jensen: Look up YWCA website to familiarize with the agency. Read article, The Well being of the Women of Utah.