Archive for Programs
Get Ready for The Summer Sister Sunday Brunch!
Save The Date Summer Sister Sunday Brunch! Only $20 per person June 10th from 2:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. At the new Enerspace office in the West Loop! Join us to relax, revive and rejuvenate your soul! Meet, engage with and be inspired by truly dynamic women with whom you can truly connect! *********Light food and [...]
LCL Launches 2012 Youth LEAD Program
LCL Youth LEAD Core Program Open House This Saturday, May 19th (11:00 to 1:00) at DePaul University Lincoln Park Campus Click Here for Map 2219 North Kenmore Avenue Join us to learn more about our programs! LCL YLI LEAD Core Program was co-founded in 2006 by a group of women committed to helping African American and Latina [...]
Build A Spirit of Solidarity At The Sister Sunday Brunch!
Amazing Women Rise Together In Spirit! Las Caras Lindas (LCL) and Diaspora Spirit brought back the Sister Sunday Brunch with a bang! It was absolutely reinvigorating to see all of the women of LCL and Disapora Spirit together once again! We truly appreciated everyone’s presence in the room, including youth, volunteers, program participants and guests. It [...]
2011 Youth LEAD Institute (YLI) Program
The 2011 Youth LEAD Institute (YLI) was the begining of a new era for LCL. Under the direction of a new Management, LCL partnered with a new cohort of young girls on their journey to defining themselves as women. The 2011 program participants were guided through the LCL curriculum through a series of group discussion, [...]
LCL Hosts Women LEAD Expo
“I felt very energized, positive, and inspired after attending the event. My hope is that spaces like this can continue to be offered for our young (and elder) women in our communities.” -2011 LCL LEAD Ex Participant Over the years, LCL realized the need that in order to fully support the healthy development of young [...]
YLI LEAD Leadership Panel
Each year LCL’s YLI LEAD Program introduces young girls to leading community women. The 2011 panel consisted of Jackie Covarrubias and LCL Summer Intern and student at Notre Dame University, Juanita Irizarry, Program Officer at The Chicago Community Trust, Olga M. Marroquin, Author of Liberating Mella, Eleanor Richards, Northern Trust Bank, Arabel Alva Rosales, J.D., CEO and [...]
LCLs Loving, Learning and Letting Go Art Workshop 2011
Olga Marroquin, Author of Liberating Mella led the 2011 LCL Youth Core Program participants through Loving, Learning, and Letting Go Workshop. Based on her Damaged Goods Workshop, LCL participants focused on artistically expressing the process of self discovery and self acceptance. The workshop encouraged each young woman to explore three important areas in the journey to self [...]
LCL on Social Networking 101
OMG! Does it really matter what you say on Facebook? In response to the growth of social media in our lives LCL created the LCL Social Networking Guide Final_2010 for youth. After reading this guide youth will be able to better understand the power of their words, the impact of their actions when using social networking [...]
LCL YLI Core Program Community Tours
Las Caras Lindas youth tour Chicago’s ethnic communities, redefining stereotypes of Black and Brown communities from the inside out. A core component of the LCL model is shift away from deficit-based models, that tell young women negative stereotypes about themselves and their communities, towards an understanding of our individual and collective strengths. A core component [...]