Global Women's Conference in Partnership with the Private Sector, United Nations and NGO's. Sophia Action Circles Create Worldwide Volunteer Movement
July 6, 2007 (Press Release) --
Sophia Circles - A Planetary Call to Action
Women Plus Circles Equals Hope
Though the issues facing our planet are daunting, a grassroots ground swell of women and organizations are more committed than every to taking actions that can make a difference.
Launching a global platform intended to support the United Nations in actualizing its Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and the principles of the UN Platform for Action Declaration-Beijing 1995, representatives of the 5WWC and the Women's World Conference: Sophia (SophiaWWC) introduced Sophia Action Circles to 10,000 participants who gathered last week at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.
The “Women's World Conference: Sophia, Women and Wisdom” will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 25-29, 2010. The conference will serve as a "global best practices and world cultures celebration" for those addressing the greatest challenges of our age - abject poverty, pandemic disease, violence, hatred, injustice, inequality, illiteracy environmental degradation and climate change. These are the issues stirring the passions and lighting the fires of action within these women and organizations, even though there is no individual or group with the resources, power or answers to undertake any one of the challenges alone.
"The vision of Sophia Action Circles," says Kimberly King, President of The Peace Company and Co-Chair of the Global Organizing Circle for SWWC, "is to invite and connect women from every nation, profession, political persuasion, economic strata, age and faith. We are seeking those who care passionately about women's, children's and planetary issues and who seek to raise consciousness and effect lasting change."
Included in the vision for Sophia Action Circles is the formation of Local Action Circles, Global Action Circles, MDG Circles, Beijing Circles, Sacred Service Circles and more. These will be formed around the respective passions, missions and offerings of volunteers and circle members.
“The previous four UN World Conferences and the Platform for Action have created a worldwide grassroots women's movement to advance the status of women and girls,” says Ann Smith, co-founder of Circle Connections and a Co-Chair for SWWC. “We are a vast network of millions of people around the world engaged in human rights, fundamental freedoms and social development.”
Sophia WWC will create the connections among the civic, political and spiritual will needed to implement critical "living documents" of the UN through the other SWWC objectives of attending the environment, affirming supportive men and advancing the young people. It will also promote awareness, advocacy and action for women's equality and empowerment, social development, environmental preservation and world peace.
The SWWC organizers honor the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia as a meeting place at the heart of multiple civilizations and cultures. Bulgaria also offers a perfect paradigm of social,
Women Plus Circles Equals Hope
Though the issues facing our planet are daunting, a grassroots ground swell of women and organizations are more committed than every to taking actions that can make a difference.
Launching a global platform intended to support the United Nations in actualizing its Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and the principles of the UN Platform for Action Declaration-Beijing 1995, representatives of the 5WWC and the Women's World Conference: Sophia (SophiaWWC) introduced Sophia Action Circles to 10,000 participants who gathered last week at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.
The “Women's World Conference: Sophia, Women and Wisdom” will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 25-29, 2010. The conference will serve as a "global best practices and world cultures celebration" for those addressing the greatest challenges of our age - abject poverty, pandemic disease, violence, hatred, injustice, inequality, illiteracy environmental degradation and climate change. These are the issues stirring the passions and lighting the fires of action within these women and organizations, even though there is no individual or group with the resources, power or answers to undertake any one of the challenges alone.
"The vision of Sophia Action Circles," says Kimberly King, President of The Peace Company and Co-Chair of the Global Organizing Circle for SWWC, "is to invite and connect women from every nation, profession, political persuasion, economic strata, age and faith. We are seeking those who care passionately about women's, children's and planetary issues and who seek to raise consciousness and effect lasting change."
Included in the vision for Sophia Action Circles is the formation of Local Action Circles, Global Action Circles, MDG Circles, Beijing Circles, Sacred Service Circles and more. These will be formed around the respective passions, missions and offerings of volunteers and circle members.
“The previous four UN World Conferences and the Platform for Action have created a worldwide grassroots women's movement to advance the status of women and girls,” says Ann Smith, co-founder of Circle Connections and a Co-Chair for SWWC. “We are a vast network of millions of people around the world engaged in human rights, fundamental freedoms and social development.”
Sophia WWC will create the connections among the civic, political and spiritual will needed to implement critical "living documents" of the UN through the other SWWC objectives of attending the environment, affirming supportive men and advancing the young people. It will also promote awareness, advocacy and action for women's equality and empowerment, social development, environmental preservation and world peace.
The SWWC organizers honor the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia as a meeting place at the heart of multiple civilizations and cultures. Bulgaria also offers a perfect paradigm of social,
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