"What can we create together when we are BEING a COMMUNITY of Global Leaders?"
Our global mission is bigger than all of us, and together we can make a difference in the world! What is the possibility of a vibrant, self-generating community of graduates around the world that transcends (and includes) all technology and social media!
We want to hear your ideas!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
A Walk at Midnight with Catherine Wanjohi
Join us on April 7 as we interview Catherine Wanjohi of Kenya about her book -- A Walk at Midnight -- Journeying with abused women and girls towards inner dignity and wholeness
It will be held from 6:30 to 8 PM in Lucas Hall, the Forbes Family Conference Center. (Registration at 6.)
To register, go to http://tinyurl.com/6kga3n6. Pre-registration $20, $25 at the door
It will be held from 6:30 to 8 PM in Lucas Hall, the Forbes Family Conference Center. (Registration at 6.)
To register, go to http://tinyurl.com/6kga3n6. Pre-registration $20, $25 at the door
At the Well
Friday, March 18
At ITP, Palo Alto
Program is from 7:30 to 9:00 AM (yes, morning!)
Speaker is Lori McKenzie
Here talk will be -- "Using My '(Mis) Fit' to Affect Change"
Send an email to gwln.web@gmail.com to register.
At ITP, Palo Alto
Program is from 7:30 to 9:00 AM (yes, morning!)
Speaker is Lori McKenzie
Here talk will be -- "Using My '(Mis) Fit' to Affect Change"
Send an email to gwln.web@gmail.com to register.
The Power and Promise of Network
Here are some strategic questions -- we want your opinions, ideas, thoughts and past experience with being in networks.
• What is possible when there is a network of committed leaders?
• Will a network of our graduates and other concerned global citizens produce meaningful collaboration?
• How can we make this network valuable and, as importantly, self-sustaining?
• What is possible when there is a network of committed leaders?
• Will a network of our graduates and other concerned global citizens produce meaningful collaboration?
• How can we make this network valuable and, as importantly, self-sustaining?
Sunday, January 9, 2011
At the Well™ will be Friday, January 21
Pre-register at gwln-web@gmail.com
Welcome 7:15 Program 7:30 - 9:00 AM at ITP, Palo Alto
(Directions will be emailed to you with your confirmation by 1/19)
From Wells to Wells! with Therese Hjelm-Baer
It is amazing how the events in one month can become the inspiration, motivation and connections to change your life. The activities of -- October 2008 -- did just that. They altered my course and put me on a path of change, transformation and fulfilling the passion in my life.
It all started with volunteering at a charity function on October 4th in Palo Alto that was a fundraiser featuring Massai Warrior training to build a school in Kenya. It was there that I met a Maasai woman, Hellen Nkuraiya, and Maasai Warrior and Elder Sabore Ole Oyie.
Following the fundraiser I was invited to attend the Friday October 17th Women At the Well. The featured speaker, Margo McAuliffe, shared her story and the events that led her to start a charity and fund a magnificent girls' school in Kenya.
I made attending At the Well a priority after hearing her and knowing that once a month I could listen to more amazing stories of women taking risks and making a difference in the world.
As simple and innocent as these two activities may have been, they were the beginning of my journey from Wells to Wells -
I have gone from attending Women at the Well in Palo Alto to bringing wells to women in Kenya. I have partnered with Sabore to bring wells to his village in Ewaso Nyiro, Kenya in order to free the women and girls from the arduous task of walking long distances everyday to fetch water from the contaminated river with the ultimate goal of allowing young girls the opportunity to be educated.
The ride has been "world" wind -- exciting, challenging and with many doses of synchronicity - some that even today give me chills.
Sharing my story of how Africa was part of my life as a child and now has become my focus as an adult proves that dreams can come true and passions can be realized if you allow yourself to be open and aware of the bigger picture.
When will you let your passion and dreams be realized and transform you into the person you know you are?
Join us for this conversation with Therese!
Pre-register at gwln-web@gmail.com
Welcome 7:15 Program 7:30 - 9:00 AM at ITP, Palo Alto
(Directions will be emailed to you with your confirmation by 1/19)
From Wells to Wells! with Therese Hjelm-Baer
It is amazing how the events in one month can become the inspiration, motivation and connections to change your life. The activities of -- October 2008 -- did just that. They altered my course and put me on a path of change, transformation and fulfilling the passion in my life.
It all started with volunteering at a charity function on October 4th in Palo Alto that was a fundraiser featuring Massai Warrior training to build a school in Kenya. It was there that I met a Maasai woman, Hellen Nkuraiya, and Maasai Warrior and Elder Sabore Ole Oyie.
Following the fundraiser I was invited to attend the Friday October 17th Women At the Well. The featured speaker, Margo McAuliffe, shared her story and the events that led her to start a charity and fund a magnificent girls' school in Kenya.
I made attending At the Well a priority after hearing her and knowing that once a month I could listen to more amazing stories of women taking risks and making a difference in the world.
