Donations :) Welcome to the "One Million Empowered Russian Women" project! All gifts are greately appreciated!
"THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF POWER, used and unused,
acknowledged or otherwise. The erotic is a resource within each of us
that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the
power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. In order to perpetuate
itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources
of power within the culture of the oppressed that can provide energy for
change. For women, this has meant a suppression of the erotic as a considered
source of power and information within our lives."
- Audre Lorde,
1989 (From "Uses
of the erotic: the erotic as power.")
The idea of reaching One Million Russian women has partially been inspired by Jean Bolen, a women’s empowerment movement writer and teacher. In her book “The Millionth Circle” she writes: “The Millionth Circle, depends upon a simple hypothesis, whose mechanism has already been proposed and observed, and is one that can be intuitively and immediately grasped: when a critical number of people change how they think and behave, the culture will also, and a new era begins.”
After moving to the US at the age of 17,
Diana became aware of how much progress US has made comparing to Russia on women's issues.
As she was growing and healing herself, she realized it was her path to help other women.
In 2000 she founded Women's Temple in California, where she taught women's empowerment workshops for 12 years.
In 2005 she expanded her work to Russia by
starting "One Million Empowered Russian Project".
Since then Diana regularly visits Moscow, teaching and working with Russian women.
"The people of this country have shown me incredible generosity.
And my dream now is very simple: to give back what I have received...
With gratitude, I keep building a bridge of light and support to Russian women.
One day I hope to open a women's center in Moscow,
where women can empower each other to live the best lives they can imagine." - Diana Soline
We are especially grateful to Anne Sagendorph-Moon, CEO of Beyond Business
as Usual, and her community for continuous support of the project. In
2005 Anne became our first donor by sending a check for $1000!
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doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens Moscow, 2006
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