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WORKSHOP ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Between Me You and Liberation: Starting a Group for Girls with Disabilities The creators of a groundbreaking program for girls with disabilities are hosting a 3-day intensive national workshop for women interested in learning more about how to build a gender-concious, disability proud, safe space for girls. This very interactive workshop will take you through everything you need to think about to start your own group for girls with disabilities including: -recruitment -curriculum development -group dynamics -capacity building -and more! When: May 2007 (exact days to be announced) Where: Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago (one of the country's best known Centers for Independent Living) Cost: FREE ($500 stipend available to help you cover costs of attending) Only 12 participants accepted. It will be designed and facilitated by the co-coordinators of the Empowered Fe Fes (Fe Fes is slang for female), an ongoing group for girls with disabilities since 1999. The Fe Fes are best known for their award-winning movies about disability identity, bullying, and sexuality. Are you interested? call Susan Nussbaum or Ana Mercado Voice: 1-800-613-8549 TTY: 1-888-253-7003 or email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.