2005 Gather the Women Regional Congresses

Gather the Women Global Matrix (GTW) is a global community of women committed to practicing compassionate and collaborative use of their personal power – a place to explore the new frontier of feminine leadership. In 2003, the first GTW International Congress was held in San Francisco, bringing together over 300 women from 23 countries. The second Congress was convened in Dallas, Texas in 2004. As an expression of it original intention, GTW has also offered a model which invited hundreds of smaller gatherings to be co-created in communities around the world to commemorate International Women's Day in March for the past three years.

In 2005, Gather the Women combined these two models in a living example of self-organizing feminine leadership. We invited the co-creation of numerous GTW Regional Congresses held over the same fall weekend in numerous locations across the United States and linked by a common theme. Each Congress was anchored by leadership in its region and drew together women from a diverse cross-section of women's organizations to explore issues and discover opportunities for connection.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there."
Rumi

DATES: November 11-13, 2005

THEME: Building the Field

Over 500 women attended Regional Congresses in these locations:

This is your opportunity to join the grassroots energy of Gather the Women. We know you will discover opportunities to connect with other women in your local area to share your wisdom in a collaborative ongoing process to unite us and prepare us for powerful action.

The time is now to activate the incredible power of women's wisdom on a planetary scale and to mix grassroots power with feminine principles.