{"id":622,"date":"2018-09-28T04:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T04:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womenrisingconference.org\/?page_id=622"},"modified":"2018-09-28T04:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T04:56:40","slug":"press-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/womenrisingconference.org\/index.php\/press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pg-622-0\"  class=\"panel-grid\" ><div class=\"panel-grid-core\"><div id=\"pgc-622-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell \" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/womenrisingconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Conference-Logo-1.jpg.png?resize=164%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/womenrisingconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Conference-Logo-1.jpg.png?resize=164%2C300 164w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/womenrisingconference.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Conference-Logo-1.jpg.png?w=394 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/>Contact: <\/strong>Kris Malone Grossman<strong><br \/>\nPhone: <\/strong>415-575-6255<br \/>\n<strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:womenrising@ciis.edu\">womenrising@ciis.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>CIIS to Host Conference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>WOMEN RISING! NEW VISIONS FOR A POST-PATRIARCHAL WORLD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>SAN FRANCISCO, CA \u2014 <\/strong>The Women\u2019s Spirituality graduate studies program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is excited to announce <em>Women Rising! New Visions for a Post-Patriarchal World,<\/em> a dynamic 2.5-day conference to be held October 12\u201314 at the CIIS campus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Women Rising!<\/em> will gather 200 visionaries, educators, artists, practitioners, care workers, and social justice activists, including <strong>keynote speaker Sherri Mitchell<\/strong> and other Women\u2019s Spirituality trailblazers, such as <strong>Charlene Spretnak, Starhawk, Arisika Razak, <\/strong>and <strong>Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum<\/strong> to celebrate the inspiring and groundbreaking eco-social justice work that women do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WHERE: CIIS, 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WHEN: October 12\u2013<\/strong><strong>14. Friday, 5:00 p.m. \u2013 <\/strong><strong>\u00a09:30 p.m.;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, 9:00 a.m. \u2013 9:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00 a.m. \u2013<\/strong><strong> 5:00 p.m. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at critical juncture in human evolution,\u201d says Dr. Alka Arora, core faculty in Women\u2019s Spirituality at CIIS.\u00a0 \u201cMovements such as #MeToo, #TimesUp, #BlackLivesMatter, #IdleNoMore, and #NeverAgain are creating profound global change. Women are at the forefront of such movements, and <em>Women Rising! <\/em>grows out of the spiritual and political movements of today, seeking to redress the misogyny, sexual violence, institutionalized racism, economic oppression, and ecological devastation that patriarchal societies have wrought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This landmark conference includes breakout sessions, workshops, live performances, ceremonies, film screenings, networking opportunities, an evening with <strong>Jennifer Berezan &amp; Friends in concert<\/strong>, the <strong><em>Once and Future Goddess<\/em> art exhibition<\/strong>,<strong> AmyJo Mattheis\u2019 one-woman play <em>From Eve to Me<\/em>, <\/strong>the<strong> Women\u2019s Spirituality 25<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Book Awards<\/strong>, and more. It\u00a0seeks to honor, ignite, connect, and empower every person\u2019s innate divinity and invites participants to\u00a0celebrate and co-create a visionary culture and activism that promotes a plurality of voices and change-makers who are actively building a new, post-patriarchal world.<\/p>\n<p>To register or to learn more about <em>Women Rising!<\/em>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenrisingconference.org\">www.womenrisingconference.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kris Malone Grossman Phone: 415-575-6255 Email: womenrising@ciis.edu \u00a0CIIS to Host Conference: WOMEN RISING! NEW VISIONS FOR A POST-PATRIARCHAL WORLD \u00a0SAN FRANCISCO, CA \u2014 The Women\u2019s Spirituality graduate studies program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is excited to announce Women Rising! 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