Through the use of conversation, music, dance, drama, workshops and keynote addresses participants will leave the conference with inspiration and courage to begin effecting change both within themselves and in the regions of the world where they live -  then to places in need around the globe.

One of the unique features of the conference is the grouping of all participating women into groups of ten where women share stories and voice their visions. Upon leaving, each woman will have access to a website through which she will  be able to draw on the expertise and knowledge of others, making it possible to pool resources and be immediately connected to the experience and support that can further her effort.

Friday, March 12th
6-7pm   Music in the foyer of the Ballroom
7-9:30 pm  Evening program- Ballroom
Welcome: Paula D'Arcy - A Vision for Peace
Music, Dance, Drama and Ritual
 
Saturday, March 13th
9 am Morning Program- Ballroom
Keynote: Jean Shinoda Bolen- Women in Circles Changing the World
Break
11:15- 12:30 Workshop Sessions -
12:30 Boxed lunches available outside the Ballroom
Free Time
2:00 Afternoon Program- Ballroom
Keynote: Bernice Johnson Reagon- We've Come a Long Way to Be Together, You and Me
Break
3:30-4:45 Workshop Sessions -
 
5:45pm Dinner Buffet available outside the Ballroom
Free Time
7:30- 9:30pm Evening Program- Ballroom
Keynote: Erin Gruwell, with Maria Reyes - Becoming a Catalyst for Change
Booksigning
 
Sunday March 14th
9 am Closing Program - Ballroom
Keynote: Sally Gomez Jung - Leaving as Dancing Women
Music, ritual
Break
Closing remarks: Paula D'Arcy- I Believe in a World
Music, Ritual
Noon- Close of Conference
 
Our program will be richly enhanced by the E.Gwynn African dancers and drummers, the music of Cynthia Clawson, Craig Hella Johnson, Sara Thomsen, and Cynthia Wilson, the poetry of Ibtisam Barakat, the dramatic work of Janette Scott, dancers Marie Plauche-Gustin,Sherese Campbell, and Bronwyn Cooke, and the Mennonite Prayer for Peace offered by Mary Etta King.