“It was really inspirational for me to share my own story. I was just blown away the way the workshop has been conducted. It was a transformation within me. I

We were grateful for the opportunity to attend and speak about Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) and Genderworks at the South African National Men’s Parliament. What a privilege to

“This has been the most profound experience of Ubuntu (‘I am because we are’). . .” A powerful three days of deep sharing and wholehearted listening together with Genderworks at

What a grand success our 30th anniversary GERI Summit conference was, as we gathered with friends and colleagues from across the globe for five days to honor the past 30 years, and welcome in the next 30 years. People joined online — from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South and North America, while others of us meet in-person at the Omega Institute in upstate New York.

Deep gratitude to the 22 women, men, and friends who participated so wholeheartedly in three days of deep truth-telling, listening, and inner process in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. What a profound privilege to sit in circle together and bear witness to the courage, compassion, resilience, and light of the human spirit. The authenticity and honesty of each person’s sharing, paired with the quality of heartful and caring listening from the others, was so deeply moving.

Thirty years ago this month, a group of colleagues convened the first workshop of what was to become Gender Equity and Reconciliation International.

Little did we know back then what was being born, or what the future held in store. All we knew was that there was a deep need, a piercing hurt, that had to be tended to; and that the first step in any healing, must begin by telling the truth – and to hold ourselves and each other with the highest dignity, compassion, and integrity.

Gender equity is woefully overdue―we cannot wait any longer. Yet gender equity will wait, just as it has for thousands of years, until women and men and people of all genders co-create it together. One-sided solutions are not enough, and shame and blame will get us nowhere. The new pathway to healing and creating right relations between the genders can only be forged by courageously confronting gender injustice from all sides, and moving through the ensuing ‘collective alchemy’ to transform gender injustice from the inside out.

A powerful four days together with eighteen women and fifteen men, delving together into the depth of human and gender experience as women and men. As one woman reflected after,

At this time, with the outbreak of the painful new conflict in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, our hearts go out in prayer for all who are suffering, especially those who are most directly affected.

As Mahatma Gandhi counsels us, “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. . . History is really a record of every interruption of the even working of the force of love, or of the soul.”

We pray for the peace of the soul of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who passed away on the day after Christmas. Our sincere and deepest condolences and prayers go to Leah Tutu, Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, and the whole Tutu family, as well as our many South African friends, and all those around the world who love him so dearly.

We celebrate and honor the graduates of the 2021 GERI Professional Immersion and Facilitator Training! It’s been an amazing year, with 31 new graduates of the South Africa in-person training, plus another 31 graduates of the global online training!

It is a great joy to share with you recent highlights from Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI). As diversity and inclusion is becoming ever more important today, GERI is more relevant than ever—balancing our decades of experience with our dynamic new leadership team, plus new initiatives that build on the application of GERI for the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities, and Latin America.

It’s been a full and fruitful year for both Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) and for Dawn of InterSpirituality as we’ve faced into the challenges of the Covid pandemic – taking our programs online and fostering rich and soulful connections around the world.