Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center:
Where Women Find their Way
1780 Thurman Creek Road
Matfield Green, Kansas 66862
620.753.3465
Rev. Billie Blair, Director
Tallgrass Spiritual Retreat Center
Where Women Find Their Way
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C.O.P.S.
Class on Personal Safety
September 8, 2008
Mon 9:30am - 3:30pm
Fee: $36, includes lunch
Facilitator: MaryAnne Thurber
"Don't learn safety rules simply by accident." -- Anonymous
The practical information participants are exposed to can be used in everyday living, helping women be models of safety for others in their world. This retreat will be a time to help women integrate personal and environmental awareness into their everyday lives and to recognize that their informed choices are the most effective type of self-defense.
We will take some time to pull inward and examine past experiences and assumptions. This will be our foundation for becoming aware of the "feeling" response so many of us have . . . and too often choose to ignore . . . as in "I knew something wasn't right!" This process utilizes both words and images. Participants will have a
workbook to use and keep. No personal sharing will be required. We'll also look at identity theft and how to be a good neighbor. There will be time for questions, comments, rumors, speculations, innuendos, snide remarks . . . anything you've always wanted to say to a cop but never got around to it (or were too afraid to say!).
MaryAnne will also take the opportunity for her own personal ranting - about safety, of course!
Women of all ages are encouraged to attend this event.
About the facilitator:
MaryAnne Thurber has been a law enforcement officer in Madison, Wisconsin for the past 29 years. After graduating summa cum average from the University of Wisconsin, she climbed into a polyester blend blue ensemble (now a much nicer cotton and wool mix) and served as a police officer in a squad car, on motorcycle, on a bicycle and on foot. She has worked undercover in narcotics and vice (making her mother very proud) and has served as the department's public information officer, crime prevention officer and safety education officer. MaryAnne and her marginally disturbed dog live in a small, but tastefully appointed, pink house just outside of Madison, Wisconsin.
For an interesting, informative video about being cautious in your car, click on the link below:
Virgo
“Not a gift of a cow, nor a gift of land, nor yet a gift of food, is so important as the gift of safety, which is declared to be the great gift among all gifts in this world”
-- Anonymous
"The way to be safe is never to feel secure” -- Anonymous
“Don't learn safety rules simply by accident”
-- Anonymous “Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.”
-- Jeff Cooper“Fear is the father of courage and the mother of safety.”
-- Henry H. Tweedy"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it”
-- Dudley Moore“One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety, is always on their guard.” -- Publilius Syrus
-- Publilius SyrusThen we'll look at getting through a normal day, including home security, car and travel safety, workplace violence, purses and bags, general personal safety (based on environmental awareness and personal choices). There will be no physical contact.
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