2012 Women s Leadership Conference & Outdoor Retreat Weekend (N=33)

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1 2012 Women s Leadership Conference & Outdoor Retreat Weekend (N=33) 1. Are you a (circle one): Returning Student 9% BMCC Graduate 22% Staff/Faculty 6% Student 63% 2. Age: Average age = 24 Unknown - 6% 3. How did being among women of different ages affect your overall experience? Positively 96% Negatively 0 Neutral 6% 4. Before attending the retreat had you ever visited the WRC? Yes 90% No 5. Before attending the retreat were you aware of the WRC? Yes 94% No 6. Was this your first outdoor camping experience? Yes 64% No 7. Overall Experience To what extent did the Leadership Retreat (please only select one choice for each): Very Much Somewhat Not at all Contribute to building your self esteem 87.9% 12.1% Help you make changes to improve your lifestyle 87.9% 12.1% Help make changes to improve work and/or study habits 69.7% 27.3% 3.0% Improve your motivation to succeed 93.9% 3.0% 3.0% Help you to let go of negative people and/or negative thoughts 93.9% 6.1% Contribute to you being in touch with your voice 81.8% 18.2% Contribute to you using your voice 87.9% 9.1% 3.0% Help you to be more patient 87.9% 9.1% 3.0% Help you to share (time, thoughts, space) 84.8% 15.2% Teach you about wellness 90.9% 9.1% Provide support for your academic goals 87.9% 12.1% Help you to progress towards being successful in attaining 90.9% 9.1% your affirmation (that you wrote down at the retreat Help you to feel more like a leader than before attending 87.9% 9.1% 3.0%

2 Please elaborate on any of your responses above or add other ways the retreat affected you. From this experience, I realize that I can accomplish anything I put my mind towards. It's never easy when you're working to achieve a goal but hard work always pays off. I won't EVER GIVE UP on my dream! Good use of time with friends (2) Great Sisterhod Support I have been attending the retreat for years! And every time I attend I learn life changing selfimprovement skills which I utilize and have actually been helping to improve my life. I loved the fact that we were able to bond so rapidly. I really love the camping. I got more friends, we bod to each other, communicate, play and shared stories. This all help me to improve my lifestyle. Thank you. I was able to learn more about myself and improve myself as a woman in my journey of life. I'm beginning to know, appreciate and understand who I am. If you don't like something change it. That's what I learned. It just opened me to be myself and to take life for what it is. Bee grateful for what you have and the people around you that support you! Let me open to people to those who I don t know before. To be patient. Calm down and enjoy the time without thinking too much. The retreat helped me to be more open to explore new things no fear. The retreat helped me to stop being so selfish and listen. Listen to others; hear their life story, which brought forth similarities. The retreat helped me to understand that every experience is one where you learn and teach something new. I also learned that I'm much stronger than I think I am and also to push myself. This retreat helped me mentally physically and educationally. I loved it. This was a very positive experience and very enriching. Time in solitude was much needed and encouraged self-reflective thinking. Women young and old need experiences like this retreat. Words truly cannot describe the power, strength, and unity of those women. Because of this life changing bonding experience. Wonderful experience among all women leaders and watching them evolve into better team players.

3 8. Workshops/Activities For each workshop or activity listed below please rate how useful they were in contributing to your personal growth and/or knowledge. Please select one answer choice for each. Workshops /Activities Briefly comment on the Creating Me experience: At first I had difficulties of how to start and how to contribute it. Awesome Very Useful Friday Love is the Answer 100% Positioning Yourself for a Life of Opportunity 93.9% 6.1% Somewhat Not at all Not Applicable Campfire Activity 87.9% 6.1% 6.1% Saturday Action Socialization Experience (Ex. Wall Climbing etc.) 87.9% 3.0% Personal Branding 87.9% 12.1% Zumba 81.8% 9.1% 6.1% 3.1% Sunday Reflection/Rap Up 87.9% 6.1% 6.1% Only for students who participated in the Creating Me Series Workshop Friday through Sunday: Creating Me Series 100% Because it was a small group we were really able to zero in on certain issues and let the full extent of our emotions show. It provided clarity and a sense of calm. Did it last year love it love Michelle. I did not participate in this workshop but their finishing act was very beautiful and moving. I facilitated the senses and enjoyed my experience as a facilitator. The final piece that culminated from the series was inspiring to see and be a part of. I loved the intimacy being with a small group of my sisters made me more comfortable and open to expressing myself. I was one of the poets this year. It was a well needed experience!! Michelle is great, she is so easy to speak to that s why I was so comfortable. It is great to enjoy verbal, sincere expression as an art form It was a wonderful experience. I opened up my heart we worked as a team and we were very supportive with each other. I wish I can attend to more workshops like this. It was great. The "Creating me" experience forced me to dig deep within myself to acknowledge my strengths and weakness. Very inspiring. I was able to meditate and teach to change myself and goals in life.

