Global Networks of Women: How “She-Power” Is Connecting Across Nations to Leverage Learning and Change
For women to be effective in “stepping into their power” and create a better world, they need the support of other women—they need to build alliances and communities across differences. It is only when women can connect across false divides globally that their struggles to protect and defend ecosystems, slow climate change and increase gender and social justice can succeed. Join some exemplary women activists who have had great success building diverse movements and bridging differences. With: Clare Dubois, founder and CEO of TreeSisters; Osprey Orielle Lake, founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., renowned psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, activist and internationally best-selling author; Margaret Zhou, Partnerships Manager for International Rivers. Hosted by Cecile Lipworth, founder of Ripple Catalyst Studio and host of the weekly feminist radio show, Brave Space.
Larkspur Room
October 19th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Cecile Lipworth
Founder
Ripple Catalyst Studio
Cecile Lipworth, founder of Ripple Catalyst Studio and host of the weekly feminist radio show, Brave Space, consults with women-led organizations regionally and internationally, harnessing her expertise in movement building, event producing, fundraising, marketing and communications to support their work. Prior to founding Ripple, Cecile was for 15 years the Managing Director of V-Day, the renowned organization founded by Eve Ensler to combat gender-based violence.Clare Dubois
Founder
TreeSisters.org
Clare Dubois is the founder of TreeSisters.org, a women's reforestation and culture-change organization dedicated to humanity’s emergence as a “restorer species.” For 23 years she has been facilitating body-based, experiential sessions designed to help participants shift consciousness and experience their interconnectedness with nature, the root of balanced leadership and action.Jean Shinoda Bolen
Psychiatrist
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, a Mill Valley-based psychiatrist, Jungian analyst in private practice and author of 14 influential books, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Formerly a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF and board member of the Ms. Foundation and the International Transpersonal Association, she inspired The Millionth Circle Initiative and is a leading advocate for a UN 5th World Conference on Women.Osprey Orielle Lake
Executive Director
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network International
Osprey Orielle Lake, founder/Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, works with grassroots and Indigenous leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a clean energy future. Osprey serves on the Executive Committee of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, co-directs the DIVEST, INVEST, PROTECT campaign, and authored the award-winning, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature. (wecaninternational.org)Margaret Zhou
Partnerships Manager
International Rivers
Margaret Zhou, the Partnerships Manager for International Rivers, a global grassroots organization working to protect rivers and the communities that depend upon them, coordinates the organization's many diverse partnerships. She was on the organizing committee of the first global Women and Rivers Congress. Previously Margaret served as a communications consultant for several start-ups and non-profits.
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