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WAYS WOMEN LEAD NEWSLETTER
October 2009
(Highlighting October 24: United Nations Day, International Day of Climate Action,
and exactly one year till the opening of the WWL program in
1.We are delighted to keep you informed of the momentum building around women’s leadership and the Ways Women Lead. Please see more about the following below:
OCTOBER 24, 2009. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Celebrate in Sophia’s name (
Activate with the Bulgarian sacred dance, Paneurhythmy (
An invitation to join us in our Sophia prayer at 3:50 pm your time.
IRINA BOLKOVA OF
REPORTS OF THE UN 4th WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN
See an inspiring video of 30,000+ women gathered for the common good.
Attend the UN NGO Forum, Feb 27-28, 2010 on the impact of Beijing
PETITION FOR A 5th WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
THE SACRED FEMININE AND WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AT THE PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS
2.We also delighted to invite you to participate in building a library of the Ways Women Lead through our website www.WaysWomenLead.net. Join us there, share your experience of how women lead, and list your initiative as an "Allied Organization". Now is the time for us to exchange our wisdom and support each other as we move toward a positive future together.
The Ways Women Lead Team
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October 24, International Day of Climate Action, http://www.350.org
Sophia Prayer: Everyone please join us October 24th at 3:50 PM (your time) in saying our Sophia Prayer.
Sophia, Holy Wisdom, share your vision for all humankind
Sing out your truth that we are One with all creation.
Open our eyes to the suffering caused by climate change
Give us courage to mend our destructive ways.
Widen our circle of understanding and compassion so we
Nurture, protect and preserve all living species.
Teach us how to celebrate nature in its beauty and sacredness.
Lead us in the great cosmic dance that makes us whole.
Irina Bokova of Bulgaria named Director General of UNESCO
Congratulations to Irina Bokova of
http://www.youtube.com/user/ecumenicalwomen is
the link to the three-part
Ways Women Lead: Women and Girls in Leadership for the Common Good invites you to come to New York City, February 27 and 28th to experience "The UN NGO Forum: Beijing + 15".
5WCW Petition
This is a time to be an active advocate for a future 5th United Nations World Conference on Women, which would be the most influential and far-reaching women’s conference ever held. If the decision to hold it were to be made this year, in 2009, it could take place in 2012 and be the first with widespread use of the Internet and other 21st century technologies. The three years leading up to the conference would be a time for consciousness-raising, networking, and creating circles for action, reflection, and support. Go to http://www.5wcw.org/index.html for the petition and more information.
The Parliament of the World’s Religions
The program staff at the Parliament of the World's Religions
has not only defined a cluster of presentations entitled, “Women’s Leadership”,
but they have also tentatively approved a proposal to create an event
to honor and celebrate the Sacred Feminine at the 2009
Parliament. The Parliament brings together spiritual leaders from
around the globe every five years and was created to cultivate harmony
among the world's religious and spiritual communities and to foster a just,
peaceful and sustainable world. The next Parliament is scheduled to
convene in
Kathe Schaaf and Meredith Tenney want your help and invite
your thoughts and ideas for the celebration. They are particularly
seeking recommendations of groups and/or individuals that might like to
participate with a short presentation of music, dance, poetry or song. If
you know a group who might like to participate, please let them know, and if
you will be in
http://us.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=meredithhtenney@yahoo.com and Kathe Schaaf at http://us.mc540.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=katheschaaf@cox.net
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