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Ann S.
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Naples, Florida, United States
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| Co-founder and co-director of Circle Connections, a global hub for circle work, play, co-creativity and dreams. www.circleconnections.com
I have been blessed to have worked for the past thirty years around the world with women in Circles. I have been culturally enriched and nurtured in the Divine Feminine. Co-designing leadership programs and resources and training of circle facilitators gives me the greatest joy and sense of accomplishment. To see women and girls step into their feminine power is a dream come true.
I love being part of the international women's spirituality movement as well as locally. Working both with grassroots women and girl's empowerment as well as with high level officials brings an integrative approach for sustainable change. Circle Connections sponsors the UN Women's Circles and support a UN 5WCW.
Rhonda Hull, Caroline Ravelo and I are working with many partners in bringing nurturing online and in-person events where everyone fully participates and receives ongoing support. Our Circle Connections newsletter edited by Rosjke Helledine from the UK has circle stories, tips, resources and events. We have many exciting new plans ready to be given birth this coming year. Visit our website, join as a member and come join us in co-creating a new earth, one circle, one connection, one step at a time.
Namaste!!!
Ann Smith |
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Judy G.
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Bernried, Bavaria, Germany
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| Judy Grosch lives in Germany, is attending the UN CSW for the seventh time, is a convener for Millionth Circle, an advocate for women's rights, the rights of all sentient and non-sentient beings of this planet, is a poet and a tutor for children with special needs. |
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UNIVISIONS O.
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Hartselle, Alabama, United States
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Hello and welcome, YOU are invited to visit and/or join UNIVISIONS SPIRIT CONNEXIONS, a caring place for sharing LOVE, LIGHT and INSPIRATION and fostering AWARENESS of our interconnected ONENESS with All that IS. WE are a portal of Universal Spiritual Networking from ALL cultures, beliefs, races and backgrounds - cultivating a SPIRIT OF LOVE and HARMONY seeing life as a UNIFIED, INTERCONNECTED WHOLE - our intentions are to honor and respect ALL LIFE universally while strengthening the BONDS that enable us to NURTURE, LOVE and SUPPORT each other. Dedicated to Awakening Consciousness, Spiritual Growth and Empowerment. Networking and Lightweaving to increase avenues of support and services, connecting Love-powered, heart-conscious individuals, groups, organizations and networks together for the benefit of all. |
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Sharon M.
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Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica, United States
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| I am a psychologist and author currently living in Costa Rica. My practice focuses on both psychological and spiritual development and healing. I also teach courses to future psychotherapists at National University, Brandman (Chapman) University and the California Institute for Human Science.
I am the principle author of The Root of All Evil: An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism and Gender Imbalance. My co-authors are Dr. Aliaa Rafea (an Egyptian Sufi Anthropologist), Rachel Falik (an Israeli Jewish woman currently living in U.S.), and Jenny Eda Schipper. The book demonstrates how patriarchal ideology has taken us to the brink of destruction and makes a case for gender balanced leadership in all areas of life and, in particular, politics and religion. The book's website is www.rootofevilbook.com
A more recent publication is The Revelation of the Breath: A Tribute to Its Beauty, Power and Wisdom (SUNY Press).
I just completed an edited book, A Force Such As the World Has Never Known. Many women around the globe share their stories, illustrating a variety of ways to create change. It's in the publication stage (and this doesn't happen overnight).
My Sufi order, the Sufi Ruhaniat International, focuses on the unity of world religions and an honoring of diversity. This has deeply influenced my work in this area and also my publications. As an ordained minister, I am actively involved with Interfaith work but specifically focused on gender balance as the turning point.
In particular, I deeply care about my human family and wish to support all healing processes.
I am particularly interested in the relationship between psychology and religion. |
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Thava G.
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Richards Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
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| I am African of Indian decent (54 yrs) .I has lived 40 years of my life in the apartheid system. Due to my life’s path I naturally became an activist in my teens.
I have been blessed in this lifetime to have experienced freedom and liberation of my soul in the healing soil of South Africa. I am a spiritual warrior, a world citizen and believer of a religion of compassion. I believe I can leave my world in a better place for my futures future. |
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Julie R.
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Idaho Falls (Western Region), Idaho, United States
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| Woman of the earth. Heart bursting with love for all things, unable to absorb the density of beauty we witness living on this, “garden island in space."(1) Convinced, " we will save what we love." (2) Full of faith that things can change if we simply change our minds, decide the corner office and a Mercedes isn't all it's cracked up to be, in fact it might just be a big fat lie. That simpler living means that human beings not political systems can figure out ways to feed everyone, since after all the cornucopia has plenty. Unable to comprehend how cutting down forests in football field sized swaths every second and oceans so filthy that swimming is unsafe for humanity much less capable of supporting life couldn't cry out for the dominating species of this planet to take responsibility for the burden of consumption it places on the rest of all that lives. Recognizing that the hand wrapped around a rifle or clenched in a fist could just as easily plant a tree, wipe away a tear or hold another’s hand. I love to hike, spend time out doors, watch the sun rise or set, walk along the sea, meditate, write, read, spend time with my dogs, and much more. 1. Bolen, Urgent Message from Mother 2. Walker, Alice |
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Penny M.
