Workshops and Leadership
development
WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING:
ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION
RESPECT
COLLABORATION
STRENGTHS AND EXPECTATIONs
LEADERSHIP
INTEGRITY
Surviving & Thriving
An 8-week interactive workshop series that builds resiliency skills such as the use of self-care, stress relievers, positive self-talk, assertiveness, and bite-size goals for personal action planning. This signature series provides women facing economic, social, and racial disadvantages with the tools to thrive. The COPING WITH COVID Series is an off-shoot of these workshops developed in 2020 to meet the unique challenges that women faced around the world. Offered in Spanish and Portuguese.
Wellness and Healthy Cooking
Pilates and yoga series nurture the mind and body while the Cook to Feel Great series, hosted by the Boston University Rotaract Club and sponsored by Target, teaches women how to prepare easy, nutritious, and healthy food to feed themselves and their families.
Leadership Corps
The Leadership Corps actively engage in professional development and skills-building workshops through specially created leadership pathways. Women are provided with paid leadership opportunities matching interests and talents, from outreach and recruitment to communications and program evaluation.
Parenting
Workshop series dedicated to the parenting of Children 0-3 and PreTeen and Teen. Participants join a supportive community of mothers to learn practical, helpful skills and techniques needed to raise children who thrive. Offered in English and Spanish.
latinas unidas
Latinas Unidas is a group of women in the Hispanic community who come together once a month to share personal stories and talk about different topics uniquely important to them.
Latinas Unidas es un grupo de mujeres de la comunidad hispana que se reúnen una vez al mes para compartir historias personales y hablar sobre diferentes temas de importancia única entre ellas. Las mujeres hablan sobre salud, cuidado personal, belleza, comida saludable y más mientras se conectan entre sí. Latinas Unidas también brinda oportunidades de aprendizaje para facilitar el inglés y cubre temas como crianza de los hijos, manejo del dinero y clases de finanzas en español. Los miembros de este grupo se divierten mientras aprenden, comparten y se apoyan mutuamente como comunidad.
asian-american groups
Women of Asian descent learn resiliency and language skills while sharing their social and cultural experiences to support each other.
Thriving Together Garden
A community garden where Thrivers plan, nurture and harvest healthy food.
LISTENING & LEARNING DINNERS
Community gatherings that offer critical time for relationship building, socializing, and learning together. Thrivers, service providers and community members join together to talk about healthy eating, ways to save money on food, positive thinking, and the power of friendship.
Thriver Quote
"I was scared about my English before this class [Surviving and Thriving in Spanish]. But I recently volunteered as a chaperone at my daughter's school. I thought if someone looks down on me for my limited English, that is their problem, not mine. I won't let it stop me from helping." -- A Latina Thriver
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tHRIVERS
A growing and supportive community of women who are actively learning the skills to overcome social, economic, and racial disadvantages.
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WORKSHOPS
Women Thriving offers free learning opportunities in supportive, small group environments where language assistance is available. Spanish series are offered throughout the year.
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DEDICATED BOARD MEMBERS
Our Board is a diverse group of women committed to a collective impact approach to system change, building alliances with other local non-profit organizations and local government.
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DECEMBER 2020
“Women with low income are facing many, many challenges,” says Ann Brackett, president and co-founder of Women Thriving. “Housing needs, food insecurity, depression, anxiety, knowing where the resources are. The biggest piece that comes up over and over in all the research is about isolation, and of course, we’re all experiencing the tough aspects of isolation now.”
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Help a woman thrive! Donations go directly to support our programs and series. Women Thriving is a 501(3)c and donations are tax-deductible.