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March 16, 2025
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Cake Decorating

Cake Decorating

Learn the basics for baking and decorating cakes, cookies and cupcakes.
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Cake Decorating
Lenora Fool Head
Oglala Sioux Tribe
March 16, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Participants will create 4” round cakes and 10” round cookies, learn how to apply icing, and decorate the cakes and cookies. Session one will cover cake decorating 101; session two, cupcake decorating; session three, cooking decorating/icing; session four, cookie cake decorating.

Dates:

Sunday, February 16, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, March 16, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, April 13, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, May 11 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Oglala Lakota Artspace

7904 Lakota Prairie Dr

Kyle, SD 57752

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March 17, 2025
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Traditional Arts Workshop

Traditional Arts Workshop

This workshop will provide participants with knowledge on a variety of traditional art forms including making knife and sheath, belts with leather and hide, old style...
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Traditional Arts Workshop
Waylon Gaddie
Oglala Lakota
March 17, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Participants will engage in various projects, including crafting rawhide belts and boxes, acrylic painting, knife sheaths, bows, and other weapons. The instructor will blend traditional teachings with modern techniques for each project. The program will also include harvesting a buffalo and utilizing all parts to create items such as headdresses, weapons, art, and toys.

Dates and Times, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM:

February 10, 12, 24, & 26, 2025:

Harvest a buffalo and utilize every part during the workshops. Distribute the meat to participants and demonstrate the preparation of hide, meat, and bones. Explore traditional uses, including preparing for Taniga and crafting weapons.

March 3, 5, 17, 19, 24, & 26, 2025:

Continue preparing the hide, skull and begin the buffalo headdress making along with teaching why these headdresses were made. Continue preparing the hide. Research on design and history. Prepping the bones for knives, paintings, and toy making. Continue work on weapons.

April 7, 9, 21, & 23, 2025:

Work on finishing the hide and cutting it for more headdresses.

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!

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March 19, 2025
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Trade Cloth Bags with Applique

Trade Cloth Bags with Applique

Join William Stewart for a workshop on cutting, coloring, and designing trade cloth bags. Learn to create detailed applique patterns featuring Lakota designs...
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Trade Cloth Bags with Applique
William Stewart
Oglala Lakota
March 19, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Provide participants with knowledge of how to create detailed applique patterns depicting Lakota designs. These patterns will be sewn onto trade cloth bags or similar material. Any animal templates provided by the instructor are the intellectual property of the instructor. This event will be held at the Whiteclay Makerspace in Whiteclay, NE.

Dates:

  • Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Saturday, February 15, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Thursday, March 13, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 10:00am - 3:00pm
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March 19, 2025
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Traditional Arts Workshop

Traditional Arts Workshop

This workshop will provide participants with knowledge on a variety of traditional art forms including making knife and sheath, belts with leather and hide, old style...
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Traditional Arts Workshop
Waylon Gaddie
Oglala Lakota
March 19, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Participants will engage in various projects, including crafting rawhide belts and boxes, acrylic painting, knife sheaths, bows, and other weapons. The instructor will blend traditional teachings with modern techniques for each project. The program will also include harvesting a buffalo and utilizing all parts to create items such as headdresses, weapons, art, and toys.

Dates and Times, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM:

February 10, 12, 24, & 26, 2025:

Harvest a buffalo and utilize every part during the workshops. Distribute the meat to participants and demonstrate the preparation of hide, meat, and bones. Explore traditional uses, including preparing for Taniga and crafting weapons.

March 3, 5, 17, 19, 24, & 26, 2025:

Continue preparing the hide, skull and begin the buffalo headdress making along with teaching why these headdresses were made. Continue preparing the hide. Research on design and history. Prepping the bones for knives, paintings, and toy making. Continue work on weapons.

April 7, 9, 21, & 23, 2025:

Work on finishing the hide and cutting it for more headdresses.

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!

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March 19, 2025
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Weekly Drum Circle with Santee Witt

Weekly Drum Circle with Santee Witt

Drum circle to sing and learn together with Santee Witt (Lakota)
Wicahpi Olowan Music
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Wicahpi Olowan Music
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Weekly Drum Circle with Santee Witt
Santee Witt
Lakota
March 19, 2025
Wicahpi Olowan Music

Open for all ages! The Weekly Drum Circle hosted on Wednesdays aims to be a safe-space for anyone wanting to learn or practice singing on and around the drum. Hosted by singer and knowledge bearer Santee Witt, the drum circle welcomes anyone who can make it to the Oglala Lakota Artspace on Wednesday evenings from 7-8pm.

