By: Daphne Strassmann
Via: mylesley.edu
Showing posts with label girls groups project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girls groups project. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Rutstein-Riley and Alice Diamond
Our wonderful Co-Director and Committee member are the recipients of the AAUW (American Association of University Women). Click here to read full article
By: Daphne Strassmann
Via: mylesley.edu
By: Daphne Strassmann
Via: mylesley.edu
Friday, February 4, 2011
Are you bi-racial or multi-racial?
Dear friends and colleagues,
The Counseling Center is pleased to be offering a group for students who
identify as bi-racial or multi-racial. The group will be led by one of
our interns, Daphne Nayar, a bi-racial graduate student from the Smith
College School for Social Work. The group will be held for three
consecutive weeks, starting in February, at a mutually convenient time
for the students. A flyer for the group is attached with the contact
information. Daphne will be contacting the students who are interested
to provide more information. The group will be held in the conference
room on the third floor of Doble Hall on the Doble campus in Cambridge.
The goal of the group is to create a safe space for the members to
explore issues of identity. The group is open to both undergraduate and
graduate students.
We would be most appreciative if you would communicate this to any
potentially interested students, by posting or distributing the flyer
or talking to students and other colleagues for whom it would be relevant.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 617-349-8547 or Daphne
at the main number for the center 617-349-8545.
Thank you in advance for your efforts to spread the word.
Cynthia Jirak LICSW
Associate Director
Lesley University Counseling Center
Check out the flyer and look for it around campus
By: Daphne Strassmann
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Debrief: Girls' Groups Project - Spring 2010
During the Spring, Assistant Professor Amy-Rutstein Riley organized Lesley's first Service Learning course: Girlhood, Identity, and Girl Culture. The course was designed to combine the theory of Girls' Studies with an experiential learning component. Twenty Lesley undergraduates successfully planned, organized and facilitated two girls' groups for middle school girls from Cambridge.
Group 1, Week 2
Lesley students worked with middle school students in small groups to make media collages. The collages reflected positive vs. negative images that are portrayed about women in the media and was a powerful introduction to media literacy for both Lesley students and the young girls. The girls presented their completed media collages to the larger group.
Group 1, Week 4
At the beginning of our discussion on cliques, the girls were asked to write something mean they have said about someone on a poster. Group members were able to talk about cliques and how it was hurtful to be excluded at school. At the end of the session, the girls ripped up the "mean word" poster to demonstrate progress.
Group 1, Week 4
Skits were created and performed by small groups on the topic of bullying. Scenarios were acted out in front of the larger group on issues like spreading rumors and stereotypes. The skits allowed group members to act as a team toward a common goal and generated discussion about bullying.
Group 1, Week 5
Old shoe boxes, magazine clippings, and glitter were used to create Identity Boxes. The outside of the box was designed to reflect how the girls are perceived on the outside, and the inside of the boxes represented their genuine identities.
Celebration, Week 7
The last meeting was dedicated to celebrating the girls and the work that they had done. The event took place at Alumni Hall and an intimate group from Lesley and Cambridge were invited to attend. The girls' artwork was displayed to form a gallery walk. Both Lesley and middle school girls were asked to speak about their experience. Each girl was presented with a book which had pictures and excepts from the girls'
groups.
By: Marie LaFlamme
Links to Marie's previous project posts:
November 2009:
http://lesleywomenscenter.blogspot.com/2009/11/girlhood-identity-and-girl-culture-new.html
February 2010:
http://lesleywomenscenter.blogspot.com/2010/02/excitement-is-in-air-at-lesley.html
Contact Amy Rutstein-Riley at arutstei@lesley.edu with any questions about this project!
Group 1, Week 2
Lesley students worked with middle school students in small groups to make media collages. The collages reflected positive vs. negative images that are portrayed about women in the media and was a powerful introduction to media literacy for both Lesley students and the young girls. The girls presented their completed media collages to the larger group.
Group 1, Week 4
At the beginning of our discussion on cliques, the girls were asked to write something mean they have said about someone on a poster. Group members were able to talk about cliques and how it was hurtful to be excluded at school. At the end of the session, the girls ripped up the "mean word" poster to demonstrate progress.
Group 1, Week 4
Skits were created and performed by small groups on the topic of bullying. Scenarios were acted out in front of the larger group on issues like spreading rumors and stereotypes. The skits allowed group members to act as a team toward a common goal and generated discussion about bullying.
Group 1, Week 5
Old shoe boxes, magazine clippings, and glitter were used to create Identity Boxes. The outside of the box was designed to reflect how the girls are perceived on the outside, and the inside of the boxes represented their genuine identities.
Celebration, Week 7
The last meeting was dedicated to celebrating the girls and the work that they had done. The event took place at Alumni Hall and an intimate group from Lesley and Cambridge were invited to attend. The girls' artwork was displayed to form a gallery walk. Both Lesley and middle school girls were asked to speak about their experience. Each girl was presented with a book which had pictures and excepts from the girls'
groups.
By: Marie LaFlamme
Links to Marie's previous project posts:
November 2009:
February 2010:
Contact Amy Rutstein-Riley at arutstei@lesley.edu with any questions about this project!
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