As simple and innocent as these two activities may have been, they were the beginning of my journey from Wells to Wells -
I have gone from attending Women at the Well in Palo Alto to bringing wells to women in Kenya. I have partnered with Sabore to bring wells to his village in Ewaso Nyiro, Kenya in order to free the women and girls from the arduous task of walking long distances everyday to fetch water from the contaminated river with the ultimate goal of allowing young girls the opportunity to be educated.
The ride has been "world" wind -- exciting, challenging and with many doses of synchronicity - some that even today give me chills.
Sharing my story of how Africa was part of my life as a child and now has become my focus as an adult proves that dreams can come true and passions can be realized if you allow yourself to be open and aware of the bigger picture.
When will you let your passion and dreams be realized and transform you into the person you know you are?
Join us for this conversation with Therese!
Birthday Traditions: Giving and Receiving
Barbara E. Key, 2008 Graduate, GWLN Women Leaders for the World (WLW) Program
Two special birthdays have just been celebrated. Linda Alepin turned 65 and GWLN turned 6.5.
Generally birthdays are associated with gifts: the gift of the life of a child, an animal, a cause for the world, and new opportunities for women, children and families.
Each evening before dinner I sit quietly and reflect on the gifts I have received and given during the day. Three and a half years ago I received a gift from GWLN. It was the gift to participate in organizing the leadership training program for 2007. When I started to take the wrapping off the box, I realized it included many individual gifts such as belonging to a community of people who accepted the challenge of educating women leaders. As I became more active in GWLN, so my gifts multiplied as I coached women to share their story of transformation to achieve social change.
As a child I remember my birthday parties filled with friends who were running with excitement and calling out loudly. Now I invite friends to sit around the table and share food, good times and dreams for the future. These birthday traditions remind me of those we celebrate during each GWLN annual leadership training program. Conversations, excitement and visions are a part of the Global Innovation Dialogue, graduation event and long nights in the dorm filled with conversation.
Linda, I hear your radical vision unfolding to build a community that connects us all using technology. I can imagine holding my next birthday party virtually by inviting friends in the global world to join me in conversation. We will be sustained by sharing what we are proud of and what we will do in the next year rather than by food. The excitement of how we can change the world together will remind us of when we were children, laughing and calling out loudly.
You, Linda, have been instrumental in guiding GWLN network members to seriously embrace global causes through economic security, health, the environment and social justice. Women, children and families are receiving the gift of self-relianceas more and more of them climb out of poverty.
Linda, my gifts of friends and conversations are now international rather than national. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! Your gift of an invitation to participate in GWLN fills me with joy and expectation. It is surely reason to be optimistic in 2011.
Two special birthdays have just been celebrated. Linda Alepin turned 65 and GWLN turned 6.5.
Generally birthdays are associated with gifts: the gift of the life of a child, an animal, a cause for the world, and new opportunities for women, children and families.
Each evening before dinner I sit quietly and reflect on the gifts I have received and given during the day. Three and a half years ago I received a gift from GWLN. It was the gift to participate in organizing the leadership training program for 2007. When I started to take the wrapping off the box, I realized it included many individual gifts such as belonging to a community of people who accepted the challenge of educating women leaders. As I became more active in GWLN, so my gifts multiplied as I coached women to share their story of transformation to achieve social change.
As a child I remember my birthday parties filled with friends who were running with excitement and calling out loudly. Now I invite friends to sit around the table and share food, good times and dreams for the future. These birthday traditions remind me of those we celebrate during each GWLN annual leadership training program. Conversations, excitement and visions are a part of the Global Innovation Dialogue, graduation event and long nights in the dorm filled with conversation.
Linda, I hear your radical vision unfolding to build a community that connects us all using technology. I can imagine holding my next birthday party virtually by inviting friends in the global world to join me in conversation. We will be sustained by sharing what we are proud of and what we will do in the next year rather than by food. The excitement of how we can change the world together will remind us of when we were children, laughing and calling out loudly.
You, Linda, have been instrumental in guiding GWLN network members to seriously embrace global causes through economic security, health, the environment and social justice. Women, children and families are receiving the gift of self-relianceas more and more of them climb out of poverty.
Linda, my gifts of friends and conversations are now international rather than national. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! Your gift of an invitation to participate in GWLN fills me with joy and expectation. It is surely reason to be optimistic in 2011.
Gifts from the World
Director's Corner -- January GWLN Newsletter -- by Linda Alepin
On my 65th birthday, I was given so many irreplaceable gifts from around the globe. Your well wishes brought me tears of joy. I thank each of you who took the time to send me a message.
Your words led me to reflect on many other gifts I have received from the Global Women's Leadership Network (GWLN).
I thought about all of the volunteers and those attending GWLN events who have contributed time to be present and active in our community. I am grateful to you for sharing your gifts of involvement and meaningful collaboration.
I thought about the many generous donors and sponsors who have supported us financially. I thank you for your investment in our organization and, more importantly, for your investment in the 121 leaders from 34 countries.
I thought about the graduates from the six leadership training programs each in action to help build a better future for their communities. I am inspired by their dedication, commitment, and in many cases, outright courage.
