DEW Drop-In Newsletter

Institute of Indigenous Government, Canada's First Nations College, in partnership with the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre provides University Access: a program for individual who want to sharpen their Math and English Skills. 15 women to begin a class at the Centre. Certificate will be awarded upon completion; Papalooza: pap smear and STD and cervical Cancer testing with Cori and the Street Nurse; Women's Advocacy and Education: a program at Lifeskills Centre; Aunt Dee's Column: Aunt Dee's Garden of Your Daily Living; VCH/BCMHS Consumer Initiative Fund Availability to consumers of mental health services; Calendar: Regular Programming: Chinese Women's Group (CWS), Creative Writing Group, Library Literacy, Literacy Workshop,French Speaking Group, Resume Workshop, Self-Care Drop-In, Street Nurse, Women's Voice. Arts and Crafts Workshops: Beading with Denny, Crochet with Freeda, Fabric Arts with Freeda, Dreamcatchers. Evening Programming: Organizer's Training (ELP), Battered Women Support Services, Alcohol and Drug Harm Reduction Group, Music Jam, Women's Health Clinic; Horoscopes. Handling Emotions: A Place to Start, an article written by Marla Simlett, a counsellor at The Job Shop; Inner-city Women's Initiatives Society to host 6 Women aware Workshops: HIV Basics/Disability Changes, Safer Living in an Unsafe World, Mental Wellness 1 & 2, Child and Parent Rights, Complementary Therapy.