This workshop series will be held every Wednesday and will focus on singing Lakota songs on the drum, wether they be traditional songs, prayer songs, sundae songs, powwow songs, or other styles of singing on a group-drum and or/ hand-drum. The teachings and meanings behind these songs will be discussed. A safe place will be held for all ages of participants to receive the opportunity to learn how to sing.

Oglala Lakota Artspace

7904 Lakota Prairie Dr.,

Kyle, SD 57752

605-455-1344

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March 19, 2025
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Online Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder

Online Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder

The Wicaglata Learning Circle offers a safe space for winyan relatives interested in learning to sing and about Wicaglata protocol, societal importance, and more!
Wicahpi Olowan Music
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Wicahpi Olowan Music
Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Online Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder
Tiana Spotted Thunder
Oglala Lakota
March 19, 2025
Wicahpi Olowan Music

From 7-8pm, attendees of the online Wicaglata Circle via Zoom are able to connect with Tiana, ask her questions, and listen/learn as she gives various lessons and stories about various Lakota songs that Wicaglata/Women singers would sing in ceremony/prayer, social occassions, and every day life.

Tiana Spotted Thunder is a Lakota recording artist from Oglala, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Wicaglata Learning Circle offers a safe space for winyan relatives interested in learning to sing or would like a space to practice singing. Attendees in this women-only circle will get to learn about Wicaglata protocol, societal importance and more!

Virtual/Online

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March 23, 2025
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Quillwork Workshop w/ Stephanie Two Crow

Quillwork Workshop w/ Stephanie Two Crow

Participants will learn the method of sorting, cleaning, and dyeing of porcupine quills. Attendees will also learn how to use the techniques of wrapping, platting...
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Quillwork Workshop w/ Stephanie Two Crow
Stephanie A. Two Crow
Oglala Lakota
March 23, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Participants will learn the creation stories and the historical content of quillwork pre-1800s. They will also learn to identify plants for natural plant dyes. Participants will learn the quillwork techniques of platting and back stitch/sewing quills.

Dates:

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, February 23, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, March 9, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, April 6, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, April 20, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, May 11 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants.

All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!

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March 23, 2025
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Crochet Creations

Crochet Creations

Learn the basics of crocheting through a series of workshops.
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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March
Crochet Creations
Marina Hood
March 23, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

What You’ll Learn:

Granny Squares: Learn to create the classic square motif, which can be used individually or joined to form larger projects.

Hats: Discover how to crochet simple and stylish hats, including working in the round and adding finishing touches like pom-poms or embellishments.

Blanket Making: Understand how to combine your granny squares into blankets or learn seamless techniques for crocheting larger blankets from scratch.

By the end of the class, you’ll have the skills to create custom crochet pieces, from cozy accessories to stunning home décor. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your crochet skills, this class is perfect for anyone ready to craft beautiful, handmade items. Join us and stitch your way to creativity and relaxation!

Dates and Times, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM:

Sunday’s, February 9 & 23, 2025: Class 1

Class 1: Basics of crochet - chain, single crochet stitch, understanding crochet terminology, UK vs US terms - (activity: granny square)

Class 2: Half double crochet, double crochet stitch, how to follow a pattern (activity: making a hat)

Sunday’s, March 9 & 23, 2025

Class 3: Magic ring, working in rounds (activity: stuffed animal)

Class 4: Crochet-along - start larger project (blanket) Following patterns, learning more complex stitches

Sunday’s, April 6 & 20, 2025

Class 5: Crochet along blanket - next segment

Class 6: Crochet along blanket, continued

Sunday’s, May 4 & 18, 2025

Class 7: Crochet along blanket, continued

Class 8: Crochet along blanket - Complete

Oglala Lakota Artspace

7904 Lakota Prairie Dr,

Kyle, SD 57752

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March 24, 2025
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Traditional Arts Workshop

Traditional Arts Workshop

This workshop will provide participants with knowledge on a variety of traditional art forms including making knife and sheath, belts with leather and hide, old style...
Oglala Lakota Artspace
Register >>
Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Traditional Arts Workshop
Waylon Gaddie
Oglala Lakota
March 24, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Participants will engage in various projects, including crafting rawhide belts and boxes, acrylic painting, knife sheaths, bows, and other weapons. The instructor will blend traditional teachings with modern techniques for each project. The program will also include harvesting a buffalo and utilizing all parts to create items such as headdresses, weapons, art, and toys.

