A testimonial from someone who has attended this workshop. 
Jacki

>>> "Kelli Templeton" <[log in to unmask]> 2/8/2008 8:00 AM >>>
Jacki,
I believe this will be a great workshop for all who attend.  I attended
a
Ruby Payne workshop last year and it was very enlightening.  I
encourage
anyone to go even if you don't deal with children.  It speaks volumes.

Thanks Kelli
>  Note:  I don't believe this is approved for CEUs - check with Ms.
> Hawkins to be sure.
>
> On Wednesday February 27th from 9am- 1pm
>   Big Brothers Big Sister of North Central WV will be holding a
> workshop based training on the Dr. Ruby K. Payne’s book, A
Framework
> for Understanding Poverty presented by Idress Gooden in the
Serendipity
> room of the Suncrest United
>   Methodist Church in Morgantown.
>
>   The cost to attend is $6 for the cost of lunch provided by Subway.
> Seating is limited to 25 people.  RSVP by Feb 22nd.  For more
> information contact Sylvia Hawkins by calling 304 983-2383 ext 104 or
by
> e-mail at [log in to unmask]
>
>    Idress Gooden will be presenting a workshop based on Dr. Ruby K.
> Payne’s book, A Framework for Understanding Poverty.   Idress
Gooden
> will be presenting a powerful training workshop tool for anyone to
use
> when dealing with children from poverty. In the book, Ruby discusses
the
> hidden rules that govern how each of us behaves in our social class.
> Those rules, because they are hidden and only known to those within
the
> group, prove to be a major stumbling block for individuals trying to
> move to a new social class. Students from poverty often languish in
> classrooms run by members of middle class because those are the
rules
> that govern. Idress Gooden will be delivering the message of the book
in
> a training based workshop.
>