Town Of Avon: FREE Virtual WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN To Survive And “Thrive” After Abuse

Press release from the Town of Avon:

September 10, 2021 - 12:00pm

FREE Virtual WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN to Survive and “Thrive” After Abuse - see attached flyer

Supported by Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families Inc. (CT-ALIVE), a West Hartford non-profit organization and sponsored by Hartford Health Care (HHC), My Avenging Angel WorkshopsTM will be offered virtually and free of charge this fall. Conducted by Susan M. Omilian of West Hartford, the workshop's award-winning originator and facilitator, each workshop will be in two sessions: one on Saturday, October 2 and 9; and the other on Saturday, November 6 and 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Participants should plan to attend both sessions of each workshop*. While the workshops are free of charge, advanced registration is required by calling HHC at 1-855-442-4373. An invite to the ZOOM sessions will be sent to participants following registration.

The two-day workshops are described by participants as "life-changing" and providing a critical "next step" for women to permanently break the cycle of violence and abuse and "thrive" after escaping domestic violence, sexual assault, or other abuse.

Omilian is an attorney and author who has worked as an advocate for women who have been abused for over forty years. Her books, Entering the Thriver Zone, Staying in the Thriver Zone and Living in the Thriver Zone set forth the motivational guidance she has successfully used in her workshops since 2001.

“My workshops help women who have survived domestic violence, sexual assault or other abuse to discover their hidden talents, bring positive energy into their lives and set new, short and long-term goals for themselves and their children,” explains Omilian.  She conducts the workshops in memory of her nineteen-year-old niece Maggie who was killed in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend at a college in Michigan. 

“Maggie didn’t live beyond her moment of realizing she was being abused,” says Omilian. “Now I work with women so they can do more than just survive abuse.  I want them to find the daring, exciting and creative futures they so richly deserve.”

For more information about the workshops, contact Susan Omilian at 860-236-2401 or by e-mail at susanom@comcast.net or visit www.myavengingangel.com and www.thriverzone.com.  More information about CT-ALIVE is at www.ct-alive.org

This press release was produced by the Town of Avon. The views expressed here are the author’s own.