Dates and Times, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM:

February 10, 12, 24, & 26, 2025:

Harvest a buffalo and utilize every part during the workshops. Distribute the meat to participants and demonstrate the preparation of hide, meat, and bones. Explore traditional uses, including preparing for Taniga and crafting weapons.

March 3, 5, 17, 19, 24, & 26, 2025:

Continue preparing the hide, skull and begin the buffalo headdress making along with teaching why these headdresses were made. Continue preparing the hide. Research on design and history. Prepping the bones for knives, paintings, and toy making. Continue work on weapons.

April 7, 9, 21, & 23, 2025:

Work on finishing the hide and cutting it for more headdresses.

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!

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March 26, 2025
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Warrior Women Wednesday Sewing Circle

Warrior Women Wednesday Sewing Circle

This workshop series brings together a community to craft ribbon skirts, shirts, vests, regalia, and ceremonial dresses.
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Warrior Women Wednesday Sewing Circle
Helene Gaddie
Oglala Lakota
March 26, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Pre survey will be completed to determine the participants knowledge of sewing.Participants without any knowledge of sewing will learn how to use a sewing machine and all sewing accessory instruments. Participants with basic knowledge of sewing will familiarize themselves with the sewing machines and sewing accessory instruments. All participants will pick sewing projects offered in this series. The topics offered for the 2025 Sewing circle are: Ribbon shirts and skirts, Lakota Women's dance regalia appliquéd leggins, mocs, yoke/cape, hair ties, belts. T/inipi or Lakota Traditional dresses, men's Lakota dance appliquéd side drops, cuffs, leg and arm bands, mocs. Shawls both ribbon and fringe. Women's Lakota dance leggins, mocs, belts, yoke/cape, hair ties. Pre-made kits will be provided.

Dates and all times are 4:00pm- 8:00pm:

*Intro to Sewing:

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

*Mens Lakota dance regalia appliquéd parts:

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

*Womens Lakota dance regalia appliquéd parts:

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

*Ribbon Skirts:

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

*Womens Lakota dance regalia appliquéd parts:

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

*Ribbon Shirts:

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Location:

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!

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March 26, 2025
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Traditional Arts Workshop

Traditional Arts Workshop

This workshop will provide participants with knowledge on a variety of traditional art forms including making knife and sheath, belts with leather and hide, old style...
Oglala Lakota Artspace
Register >>
Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Traditional Arts Workshop
Waylon Gaddie
Oglala Lakota
March 26, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

Participants will engage in various projects, including crafting rawhide belts and boxes, acrylic painting, knife sheaths, bows, and other weapons. The instructor will blend traditional teachings with modern techniques for each project. The program will also include harvesting a buffalo and utilizing all parts to create items such as headdresses, weapons, art, and toys.

Dates and Times, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM:

February 10, 12, 24, & 26, 2025:

Harvest a buffalo and utilize every part during the workshops. Distribute the meat to participants and demonstrate the preparation of hide, meat, and bones. Explore traditional uses, including preparing for Taniga and crafting weapons.

March 3, 5, 17, 19, 24, & 26, 2025:

Continue preparing the hide, skull and begin the buffalo headdress making along with teaching why these headdresses were made. Continue preparing the hide. Research on design and history. Prepping the bones for knives, paintings, and toy making. Continue work on weapons.

April 7, 9, 21, & 23, 2025:

Work on finishing the hide and cutting it for more headdresses.

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!

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March 26, 2025
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Weekly Drum Circle with Santee Witt

Weekly Drum Circle with Santee Witt

Drum circle to sing and learn together with Santee Witt (Lakota)
Wicahpi Olowan Music
Register >>
Wicahpi Olowan Music
Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Weekly Drum Circle with Santee Witt
Santee Witt
Lakota
March 26, 2025
Wicahpi Olowan Music

Open for all ages! The Weekly Drum Circle hosted on Wednesdays aims to be a safe-space for anyone wanting to learn or practice singing on and around the drum. Hosted by singer and knowledge bearer Santee Witt, the drum circle welcomes anyone who can make it to the Oglala Lakota Artspace on Wednesday evenings from 7-8pm.

