Envisioning the Future

Recently, a group of women participated in a group visualization of what Women Writing for (a) Change will look like in five years. Here was my take:

We’re in this building, but it has been redone to have a warmer feel: new carpeting, less creaking, walls painted with warm colors. The bones are set and strong: the roof, the foundation, the uneven feel to the floor.

The open space next door has been reforested – there is a small walking trail and benches for safe sitting. The gray on the outside belies the color of the life inside. There are young women – college and high school aged who come to relax after school. The first floor is like a cross between a library and a student union. It’s a refuge and a respite for people of all ages. The entire first floor is teeming with life and buzzing with the abundance of activities. The second floor is reserved for circles, so I didn’t get a chance to look.

What it took to get there from here was the decentralization of both power and authority. People generated their own ideas and enacted them, people were trusted and empowered to make decisions and to bring forth their vision, within the parameters of the organizations larger vision of inclusion, collaboration and the Great Both/And of the Conscious Feminine.