Diana Adams
Joan Blades
Website
Twitter
Amazon Author Page
Retreat References:
“We’re so polarized that we’re incapable of even doing things we agree on.”
Getting Started with Living Room Conversations
MoveOn.org and MomsRising, both of which Joan founded
Norma Bowe
Website
Norma on HuffPost
Twitter
Retreat References:
"We need to find that little seed of resilience and through some miracle grow on it."
NPR Article, on Norma's Death Class
Experience Norma's Class
Gwen Carr
Retreat References:
"I turned my mourning into a movement; my sorrow to strategy; my bitterness into justice."
Interview on eOmega.org: A Mother Finds Power in Her Grief
Interview on HuffPost: Galvanizing for Change
Judaline Cassidy
Retreat References:
"Economically we are at a tipping point. Start spending your dollars with other women."
Tools and Tiaras, Judaline's organization to inspire girls and women
Anna Deavere Smith
Website
Twitter
Amazon Author Page
Interview on eOmega.org
Retreat References:
“As difficult as it seems, there is a privilege in this moment because it’s an opportunity for change.”
“Never give up, never give in, keep the faith. It takes raw courage. Just be ready to love.”
Veronica Domingo
Website
Twitter
Retreat Reference:
"We are powerful beyond measure, stronger than we seem, braver than we think, and blessed with all that we need."
Carla Goldstein
Twitter
Facebook
Ted Talk
Articles & Videos on eOmega.org
Retreat References:
"Seeds get planted along the way that we may not realize. No movement is ever wasted. You may not have seen it blossomed the next day, but it’s still there."
"Meditation practice is a critical leadership skill because it helps us come to each situation with more clarity."
Yasmeen Hassan
Website
Twitter
Retreat Reference:
"The power of women is to be together, be in solidarity, and be there for each other."
Dolores Huerta
Twitter
Retreat References:
"Every moment is an organizing moment."
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Film Trailer and website for Dolores, documentary on Huerta's life.
Elizabeth Lesser
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Ted Information Page
Amazon Author Page
Articles & Videos on eOmega.org
Retreat References:
"It turns out that being vulnerable, expressing empathy, and admitting ignorace are just the skills the world needs now."
New York Times article Elizabeth mentioned, Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were
Sondra Loring
Website
Twitter
Retreat Reference:
"We can practice peace by noticing new things and taking care."
Alisha Mai McNamara
Debilyn Molineaux
Website
Retreat Reference:
Getting Started with Living Room Conversations
Aja Monet
Website
Twitter
Retreat Reference:
"Words reflect our capacity—or incapacity—to imagine. We can't do power differently if we can't imagine power differently."
Robyn Moreno
Website
Twitter
Amazon Author Page
Retreat References:
"Our job [at Latina magazine] is to tell the stories of Latinas and women of color."
Latina Media, where Robyn is copresident
Tia Oros Peters (Shiwi)
Website
Twitter
Retreat Reference:
“Every Native American born is a triumph over colonization. We are hope made flesh.”
Sarah Peter
Artists Mentioned During Sarah's Talk:
Linda Nochlin, Buy My Bananas, 1972
Louise Bourgeois, Seamstress/Mistress/Distress/Stress, 1995
Plummer T. Pettway, Gee's Bend Quiltmaker, Roman Stripes, c.1967
China Pettway, Gee's Bend Quiltmaker, Blocks, c.1975
Elaine Reichek, Sampler (Jesse Reichek), 1994, Sampler (Remember), 2001
Ghada Amer, Love Has No End, Knotty But Nice, 2005
Sylvie Franquet, Prisoner of Love, 2016, Hitched to the Stars, 2014
Willemien De Villiers, Domestic, Before the Beginning
Ulla Jokisalo, Intentions, 2016, Growth Story, 2013
Cayce Zavaglia, Greg and I, 2012, Martina, 2005, front and back
Jerilea Zempel, Guns and Rosettes, 1998, World Domination Colonial Pillows
Nava Lubelski, A Situation, 2008, A Story About Frogs, 2008
Karin van der Linden, embroidery
Alice Neel, Self Portrait, 1980
Retreat Reference:
"Women reference the world differently and have a female iconography of our own. And that is a good thing."
Sharon Richardson
Retreat References:
"You can't cut a caterpillar out of its cocoon—it has to break through to transform."
Just Soul Catering
Reentry Rocks
Sharon Salzberg
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Amazon Author Page
Articles & Videos on eOmega.org
Retreat References:
"It's not that we all suffer in the same amount, but the uncertainty we all experience is the same."
Lucy, from Charles Schulz's Peanuts
Pamela Shifman
Retreat References:
Tavneet Suri
Website
Twitter
Retreat Reference:
“Giving women control over their decisions enables them to make economic changes in their lives.”
Eva Tenuto
Website
Twitter
TMI True Storytelling Video
Loung Ung
Website
Twitter
Facebook
Amazon Author Page
Articles & Videos on eOmega.org
Retreat References:
"We fall on our own, but we always get up with somebody else. We don't have to get up alone."
First They Killed My Father, film based on Loung's memoir
Sarah Urech
Retreat Reference:
On power poses: "I’ve found it surprising how quickly and effectively such a simple movement raises my energy and opens me up to my full capacity."
