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About Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment ( WISE ), Inc. was founded by a group of multi-cultural/national, first-generation immigrant women in 1995 as a vehicle for social, economic and leadership empowerment of Asian, African, and Latina women and girls. Over the past decade, WISE has implemented a number of community-based initiatives aimed at raising consciousness of immigrant issues, developing leadership capacities and promoting self sufficiency of immigrant and refugee women and girls.

Project Pathfinder is a private, nonprofit organization that focuses on the elimination of sexual violence and abuse. It provides a range of behavioral health services for adolescents, children and adults. The organization offers psychiatric evaluation, psychotherapy, counseling, psychological testing and aftercare services. Project Pathfinder also offers community-based treatment and educational programs for children who are the victims of sexual abuse. Its Children Learning and Improving Boundaries program is a family-focused curriculum that is designed to prevent sexual abuse among children and their families. In addition, the organization provides individual, family and group therapies. Located in St. Paul, Minn., it conducts various training sessions and workshops.