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More Parliament - Women Leaders
Joanne Shenandoah wasn't playing this afternoon, so I found time to go by the exhibits. Only Earthspirit has a booth this year amongst the Pagan groups. I ran into Don & Anna and we sat and had coffee/tea together. The tea here is really insipid. *sigh*
My last presentation of the day was Personal and Professional Journeys of Women Leaders: a Worldwide Dialogue by Dr. Linda Lyman of Illinois State University. She highlighted the stories of women in education who participated in the 2007 Rome conference: 'Sharing the Spirit, Fanning the Flame: Women Leading Education Across the Continents'. Then we broke into groups of 5-6 and talked about how the themes - scholarhip, activism, introspection and mentoring within our educational, career and spiritual lives - related to our own experience.
My group was particular rewarding because of the presence of Jan Chaffee who, with her husband Paul, runs the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. Hearing Jan's stories and getting to know her better was a wonderful opportunity. I have always admired her warmth and competence. Also in our group was a young woman from Saudi Arabia who has faced challenges in getting an education. She had only gotten a batchelor's degree when a university opened in Bahrain because in Saudi Arabia there were only teacher colleges or nursing schools for women and she wasn't drawn to those professions. At this point she has a bs in information science, a masters in human resources and a masters in public administration and she is going to start a doctorate soon. Another woman in our group had faced both racial and gender discrimination and lived through both the civil rights and women's movement. She has also survived a rare and virulent form of breast cancer. So many stories!
Dr. Lyman offered a number of quotes in her presentation, I especially liked this one (except for the word pilgrimage which is a bit of a trigger for me). "To have a firm persuasion, to set out boldly in our work, is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consumation of work lies not only in what we have done, but who we have become while accomplishing the task." (David White, 2001, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, NY: Riverhead Books)
I need to get dressed now as Anna and I are doing the Colonial Tram Car dinner which was one of the "extras" one could sign up for at the Parliament. So we'll be missing the youth plenary, which is a shame as I understand that Isobel Arthen has a solo. But I am looking forward to the dinner!
My last presentation of the day was Personal and Professional Journeys of Women Leaders: a Worldwide Dialogue by Dr. Linda Lyman of Illinois State University. She highlighted the stories of women in education who participated in the 2007 Rome conference: 'Sharing the Spirit, Fanning the Flame: Women Leading Education Across the Continents'. Then we broke into groups of 5-6 and talked about how the themes - scholarhip, activism, introspection and mentoring within our educational, career and spiritual lives - related to our own experience.
My group was particular rewarding because of the presence of Jan Chaffee who, with her husband Paul, runs the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. Hearing Jan's stories and getting to know her better was a wonderful opportunity. I have always admired her warmth and competence. Also in our group was a young woman from Saudi Arabia who has faced challenges in getting an education. She had only gotten a batchelor's degree when a university opened in Bahrain because in Saudi Arabia there were only teacher colleges or nursing schools for women and she wasn't drawn to those professions. At this point she has a bs in information science, a masters in human resources and a masters in public administration and she is going to start a doctorate soon. Another woman in our group had faced both racial and gender discrimination and lived through both the civil rights and women's movement. She has also survived a rare and virulent form of breast cancer. So many stories!
Dr. Lyman offered a number of quotes in her presentation, I especially liked this one (except for the word pilgrimage which is a bit of a trigger for me). "To have a firm persuasion, to set out boldly in our work, is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consumation of work lies not only in what we have done, but who we have become while accomplishing the task." (David White, 2001, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, NY: Riverhead Books)
I need to get dressed now as Anna and I are doing the Colonial Tram Car dinner which was one of the "extras" one could sign up for at the Parliament. So we'll be missing the youth plenary, which is a shame as I understand that Isobel Arthen has a solo. But I am looking forward to the dinner!