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RISE Magazine is the latest and fastest growing publication in the women's support industry. Each page is aimed at shedding light on female teens and young adults who face transition and the companies that champion their cause. Each quarter RISE takes you inside their struggle and to the front lines of the leading companies, organizations and funders responsible for their successful journey.TRANSCRIPT
LISA L. BOTTOMS2014 PHOENIX AWARD RECIPIENT
FAMILY & AMBITION
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Hello and welcome to Cleveland’s latest industry magazine which shares stories, articles and special features about women in transition.
We lead you inside to the back stories and forward, to the people and companies that make it possible for women to move beyond transition and able to stabilize their lives.
We’re anticipating your excitement and hoping you’ll support our publication and contribute with stories of your own.
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Grab a buddy and practice making YOU-turns“The most important thing you can do for your health today is to walk 30 minutes — and then call a buddy,” says Michael Roizen, MD, Chief Wellness Officer and Chairman of Cleve-land Clinic’s Wellness Institute.
That fitness buddy relationship — being a buddy and having a buddy — is vital to keeping your health goals on track. You and your fitness buddy should have a support-
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I used to think that making mistakes was all I could do right. Every time I tried to get ahead I ended up three steps behind. It wasn’t that I was a bad person or didn’t know right from wrong. I just didn’t think that anyone cared.
I was beginning to think that I deserved all the bad things that hap-pened to me and that I would never turn my life around.
Today my life is different. I found people who cared about me and gave me another chance at life.
Now I realize that I have a choice in my life. And I made a choice to be a better person for me and my children. Day after day I choose to be a better person and make better choices.
ive, kind and non-judg-mental relationship. So if you’ve gone for your 30-minute walk only to arrive home and eat seven cookies, you can feel confident that your buddy won’t scold you.
“It’s your buddy’s job to find out how you are and how he or she can encourage you to correct your behavior so you can get back on track,” says Dr. Roizen.
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On October 10, 2014 the Jordan Community Resource Center hosted its 10th Anniversary Celebration and Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Independence Ohio.
The evening opened with a prayer and the blessings of Bishop Tony Minor who attended with his wife Natoya Walker, City of Cleveland-Chief of Public Affairs.
Attendees were witness to an spectacular array of modern dance and ballet performed by the incredible Mr. Terrance Green and The Green Works Project to a standing ovation.
Poetry and spoken word was also performed by Katrice Head and the evening was filled with the melodic sounds of the Unit Band.
2014 PHOENIX AWARDS DINNER
10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
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It was one of the most entertaining and auspicious nights of the year.
Barbara McEachern, PhD., Professor Emeritus also spoke eloquently to an attentive audience. Founder Tenisha Gant-Watson introduced this year’s 2014 Phoenix Award Recipient Lisa L. Bottoms of the Cleveland Foundation.
The audience was also privy to a powerful and moving speech by special guest speaker Dr. Pamela Redden.
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FAMILY & AMBITION
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My family has always been a priority to me. So when my first husband passed away, it really shook us to our core. I was determined that this wouldn’t define the future for me or my children. We had to heal and the first step was to redefine our roles within our fam-ily unit and divide Dad-dy’s chores among us. My 6 year old son volun-
teered to feed and walk the dog up our street and to clean up after the dog. He even agreed to help with laundry by rolling socks. My 9 year old daughter would load and unload the dish-washer and wash and dry pre-sorted laundry, compliments of me. We became a strong family unit working to rebuild our lives. The children
maintained their grades in schools and continued all of their extracurricu-lars. Five years later, I married my current husband and became a blended family. Again, I put on my social worker’s hat and was determined to build my new family. My husband brought two additional children to our union making us the Brady Bunch with children ages, 14, two eleven year olds (not twins), and an 8 year old. We began by setting expectations with the children with
final expectation for both my husband and I to remember it was always us as a couple with one position present to the children. We created new memories and tradi-tions building a stronger family along the way.Today, three of our children are in college-two are sophomores in undergraduate, one is finishing graduate school-and one is a junior in high school. Our family will continue to support and love one another and to help each other rise and meet their goals.
By Lisa L. Bottoms
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Relational theory is one of the developments that has come from an increased understand-ing of gender differ-ences, and specifically of the different ways in which women and men develop psycho-logically. We need to understand relational theory in order to de-velop effective services and to avoid re-creating in correctional set-tings the same kinds of growth-hindering and/or violating relationships that women experience in society at large. It is
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More than 1 million adult women are involved in or under the custody and control of the criminal justice system. As of 2012, the number of women in local jails was 90,100 (Minton, 2013). Over the past 30 years, research in the fields of health, mental health, substance abuse, and violence against women has revealed that women offenders face challenges that are not only different from their male counterparts, but that also greatly influence their involvement in criminal justice, including jails.
also important to con-sider how women’s life experiences may affect how they will function both within the crimi-nal justice system and during the process of their transition and suc-cessful re-entry into the community.
According to these theories, an individual’s goal is to become a self-sufficient, clearly differentiated, autono-mous self.
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By Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW
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The culmination of the evening was resulted in the presentation of the Phoenix Award by legendary former Cleveland Brown’s wide receiver and CEO of the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, Reggie Rucker who attended with his beautiful wife Darlene Rucker as they also celebrated their 8th wedding anniversary. Director and founder of the Jordan Community Resource Center Tenisha Gant-Watson also co-presented along with Mr. Rucker.
Photography By Wake Up Call Communications. Property of Jordan CRC. Copyright 2014.All Rights Reserved.
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Terri Eason (Center),The Cleveland Foundation-Director of Gift Planning
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Terri Eason (Center),The Cleveland Foundation-Director of Gift Planning
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2014 PHOENIX AWARDS DINNER
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Photography By Wake Up Call Communications. Property of Jordan CRC. Copyright 2014.All Rights Reserved.
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purpose of examining the qual i t ies of
re lat ionships that foster growth and devel-
opment. The stone center relat ional model
def ines connect ion as “an interact ion that
engenders a sense of being in tune with
sel f and others and of being understood
and valued” (byl ington 1997, 35). Such
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Mutual, empathic, and
empowering relationships produce five
psychological outcomes. ”
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MILLER’S WORK LED A GROUP OF RESEARCH-
ERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO CREATE THE
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By Stephanie S. CovingtonPhD, LCSW
EDITORIAL
the psychological
problems of women
can be traced to
disconnect ions or
v io lat ions wi th in re-
lat ionships, whether
in fami l ies, wi th
personal acquain-
tances, or in society
at large.
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By Stephanie S. CovingtonPhD, LCSW
Mutual, empathic, and
empowering relation-
ships produce five
psychological out-
comes. Participants
in these relationships
gain: (1) increased zest
and vitality, (2) em-
powerment to act, (3)
knowledge of self and
others, (4) self-worth,
and (5) a desire for
more connection (Miller
1986). These outcomes
constitute psychologi-
cal growth for women.
Mutuality, empathy,
and power with others
are essential qualities
of an environment that
will foster growth in
women. By contrast,
Miller (1990) has de-
scribed the outcomes of
disconnections -- that is,
non-mutual or abusive
relationships-- which
she terms a “depressive
spiral.” These are: (1)
diminished zest or vital-
ity, (2) disempowerment,
(3) unclarity or confu-
sion, (4) diminished self-
worth, and (5) a turning
away from relationships.
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The importance of understanding relational theory
is reflected in the recurring themes
of relationship and family seen in the lives of female
offenders.
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