Returning to Learning:  A Workshop for Women Who Want To Go Back To School is an opportunity for participants to explore a new, holistic approach to learning based on women’s ways of knowing.  In an experiential, inspiring (and fun) two hour session, Barbara Bennett and Donna Berman, authors of Fork in the Road: A Companion For Women Who Are Going Back To School Later In Life (And Those Who Want To), will present the model they have developed out of Barbara’s experience of going back to school at age 42, three kids, a husband and a dog in tow.  The workshop will cover ways to confront the unique emotional and psychological challenges women face as they return to school, as well as creative and helpful ways to conceptualize and approach study, research and writing.

Barbara Bennett has studied Body-Centered Gestalt Therapy for twelve years at Hartford Family Institute.  She returned to school in 2003 to complete her BA and is currently working on her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.  She has explored and worked hard at creating a balance between her academic, professional and personal life, seeing blocks to writing and learning as doorways to creativity and general well-being.

Rabbi Donna Berman, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford.  She went back to school at age 37 to get her doctorate in Religion and Social Ethics.  In her dissertation, she developed a method for doing Jewish Feminist Ethics.  She has taught at Molloy College, Wesleyan University and Hartford Seminary.  A social activist, she has committed her life to finding ways to help empower women.

The book, Fork in the Road: A Companion for Women Going Back to School Later in Life (and Those Who Want to) is a fun, funny, funky, practical, inspiring, engaging guide for women who want to return to school. It covers everything from how to get your transcripts, filling out the application, writing different kinds of papers, studying for exams and, most important of all, how to stay sane while doing all this. Fork in the Road is an invaluable companion for women who are taking this courageous step.

It is available for purchase directly from the authors by e-mailing to DonnaB@charteroakcenter.org as well as at the workshop itself at a cost of $15.

The event will be held at
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053
Monday, March 19th

Directions: http://www.charteroak.edu/directions

There is limited seating so Registration is REQUIRED

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