4 9. How much confidence do you have in yourself today? Please check one box. I am very confident 50% I am confident 47% Somewhat 3% I am not at all confident To what extent did being in this outdoor experience contribute to your personal growth and learning? Please check one box. Very much 100% Somewhat Not at all 11. What did you like best? Archery, wall climbing, ASE workshops and playing tennis! Last but the sunrise walk and ZUMBA! Everything Everything! Quilting and Zumba. Getting to connect with different personalities and becoming open to different perspectives. The quilting experience was a Fantastic addition! I enjoyed rock climbing the most because I was able to support and encourage others to make it to the top. I was also successful at reaching the top. I like all the workshops and activities and I like the wall climbing I liked wall climbing the best. I loved everything. I can not pick anything. I learned something from everything. I loved the hike and how all the young ladies on this trip learned to work together and encourage each other. I loved the outdoor activities such as rock climbing, ASE activites, and the morning hike (and zumba). I loved the YMCA Faculty. I loved the sunrise hike trail. Prior to that point I never imagined myself capable of pushing myself that intensely. It was life changing. I loved the support we all gave one another that was priceless. Meeting new people. My cabin. quilting cause I love to do craftful things. Quilting was amazing and warm hearted experience. Rock climbing, I am athletic so then I was faced with the challenge of climbing up the incline. I tried and tried. I did not succeed but I was successful for me. Spending time with everyone. Team work in outdoor activities. ASE The ability to network with other students. The activities and the space that they were done in were most appealing. The cabin experience, sisterhood relationship The challenges rock climbing, and physical activity.

5 The growth that each person had while on the trip The hiking. The workshops. Wall climbing and the workshops Sumba and ASE Zumba. Zumba. It has motivated me to start working out 12. What did you like least? Although I enjoyed every moment of this experience I suppose the least was not being to try more activities such as horseback riding. Hiking (it wasn't challenging enough) I like all. I liked everything I think there could have been more restful activates more free time and everything else was perfect! Limited amount of 'Creating me' student. Would like a day longer! Not being allowed to stay until later time after 11pm. Not enough time could of used an extra day. Cramped schedule. Not having enough time. Nothing I loved everything. Nothing really Nothing! Everything was great. Nothing. I loved everything. Nothing/ Not applicable Quilting. Sleeping because I felt like time was being wasted. That the trip was so short! The beds! Painful! The food was tasty but I wish the menu was more nutritious. The quilting due to different opinions. The Retreat is too short!!! Make it last longer!! The trip was too short. There was no yoga and it was the perfect place for it. Too short (2)

6 13. Additional Comments Best experience I had on a trip ever! Cannot wait to go again and again and again. GREAT TRIP!! I would definitely come again. Horse riding please. I hope attend it next year. I just want to thank everyone for everything. I look forward for Mrs. Parker conducting this life changing trip for many years to come. I loved all the activities and I hope this continues through the years, because as women we need activities such as these to improve ourselves. I wish more girls could experience this adventure and journey. My generation and those after are in trouble. It was a jost experiences. I love it. I want to do it again. it was amazing and I look forward to future retreats. Love Ms.Parker and Precious, and all who dedicated their time and love to make this experience great and better than last year. Team work! Great experience. Thank you all for helping me in this ever growing process in becoming a leader. This experience is positive for the women who participate in it and I hope that it continues and is part of the BMCC fabric for all time. It offers promising opportunities for growth. This is such a great experience. I'm so glad to be a part of it. Every woman should get this opportunity. This trip really helped me grow more and come over my fears and trust people. This was a wonderful experience. I'm more confident in my profession and academic life. I've also learned to be a more positive person and appreciate all that I have.

