Lipstick Feminists

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Do you go to the University of Oregon or Lane Community College (Even Oregon State or Portland State!)? Come to our Conference! →

The summit is tomorrow morning and we couldn’t be more excited. Things are rolling and the momentum is building for what is to be an awe-inspiring day. Lyllye B. Parker will be our morning key note. We want to pack the house for Lyllye’s address at 11am on Saturday in the Fir Room, EMU. It is bound to be filled with a lot of passion and a call to action. Lyllye is retiring this year and she is going to go out with a bang. Please help us honor her by showing your support and attending.

Our second key note is the internationally-recongnized and dynamic speaker, Nanci Luna Jiménez. She will be speaking on “The Power of Apology” at 4pm, EMU Fir-Room:Have you ever given or received a sincere, unqualfied apology? Over the course of our lives we will hear and say the words “I’m sorry” thousands of times. These two small words can be extremely difficult to say and sometimes even harder to receive. Yet when sincerely meant and genuinely received these words have the capacity to reconnect, repair and strengthen any bond—between individuals, communities or nations. The most powerful apologies are “clean apologies:” given without conditions or expectation of forgiveness. Unfortunately “patterned apologies” diminish an apologies true effect and can reinforce stereotypes of submissiveness, accommodation or subservience. Join us for this highly experiential and insightful session to learn more about patterned apologies, a tool to break the habit and a new awareness for how to genuinely initiate and support repair starting with “I apologize!”

Participants will leave this workshop with:

· Practice how to identify, give and receive a “clean apology”;

· Learn the 3 patterned apology traps and understand the root causes of these patterns;

· Apply a tool to find forgiveness—of self and others;

· Discover how to initiate and support the repair process.

If your friends have not registered, please ask them to asap! Lunch and workshops are only guaranteed to those registered.

Register here: http://tiny.cc/lbpwocs. The agenda, workshop details, along with keynoted and guests can also be found at this link.

We’re looking forward to meeting you!