Past Events
Connecting Your Pocketbook to Your Soul through Art
Workshop with artist Janet Slom and Rosemary Williams
Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT
Using art as a tool, this workshop takes you on your own personal money journey. The student begins by identifying the often confusing messages received in childhood about money. She then learns to understand her feelings around such issues as abundance, scarcity, earning, investing, spending and giving. As we compare these messages and feelings with our core values and/or spiritual beliefs, a picture emerges both literally and figuratively. By the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to create a plan to align one’s actions with one’s values. Contact us to inquire about hosting this workshop in your area.
HIV/AIDS Orphans Tell Their Stories in Photos
Photo Exhibit at Rockwell Art Gallery, Wilton, CT
A photographic exhibit of remarkable images created by a small group of orphaned children in remote Kisumu, Kenya was the featured event at this gallery. Organized through Women's Perspective, this interactive art project was the brain child of Ann Reeves of Redding, CT and Charyn Atkin of Weston, CT, who traveled with Women's Perspective to Kisumu to provide the children an opportunity to tell their own stories.
The resulting photographs, which were developed in Kisumu and copies given to the children for their scrapbooks, revealed much about their lives. “We were absolutely amazed by the quality of these photographs,” said Reeves, a psychologist who works with children and is an avid amateur photographer. “None of the children had every used a camera before and few had ever seen one up close”. The resulting art show brought home to the viewer the inherent resiliency and capability in children despite tragedy we cannot imagine.
Money, Spiritual Vision, & Spiritual Power
Workshop at the Social Justice Biennial Conference, Tucson, Arizona
Rosemary Williams led a workshop to explore two of the most powerful and least talked about forces in one’s life – money and spirituality. This workshop examined the individual’s relationship with money and discovered ways to recover its spiritual dimension. Through dyads, group discussion, and interactive exercises, the powerful role of one’s money mythology was revealed as a strong influence on daily decisions. With this new understanding, there is room to create the beginnings of a do-able action plan for financial and spiritual unity. In the words of one participant, “A light went on inside me when I realized how much my value of money came from my parents, and how I try to force those values on my grown children.”
Faith and Money: Breaking the Silence
Workshop at the Ecumenical Stewardship Center Leadership Seminar
Rosemary Williams was a keynote speaker at the Seminar, which addressed vital issues in the conversation between faith and money from a biblical and cultural perspective.
HIV/AIDS Widows Conference
Kisumu, Kenya
Invited to present two workshops on Financial Destiny to the 200 widows gathered at the 4th International HIV/AIDS Widow Conference, Kisumu, Kenya, Rosemary Williams traveled there with more than just workshops in mind. For Charyn Atkin, Jane Burruss, Barbara Burhans and Ann Reeves, who accompanied Rosemary, travel to Kisumu, opened the way for a Women's Perspective “transformational trip”.
There were ample opportunities for these adventurous women to learn, and to be moved to put their money into inspired action. It was on this occasion that Ann and Charyn provided a group of orphaned children an opportunity to see their world through the lens of a camera and to carry with them forever the photos of their life on one day in November, 2004. Children in this dusty corner of east Africa had, for the most part, never seen a camera up close, much less used one. The results were spectacular. The joy and excitement experienced by the children and the creativity and talent displayed were evident.
Women's Perspective Retreat
Findhorn Foundation, Findhorn, Scotland
Findhorn is a place where everyday life is transformed by living, working and learning with spiritual values. The Findhorn Community is a major international center of spiritual education and personal transformation. Our retreat group joined Experience Week, the doorway to the community's essence and its spiritual principles. To read more about the group's reteat experience, click here.
A Woman's Worth: Faith, Money and Power - Seminar
At The Cost of Discipleship: Faith, Money and Possessions
5th Reclaiming the Text Conference
Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, NC
Rosemary Williams, director of Women's Perspective, led a seminar on practical ways to recover the spiritual dimension of money.
Women, Money and Spiritual Values - Workshop
YWCA
Greenwich, CT
Focus was on the issues that confront the heart of today's woman: how do you understand money and manage resources while remaining true to your values and inner spirit. "Am I really getting what I want from my money."
Money and Spirituality: A Woman's Perspective - Workshop
Divine Compassion Center for Spiritual Renewal
White Plains, NY
Participants examined how powerful messages and conflicted feelings about money effect self-image, relationships and spiritual journey and began a do-able action plan that nurtures alignment between their spirit and choices about earning and spending money.
