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| Alicia Kipps-Rudder Founder City Women's Dialogue - Trinidad |
CITY
WOMEN’S DIALOGUE (CWD) was birthed in November 2017 upon the immediate return
of its founder, Alicia Kipps-Rudder, from the iChange Nations™ launch of its
Women of Golden Rule Dialogue™ (WGRD) held in Grand Rapids Michigan USA. She was challenged by ICN’s founder Dr. Clyde
Rivers and Dr. Donella Pitzl – ICN’s Global Director, to return to Trinidad an
initiate a program that would encourage women to dialogue within the frame work
of their chosen narrative. CWD’s narrative is the Human Equity Value
Concept which states that every human being has intrinsic value and we must
recognize, consider and protect that human value and the equity to which that
human being is entitled.
Dr. Kipps-Rudder began with the women of her local
assembly. It was imperative that a safe
place be created for them to feel comfortable to dialogue at any time and on
any of the myriad of issues that concern them as women. Hence the CWD ROUND TABLE (a private group operated
via social media platforms) was started. This allows for ongoing 24/7 dialogue.
However physical meetings take place at least once monthly. Every CWD Dialoguer has the right and
privilege to dialogue at the Round Table; they are encouraged and empowered to
raise their voices, guided by the Golden Rule, “Treat others as you would like
to be treated.” From these dialogues
the women themselves put forth solutions to the very issues raised. These solutions are shared in the form of
Wisdom Quotes to our City Women’s Dialogue Facebook Page, which has followers
from several countries including, USA, Grenada, Suriname, Antigua, UK and South
Africa. CWD firmly believes that through the process of dialogue, we all learn,
grow, build and add value to ourselves, our community and our world.
In January CWD gained national attention when it was
featured in the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper after hosting a public Human
Trafficking Awareness Symposium. On the
occasion of International Women’s Day, CWD launched a second group to
accommodate the many requests from women asking to join in the dialogue. “THE FORUM” as its name suggests is a
public and open group facilitating a growing community of dialoguers.
Recently Dr. Kipps-Rudder presented the CWD model of
dialogue at the Women who Lead Conference hosted by Dr. Vicki Harris, the Sr.
Vice President of Our Daily Bread Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Herself a
recipient of the prestigious ICN Women of Global Solutions Award. The women of City Women’s Dialogue are soon
to begin production on a television show.
This will no doubt fuel the formidable movement that is Women of Golden
Rule Dialogue™.
For further information on the concept which frames our
narrative you can visit The Human Equity Value Institute at: https://m.facebook.com/humanequityvalue/
Article written by Alicia Kipps-Rudder.
Article written by Alicia Kipps-Rudder.
