January 8, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Headline: “We Need Leaders Now: Western Women of Faith Redefine Power”
Event: Alchemy of Our Spiritual Leadership: Women Redefining Power
When: April 28 to May 1, 2011
Where: Sofitel Hotel
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065 U.S.A.
Registration: Prices range from $275 to $360 for early registration before January 15 or general
registration. Price includes all sessions and five meals. Purchase tickets online at
http://womenofspiritandfaith.org

From April 28 to May 1, 2011, Women of Spirit and Faith will host more than 300 women for Alchemy
of Our Spiritual Leadership: Women Redefining Power. This multi-layered gathering at the San
Francisco Sofitel Hotel will feature Sister Joan Chittister, Valerie Kaur and Naomi Tutu as keynote
speakers. Participants will engage in circle dialogues, in-depth workshops, sacred and celebratory
offerings. Tickets are available at http://womenofspiritandfaith.org.

As humanity is poised on the cusp of a powerful cultural shift into unity and oneness, it is imperative
for women to fully take their place alongside men. Women see things differently, do things differently
and are affected by things differently than men. Sister Joan Chittister observes “At the crossroads in
life, authority goes one direction: back. . . Leadership, on the other hand, rewrites the book. . . . The
times are clear. The needs are now. The time for new decisions is upon us. Authority is not enough for
times such as these. We need leaders now.”
While women's leadership is a focus of a number of US and Canadian organizations, very few if any
give central attention to the spiritual and faith-oriented basis of and motivation for that leadership. In
truth, western women of spirit and faith are still learning individually and collectively how to
effectively bring forth their leadership.
Alchemy of Our Spiritual Leadership: Women Redefining Power authentically invites creative co-
creation by many diverse women leaders and spiritual women’s organizations and catalyzes a more
cohesive community among women of spirit with the capacity to generate on-going relationship,
collaboration and action.

MEDIA COTACT
Guo Cheen
Women of Spirit and Faith
www.womenofspiritandfaith.org
womenofspiritandfaith@gmail.com
(206) 973-7339
Women of Spirit and Faith exists to invite the many brilliant threads of feminine spiritual leadership
into relationship and to support emerging patterns for transformation. For more information about this
501(c)(3) organization, please join us at http://womenofspiritandfaith.org/

RELATED LIKS
Register for April 28 to May 1 Conference at http://womenofspiritandfaith.org
Women of Spirit and Faith: http://womenofspiritandfaith.org/
Kalliopeia Foundation: http://www.kalliopeia.org/
PeaceNext (Parliament of World Religions): http://www.peacenext.org/
Sister Joan Chittister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Chittister
Valerie Kaur http://www.valariekaur.com/
Naomi Tutu http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/nontombi-naomi-tutu