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Newport Beach, California, United States
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| Penny McManigal, Artist, Ambassador for Festival of Arts and Culture, Sofia 2010; International Artist for Peace and Transformation; Creator of Weaving The Dream!, worldwide interactive Project; painter; "Peace for our Children" presented to Gorbachev, Kremlin 1989 before Berlin Wall; lithographs and posters of same on every continent (including 10 Nobel Peace Laureates and "just folks everywhere"; attended 4th UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), lifetime as civic activist, is a Convener of the Millionth Circle Initiative and faculty member of Social Artistry, 2003. |
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Jenni P.
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San Diego, California, United States
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| After 9/11, I founded Voices of Women (www.voicesofwomen.org), an organization focused on educating ourself and others on US and foreign policy; seeking peaceful solutions to conflict; empowering women in a worldwide campaign for peace. We have staged 30+ events, some involving the power of theatrical events, and raised considerable $$s for global causes. We support an organization in Afghanistan AWEC, and are closely affiliated with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, USD. I operate a communications business nationwide (www.prisk.com) where I coach and train executives and individuals to enhance their communication. I also write a weekly theatre column and read to first graders at a local elementary school. Throughout the year I act as a TV anchor for PBS San Diego where I raise funds and interview guests. I hope this is not too much! |
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Lorraine C.
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Ashland, Oregon, United States
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| Lorraine Cook does "heart work"--storytelling, writing, speaking, women's circles, and "pocket" hearts. My dream is to welcome women of all nations to the next women's world conference.
For my day job, I'm Program Coordinator for a distance learning bachelor's completion program for Registered Nurses offered at Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Nursing. |
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Sandra B.
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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| I am a trainer, coach and workshop leader working primarily with women. I am interested in supporting women's personal and economic empowerment, and working with women to understand and navigate the complex dynamics of circles and groups.
My favorite thing is spending time with my son, Ryan. I work to make the world better for him. |
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Kimberly K.
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East Troy, Wisconsin, United States
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Kimberly King is a social entrepreneur and global change leader in the fields of cause-related marketing, strategic partnerships and transformative enterprise. Kimberly is passionate about children's education, women's self-empowerment and using the tools of media and communication to transform and illuminate our world.
Her "areas of personal commitment" include:
Global Access to Safe Water
Women and Girls Reproductive Health
Women's Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Strategies to Eradicate Global Poverty
Cultivating a Global Culture of Peace
Kimberly is a founding organizer of the Sophia Women's World Conference (SWWC), and serves as co-Chair of the Global Communication and Media Circle and the International Partnership Council. (www.sophia2010.org)
Kimberly is also co-founder and steward of Sophia Circles Global Action Network (www.sophiacircles.org);
Partnership Liaison for Women's International Center (www.wic.org); a member of the Global Leadership Council for the Women, Faith and Development Alliance (wfd-alliance.org); and founder of GiveHerCredit.com, a Living Legacy Empowerment Initiative. (www.givehercredit.com)
Kimberly and her husband Brent are co-Presidents of The Peace Company, a progressive "for-benefit" social enterprise dedicated to peace, social justice and human development.
www.thepeacecompany.com |
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Colleen P.
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Venice, California, United States
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| I am a feminist, marriage and family therapist specializing in teenage girls and women's issues. I co-facilitate a women's monthly full moon circle, passionate about eradicating eating disorders and violence against women. I would like to contribute my talents and energy to your wonderful cause. |
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Betsy G. S.
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Bearsville, New York, United States
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| Reverend Betsy Stang, M.A., is the Founder and Executive Director of The Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources in Woodstock, NY. She is an interfaith Minister, counselor, and Earth Activist. She is the Presiding minister and Founder of the Center for The Living Earth, and directs the Center's Interfaith Seminary program.
Betsy Co-Founded The Earth Reunion Project in 1990 which works with traditional wisdom keepers of Earth traditions from around the world. In 1993, she co-produced The Cry of the Earth: The Legacy of the First Nations Conference at the United Nations, where the tradition keepers of seven indigenous nations of North America presented their ancient prophecies to the United Nations for the first time in history.
From 1993-2001 The Wittenberg Center
co-sponsored Mending the Hoop of All Nations: With One Voice, One Heart, One Mind, One Prayer in Washington D.C.
Betsy has been the Wittenberg Center's chief representative in its role as a non-government organization at the U.N., and co-founded the Earthkeepers working group which has helped to bring the voice of grassroots Earth based and indigenous representatives to UN conferences such as the Women's Summit, the World Summit on Social Development and the Commission on Sustainable Development.
Over the past decades, Betsy has produced The Wittenberg Center's video archive project which has documented, preserved and distributed hundreds of hours of archival video material on environmental and indigenous concerns and issues. Betsy's background includes many years of photographic, film and video production and teaching. Her photographic work is included in numerous private and museum collections and her film credits include the Peabody award winning film on Charles Ives, A Good Dissonance Like A Man.
Today, Betsy is continuing to explore how we can all join together with our gifts and talents to co-create new paradigms for coming together with one heart, one mind, one voice to create a sustainable, joyous future on this Earth for all our relations. |
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Lauren O.
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Humbolt Cty, NoCA, California, United States
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| Dr. Lauren Oliver is an Executive Coach and Organization Development Consultant in Northern Cal. She has recently joined the faculty of Jean Houston Foundation, for the UN-mandated leadership development-training program. Her passion is circles and tools of communication for circles to handle and resolve fear, anger, uncertainty, and especially to reverse the scarcity economy of appreciation and acknowledgement. These tools make circles safe, and a place to nurture the best of each person. |
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