It is amazing and fulfilling to see where we are today, at the end of 2023, with our GERI BIPOC community. After sowing the seeds of GERI BIPOC in 2022, holding continued BIPOC tasters, information sessions, and introductory programs, the time came in 2023 to reap the fruits of all the preparation work. Early this year, we launched GERI BIPOC as a full course experience. With 13 participants, 7 women and 6 men, we were BIPOC, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, spanning the globe across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.  

“The GERI workshop was so inspiring. Just to listen to other people’s stories really gave me the realization that all genders suffer in silence. These three days gave me aspiration and made me be more mindful of how you are with your family…The experience I am taking home is being more mindful, listening attentively and also valuing others no matter the circumstances. To use your voice. It’s okay to be vulnerable. Nurture yourself, love yourself.”

– Shireen Kriel

“I had a major visceral shift after silently witnessing the men and after they reflected after witnessing us.  This was potent for me as I began to see the possibilities.  I felt effervescent joy over the hope of transformation…”

~ Female Participant, North America

“For the first, any time in my life, I was asked these questions about my experience as a man. Thank you for creating the space for me and other men to share our feelings. As a man, we don’t have that much of safe space to share everything. But here, that space was very healing, and I felt very safe, and I shared my story. And I cried, after so long, I shared my story, and trusted everyone in the circle.”

Male Participant

GERI’s Spanish Speaking programs in Latin America and Spain looks back on a year of remarkable growth and impact! 

In 2023 the Spanish-speaking initiative expanded its reach, deepened connections with communities, and left a profound impression on the lives of many, as we continue to expand in Spain and Latin America.  This has been a year of several important milestones and initiatives, including online courses, in-person workshops, taster sessions, and very meaningfully, the completion of our first ever full online facilitator training program held in Spanish!

“Facilitators of the GERI work cannot stand firmly outside the process they invite participants into but must learn to immerse themselves into the alchemy of the gender healing process, while also remaining centered and present as facilitators to the full group and their needs”.

What a heartfelt six weeks we shared together in this LGBTQ+ Healing Across the Gender Spectrum course, a specialized online program of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI), designed for LGBTQ+ persons working to bring healing and reconciliation across the gender spectrum. . .

“As I went through the course, I realized that doing it for my own healing, and I became more vulnerable towards people, which has been a significant change for me. I found a family that did not condemn me for my weaknesses but rather showed me support and love by sharing their own weaknesses as well.”

~ Male Participant

We are grateful for GERI’s long-standing collaboration and partnership with the Chrysalis Academy, Tokai – a leading youth development academy in Cape Town, South Africa. In their session yesterday, Chrysalis

What is your vision for a Gender Healed World?

This is just one of the questions that participants from Turkey, Puerto Rico, India, Africa, and North America reflected and shared on last Friday during Gender Equity and Reconciliation International’s (GERI) presentation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW) NGO Forum.

We were delighted to share about Gender Equity and Reconciliation on the Fifty-One Percent show with WAMC public radio this week, as we celebrated International Women’s Day! We invite you to have a listen as GERI Co-Founders Cynthia Brix and William Keepin join host Jesse King.

What a pleasure to speak with Anya Kaats this week, and to share about Gender Equity and Reconciliation on her wonderful podcast, “A Millennial’s Guide to Saving the World”

This year of 2022 has been truly remarkable for Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI). The year was marked by several unprecedented milestones. . .

The insights I have gained over this 7-week course are nothing short of miraculous for me. With a lifetime of anger and even combustible rage at the constant barrage of