1. Marjaree Mason Center
Education & Training
The Marjaree Mason Center offers a variety of education opportunities for those who have experienced domestic
violence and for the community at large.
Legal Options - This class is free and open to the community. It is held weekly at MMC’s administration
building in downtown Fresno. The first portion of the class is informational and provides an overview of various
types of restraining orders, the criminal justice system, safety planning, and services available. The second portion of
the class walks clients through filling out a request for a Temporary Domestic Violence Restraining Order.
Fresno- Thursdays – 10a.m. - Noon
S.A.F.E. Group - S.A.F.E Group, which stands for Survivors of Abuse: Free and Empowered, is a 12-week
course covering domestic violence, with topics including (but not limited to) defining DV, understanding healthy
relationships and the effects of DV on children. This course is held weekly at the Marjaree Mason Center
Administration Building and meets court requirements for removing a restraining order.
Fresno
• Tuesdays- 8:45a.m.-
10a.m. (Spanish)
• Tuesdays- 6p.m.-
7:30p.m. (English)
• Fridays-10:30a.m.- Noon
(English)
Clovis
• Mondays 4-5p.m.
(Spanish)
• Thursdays 9:30a.m.-
11a.m. (English)
Reedley
• Wednesdays 9:15a.m.-
10:15a.m. (English)
• Wednesdays 10:30a.m.-
11:30a.m. (Spanish)
Parenting - This course for shelter clients teaches positive parenting techniques; how to promote healthy
growing for their children; and discipline tactics for raising a healthy family.
Life Skills - This course is for clients staying at Marjaree Mason Center shelters. This Healthy Lifestyles course
teaches the often overlooked skills in life like budgeting, time-management, job-hunting and interviewing, self-
sufficiency, and self-esteem.
Expressions Through Art - This course promotes healing through the power of art. Women staying at
the Marjaree Mason Center Emergency Shelter draw, sculpt, write, and practice other forms of art to help them
express themselves and learn about healing. The shelter also hosts a similar art group for children. This course is for
Safe House clients only.
For more information on any of our classes contact us.
1600 'M' STREET, FRESNO, CA, 93721
WWW.MMCENTER.ORG
BUSINESS CENTER - (559) 237-4706
24 HOUR HOTLINE - (559) 233-HELP (4357)