Community Awareness Campaign and Conference
The Community Awareness Campaign and Conference will educate the community on the effects of violence against women and girls by offering a one-day conference featuring activist Jackson Katz and initiating community-based activities.
Gearl Jam
United Action for Youth’s “Gearl Jam” promotes girls in the arts by supporting young women as they create and produce original music recordings and video productions.
True Colors Music Therapy Project
The True Colors Music Therapy Project engages troubled girls in music therapy sessions which result in improved behavior, emotional management and overall positive impact on well-being.
YWISE Girls Leadership Program
The YWISE Girls Leadership Program will institute the Girls Circle curriculum to promote discussion of self-image, building healthy relationships and community engagement in a welcoming setting.
Women’s Empowerment Advocacy Training Project
The Women’s Empowerment Advocacy Training Project will remove barriers and enable low-income African American women to participate in community leadership, providing a voice in decisions that impact their lives.
Empowerment Station
The Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center’s Empowerment Station will inform young women about issues of bullying, dating violence, and domestic/sexual assault.
Living Apart, Parenting Together
Living Apart, Parenting Together aims to stabilize the lives of children who are survivors of domestic violence by developing parenting plans, addressing safety issues, reducing conflict, and increasing child support compliance.
Domestic Violence Response Team Safety and Accountability Audit
Linn County’s Team 236 will launch the Domestic Violence Response Team Safety and Accountability Audit to audit existing systems of Linn County response units and provide consultation to uncover needed social, policy and procedural changes to break down the cycle of domestic violence.
Guided Conversations: A Toolkit for Advocacy with Battered Women and their Children
Guided Conversations: A Toolkit for Advocacy with Battered Women and their Children aims to nurture the valuable relationship between mother and child by addressing and overcoming the negative perception of battered mothers.
The White House Project
The White House Project aims to advance women’s leadership in all levels—from local to national—to balance the scales for female public servants in Iowa.