Three hundred women gathered in San Francisco October 17-19 for the inaugural Gather the Women Congress. Women of many diverse cultures came from throughout the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Iraq, Israel, Serbia, Kenya, the Congo, Brazil and Mexico. They gathered to connect both individual women and diverse organizations to form a multi-dimensional web of shared wisdom, and build a foundation for a new kind of self-organization that embodies the feminine principles as a powerful new technology for effective planetary change.

The event was interwoven with inspirational talks, small circle processes, learn and grow sessions, music, art and dance. (Click here for a list of speakers.) (Click here for a list of artists.) It culminated with the release of a 100 monarch butterflies in the Japantown Peace Park.

What the video below that shows the butterfly release
and the closing ceremonies

Over 20 organizations partnered in the event. (Click here for a complete list.) The outcomes of the 3 day gathering will be further explored and developed through a forum developed as a tool for the participants to continue the dialogue begun and the connections made at the Congress.  One of the projects that came out of the Congress is the support of a 5th Women's World Conference in Brazil.  Visit the 5WWC.org website for more information and to participate in this grassroots movement.

A WORLD THAT WORKS begins with a new kind of partnership...

...one that recognizes both the value of each separate part and the power of our mutual interdependence.

...one that can create a container large enough to hold the intentions and offerings of all of us.

...one that rejects the old competitive model of scarcity and holds instead the reality that we will create an environment of abundance only by working in collaboration.

...one that relies both upon what we know logically and what we know intuitively about how to bring balance to this world.

The participants at the inaugural Gather the Women Congress began the weaving of such a partnership. Inspiration, creativity, serendipity, wisdom and concrete outcomes are guaranteed! Together we have begun to create the butterfly effect that will be felt around the world!