On Our Own of Charlottesville

11/14/2025

11/14/2025

11/13/2025

❄️ Winter Self-Care Workshop ❄️
The holidays can be tender. If this season brings stress, grief, or loneliness, join us for a restorative space to reflect and recharge. 💙

Facilitated by Miranda Pax and Elise Van Der Loo. Join us on November 20, 4–5:30pm. Participants will receive a personal wellness package to support their self-care this winter.

Open to women and members of the gender-expansive community in Charlottesville and nearby counties. Register here at: https://www.thewomensinitiative.org/all-programs?category=Group%20Counseling

11/10/2025

We’re opening from 2:30 to 5:00 on Wednesday 11/12. Our staff is attending training. Chronic Pain group is cancelled.

Join us for Peer Support at regular time on zoom and in person from 3-4, and Q***r Support from 6-7 on zoom.

11/10/2025

Last week, Sister Circle therapist Tianna Jordan joined 29News WVIR to share about our fall programs, services, and this week’s Challenge Into Change Community Celebration!

Watch the interview: https://www.29news.com/video/2025/11/06/community-conversation-tianna-jordan-with-womens-initiative-11-6-25/

RSVP for Challenge Into Change this Wednesday, Nov. 12: https://www.thewomensinitiative.org/challenge-into-change

Learn more about our current programs: https://www.thewomensinitiative.org/all-programs

11/07/2025

Harm reduction is under attack—and when harm reduction loses, people die. “Treatment First/Only” promises a simple fix, but addiction isn’t a light switch th...

11/07/2025

SPREAD THE WORD! Charlottesville City Schools students in grades K–12 can enjoy a free healthy meal on select weekdays at our Connect Sites. Find locations and times at charlottesville.gov/1728/Connect-Sites.

11/07/2025

11/06/2025

11/03/2025

Maureen O'Conner is going through every parent's nightmare--the loss of a child. Her son Cody died after an opioid overdose and her world was shattered. After a time, she decided to write a book about her experience and filled it with prose, poetry, journal entries and stories. The book, titled Shad...

11/01/2025