Pennsylvania State University, Women's Enrichment Center Overview
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Phone: 717-7723590
Penn State Eastgate Center
1010 North Seventh Street
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania 17102
USA
1010 North Seventh Street
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania 17102
USA
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Target demographics: Inmates in Dauphin County prisons
Direct beneficiaries per year: 160
Geographic areas served: Dauphin County
Mission:
Penn State Women's Enrichment Center uses the arts to encourage inmates to reflect on their lives and through rewriting them, re-right them.
Results:
Since 1994, WEC sponsors four ten-week sessions each year where inmates can focus on reflecting on their lives in order to assume responsibility for change.
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05/28/09
I've learned that I'm not alone in my struggle to reach for the top, and to be all that I can be! Also that I don't need a man to make me legitimate! I'm woman! I hold my own fate, my own destiny. I hold my own future in my own hands.
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05/28/09
I learned about all the subjects we read about a little more in depth. I addressed the issues I had with each subject. I learned a little about myself in the process. And I learned a different persepctive on all of the issues. I listened to people's stories and experiences and took somethign from ...
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05/28/09
I learned that as a person I have problems just like everyone else, and that some problems are worse than mine. I also learn as human beings, we all have valid feelings and opinions.
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