December 2009
7 posts
The Westchester NY Multigenerational Circle
The Westchester NY Multigenerational Circle had an exciting December month! On Dec. 10 we hosted a “Dough Raiser” at the White Plains’ Pizzeria Uno’s. Over 70 people came out to support Circle of Women. They enjoyed dinner with friends and purchased awareness bracelets, bookmarks and t-shirts. In addition, the Bet Amateurs, a teen theater group at Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, in White Plains NY, voted...
The Afghan Women’s Writing Project provides a voice to women writing from Afghanistan, some of whom risk their lives to write their stories on the blog. One woman, Roya, writes of her experiences when she was in school. She writes, “We didn’t even have a classroom. We studied under the hot sun or the spring rain. In my class, everyone brought small mats or pieces of logs to sit on,...
High school girls are making a difference
Circle of Women’s high school chapter in Buffalo, the Western New York Girls Schools Coalition: The Afghanistan Project, held an event on November 18th where they helped local sixth, seventh and eighth graders make friendship bracelets, cards and an Afghan flag to send to the girls at our school in Wardak, Afghanistan. Lauren Hoffman, co-president of the Coalition, expressed her commitment...