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Big Words to Little Me:

Empowerment Workshop

Facilitated By:Sakina Ibrahim

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Sakina Ibrahim

A dance educator, performer, and author of Big Words to Little Me.

She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA and a Masters of Fine Arts from University of California, Irvine. Her dedication to artistry and education allowed her to receive The Dance Outreach, Excellence in Performance Award and Medici Award. She has received training scholarships to Bates Dance Festival, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and numerous grants for her research in African Diaspora dance facilitated in Ghana. Sakina is the former assistant to legendary choreographer Donald McKayle setting Masterworks such

as Rainbow Round My Shoulder. Her performance credits include Pan African Film Festival (Aspire TV), The Fall of The Kings (Off Broadway), B eauty Shop the Play (OWN TV), Bayside the Musical (Off Broadway), Ngugi Wa Thiogo’s Trial of Dedan Kimathi, Jill Scott, TedX Orange Coast, The Grammy Foundation, R ennie Harris Pure Movement a nd International award winning film Young@Heart.S he has worked as faculty of the dance department at Westchester Community College, Saddleback College and Cypress College. She is currently teaching at the Dance Theatre of Harlem, performing in New York and facilitating empowerment workshops based on her book Big Words to Little Me.

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Goals Outcomes✓ Identify one’s perception of self, community and society.

✓ Identify personal challenges & work through a framework which establishes real time

solutions & tools.

✓ Create a safe space for the freedom of expression.

✓ Develop a sense of community, communication and team building.

✓ Enhance participants awareness of their self created obstacles.

✓ Discover passions that reveal interests & potential

career paths.

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BIG WORDS TO LITTLE ME | S A K I N A I B R A H I M

This book is not only an amazing read but it also helps to normalize uncomfortable feelings and thoughts that young girls may perceive to be an individualized experience. This book helps to bring awareness to their experiences and serves as an added tool to help with their psycho­social development. I would love a chance to participate in the workshop that correlates with this amazing book!

-Amazon CustomerAn amazing book that helps children take a mature assessment of their own thoughts, feeling, strengths, fears and goals. By raising issues from dealing with bullies to dealing with the loss of a family member and then asking those important questions with space for the children to write their own answers based on their own reality and experience, the author teaches children that with help, they can solve their own problems. Truly empowering and necessary in the fast paced minefield that children face today just growing up.

-Amazon Customer

Sakina's workshop got right to the heart of what is so complex and beautiful about parent child relationships. Sakina created a safe space to be vulnerable by sharing personal stories from her book "Big Words to Little Me". She encouraged parents and children to explore the parts of their relationships that were hard and messy while also allowing them to hold on to the pieces of their relationship that they felt grateful for. Everyone walked away from the workshop with full hearts.

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Helped me to open up about myself in impossible ways.

@charlizze Thank you so much, you helped me

realize who the true me is...

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