Mentor Jean Jorgensen and Equipoise Fund president Mickey Babcock
Mentor Stephanie Brennan and mentee Jen Simon
Mentor Marcia Craighead, Executive Director of Integrative Healthcare Foundation, oversees the 2007 Teton Wellness Festival.
Womentoring mentor Heather Thomas, Executive Director of Jackson Community Recycling. (Photo: Neal Henderson.)
Mentor Nancy Taylor in teaching mode at the 2007 Teton Wellness Festival, just after her workshop "How to Live Sustainably with the Earth."
Contact Us:
Womentum
Annie Jack, Coordinator
Jackson, WY
info@womentumwyo.org
307.733.9225
Womentoring:
In 2005, the Womentum founders created Womentoring, a program intended to foster women’s professional and personal growth. Womentoring enables a diverse group of women to perform community service in Jackson Hole in a meaningful way by committing time and energy to their own growth, as well as that of others. Womentum believes that by developing and/or enhancing skills participants have identified as useful to them personally, mentees and mentors can improve their communities on a micro-level, as well as on the macro-level.
Mentoring is a fundamental form of human growth in which one person invests time, energy, and personal know-how in assisting in the growth and ability of another person. The only unbreakable rule about facilitated mentoring is that the relationship and program itself be designed for maximum flexibility.
2006 Womentoring participants at their "Harvest" celebration.
A recent study on the status of women in Wyoming conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research stressed the importance of closing the wage gap, encouraging women to run for office, and increasing the level of education of women in Wyoming. Womentoring strives to address issues within these goals on the local level by providing support, encouragement, and growth opportunities for individual women.
The first Womentoring program, a six-month pilot, took place during the first half of 2006 with ten mentoring pairs. The second Womentoring program, nine months in length, took place September 2007 through May 2008. The group consisted of eight mentoring pairs ~ a more ideal size than ten for fostering healthy small group dynamics, and facilitating bi-monthly small group dinners.
Please contact us for more information about participating in or supporting Womentoring!
Mentor and Mentee Testimonials
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2008-2009 Womentoring Calendar
Following is the 2007 program calendar for group events:
September 2008
Tuesday, September 9, Womentoring Kick-Off from 6:00-8:00pm (location TBA)
October 2008
Thursday, October 9, Small Group Dinner*
November 2008
Thursday, November 13, Speaker Dinner **
December 2008
No group gathering scheduled
January 2009
Thursday, January 8, All-Mentor and All-Mentee Dinners***
February 2009
Thursday, February 12, Small Group Dinner*
March 2009
Thursday, March 12, Small Group Dinner*
April 2009
Thursday, April 16, Speaker Dinner **
May 2009
Thursday, May 14, Harvest Celebration from 6:00-8:00pm
Every month
Anytime during the month: mentors and mentees meet one-on-one
* Small Group Dinner: a gathering of 3-4 mentors/mentee pairs; an effective tool for group mentoring and community building
** Speaker Dinner: the entire group convenes for dinner and to hear a prominent local woman speaker (speakers yet to be determined)
*** Mentor Dinner/Mentee Dinnner: two separate dinners – one consisting of all the mentees and the other of all the mentors; these dinners will offer a venue for mentors and mentees to share their respective experiences with each other
Left: Mentee Melissa Turley. Center: Mentors Shelley Simonton and Heather Overholser with mentee Maggie Schilling. Right: Mentor Jackie Gilmore and mentee Johanna Love.