Women of Spirit and Faith, and it's upcoming event Alchemy: Occupy Your Sacred Self, has been featured on Patheos.com. Patheos has more than 1 million unique visitors each month to its media platform broadcasting diverse faith voices. The article "Women’s Event Explores the Nexus of Spirituality and Leadership" can be found at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/perspectiveofaseeker/2013/09/womens-event-explores-the-nexus-of-spirituality-and-leadership/.
Kathe Schaaf recently wrote an article for the Parliament of the World's Religions: http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/news/index.php/2013/03/parliament-womens-task-force-takes-on-gender-violence-at-united-nations/
We are heading for New York and ready for a week of events and conversations as women converge from around the world for UN Commission on the Status of Women. A reminder of the events we will co-anchor exploring this year's theme of violence against women: Saturday - March 2, 2013 10 am – 3 pm Alchemy Project Exploratory Meeting Marble Collegiate Church 1 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001 Room 713 (near the corner of 5th and 29th) Sunday – March 3 6-8 pm WSF Local Circle Quest Bookstore 240 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Monday, 4 March 2013 4:30 PM Religion, Culture and Violence Against Women (convened with Women’s Task Force at the Parliament of the World’s Religions) Guild Hall Read More...
Alchemy Too: Embodying our Spiritual Leadership November 7-10, 2013 Sofitel San Francisco Bay Early Registration opens April 1, 2013 Special low rate $299 includes 2 lunches, 2 dinners and Sunday brunch in addition to all conference sessions and special events. Alchemy Too will feature engaging experiences of ceremony, music, art, movement, ritual and spiritual practice thoughtful explorations of the challenges and opportunities facing women as they bring their spiritual leadership to the world active collaborative partnerships with women from many interfaith, faith-based and spiritual organizations a dynamic community of women who share your passions at the intersection of women’s transformative leadership and emerging feminine spirituality multiple opportunities for your voice to be heard in dialogues and circle conversations
Women of Spirit and Faith will be anchoring several events at the UN Commission on the Status of Women between March 4 – 8. The theme of CSW this year is eliminating violence against women … and we feel it is important to amplify women’s voices on this challenging topic. You are invited to join the conversation on our Divine Feminine Blog this month. We are inviting women from many faiths and spiritual persuasions to respond to the following prompt: "How do we create a world in which women and girls are safe from violence?" If this question speak to you, we encourage you to go deep within to explore this question for yourself. Find your own wisdom, then write what comes up and send it to Read More...
WSF will once again be participating in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. While you need UN credentials to attend events within the UN, the hundreds of parallel events offered by NGOs from around the world are open to the public. You are welcome to join us at any of our events: Religion, Culture and Violence Against Women (co-convened with Women's Task Force at the Parliament of the World's Religions) Monday, March 4, 2013 4:30 PM Guild Hall Armenian Convention Center, 630 2nd Avenue New York, NY 10016 Women as Spiritual Leaders: Transforming Violence Tuesday - March 5, 2013 8:30 - 10 AM Grumman Room, 8th Floor Church Center for the UN 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Sacred Women's Read More...
Women of Spirit and Faith co-founder Kathe Schaaf recently spoke at TEDx Women- America's Finest City in San Diego. You can tune in to her TED talk, Now is the Time for Women's Leadership here or just click the video below.
Women of Spirit and Faith will host several Exploratory Meetings in early 2013 to engage women from diverse organizations and networks in our new Alchemy Project, building a global alliance to amplify women's voices. We will also begin co-creating the structure and offerings for Alchemy Too, which will be held November 7-10, 2013 at the Sofitel in San Francisco. Let us know if you feel called to join the conversation. WEST COAST January 12, 2013 10 am – 4 pm Sofitel San Francisco Bay Redwood City, CA (The Sofitel has offered us guest rooms at the rate of $99 for Friday and Saturday evening -single or double.) EAST COAST March 2, 2013 10 am – 3 pm New York City Venue to be announced (U.N. Commission Read More...
Gather the Women Regional Coordinator Suzan Nolan recently organized a book event in Rapid City, South Dakota featuring Kathe Schaaf, co-editor of Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership. When bad weather closed the local airport and cancelled incoming flights, the team got creative and used Skype so Kathe could join this circle of nearly 60 women on the snowy afternoon of November 10. Victoria Wicks of South Dakota Public Radio created two radio segments reporting on this event: a short segment on the event for her program 'Dakota Digest" a longer interview with Kathe on the topic of women's spirituality and leadership Enjoy!
Get Ready for Alchemy Too! Women of Spirit and Faith is excited to confirm that plans are being made to convene another large Alchemy gathering in 2013! Mark your calendar and watch for news of this event. Alchemy Too November 7-10, 2013 Sofitel San Francisco Bay Redwood City, CA Our first Alchemy conference - The Alchemy of Our Spiritual Leadership: Women Redefining Power - was held in April 2010. More than 170 women gathered to create a dynamic community exploring questions together and weaving webs of connection. Alchemy Too will be co-hosted and co-convened by several large women's faith, interfaith and spiritual networks and will offer a unique opportunity to build a 'movement moment' on behalf of women's spiritual leadership. Don't miss this event. We hope to Read More...