When Dawn Walls came to Women, Work and Community in 2010, she was going through a divorce. Her children were grown and gone. She had struggled long term with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. “I didn’t know what I was going to do with the rest of my life.” At that time she just wanted to [...]
“Thank you WWC for instilling courage and knowledge in me, and for forever being a sounding board.”
Pam enrolled in WWC’s money training with an uncertain feeling. She sensed that she needed to improve her awareness and skills with money but hadn’t known what to do or just how to do it. In Financing Your Future at WWC she felt comfortable being with others who were experiencing some of the same money [...]
A broad coalition of community organizations is hosting a forum to allow candidates for U.S. Senate an opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues that affect Maine women and girls, including economic security, freedom from violence, healthcare, and civil rights. Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012 Reception: 6:00pm to 7:00pm Candidates’ Forum: 7:00pm to 8:30pm [...]
Women, Work, and Community is pleased to announce four new members have joined their statewide Advisory Council: Brenda Buck, Human Resource Manager for Time Warner Cable New England; Gwendolyn DeCicco, Business Development Recruiter for Saint Joseph’s College; Stephanie Harp, Owner of HarpWorks Writing Services and a New Ventures graduate; Bonita Pothier, Key@Work Relationship Manager and [...]
Gail Thibault completed one year of college right out of high school, but she left school to work in an optical lab and marry her husband. She told her teacher she would return to complete her associate degree at a later time, and he replied, “We’ll see!” A year later when Gail found out she [...]
When she first came to Women, Work, and Community, Karen Garland-Kidder was a stay-at-home mom with two young children. She attended Creating Your Future as a favor to a friend and wasn’t looking to make changes to her home/work situation. She found that she enjoyed the process involved with career exploration: being at the table [...]
In the spring of 2010, Stephanie Harp had been running her freelance writing business for several years, but knew she needed to get more organized and write a business plan. Two friends of hers, both New Ventures graduates and WWC Ambassadors, posted information about the next New Ventures class to their Facebook pages. The timing [...]
Yesterday, a bright, cloudless, eighty-degree Presque Isle day, WWC hosted its second annual All for Women leadership event. The energy at this packed-to-capacity, informative, day-long conference was great as participants got inspired, gained skills, and paid it forward in one synergistic celebration. Another aspect was an impressive and satisfying balance between giving and receiving. Hurrah [...]
Twenty Women, Work, and Community Ambassadors and graduates from across the state convened at the State House in Augusta on 2/7 to observe their Legislators in action. Starting with a well attended breakfast in the Cross Café, graduates shadowed their Legislators throughout the day in Committee meetings and party caucuses. The group observed and received [...]
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