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Reasons Why GTW is Different
1) Gather the Women is not a traditional
organization; it has been set up with the intention
to serve as an organic matrix of women and existing women's
organizations, encouraging new models for collaboration.
2) We do not seek to change minds
but to connect hearts. GTW does not endorse any particular
stance on any particular issues; we do not seek to tell women
what they should think and feel. Rather, we seek to create
a space where women can explore and expand the powerful pieces
of common ground we all share.
3) Gather the Women is grounded in
a set of spiritual values and these values guide every aspect
of our work. We acknowledge that each of our daily
interactions with one another present the opportunity to live
a new world into being. We acknowledge that the opportunity
to bring integrity and compassion to all of our work together
IS the outcome we are seeking. We acknowledge we can only
find our way by staying open to learning through every interaction
and challenge.
4) Gather the Women rests in the deep
well of grace provided by Divine Source, with the commitment
to honoring all the diverse expressions of faith in that One
Being. We believe that when we can bring together a critical
mass of diverse women of deep faith in a shared understanding
of our common beliefs that everything will change.
5) We acknowledge that we cannot know
the outcome of our work, and that this work is continuously
unfolding in powerful, expansive ways we could not imagine.
Therefore, we commit ourselves to following that energy as
best we can in a fluid process based on faith.
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