women

Summer Solstice event at FOR headquarters

Posted June 18th, 2008 by joanwhitacre
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PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE FROM 6-21-08 DATE LISTED IN FOR NEWSLETTER!!



Whole Women Healing invites you to our

Summer Solstice Celebration at Shadowcliff

Women of Compassion Awards Ceremony

Posted June 6th, 2008 by joanwhitacre
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Report: Women of Compassion Celebration and Awards Ceremony

Whole Women Healing’s Women of Compassion Celebration and 2nd Annual Awards Ceremony was a success on all levels, offering inspiration and kindness in an uplifting, peaceful environment. The evening event, offered on May 16th in partnership with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was held at Shadowcliff, their national headquarters in Nyack, NY.

My mother's hands: the Domestic Worker's Union

Posted May 11th, 2008 by Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou
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Dear God:

Like all children, I held my mother's hand as sign of assurance against a fall; a touch of loving; a way of being; the last time I saw her I was flying in from a rally of protest with a brief layover in her city. With the fervor of a prodigal son or better yet a prince returned, she made a fuss about me. (I am the baby you know.) We embraced; she sat me down and gave me that stern look and as always told me to be careful and not to make the president too mad. "Yes, ma'am", I obliged. We made chit chat about my siblings-some blue, all black.

Women of Compassion Awards Ceremony

Posted April 3rd, 2008 by joanwhitacre
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Whole Women Healing
healing and empowering ourselves for a more peaceful world

We would like to announce the recipients for our 2008 “Woman of Compassion” Awards:
JOANNE GOODMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CANDLE
TASHI DOLMA, OWNER, TIBETAN HEALING CLINIC, CO-FOUNDER, TIBETAN HOME OF HOPE

Save the dates:
“2nd Annual Women of Compassion” Celebration and Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 16, 2008, 7 – 9:30 PM

International Women's Day

Posted March 16th, 2008 by joanwhitacre
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I wanted to share my experience of the CSW meeting, which ran from February 23 to March 8th (International Women's Day) at the United Nations this year.

From the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations:
* International Women's Day (March 8) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world.  This day is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. 

A dangerous decision: tell the White House, No War with Iran

Posted March 14th, 2008 by Ethan Vesely-Flad
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Earlier today, I posted on FORpeace.net some initial information about the Fellowship of Reconciliation's sixth civilian diplomacy delegation to Iran, including the names of the participants and the first report submitted to us. A major challenge for the delegation while in the country was its lack of access to the internet.

'Soldier Girls': Women in the Military

Posted March 5th, 2008 by alejandra
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Kick-off Event for the AFSC's Truth and Recruitment Event Series

"March to Justice in July"

Getting in the Way

Posted December 27th, 2007 by alejandra
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Meditation thought:: well-behaved women rarely make hers or his-story.

Now and then, in the early hours of the morning, while mi Reina sleeps soundly in the next room, i take a moment to catch up on email. i like getting in ‘the zone’ when i read. Now, it’s not just any email i choose to read.

Friday Prayers – a Woman’s Perspective

Posted December 19th, 2007 by Jane Harries
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It was a wet Friday morning as we set out from our hotel for Friday prayers, so we had some problems keeping our “chadors” in place – an extra layer of black cloth which we was draped around us, but required careful clutching to keep it in place and out of the puddles. We felt that this immediately marked us out as Westerners, as the local women seemed to wear their chadors with ease and dignity.

As a new mosque is being constructed which is large enough to hold the number of people who attend Friday prayers, they are at the moment being help in Tehran university. Once off the bus the women were ushered in a separate direction to the men. We were shown into a small booth warmed by a kerosene stove to await security clearance. The lady guarding the booth was in the middle of her tea break, but offered to share with us the cake and tea she had – and then engaged us in conversations, curious to know where we were from.

Shirin Ebadi and the Women of Iran

Posted December 8th, 2007 by Ethan Vesely-Flad
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The Fellowship of Reconciliation's fifth peace delegation to Iran has now arrived in the city of Shiraz, considered by many to be jewel of classical Islamic culture as well as the seat of the ancient Persian pre-Islamic civilization. As the delegation concluded its first few days, spent in Tehran, one delegation member, Rick Zand, was afforded an unusual opportunity to meet with Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and a group of 20 Iranian women.

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