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Interim Director of Chellis House

Self-Defense Workshop this Friday

For Faculty, For Staff, Middlebury

3/13, 9:45 am-12:00 pm, Mitchell Green Lounge: Tanya Panizzo on Building Self Defense & Finding Your Voice

Tanya Panizzo, a world-renowned self-defense instructor, will conduct a workshop for female-identified students, faculty and staff. Tanya’s workshop focuses on empowerment and confidence building exercises to teach women how to effectively combat aggression, both verbally (i.e assertively saying no) and physically. Space is limited: RSVP to epedowitz@middlebury.edu
Learn more:

http://fightingspiritsafety.com/

This project was supported by Grant No. 2010-WA-AX-0010 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this publication/program are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

The Sister-to-Sister Annual Summit is Approaching!

For Faculty, For Staff

Calling all middle school girls! Bring a friend and come join Sister-to-Sister’s most popular event—the annual summit!

The summit will be held on Saturday, November 22 at the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College. The summit is a full day of events beginning at 9:30 am and continuing until 4:30 pm.

The summit will include activities such as cooking, yoga, improvisation, dancing singing, crafts and slam poetry

Sister-to-Sister, an organization run by Middlebury college students and the American Association of University Women brings together middle school girls from Bristol, Middlebury and Vergennes with Middlebury College student mentors.

With the help of “campus supervisors,” mentors develop experiences that encourage girls to try new things outside of the classroom including such activities as art, music, dance, sign language, and yoga. Sister-to-Sister also focuses on discussions of such topics as body image, women in history, relationships, popularity, self-defense, identity and the internet, and self confidence.

So far, this semester we have had an impromptu game day and a Halloween event, in which we carved pumpkins, took pictures for our scavenger hunt, and competed in some cider donut races. We look forward to continuing the fun and games at the summit.

To RSVP and register for the summit, please contact Emily Pedowitz at (802) 443-5937 or EPEDOWITZ@MIDDLEBURY.EDU

You can also stay updated by following us on our website! http://middleburysistertosister.wordpress.com

Sister to Sister Summitt

For Faculty, For Staff, middpoints

Calling all middle school girls! Bring a friend and come join Sister-to-Sister’s most popular event—the annual summit!

Saturday, November 22, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd., Middlebury, VT 05753

To RSVP, please contact Emily Pedowitz at
(802) 443-5937 OR EPEDOWITZ@MIDDLEBURY.EDU
Stay updated by following us on our website!

http://middleburysistertosister.wordpress.com/