7 Participants were asked to rate their level of confidence at the beginning and end of the retreat. The percentage of very confident ratings increased by 25 percentage points from pre to post and ratings of feeling somewhat confident decreased by 28 percentage points from pre to post. Participants were also asked to elaborate on their pre retreat condience ratings: At some point I doubt myself in things I do. It's very confusing and unable to explain. I don t even know at times why I feel like that. Because there is nothing to worry about and if there is that is life and it does not relate and connect in who I am truly. Confidence can be the little things in life like finally reaching a goal you have worked so very hard towards; and right now I'm confident because of my journey and how far I've come and the good changes in my life. Everything in my life from work to personal is in harmony. I am a leader, I am athletic. I am clever and smart. But I don t know what to expect so I don t want to overgrade myself. I am at a wonderful junction in my life and I am embarking on my future studies, which will be remarkable. I am taking all I've learned here at BMCC with me. I am learning not to second guess myself with things that I already know. I am afraid in making mistakes. I am unique. I am a strong girl. I am capable of a lot of things. I can do and I will always try to achieve. I am a leader. I am a phenomenal woman. I am usually confident in everything that I do. However there are times that I doubt or question my abilities. I am very confident in myself. Do you want to know why? It's very simple, if you do not believe in yourself who else would? I believe and feel very confident in myself because it all starts with ME! I believe in myself and so in terms others will. I feel confident about myself because I know my goal and I'm sure my goals become succeeded at the end of my BMCC year. I feel like I am confident with myself but feel like I can change by doing daily things for myself that will uplift me. I feel that I am surrounded by sisters who I will learn so much from. The experience I will gain by going on the retreat. I am excited to be here. I feel very confident because im achieving my goals. Im looking forward to have a great time this weekend and to learn new things. I feel very confident. Because I believe that I can overcome every challenge that I'm given at or off the camp.

8 I have a great deal of confidence in myself. The 2011 retreat has helped me to be confident in both sociable and professional situations. I hope to gain more leadership skills at this retreat. I have confidence/and am confident I will accomplish every task I put my mind to. I believe I can achieve every goal, if I put my mind to something and have confidence I would always be able to accomplish it. I have the drive and tolerance to take on any obstacle that comes my way. I allow myself to learn and grasp all knowledge and channel it no matter what I am faced with. I never really believed in myself and I always keep quiet. However, after going through so many hard times and struggles, I became stronger and more confident. I finally realized that life is too short and that I was born to LEAD! I put very confident because I'm everything I do I always do it to the best of my ability. If you don t have confidence in yourself no one else will. I say somewhat confident because I am more confident towards some things is all things. I am confident in my appearance but not as confident in my abilities. I seem to linger between my levels of confidence as I have had issues with social phobia beginning in my teenage years. However, I am slowly, yet rapidly, breaking free from those chains! I'm actually mostly exited for what the future holds for me. So I guess behind that excitement has to be lots of confidence in myself. I'm confident in some aspects of my life, but I feel like I have strong doubts in myself which holds me back at times. I'm Haitian and grew up in a house hold setting that encouraged gender bias. Men have far more privileges than women. No matter what I do my mother is never satisfied. I need to start putting myself first and do what satisfies me. My confidence is dependent on my surroundings and challenge or I may feel confident and then it may evaporate. My self-esteem has much room to grow!! Since the last retreat I have been working on building my confidence. I've started thinking of myself as invincible and beautiful and telling me the sky is the limit. Since the semester has finished, I had gain more time for me. So I've been reading some women empowerment books that have brought confidence to myself a bit. Sometimes I second guess myself.

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