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By Ileana Cintron
Chief Economic Empowerment Strategist, Enterprising Latinas, Inc.

Enterprising Latinas, Inc. (ELI), a nonprofit organization led by women of color, announced that it received a grant from Spectrum Digital Education to establish a new computer lab to boost people’s digital skills, with a focus on women.  

ELI, founded in 2009 and operating since 2014, has been a lending partner of the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ community investing fund since 2023. Its focus is to create pathways to prosperity for women and low- to moderate-income families in the Wimauma, Florida, community and throughout Tampa Bay. 

ELI’s enduring commitment to empowering women by equipping them with new skills is well aligned with the Adrian Dominican Congregation’s 2022 Enactment on Women, to “strive to attain gender equality and women’s full and equal participation and decision making in Church and society.” 

For more information, read the article by Lizabeth Gutierrez on Spectrum News. 
 

April 5, 2024, Adrian, Michigan – Single Catholic women ages 19 to 25 are invited to a weekend of discernment for religious life and optional participation in a week of environmental service and learning.

During the discernment weekend – Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, 2024 – participants gather at the Motherhouse of the Adrian Dominican Sisters to learn about discernment and the life of Dominican Sisters, spend time in prayer and contemplation, and meet and pray with Adrian Dominican Sisters. The discernment weekend is offered free of cost.

Participants in the discernment weekend are invited to extend their stay at the Motherhouse to spend the following week – Monday to Saturday, May 13-18, 2024 – learning and serving in the Environmental Leadership Experience. They join students and faculty members of Siena Heights University in Adrian and Barry University in Miami, Florida, for a week of environmental education, stewardship, and hands-on activities. The cost for the Environmental Leadership Experience is $250. Scholarships are available.

Reserve your space today by contacting Sister Tarianne DeYonker, OP, at [email protected]. Reservations are due by Friday, May 3, 2024.