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From: Sharon Riegie M.
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 8:09 PM
Subject: Thanks
Reply to: 267276
ID: 267277

Here is where I have been this idea. I don't know that what I am envisioning can be done within Light Pages. I sense the need for a neutral field, whatever that might mean. And Light Pages has been created for a specific audience.

I have put together my plan in this form:

Weaving the World With Women

Women in Action within the U.S. is those who I would reach our to include, all ethnicities. Intent: To identify and expand or create a national system to network women into collaborative information sharing and action. What would be added to women: The possibility is joyful, honoring connections and powerful actions. How to begin: Events, surveys and communications leading up to a teleconference in mid-May, 2009.

Survey: The intent of the survey is: To create a space in which women can easily and simply give voice to their views, concerns, ideas on a regular basis. To create a space where the diversity of women’s voices can be seen and heard by the widest range of women as possible within the U.S. To use a system to analyze, i.e, demographics with concepts To gather information that will be the basis of conversations at the May 2009 teleconference around collaborative leadership, grass roots activism, building community beyond self or society imposed boundaries, circle principles, healing/transforming the female story/wounds that have kept us limited, etc.

Tele-conference: The intent of the tele-conference is to create a space to begin forming a sense of community as women within the U.S. To acknowledge that we are very different in our views of the world and realize the value of diversity with respect. To see the vision of collaboration and begin learned how to create partnerships within that model. To have various women leaders share their skills, i.e. circles, vision holding, activism in order to learn from each other rather than power struggle over who and what is “right”.

Beyond that, I have a sense of a very simple structure to flow information, allow action, point out organizations that serve in specific ways, etc. That is for another conversation.

It seems that what I am seeing here is conversations that are important to those within Light Pages and similar groups, very valuable.

It is within the listening that new emerges and so thanks for the space to listen.

Sharon Riegie Maynard