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Welcome! The Women and Religion Movement is alive and well in the 21st Century. A grassroots project started by lay leaders in the 1970s as an effort to promote examination of religious roots of sexism and patriarchy within the UUA and beyond, UU Women and Religion officially began as a task force following the unanimously-passed WOMEN AND RELIGION RESOLUTION at the 1977 UUA General Assembly. Although the Task Force was eventually sunsetted, the movement still exists in UU communities that hold Women & Religion programs and gatherings for those who identify as women. It exists at the UU General Assembly, where UUW&R brings our Store to the Exhibit Hall and occasionally hosts a gathering. And it lives in the hearts and lives of people who have been touched by the many changes inspired by this movement.

"We do not want a piece of the pie. It is still a patriarchal pie. We want to change the recipe!" -- Rosemary Matson

2008 Retreat Schedule

Friday, October 10th

3 – 6pm: Registration and Name Tags

5 – 6pm: Social hour – Manor House

6:30 pm: Dinner in Dining Hall (Late Arrivals: Dinner cannot be saved.)

7:30 pm: Artisans’ Bazaar/Book Sale – Manor House

8 pm: Ingathering and Opening Ceremony – Tent/canopy (Bring anything that makes noise)

11 pm: Quiet Hour

Saturday, October 11th

7 a.m. Morning Meditation or trail walking

8 am: Breakfast in Dining Hall>

9 –9:45 am: Ingathering—Tent/Canopy

10:00 – 12:00: Morning workshops

12:00 pm: Lunch in Dining Hall

1 – 3 pm: Early Afternoon Workshops

3:30 – 5:30 pm: Late Afternoon Workshops

5 – 6 pm: Social Hour

6 pm: Dinner in Dining Hall

6:45 – 7:45 pm: Bazaar and Book Sale

8:00 pm: Evening Session: Tent /Canopy

9:00 pm: Fire Pit Celebration: Honoring the ancestors, Honoring ourselves

(bring your drums, any other instruments, & your voice)

11 pm: Quiet Hour

Sunday, October 12th

7 a.m. Morning Meditation or trail walking

8 am: >Breakfast in Dining Hall

9:00 – 10 am: Check out

9:30 – 10:30 am: Closing Ceremony:

11 am: Say farewells

Donate!

You may make a donation to UU Women and Religion here. We are a 501(c)3 organization. Please select the quantity of $10 increments you would like to donate.

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