I forgot to mention that we had our opening ceremony for both our Girls and Women's Rites of Passage programs a few weeks back...oh wow, it was so deep!!! We had women from 15 to 73 years old, and it was an amazing experience.
By the way, our girls are using Iyala VZ's book..."Don't Just Give it Away", as their roadmap for the program. They also have Saturday workshops on everything from personal apperance to how to pray, to education. It's really an impressive program.
You want to talk about self-esteem? This is a great program that shows our young women that it's ok to be a lady. (Finer Womanhood renaissance, Sorors
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-shela
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