Women's Opportunities Resource Center Community Impact Award Friday, March 12, 2010, 5:00 pm (Deadline for Applications) Location: Submit Completed Applications to: Community Impact WORC 2010 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Contact Phone: 215/564-5500 Website: www.worc-pa.com Event Description: The Women’s Opportunity Resource Center (WORC) is celebrating Women’s History month by honoring two women entrepreneurs in the Philadelphia region that have had a significant impact on the community as an individual or through their business. The Community Impact Award will recognize one Established Entrepreneur and one Young Trail Blazer at the Impact Awards on March 31, 2010. The Impact Awards are made possible by the Citi Foundation. Please nominate a Woman Entrepreneur today! Eligibility Requirements: 1. Nominees must live in the Philadelphia region: Philadelphia County, Bucks County, Delaware County, Camden County, Montgomery County, Gloucester County, Chester County, Burlington County. 2.Can be self-nominated or nominated by another person 3.The ideal candidates will demonstrate having social impact on the community, business success (financial results, career growth), community involvement, leadership ability and influence (impact on the region, on public policy, or on quality of life). 4.There will be two awards one for an established woman in business and one award for a young trailblazer please indicate which award you are applying for on your application The Art and Change Grants and the Leeway Transformation Awards Monday, March 15, 2010 (Deadline) Contact Phone: 215/545-4078 x17 Website: www.leeway.org Event Description: The Leeway Foundation's grantmaking programs honor women and trans artists for their ability to create social change through their artistic and cultural work. The Art and Change Grants and the Leeway Transformation Awards fund women and trans artists (including those identifying as transgender, transsexual, and/or genderqueer) living in the Delaware Valley region of Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, who engage in art and social change work and have financial need. Please go to our website, www.leeway.org, to download or print applications. If you are unable to access our website, you can call the office at (215) 545-4078 ext. 17 and request that an application be mailed to you. Please be aware that the deadline for the Art and Change Grant for March 2010 has been extended to March 15th, 2010. Victim Services Center 35th Anniversary Celebration March 21, 2010 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Location: Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference Center 1401 Morris Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422 Contact Phone: 610/277-0932 Website: www.victimservicescenter.org Event Description: Join the Victim Services Center of Montgomery County, Inc (VSC) for its 35th Anniversary Celebration: Matty Muir/Leadership Awards & Volunteer Recognition Jazz Brunch. For 35 years VSC has been providing free and confidential support services to victims of sexual assault, child abuse, survivors of homicide victims and other personal injury crime. Please join us as we celebrate this major milestone. Victim Services Center of Montgomery County, Inc. (VSC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, located in Montgomery County, PA that provides free and confidential support services to crime victims, their families and significant others Nancy's House Invites you to a Spirited Celebration Supporting Family Caregivers Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:00 to 8:00 pm Location: Quantum Think 530 South 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA Price: $50 (All Proceeds Benefit Nancy's House) Contact Name: Pari Hashemi Contact Phone: 215/854-6051 Contact E-mail: pari.hashemi@smithbarney.com Event Description: Nancy’s House Invites You to A Spirited Celebration Supporting Family Caregivers. Enjoy Hors d'oeuvres and light refreshment (compliments of Cabot Creamery, Olive Garden and Dove Chocolates), sampling of wines (compliments of Valenzano Winery and Sandcastle Winery) and a silent auction Click here to purchase tickets online. Parking Garage Available Across From Quantum Think. Penn-ICOWHI 18th International Congress on Women’s Health : “CITIES AND WOMEN’S HEALTH: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES” Wednesday, April 7- Saturday, April 10, 2010 Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Website: www.icowhi.org Event Description: The aim of the Penn-ICOWHI 18th Congress, Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives, is to deconstruct urban planning in terms of its potential to better support women’s health. When structuring an urban environment conducive to promoting and preserving women’s health, we must give up the assumption that the needs of women are the same as for men in order to understand the health needs of women in cities. In fact, there are remarkable opportunities to have profound impact on meeting the unique needs of urban women by bringing together professionals from all facets of health care, health policy and urban design, among others, to open interdisciplinary discussions about their work. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: We invite you to submit an abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation at the Penn-ICOWHI 18th Congress in Philadelphia, PA, USA on April 7-10, 2010. The focus/content of your abstract must relate to one of the six distinctive themes: 1. Women’s Health, Urban Planning and Development 2. Diseases and Conditions of Women and Girls in Urban Environments across the Lifespan 3. The Social Environment and Health: Context of Risk and Resiliency for Urban Women and Girls 4. Building Partnerships, Collaborations and Opportunities to Promote Urban Women’s Health 5. Translating Interdisciplinary Research to Policy and Practice: Advancing Women’s Health in Cities 6. Human Rights, Women’s Rights and Justice: Fostering Health in Urban Settings Program information, abstract specifics and submission guidelines are available via the ICOWHI website - http://www.icowhi.org. Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2009 Family Support Line: Spring 2010 Workshops Part 1: Friday, January 22, 2010 Part 2: Friday, May 7, 2010 Location: Widener University, Chester, PA Price: $130 for 6 credit hours (discounts may apply) Contact Phone: 610/881-5275 Contact E-mail: mail@familysupportline.org Event Description: Part 1: Foundations of Healthy Sexuality: Clinical Care for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Brent A. Satterly, PhD, LCSW, CSE Core Knowledge: Human sexuality is one of the basic foundations for life. From before birth, individuals are sexed, gendered and bombarded with messages about who they are, who they should be and how they are expected to behave. Because sexuality is one of the central and organizing components of the human experience, sexual trauma in childhood can be especially problematic and debilitating for adults and children. This program will provide a comprehensive strengths-based model of human sexuality and development as a foundation for sound clinical care of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Helping survivors re-assess, reclaim, and re-norm their sexuality as part of their healthy personhood will be addressed. Part 2: An Ecological Understanding of Child Sexual Abuse, Anthony Goldsmith, MA Core Knowledge: Child sexual abuse treatment is a specialized therapeutic approach to the traumatic symptoms that are caused by the experience of being molested. To fully understand the nature of child sexual abuse and its treatment, it is necessary to clearly define what it is (and isn’t), the legal aspects of child sexual abuse, and how prevalent the problem is in our society. A broader look will include a review of the psychology of offenders, the interaction between offenders and victims, and how that interaction informs approaches to treatment of children and adults who are survivors of sexual abuse. Defining treatment goals, along with methods to reach those goals, will be discussed. Finally, the impact on the therapist of engaging in child sexual abuse treatment will be examined. continuing education credits availbale click here for more information. Family Support Line: Spring 2010 Community Groups Tuesday evenings starting March 2, 2010 7:00 to 8:30 pm Contact Name: Anthony Goldsmith, MA Contact Phone: 610/891-0481 Contact E-mail: tony@familysupportline.org Website: www.familysupportline.org Event Description: For 21 years, Family Support Line has been providing a safe, healing environment for sexually abused youngsters and their families. The Community Groups are highly regarded treatment and support services that have helped many children, youth and families recover in a warm, caring way. Groups for Girls Ages 7-18 Latency Aged Girls: 7-11 years old Young Adolescent Girls: 12-14 years old Older Adolescent Girls: 15-18 years old Group for Non-Offending Parents Group for Affected Siblings Family Support Line's group leaders are therapists with Masters or Doctoral degreees who are highly experienced and specialize in the treatment of child sex abuse.