We are dedicated to promoting global healing and an increasing awareness of and sensitivity to our diversities and commonalities through engaging conversation, dialogue, education and the arts.
II. To organize and facilitate a series of structured Conversations with such women in the United States, India, South America and the Middle East. And, as often as is possible and feasible, to meet and be with women where they live and work.
III. To foster alliances among women with whom we
have engaged in conversations in grassroots initiatives, international
women’s organizations, and educational institutions, with whom
we discover shared values and principles. To engage in the mutual exchange
of ideas, strategies, spiritual concepts, and social principles. To
develop reciprocal programs that include service, education, and the
arts.
The Pilgrimage Project will identify resources, explore venues, collect information and initiate contact with women in educational institutions, grassroots initiatives and local and international organizations in each of the proposed host countries.
Pilgrimage Project Conversations will be hosted by local women’s groups and/ or organizations with whom we have begun an active alliance.
Conversations will take place in informal clusters and in modules ranging from one to three days.
Women from grassroots organizations in the various countries will be invited to participate in the Pilgrimage and the Conversations. Funding will be sought to facilitate the continued diversity of participants.
When and where possible The Pilgrimage Project will arrange additional cultural exchange meetings with various indigenous women’s populations and those living in spiritual communities.
Pilgrimages, Conversations, and meetings will be documented by audio tape, photographs and, where appropriate and technically feasible on video.
Projected Pilgrimage destinations include the United States, India, South America and the Middle East.
Issues covered in Conversations may include spiritual practices, education, women's work, equity issues, environment, war, sexuality, violence, health care, the arts as an agent for creating social change, alliances, and healing.
The Pilgrimage Project will engage in site visits, networking initiatives, and information development and dissemination,
The Project will seek funding in a variety of initiatives to provide internships, and scholarships for women in underserved populations.
See : The Pilgrimage Project Artist’s Alliance; The Pilgrimage Project Academic and Service Internship Program; The Pilgrimage Project Service Internship Program
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Pilgrimage Project. The Pilgrimage Project is a cooperation
circle of the United Religions Initiative.