For women committed to social justice
Spanish Education for Women teaches Spanish to women committed to social justice. Since 1986, we have introduced teachers, church workers and immigration activists to gracious families in a vibrant working-class neighborhood of Guadalajara, Mexico. After two or three weeks of creative Spanish instruction in formal and informal settings, SEW participants return home with greater confidence, skills and resolve to work with Latinos in our communities.
Why We Study SpanishSeparated Families, English Learners, Unaccompanied Minors, Detained Mothers & Children, Day Laborers & Dreamers, Domestic Abuse Survivors
Thank you for an experience of a lifetime in Mexico. Your love, patience, support and leadership were so appreciated.
What a wonderful program! Thanks for starting SEW and continuing it! My three weeks exceeded my high expectations!
YES!! At Back-to-School Night, I talked with parents in Spanish for the first time!
SEW uses best practices from the field of second-language acquisition. We emphasize listening and speaking skills and take great pride in our own text, Cuando Una Está Decidida. Students receive thirty hours of instruction weekly. Morning classes are held on the campus of ITESO, a local Jesuit university. Class sizes are very small, and all our instructors hold college degrees. Afternoon activities include tutoring, seminars, site visits and interviews with local professional women.
So many reasons to be grateful! We remember Rosita who took on the challenge — thirty years ago — to find host families for SEW students. Today the children and grandchildren of those original families still welcome us warmly every summer.