During our 2010 Global Leaders for Justice (GLJ) program, the theme of Ubuntu: "I am, because we are" resonated with all of us. For me this word brings forth the visual representation of a circle where we are all supported and included as integral to the global community. I have felt the power of the synergy that is possible when we work together.
Each and every one of you -- volunteers, supporters, donors, sponsors and graduates strengthen what is possible in the world. In unison, the gift of our actions allows for global social change.
I spent time reflecting on the accomplishments outlined in the coaching reports from the 2010 Global Leaders for Justice Program. I share a few of these with you as a sample so you, too, can rejoice in their progress and experience the gift that comes from being part of a network of leaders dedicated to others and each other.
Trudy Bower at the World Food Program funded 6 projects benefitting 2,600 women and will know the impact on their income and food security in March 2011.
Radha Friedman is in the process of mapping out the creation of a global network to support women's land rights, which will entail hundreds of new partnerships with local NGOs, government agencies, etc. She shared her vision/plan with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues at the U.S. State Department and she gave her support.
Josie Hadden stepped up to be the co-chair of a joint Global Fund for Women and Women Donor's Network study circle on Women Confronting Militarism.
Grace Igweta started an education leaders' movement (Leadership in Education Action and Policy - LEAP), with the aim of advocating for policy reforms and improved practices in the education sector.
Josephine Muli has mobilized schools to start the formation of girls' peace clubs. As of last month 1,000 girls have registered in these clubs at 20 schools.
Blanche Pitt has convened meetings with the National Ministry of Health in Tanzania, the Country Representative of the World Health Organization and the United Nations and the White Ribbon Alliance who all agreed to support and go into a partnership to save the lives of mothers in Tanzania.
I was heartened by the achievement these recent graduates are reporting. As we begin the New Year, I hope each one of us asks: "What action will I take in unity to transform the world?"
I would like to conclude with some words from Patricia Guerrero that I think speak powerfully to all of us. "One woman with determination to do something in her life for other women can change the history of humanity. You can be sure that when you feel lost, other women will come to help improve your capacity and strengthen your determination. When you start to work for women, you will never be alone."
On my 65th birthday, I was given so many irreplaceable gifts from around the globe. Your well wishes brought me tears of joy. I thank each of you who took the time to send me a message.
Your words led me to reflect on many other gifts I have received from the Global Women's Leadership Network (GWLN).
I thought about all of the volunteers and those attending GWLN events who have contributed time to be present and active in our community. I am grateful to you for sharing your gifts of involvement and meaningful collaboration.
I thought about the many generous donors and sponsors who have supported us financially. I thank you for your investment in our organization and, more importantly, for your investment in the 121 leaders from 34 countries.
I thought about the graduates from the six leadership training programs each in action to help build a better future for their communities. I am inspired by their dedication, commitment, and in many cases, outright courage.
During our 2010 Global Leaders for Justice (GLJ) program, the theme of Ubuntu: "I am, because we are" resonated with all of us. For me this word brings forth the visual representation of a circle where we are all supported and included as integral to the global community. I have felt the power of the synergy that is possible when we work together.
Each and every one of you -- volunteers, supporters, donors, sponsors and graduates strengthen what is possible in the world. In unison, the gift of our actions allows for global social change.
I spent time reflecting on the accomplishments outlined in the coaching reports from the 2010 Global Leaders for Justice Program. I share a few of these with you as a sample so you, too, can rejoice in their progress and experience the gift that comes from being part of a network of leaders dedicated to others and each other.
Trudy Bower at the World Food Program funded 6 projects benefitting 2,600 women and will know the impact on their income and food security in March 2011.
Radha Friedman is in the process of mapping out the creation of a global network to support women's land rights, which will entail hundreds of new partnerships with local NGOs, government agencies, etc. She shared her vision/plan with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues at the U.S. State Department and she gave her support.
Josie Hadden stepped up to be the co-chair of a joint Global Fund for Women and Women Donor's Network study circle on Women Confronting Militarism.
Grace Igweta started an education leaders' movement (Leadership in Education Action and Policy - LEAP), with the aim of advocating for policy reforms and improved practices in the education sector.
Josephine Muli has mobilized schools to start the formation of girls' peace clubs. As of last month 1,000 girls have registered in these clubs at 20 schools.
Blanche Pitt has convened meetings with the National Ministry of Health in Tanzania, the Country Representative of the World Health Organization and the United Nations and the White Ribbon Alliance who all agreed to support and go into a partnership to save the lives of mothers in Tanzania.
I was heartened by the achievement these recent graduates are reporting. As we begin the New Year, I hope each one of us asks: "What action will I take in unity to transform the world?"
I would like to conclude with some words from Patricia Guerrero that I think speak powerfully to all of us. "One woman with determination to do something in her life for other women can change the history of humanity. You can be sure that when you feel lost, other women will come to help improve your capacity and strengthen your determination. When you start to work for women, you will never be alone."
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