February 1 at 1pm!
Come see the Young Women's Empowerment Project from Chicago Illinois present their recently published community research project, "Girls do what they have to do to survive: Illuminating Methods Used by Girls in the Sex Trade to Fight Back and Heal- A study of Resilience and Resistance" This study was designed, conducted and analyzed by girls with current or former experience in the sex trade and street economy.
Monday, February 1st,
1pm-4pm
LOCATION: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,Room: MLK Room A-5
Young Women's Empowerment Project Website
Different Avenues to Health Equity and Justice: There are many ways to accomplish change. We believe that our community can and must build our own roads. We come together in this space to organize our tools and transfer our ideas into actions.
Different Avenues strives to protect the health, rights and safety of girls and women of color who engage in alternative economies/activities who are affected by systematic and interpersonal violence and health disparities. By providing nonjudgmental leadership development and harm reduction services, we will strengthen and build the power of girls and women of color who engage in survival strategies in the reproductive justice movement.
Different Avenues
Welcome to Different Avenues!
At Different Avenues we believe in our inherent ability to make change within our own communities, as women of color. We live in an area that is experiencing the most intensive gender, race, and class-based health disparities in the nation. As those experiencing the daily impact of these issues, we believe we are best positioned to make change in the policies, practices, and systems that contribute. Through building and sharing leadership skills, we will organize to make change and improve and protect the health, rights and safety of women and girls in this region and thus nationally.