Peerless Empathy
What is peer advocacy? This question was posed to a group of peer advocates working for NYWRAC (New York, Westchester, Rockland Advocacy...
Your First Day as an Advocate-In-Training
Today is your first day as an advocate-in-training. Today, your “touchpoint” with The Empowerment Center is the opening class of the...


The Goodwill Speech
NYWRAC 24TH ADVOCACY TRAINING GRADUATION Organizations and businesses know conveying and maintaining their image is vital to their...


What Is The Difference Between Recovery and Healing?
Eva Scholle's Responses to the 24th NYWRAC Advocates-In-Training Did you know? The steps to getting well are healing whether it’s...

Touchpoints
Today is not simply your first day as a NYWRAC trainee but it is another “touchpoint” with The Empowerment Center. Who here recently has...

The Future – We Can!
Graduates, with certificates in your hand you have just taken your seats. Thank you for the touching words you shared. Today, a new...


Changing Expectations
THE CATERED SPA RETREAT Why Here? Why Now? I’m so excited to have you here in my new home. I don’t know if you know it, but you are...


It Starts With You!
It all started on April 3rd, 2008 when 22 of you, our graduates, walked into NYWRAC’s 22nd Advocacy Training, hesitantly. Or is it all...

Creating Vision
Let me ask you a question for us to think about. Where does a vision greater than yourself come from? I’m looking around the room and I...


Bearing Witness
I Want to Speak Out, But Can’t! By EVA SCHOLLE Imagine you are in a small room that is practically bare and you are locked in it. You...

