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There is a movement taking place all over the globe, an ongoing conversation that tells
the story of women evolving themselves, their
lives, their world. Offerings supports this movement in two ways: In our work with Women's Organizations and Networks to strengthen interrelationships and increase effectiveness; and through our creative works which offer artistic expressions of this new and emerging story of women. Welcome!
The second chapter of The Offerings Book on Women and Birthing now and ever more... is called The Evolving Family. It is a celebration of the old and new, the traditional and the surprising -- the touching, funny, brave new ways of family.
Celebrate the women -- and men! -- who, with passion and courage, have brought you their version of the new evolving family!
Inside our collective story of The Evolving Family:
Young women and their choice of family...
Men determined to be fathers in their own wisdom...
Susan's hard choice for life...
Another way to birth our children -- in Light...
I am not a quiet birther, full of dignity...
No homeland, except for the world; no birth family, except for humankind...
Stories that will perturb, images that will linger...
In these rich pages, we feature the perspectives of the anthropologist, author, educator, and consultant Angeles Arrien (The Four-Fold Way, The Signs of Life, The Second Half of Life) on what the possible future of family is in our world today. And of author, healer, channel, visionary and spiritual mid-wife Flo Aeveia Magdalena(I Remember Union, Sunlight on Water) on the legacy of light that all children come into this life as and how we might honor and grow that light being in each one.
And then, join our online conversation to expand or deepen your perspective and story of the evolving family.
Creative Pathfinders on the Go!
Women evolving our future and our world through creative acts and commitments
Listen to an "inner-view" dialogue among women business leaders Lauralee Alben, Laurie Meadoff, and Cass Warner on their creative journeys.
Lauralee Alben, President of Alben Design LLC, leads a consultancy dedicated to designing sea changes -- positive, profound, and lasting transformations in lives, organizations, and the world.
Laurie Meadoff, Executive Producer of Chat the Planet, guides a multi-platform media production company on the frontlines of global youth dialogue.
Cass Warner, founder and President of Warner Sisters, honors and enriches the filming legacy started by her well-respected grandfather, Harry Warner of the Warner Brothers studio, by using the moving image to awaken creative minds and nurture the "future culture".
Join us as we explore the courageous, compassionate, and committed ways that women are stepping out in front to affect powerful change. From three simple questions on creativity, a world of possibilities unfolds as we listen to the uplifting yet no-nonsense stories of women on the creative edge. Ponder this: How the world evolves is a direct result of our creative inspiration and creative acts. Each creative commitment we make individually evolves us all.
Harvest and Seed Gatherings 2007 -- in Pictures!
As the old adage says, let the pictures paint for you what a thousand words cannot describe of our time together! We came together in celebration and gratitude for what has been a rich and vibrant experience for our Offerings co-creative community in 2007. We will be in touch with what we are seeding together in 2008.
For now, click on these slideshows below and let the images tell you the story of our gathering time. Let them touch and fill your hearts with love. Let them lift your spirits with light and possibility for what is yet to come!
Creating from the Unknown to Union
Six artists, six months to create, seven days to follow each artist and their shared art's becoming.
Experience not only the story of an art piece's journey into becoming, but also the story of six remarkable women and their willingness to connect, to share, to create from the Unknown into Union.
The
From the AshesTeresa Mejia, Executive Director of The Woman's Building in San Francisco talks candidly with Offerings about loss and the rebirthing of life from the ashes of tragedy.
Generation UnityMeet Dakini and Celena, performance artists using their poetry and music to document, challenge, celebrate and even redefine a new generation of young women.
Birthing the Music
Musical artists, Christie Hardwick Vianson and Mary Sarah exchange stories about how music happens — how they receive it and then offer it back out to the world.
Come discover Awakening Ourselves, the first chapter of The Offerings Book on Women and Birthing now and ever more.
Put your feet up, kick back and celebrate all the ways – traditional and surprising – in which women all over the world are giving birth today.
Join the ongoing blog conversation
The Evolving Family,
the second chapter of The Offerings Book on Women and Birthing, now and ever more... is now online.
Join the ongoing blog conversation
Our blog conversations are also up and running! Check
out the Offerings
Community blog to see how our community is birthing itself.
Read
the Birthing
blogs, hear the conversations among the artists in our Artists' Corner, and participate in dialogue with our guests in our podcast series In Good Company.