Celebrating Bakhita Empowerment Initiative
In 2023, Catholic Charities is celebrating a different program each month with recognition and acknowledgement of the program, its team members, its patron saint, and the wonderful work and outreach the program makes possible. Because January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, our first celebrated program is Bakhita Empowerment Inititative.
Mission
The mission of the Bakhita Empowerment Initiative is to increase awareness of human trafficking, provide training and technical assistance to professionals and community members, offer prevention education for youth, engage in […]
It was fun and games at an appetizer lunch Wednesday afternoon at 2911. Our winners were Holly Baumer Smith, Cydnei Dean, and Ellen Hauber, each with a score of 3 (because there’s just no good way to word “got three balls in Santa’s pants”).
“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others. There was a time when I felt lousy about my over-forty body, saw myself as too fat, too this, or too that. Yet I fantasized about finding a lover who would give me the gift of being loved as I am. It is silly, isn’t it, that 
Meet Deborah and Sarah!
