Refugee Transitions: Women's Initiative

Refugee Transitions: Women's Initiative

NLD ID #95639

Contact Information

1811 11th Ave
Oakland, CA 94606

Primary Contact

Julia Glosemeyer

(415) 989-2151

julia@reftrans.org

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Program Overview

The Women's Initiative is a fast-growing program created by Refugee Transitions. It focuses on education for both newcomer mothers and their preschool-aged children.

The Women's Initiative improves women's English skills and self-sufficiency, supports female community and leadership, and reduces childcare barriers to education. While mothers attend class, our early childhood development professionals engage the children in educational activities, including holding reading groups with our partner Tandem. Partners in Early Learning. We help children learn English; develop interpersonal and social-emotional skills; grow their fine and gross motor skills; express themselves creatively; and be more independent.

The class includes multilingual, culturally sensitive assistance by female community leaders. These leaders, as well as the childcare assistants, are hired from within the communities that we serve, which include forcibly displaced populations from Afghanistan and Yemen.

Cost Info

The program is free

This program listing was last updated: February 21, 2019.

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Education services

  • Read and write better
  • Find a family literacy program
  • Help my child learn
  • Learn English
  • Improve my technology skills
  • Volunteer at a program

Instruction Type

  • In-person
  • Instruction in multiple languages