women's DRUM CIRCLE to support YWDEP!

Women's DRUM CIRCLE to support YWDEP's 2007 Summer
Enrichment Program!

candles - incense - refreshments - rhythms
DRUMS

$30 - ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT YWDEP (see description
below)
this fee automatically qualifies individuals as a
MEMBER of the organization

7-8:30 p.m.
St. Stephens Church
1525 Newton St NW
Washington, DC 20010

Please bring a drum if you have one (we will supply
the rest)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

IN RHYTHM-
kristen arant
www.drumladydc.com
202-213-7810

About YWDEP:
The Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project (YWDEP)
is a youth arts empowerment organization that strives
to create a safe environment free of fear and
intimidation in order to assist young women in the
examination of their own experiences, emotions and
opinions, and to aid in their development of
leadership, self-confidence and self-awareness. YWDEP
offers a free Summer Enrichment Program for DC young
women ages 13-18, bringing in area female artists to
teach West African hand drumming, poetry/spoken word,
song writing/singing and performance/stage technique
while supporting a core group of young women in the
process of creating their own set list of original
works for an end of the summer community performance.
This performance serves as a graduation or “rite of
passage” for its new members each year. YWDEP seeks to
sustain its programs during the school year as well.
Through its Mentorship Program, YWDEP builds young
women’s leadership skills by training graduates of the
summer program to mentor new girls entering the
program each year. In addition, YWDEP offers
school-year drumming workshops throughout DC schools
and youth centers, and offers performances for area
events throughout the year.