SWUUW Sponsored Workshop
Unraveling the
Gender Knot
Fall Conference
November 11-13, 2005
Live Oak UU Church, Austin

The workshop will focus on one session of this new curriculum developed by Rosemary Matson, Alison Campbell, and Barbara Schonborn through a grant from the UU Women’s Federation.

The curriculum entitled Unraveling the Gender Knot: Challenging the System that Binds Us asks us to

consider the patriarchal system that everyone participates in, willingly and knowingly, or not.

Participants will begin the workshop by brainstorming definitions of patriarchy. Next we will view the film The Gods of Our Fathers. After the film there will be a group exercise exploring experiences of patriarchy in our lives and how we have responded and what we can do to bring down barriers to change. Each participant will be given a brochure on the course and materials to take back with them to their congregations.

Co-Facilitators, Laura Nagel, Administrator of Southwest UU Women and her husband Harry Nagel, SWUUC board member.

Bra Quilt at SWUUW Booth,
General Assembly, Fort Worth


Laura Nagel, SWUUW Administrator and Elizabeth Muller, SWUUW President

Learn more about efforts to support a
Fifth Women's World Conference in Brazil

Millionth Circle
a a grass-roots, international volunteer organization of women who believe that circles are the means through which world consciousness will change

U.N. Division on the Advancement of Women

2005 Conference Brochure

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