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Graduation 2006-2007

  • Graduation YWAR Staff
    Take a look at our amazing Young Women as they are being rewarded for all the hard work and effort that they contributed to the program!!!!

Youth Advisory Board

  • Cycle of Violence Workshop 2006-2007
    Take a look at both Independence and Wooden's Youth Advisory Board while they are working hard! Special thanks for all your hard work!

Healthy Relationship Conference 0607

  • Healthy Relationship Conference 0607
    The Healthy Relationship was a success, to say the least! Over 250 young women had the opporunity to learn more about themselves, identify healthy and uhealthy relationships, and discuss topics that affect them on a daily basis. Check out our Great Young Women!!!!!

January 24, 2008

4th Annual Healthy Relationship Conference:February 21, 2008

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The event will bring together over 250 young women throughout Los Angeles to learn more about making positive choices in their relationships with others.

Some workshop topics include:

Ø     Unhealthy relationships

Ø     Substance abuse

Ø    Communication and family

Ø     Teen pregnancy

Ø     Self-esteem

Ø     Body-image

Ø     Preventing gang violence

Ø      And much more!

In addition to a series of workshops, panel discussion and a live-performance, we will have various resource tables with helpful information for your daily lives. For more information, please contact your facilitator or call our office at (213) 978-0300

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September 10, 2007

Graduation 2006-2007

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This year over 300 young women throughout Los Angeles were acknowledged for their completion of our 8-month YWAR program. Many individuals came to acknowledge their work, along with Commission staff and Councilwoman Janice Hahn. Overall,we had a great time rewarding our hard-working women, while also Graduation_0607_004_2enjoying great food. The highlight of the event came when a selected number of young women presented poems and essays about all the important things that they learned from YWAR!       

Check out some of the great work on our page, coming soon!!!!

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YWAR: Young Women from Adversity to Resiliency

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YWAR is an 8-month program that prepares young women for BRIGHT and PROMISING futures. This is accomplished by providing them with information, resources, and skill-building opportunities that are most relevant to situations and issues they face as a young woman.

Topics include:

  • Overcoming challenges
  • Communicating skills
  • Achieving goals
  • Feeling good about yourself
  • Creating healthy relationships
  • Preventing pregnancy and diseases
  • Taking care of your body
  • Preparing for the future
  • And much more!                                                                                 

                                                                                   

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