Women's Empowerment Group: Slides are from our 5th session together. The group overcame some power struggles and had synergy by this point. They were preparing for termination soon, so I wanted to keep the session fun, informative, and moving forward. We started with a recap from the previous week and the agenda. Then, we had some women's trivia, a quiz, and discussion. Then, I spoke to the group about the benefits of music therapy and dedicated my favorite empowerment song to them. I also tried to instill hope by directing the group toward futureme.org for an online activity. They sent "postcards" to their future selves; they gave themselves advice, encouragement, reminders, and directions on how to get where they wanted to go. We ended the session with a women's empowerment quote & poem.

1. G r o u p S e s s i o n
EMPOWERMENT

2. A few things we need to keep in mind before we begin:
GREETINGS: Sawubona & Ngikhona (African Zulu)
Modified Call: ””Good To See You.”
Modified Response: “Good To Be Seen.”
PURPOSE: We gather together to have a SAFE place to TALK about the EVERYDAY issues.
REVIEW:
Norms & Rules (Be respectful)
Group Topics (True Colors Test & Gratefulness)
CHECK IN: Discussion? Updates? Concerns?
TASK: Empowerment!
TECH ISSUES: If we have technical difficulties, please let us know by typing a message in the
Chat box. Or, you can raise your hand if we do not respond.

3. Agenda For Our Group Today:
1. Activity One: 1 Minute Sentence
2. Activity Two : The Playlist
3. Activity Three : Postcards

4. Reach Back!
Girl: used to describe a
young person of either sex
• Until the 16th century
Woman: from Middle English
word “wyfman”
• meaning “wife (wyf) of the
man”

5. Activity One: 1 Minute Sentence1

6. Activity
One

7. Our Definitions of Empowerment

8. Five Components of Women's
Empowerment:
1. Women's sense of self-worth;
2. Women’s right to have and to determine choices;
3. Women’s right to have access to opportunities and
resources;
4. Women’s right to have the power to control their own lives,
both within and outside the home;
5. Women’s ability to influence the direction of social change
to create a more just social and economic order, nationally
and internationally.
Guidelines on Women's Empowerment. (1990). Retrieved November 26, 2015,
from http://www.un.org/popin/unfpa/taskforce/guide/iatfwemp.gdl.html

9. Activity Two: The Playlist2

10. I Dedicate This Song To You.

11. Activity Three:
Postcards

12. WE
A R E
- Poem by Tia
Sparkles Singh

13. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY!
Presentation slides of this session will be available upon request.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Crystal Gordon: cdgordon@usc.edu