WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
Annual Luncheon
Speaker: Bonnie J. Campbell
Topic: The Journey from Victimization to Empowerment
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Embassy Suites on the River
101 E. Locust Street, Des Moines
Tickets: $50 (includes lunch); $500/table of 10
Since 1999, the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center has sponsored an annual luncheon (1) to raise awareness of our work with women struggling with the challenges of life and (2) to generate funds to help subsidize counseling for low- and moderate-income women and girls with limited resources. Please join us for this uplifting event in celebration of women. Invitations will be mailed mid-March. Mark your calendar!
If you are new to this event, call the Center today (274-4006) to request an invitation.
This year’s speaker, Bonnie J. Campbell, served with distinction for four years as Iowa Attorney General and then joined the Clinton Administration as one of its key officials on crime and gender-equity issues. Selected by Clinton in 1995 to head the Justice Department’s newly created Violence Against Women Office, Campbell emerged as a national leader for her work to bring victim-rights reform to the country’s criminal justice system. Campbell’s effectiveness led Time magazine in 1997 to name her one of the 25 most influential people in America. Praising her for bringing “rock-solid credibility” to her job, Time called Campbell the “force behind a grass-roots shift in the way Americans view the victims – and perhaps more importantly, the perpetrators – of crimes against women.”
This year’s event will honor the memory and legacy of Elizabeth Kruidenier – a true advocate and leader in helping underserved women. Liz left her fingerprints throughout the community including on the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center. Her leadership gift to the Center helped to build the new facility, thus expanding services for all in need. Contact the Center to honor Liz’s lead by joining the inaugural group of Women Helping Women Leaders (kmurrin@dmpcc.org ).
Please MARK YOUR CALENDAR to join us for lunch on April 20th.
"What we can teach each other as women at any age, is that being vulnerable is not the same
as being weak. The display of vulnerability requires a most intimate form of trust.
We trust one another, and then learn to trust ourselves. Only then are the possibilities
of our talents, confidence, and ultimately our hearts, fully opened.”
You can always help the Center year-round in our work with women and girls by sending in a contribution to the Center directing it to the Women Helping Women Fund at any time.
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