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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.



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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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


Mutual, empathic, and

empowering relationships produce five

psychological outcomes. ”

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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

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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.


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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