Practical Group Activities for Exploring Identity, Empowerment, and Leadership
Working with Women’s Groups, Volume 2 offers facilitators a collection of nearly one hundred structured activities drawn from more than twenty-five years of experience in women’s studies. The book provides adaptable designs that help leaders explore topics related to women’s empowerment activities, identity, sexuality, cultural experience, and leadership development. Each exercise is crafted to encourage reflection, strengthen self-esteem, and support meaningful dialogue within women’s groups of all kinds.
This volume focuses on learning experiences that challenge assumptions, deepen self-understanding, and create opportunities for personal and interpersonal growth. Whether used in counseling settings, educational programs, community groups, or professional development environments, the activities offer safe and supportive structures for women to explore identity, cultural background, and leadership capabilities.
What This Book Offers
Working with Women’s Groups, Volume 2 is designed to save facilitators time while providing a rich selection of processes that address the most relevant issues facing women today. Topics in this volume include sexuality, lesbian identity, the experiences of women of color, and women as leaders of organizations and teams. Each structured exercise comes with learning objectives and variations that facilitators can easily adapt, expand, or restructure to meet the needs of their group.
The book is organized into three sections: Sexual Preference, Women of Color, and Leadership Skills. Each section begins with a suggested sequence of exercises to guide facilitators in preparing a smooth and meaningful flow for their sessions. Together, these activities help women explore identity more productively, shift feelings of worthlessness to feelings of value, and build skills that support personal confidence and group cohesion.
The resource offers practical support for designing workshops, facilitating difficult conversations, leading training sessions, and creating environments where women can discover strengths, clarify identities, and challenge limiting beliefs. Reproducible Digital Worksheet Masters (PDF) are available with the purchase of the book.
