Daughterssisters

Daughterssisters

  • PO BOX 4492
  • Rollingbay, Washington
  • 98061-0492

Description

The Teen Talking Circle model was developed in 1993 by Wind Hughes and Linda Wolf, the founders of the Daughters Sisters Project, during research for their book Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women & Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood. In July of 2004, the Teen Talking Circle Project grew into the parent organization for the DaughtersSisters, BrothersSons and GenderTalks. We offer local Teen Talking Circles on Bainbridge Island, and offer guidance and support to others to start circles in their communities. Click the links below to learn about our documentary DVD and Facilitator's Handbook, as well as our other books; or learn about our intensive training workshops to become a facilitator: Speaking and Listening From the Heart: The Art of Facilitating Teen Talking Circles. For more details on our journey from the Daughters Sisters Project to the Teen Talking Circle Project, view our History. WHAT TEEN TALKING CIRCLES PROVIDE YOUTH: The Teen Talking Circle Project provides high school aged youth with weekly single-gender talking circles, called DaughtersSisters and BrothersSons, and monthly mixed-gender circles, called GenderTalks. We also set up day-long workshops between different circles to nurture more understanding between diverse youth. Teen Talking Circles are safe spaces where youth can tell the truth about their lives, look at the issues they're living with, and practice the skills it takes to maintain healthy with self and others, and create...

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