EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION - A CASE-STUDY OF THE RESOURCE SISTERS COMPANERAS PROGRAM/

Empowerment education is a social action process that promotes partici pation of communities in gaining control over their lives and their co mmunity. The Resource Sisters/Companeras Program represents a case stu dy in implementing an empowerment education effort. The program develo ped skills of women from the community to facilitate peer support grou ps that brought other women together. The program attempted to foster community development while also providing individual case management services. The program, its challenges, and its successes are described . The difficulties of possibly conflicting goals and objectives are di scussed.