International Women’s Day Celebration
"Weaving a World that Works"
1st Congregational Church on the Green, Norwalk, CT
Women's Perspective joined women from across the US to gather together to inspire, collaborate and celebrate International Women's Day. Margaret Auma, Kisumu, Kenya, Rosemary Williams and Kathleen Gorelick, Women's Perspective, delegates the UN Commission on the Status of Women, updated the group on the Commission's activities. Margaret, Springs Ministries, also spoke about her work with AIDS widows and orphans in Kenya. Pat Krause, MayaWorks, a Fair Trade Organization, described her work with Mayan artisan weavers in Guatemala, Elise Harrison led the group in sacred circle dances, and Rosemary Williams held a mini-workshop on money and values. International Women's Day, first observed in 1909, is the story of ordinary women as makers of history. It is commemorated by the UN and is a national holiday in many countries. Our celebration in CT was part of Gather the Women's nationwide and international celebration.
Circles of Power™: Matching Your Passion and Pocketbook to the World's Greatest Need
UN Commission on the Status of Women
New York, NY
A joint Women's Perspective/Peace X Peace "Side Event" panel sponsored by the International Public Policy Institute at the 48th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (Feb 29-March 12).
Connecting Your Pocketbook to Your Soul™ - Workshop
Cherry Hill, NJ
A workshop to align financial values with spiritual vision. Presented by the St. Andrew's United Methodist Women at their annual retreat. "A wonderful day...very thought provoking." Karen Husband
Radio Interview & Discussion - Religion on the Line - WABC 770 AM in New York City
Rosemary Williams, director of Women's Perspective,and hosts Frather Paul Keenan and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik discussed the holidays, money pressures and connecting your money and spirit in the New Year.
Entrepreneurship in Alignment: Connecting Your Money with Your Spirit – An Entreprenurial Woman's Network Professional Development Workshop
Westport, CT
Rosemary Williams, workshop leader, focused squarely on the issues that confront today’s entrepreneur: how do you understand money, create wealth, and manage your resources while remaining true to your core beliefs and inner spirit.
An Evening with Jean Shinoda Bolen
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT
Dr. Bolen discussed her newest book, Crones Don't Whine and the "crone" qualities women of all ages can cultivate. Crones speak the truth with compassion, listen to their bodies, reinvent themselves, and savor the good in their lives. Visit Dr. Bolen's website at: www.jeanbolen.com
Joint Workshop in 2004.. To receive details when a new workshop with Dr. Bolen and Rosemary Williams is scheduled, email info@womensperspective.org
Bi-Cultural Leadership Immersion Trip
to Haiti
 Women's Perspective led students from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN on a
Bi-Cultural Leadership Trip to Haiti that was part of their social justice course.
The group experienced city and country life, met with an advocacy group serving
rape survivers, worked in an orphanage, talked with women leaders in health care,
education, and media, as well as archivists, attorneys, volunteers and activists.
Evenings were spent in conversations about the root causes of poverty and how
our lives in the US affect the lives of Haitians and others in the developing
world.
October 17-19, 2003
1st Annual Gather the Women Congress
Weaving a World that Works
San Francisco, CA
Women’s Perspective, in partnership with a dozen other women's organizations, was part of a unique, dynamic international gathering of women. To find out more about Gather the Women and the Congress go to: www.GatherTheWomen.org.
Walking a New Road: Aligning Our Financial and Spiritual Lives - Workshop
At the 22nd Annual Women & Spirituality Conference
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Money can be an expression and tool of one's spirituality. Integration of our spiritual and economic lives results in a balanced relationship to money that leads to freedom, peace and power.
A Money Journey: Life, Money, Values – Workshop
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Bring financial values and spiritual vision together by understanding resources and being intentional about choices. A Fairfield University Learning for A Lifetime Program.
Women, Money and Spiritual Vision – Workshop
The Mandala Center, Des Moines, NM
Align financial values with spiritual vision. An interactive Money Journey workshop based
on Rosemary’s book, A Women’s Book of Money and Spiritual
Vision. Jane Burruss, MBA, PhD, JD, and Women's Perspective board member, co-led the workshop with Rosemary Williams. Jane lectures on business and stewardship topics. The Mandala Center, a peaceful place to refresh the mind and renew the spirit, sits on the slopes of the Sierra Grande Mountain and has sweeping views. To learn more about The Mandala Center Click here.