This workshop series will be held every Wednesday and will focus on singing Lakota songs on the drum, wether they be traditional songs, prayer songs, sundae songs, powwow songs, or other styles of singing on a group-drum and or/ hand-drum. The teachings and meanings behind these songs will be discussed. A safe place will be held for all ages of participants to receive the opportunity to learn how to sing.

Oglala Lakota Artspace

7904 Lakota Prairie Dr.,

Kyle, SD 57752

605-455-1344

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March 26, 2025
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Online Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder

Online Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder

The Wicaglata Learning Circle offers a safe space for winyan relatives interested in learning to sing and about Wicaglata protocol, societal importance, and more!
Wicahpi Olowan Music
Register >>
Wicahpi Olowan Music
Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Online Wicaglata Circles with Tiana Spotted Thunder
Tiana Spotted Thunder
Oglala Lakota
March 26, 2025
Wicahpi Olowan Music

From 7-8pm, attendees of the online Wicaglata Circle via Zoom are able to connect with Tiana, ask her questions, and listen/learn as she gives various lessons and stories about various Lakota songs that Wicaglata/Women singers would sing in ceremony/prayer, social occassions, and every day life.

Tiana Spotted Thunder is a Lakota recording artist from Oglala, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Wicaglata Learning Circle offers a safe space for winyan relatives interested in learning to sing or would like a space to practice singing. Attendees in this women-only circle will get to learn about Wicaglata protocol, societal importance and more!

Virtual/Online

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March 29, 2025
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Spring Equinox Market & Celebration

Spring Equinox Market & Celebration

Annual Spring Equinox Celebration at OLA - Food, Music, Art!
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Spring Equinox Market & Celebration
March 29, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

🌸 Join Us for Our Spring Equinox Market & Celebration! 🌸

Celebrate the changing season with a vibrant day full of community, creativity, and fun!

What’s in Store:

  • Vibrant Vendors Market – Reserve your spot for just $25 per table! (Only 10 tables available – secure yours today!)
  • Captivating Storytellers – Hear tales that inspire and connect.
  • Interactive Art Activities – Get creative with hands-on projects for all ages.
  • Live Music – Enjoy performances that will keep the energy high and spirits bright.
  • Delicious Food Trucks – Savor a variety of tasty treats from local vendors.
  • Exciting Raffle Prizes – Enter to win amazing prizes throughout the event!

Don’t miss this joyful celebration of community and the new season! 🌞🌿

Oglala Lakota Artspace

7904 Lakota Prairie Drive,

Kyle, South Dakota 57752

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March 30, 2025
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Star Quilt Making

Star Quilt Making

Excited to sew with us at Oglala Lakota Artspace? Join our dynamic sewing workshop, series led by Carol Wilcox, as we dive into the art of Star Quilting!
Oglala Lakota Artspace
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Oglala Lakota Artspace
March
Star Quilt Making
Carol J. Wilcox
Oglala Lakota
March 30, 2025
Oglala Lakota Artspace

This workshop series will focus on sewing star pattern baby bags, pot holders, and pillows leading up to creating Star Quilts. Traditional stories and teachings about the historical and cultural significance of stars, star knowledge, and star quilts will be shared with participants as they create their pieces.

Dates:

Sunday February 2, 2025, 11:00am - 3:00pm

Monday February 3, 2025 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Sunday March 2, 2025 11:00am - 3:00pm

Monday March 3, 2025, 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Sunday March 30, 2025 11:00am - 3:00pm

Monday March 31, 2025, 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Sunday April 13, 2025 11:00am - 3:00pm

Sunday May 4, 2025 11:00am - 3:00pm

Sunday May 18, 2025 11:00am - 3:00pm

**This registration form is designed to better understand our participants. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared with staff and instructors - not with participants or others. All data from these forms are entered into our data system and are not connected to your name in analysis and presentation of the results in our grant reports and applications. Please help us continue to be able to provide these trainings!