Let's DDDance Ministries, founded by Gloria J. Barksdale, aims to combat domestic abuse through various programs including counseling, transitional housing, and education tailored to empower women and children. Key initiatives involve Project Mother, Lifeworks Program, an Abstinence Education Program, and Healthy Relationships Workshops, focusing on self-sufficiency and community awareness. Established in 2004 and recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the organization promotes holistic development and recovery for those affected by domestic violence.

1. Slide #1
A Presentation by
Gloria J. Barksdale, Founder & Executive Director
Let’s DDDANCE Ministries
Let’s Detect & Demolish Domestic Abuse N
Communities Everywhere!

2. About Let’s DDDANCE Ministries
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 Mission Statement
 About the Logo
 Project MOTHER
 LIFEWORKS PROGRAM
 Abstinence Education Program
 Healthy Relationships Workshops
 To Contact Us

3. Mission Statement
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 To this end, the corporation shall provide counseling for women and
children, transitional housing, spiritual guidance for the abused and
neglected, and an opportunity for career training and development
focused on developing healthy families (including abstinence education &
healthy relationships) and social empowerment. All funds, whether
income or principal, and whether acquired by gift or contribution or
otherwise, shall be devoted to said purposes.
 Let’s DDDANCE Ministries was originally established in October, 2004;
received her State Corporation Commission recognition in May 2006 and
applied for 501(c)(3) status in March 2006.

4. About the Logo
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Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
The logo is an angry black woman fighting to
take back what rightfully belongs to all women
(freedom, happiness, peace, security, etc.)
She is also dancing on the devil’s head.

5. Project MOTHER
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Project MOTHER is a partial acronym for (Millennium Opportunities to
Heal, Educate & Rehabilitate). Her motto is “Chosen, Challenged &
Changed!”
It is the intent of Project MOTHER and her connected entities to
provide to her clients (chosen) education, training, community
awareness, spiritual direction (challenged) , transitional housing,
 and an ability to become economically self-sufficient (changed)
through career preparation and job training using every available
service, organization and other supporting elements.
Short video on domestic violence statistics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfN5iN6lj8

6. LIFEWORKS Program
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LIFEWORKS is an acrostic tool that prescribes the various programs
that our candidates can participate in to challenge themselves to
rise above their circumstances.
 Let’s DDDANCE Ministries prescribes to a holistic approach to help
the candidates become well-rounded in their efforts to be chosen,
challenged an changed for a better life. LIFEWORKS includes a broad
scope of the following topics that will be arranged into classes,
workshops, work experiences, internships, and other workable
avenues of exposure for our population.
The LIFEWORKS skill sets or projects are: Literacy, Instructional
technology, Family life education, Entertainment, Woman’s world, Out
of the ordinary, Recreational, Kitchen works & Soul work.)

7. Abstinence Education Program
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The“abstinence education” criteria: (a) has as its exclusive
purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to
be realized by abstaining from sexual activity; (b) outside
marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;
(c) is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health
problems; (d) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous
relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard
of human sexual activity; (e) outside of the context of marriage
is likely to have harmful psychological and physical
effects; (f) bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have
harmful consequences for the child, the child’s parents, and
society; (g) teaches young people how to reject sexual advances
and how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual
advances; and (h) teaches the importance of attaining self-
sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity.

8. Healthy Relationships Workshops
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In coordination with the local Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault
Coordinator(s), psychologists/psychiatrists and domestic
violence advocates we will integrate many successful “Healthy
Relationships” Workshops that will be presented for men,
women and children separately and then together for families
as a unit who are working at improving their relationships
among them.

9. To Contact Us:
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 441668
Fort Washington, MD 20749
Email/Phone:
letsdddancenow@yahoo.com
301-248-7392

10. To Contact Us:
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 441668
Fort Washington, MD 20749
Email/Phone:
letsdddancenow@yahoo.com
301-248-7392