Barnes & Noble Bookstore - Booksigning and Discussion
Moorestown, NJ
Rosemary Williams, author of A Woman's Book of Money and Spiritual Vision: Putting Your Financial Values into Spiritual Perspective,signed copies of her book and spoke about the connection between two of the most important issues affecting women's lives today, their money and their spirituality.
Our Face Among the Faces of Globalization
A Joint Women's Perspective/CREA Workshop
CREA House, Hartford, CT
The individual's role in the global economy to make informed decisions and take courageous action explored. CREA’s systemic analysis, a tool for understanding and the existing disparities of power and wealth, was used to help participants understand not only what they are seeing, but the systems, the power, voice and structures behind it. Ruth Rosenbaum, founder and director of CREA co-led the workshop. To learn more about CREA, Center for Reflection, Education and Action, Click here.
Uniting Money & Spirit: Transformation through Integration - Workshop
New England Retreats International
Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Center, Farmington, CT
"Excellent! New way of addressing a 'volatile' issue. I see many possibiities of how this approach can be helpful personally, community-wise, and ministerially."
Connecting Your Pocketbook to Your Soul™ - Workshop
The Cornelia Connelly Spirituality Center, Rosemont, PA
Teaching sessions, interactive exercises, small group work and journaling help participants to examine money’s powerful and conflicting role in life and spirit and to begin an action that connects their pocketbook to their soul.
Money and Spirituality: A Woman's Perspective - Discussion and Booksigning
A "Table Talk" at the White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia, PA
 Rosemary Williams, director of Women’s Perspective, lead a discussion on women’s unique perspective on money, faith and economic resources. Rosemary spoke about ways to combine a sense of money with a sense of spiritual purpose, to align core values with the power of one’s resources to make a difference in the world.
The White Dog Café blends award-winning cuisine and social activism. To learn more about the White Dog Café, visit their website: www.whitedog.com.
Connecting Your Pocketbook to Your Soul™ – Workshop
Cenacle Retreat Center, Warrenville, IL
Money's powerful force in our life and spirit explored. Attitudes and feelings about money can deeply affect our lives, spiritual journey, self-image, relationships, work and community involvement. Through their better understanding, participants discover how to connect their pocketbook to their soul and experience the possibilities that open when financial choices and spiritual vision are aligned.
Susan Schaefer, DMin and developer of the Out of the Box Foundation and Lorraine Antieau, Women's Perspective Board member, co-led the workshop with Rosemary Williams. The Warrenville Cenacle welcomes people of all faiths. Nestled along the DuPage River, the Cenacle provides a place to nurture one’s inner life and seek a deeper connection with God, other people, and the natural world.
Guatemala - Semana Santa (Holy Week) - Transformational Trip
The group visited with
weavers, farmers, healthcare workers and teachers. The daily schedule included opportunities to talk with religious
leaders, officials and volunteers who live and work in Guatemala and learn about its complex political, economic and
cultural realities. We shared friendship,
knowledge, resources, hope, and faith across cultural and economic
lines.
Kisumu, Kenya – HIV/AIDS Widows Conference - Workshop/Transformational Trip
Women’s Perspective presented three workshops at the conference. Click here to see pictures from the Kisumu conference.
A Woman’s Perspective on Money, Values & Vision - Mini Workshop
Center for Women’s Issues, Westchester Jewish Community
Services Ctr, Hartsdale, NY
“…you inspired a number of the women to examine their attitudes and feelings towards money and bring balance into their lives.” Lenore Rosenbaum, Director
Women, Money and Spirituality - Workshop
Mercy Center, Madison, CT
Attitudes and feelings about money and spirituality were explored
via the money journey, a key step to aligning financial choices
to spiritual vision. The group collaborated with Clara Wainwright,
renowned quiltmaker and celebration artist, on the design of
a quilt symbolizing a woman’s money journey. Click
here to see the Money Journey Quilt.
Mercy Center at Madison, CT, once the summer residence of five
and dime store magnate W.T. Grant, is situated on forty acres
of graceful lawns and woodlands, and overlooks Long Island Sound.
Women’s Perspective Week of Prayer and Meditation –
Retreat
Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay Cape, Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
A quiet week of prayer and meditation at Gampo Abbey, a Buddhist
monastery, located on the northeastern coast of Cape Breton Island
near Highlands National Park above the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Pema Chödrön is the resident teacher.
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