Detroit Adult Entertainment: Laura Berman Urban gardening lets women grow

June 27, 2009 at 5:49 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No Comments

This place, the Marian Center for Women’s Growth, is run by Cathy Gitzen, its very resourceful, hands-on executive director.They come for 30 days at least, and 60 days or more if they want to. They abide by rules, enjoy some freedoms, and learn about the work world by running their own businesses — catering lunches at workplaces, selling organic beauty products.
Gitzen, who ran programs for women at the Dickerson Women’s Detention Facility, knows that many women, caught in substance abuse and crime, cannot or will not change their lives. “But some can,” she says, a belief she holds after 30 years of working in criminal justice.
It was Gitzen’s notion that many of the women in jail need nurturing, addiction rehab and a chance to earn self-esteem. Their lives were punishment enough.
She has assembled a team of coach/mentors, some of whom are themselves former prostitutes, addicts, thieves, and created a home that’s about work, sobriety and mutual support.

See the full article from “The Detroit News”

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