You are invited to apply to a unique training program on Gender Equity and Reconciliation offered to qualified professionals. The online Application for the 2018/2019 Trainings is open.
Please view and/or download a copy of our GERI brochure 2018.
Gender Equity and Reconciliation creates a rare forum that builds trust and compassionate communication through a skillful combination of interactive exercises, contemplative practices, and transformative group process. Participants plumb the depths of their own experiences, and move beyond habitual ways of relating to discover new pathways of healing, respect, intimacy, and inspired collaboration between women and men.
Developed over 26 years, Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) has a proven track record for transformative healing and reconciliation of challenging gender issues between women and men.
Programs have been conducted on six continents in diverse venues including: service organizations, religious congregations, schools and universities, prisons, churches, and government organizations.Gender Equity and Reconciliation is documented in the book entitled Divine Duality: The Power of Reconciliation between Women and Men (Hohm Press, 2007). Professional facilitator trainings are being offered in the United States and South Africa in 2018/2019.
Upcoming GERI Introductory Workshops & Trainings – United States
Three-Day Introductory Workshop ~ Santa Fe, NM ~ October 12-14, 2018
Three-Day Introductory Workshop ~ Rochester, NY ~ October 11-14, 2018
Who Is This GERI Yearlong Immersion Training For?
Gender Equity and Reconciliation training is appropriate for therapist, health care professionals, NGO leaders, spiritual and religious leaders, seekers, activists, and students. Adults of all faiths, sexual orientations, gender, race, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Pre-requisites are:
- Completion of a three-day Gender Equity and Reconciliation workshop, may be taken concurrently with Track I module;
- Basic skills in group leadership and facilitation, clinical or pastoral experience, or equivalent. (Skills training may be co-requisite);
- Commitment to a daily contemplative spiritual practice of trainee’s choice.
Key Elements of the Training
• Spiritual basis and principles of reconciliation
• Building a beloved community of practice
• Gender and spirituality across the faith traditions
• Advanced & creative group facilitation skills
• Silent meditation, prayer, breathing practices
• Creating safe space & maintaining integrity
• One-on-one and group mentorship
• Working with emotions, trauma, and PTSD
• Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender & queer sensitivities
• Expanding gender landscapes, expressions, and fluidity
• Intimate communication skills and presence
• Sexuality (sacred and profane) and spirituality
• Conflict transformation & collective alchemy
• Holotropic Breathwork experience
• Tricky and volatile gender issues & pitfalls
• Transmuting shadow aspects & unawareness
• Ceremony & celebration skills in community
Application Process
The online Application for the 2018/2019 Trainings is now open.
Space is limited. Limited work-exchange, partial scholarships, and payment plans may be available.
2018 – 2019 USA Track I Training Schedule & Cost
The first module of Track I (see description below) begins June 12 – 17, 2018 at a private retreat center north of Seattle, Washington. For more information, please email: Garrett Evans
$4,400 (USD)
(an $800 savings if paid in full by May 15, 2018)
2018 – 2019 South Africa Training
The first module of Track I is planned for late 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information, please email: Zanele Khumalo
Please inquire with each country coordinator for specific workshop and training schedule and costs
United States email: Garrett Evans
South Africa email: Zanele Khumalo
Colombia email: Natalia Cediel
India email: Garrett Evans
Kenya email: Karambu Ringera
Australia email: Esther and William Diplock
Community Spiritual Transformation
Gender imbalance and conditioning are ubiquitous in society, with adverse effects on the individual, family, workplace, community, and the entire culture. Because gender is inherently entwined with the heart’s inmost yearning—for love, intimacy, and communion with the Divine — skillful work with the duality of masculine and feminine provides a natural leverage point for awakening the power of love and compassion in groups and communities.
Gender Equity and Reconciliation Intensive Foundational Training: Track I
Training in gender equity and reconciliation is a unique professional program for people of all sexual orientations who wish to experience or facilitate profound transformation of gender relations between the sexes. The structure and content of this training is tiered — to enable multiple levels of engagement and trainee commitment. The training encompasses three tracks: Track I, Professional Gender Equity and Reconciliation Training, consists of four 6 day modules of intensive group training, spread over a one year to 15 month period. This training experience is designed to be an engaging, intimate, and an inspired journey of individual and collective transformation and learning. Track I may be taken on its own, without pursuing further tracks.
Certification as a Gender Equity and Reconciliation Facilitator: Track II and III
Track II, Internship Program, is for those who have completed Track I and wish to deepen their learning, or work toward becoming facilitators of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International. Interns gain valuable field experience by apprenticing and helping to organize and facilitate Gender Equity and Reconciliation programs.
Track III, Facilitation Certification. After successful completion of Tracks I and II, a trainee may apply to become a certified Facilitator of Gender Equity and Reconciliation workshops. Conferred upon those who fulfill all requirements and review process with GERI training team.
Transforming Patriarchy in Religion
Gender injustice and oppression afflict every major religion — with adverse effects on individuals, congregations, religious leadership, and cherished spiritual ideals. Developed over 26 years in nine countries, the Gender Equity and Reconciliation training cultivates a unique set of skills and practices that enable religious leaders and seekers of all faiths to facilitate powerful transformative group process in the often charged arena of gender relations between women and men. Religious leaders are thereby enabled to begin skillfully dismantling the shackles of patriarchal attitudes and structures, with profound benefit to the community.
The Gender Equity and Reconciliation process is unique in applying spiritual principles and practices to transform gender relations. Because gender is inherently entwined with the heart’s inmost yearning — for love, intimacy, and communion with the Divine — skillful work with gender relations and masculine and feminine dynamics provides a powerful leverage point for awakening the power of love and compassion in groups and communities. The training experience is designed to be an engaging, intimate, and inspired journey of individual and collective transformation.
Click here to download the 2016-17 Facilitator Training brochure.