All four of us met together and finalized our mission statement:
Our mission is to work together with the YWCA to plan a 2-3 hour dialogue event, during their annual women's week, for women and girls about improving self-esteem. As part of our mission we will do research so the event reflects the interests of women both in the broader community and in the YWCA shelter.
Also, in the comments of this post we will be brainstorming ideas for questions to ask on two surveys: one for girl and one for adult and adolescent women. Leslie and Emily will be making contacts to find spaces to get responses to the survey (including hopefully the shelter at the YWCA).
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Forming and Mission Statement and Seeking Resources
Per class discussion, the group wants to:
1. Form a mission statement
2. Identify and read academic resources
3. Identify possible key informants, allies, and advocates.
1. The group will use the comments on this post to brainstorm mission statements. We have discussed wanting to move focus from body image, which was discussed initially, to a broader focus on self-esteem. This will allow the incorporation of body image but allow other important topics to be discussed as well.
2. The group has already begun work on finding academic sources with our blog last week. If we haven't read the articles posted by other group members yet, that is a goal.
3. As a group we were able to discuss a few resources that could help to better understand creating a program to present when we do a self-esteem focused event with the YWCA. Coming up at Leslie's practicum is a presentation by the YWCA to students on similar topics to ours. Leslie is going to check with her field practicum supervisor to see if our group members could visit during these. Emily knows someone named Jenny that coordinates girls' groups in the community with kids and teens. She is going to contact Jenny to see if there is a time she could meet with the group to discuss ideas and techniques.
All group members participated in discussion together on our project this week.
1. Form a mission statement
2. Identify and read academic resources
3. Identify possible key informants, allies, and advocates.
1. The group will use the comments on this post to brainstorm mission statements. We have discussed wanting to move focus from body image, which was discussed initially, to a broader focus on self-esteem. This will allow the incorporation of body image but allow other important topics to be discussed as well.
2. The group has already begun work on finding academic sources with our blog last week. If we haven't read the articles posted by other group members yet, that is a goal.
3. As a group we were able to discuss a few resources that could help to better understand creating a program to present when we do a self-esteem focused event with the YWCA. Coming up at Leslie's practicum is a presentation by the YWCA to students on similar topics to ours. Leslie is going to check with her field practicum supervisor to see if our group members could visit during these. Emily knows someone named Jenny that coordinates girls' groups in the community with kids and teens. She is going to contact Jenny to see if there is a time she could meet with the group to discuss ideas and techniques.
All group members participated in discussion together on our project this week.
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