Women’s Leadership: Global and Grassroots Pathways for Collective Impact
We are pleased to introduce our new series: Women’s Leadership: Global and Grassroots Pathways for Collective Impact, brought to you by our Women’s Leadership Task Force.
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In the spirit of Parliament of the World’s Religions’ Global Ethic document, we are happy to present programming celebrating Dr. Jane Goodall’s Leadership Legacy as a compassionate woman leader and a beacon of hope for planet earth. PoWR trustee, Dr. Nayana Shah will facilitate a set of three thought-provoking panels bringing together panelists spanning across different regions and generations, all doing inspiring and transformational work connected to Dr. Jane Goodall’s life message. Each panel will include time at the end to answer audience questions.
Click the title of each panel to register.
Panel 1: Animal Cognition, Consciousness, Sentience, and Ethics (Click the title to view recording.)
April 9, 2026 at 10am ET
Panelists: Dr. Marc Bekoff, Dr. Kristin Andrews, Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, Joyce D’Silva
Weaver: Kristy Drutman
Panel 2: Community-Engaged Conservation for Collective Action (Click the title to register.)
April 30, 2026 at 10am ET
Panelists: Alice Macharia, Saengduean “Lek” Chailert, Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, Dr. Marc Bekoff
Weaver: Genesis Butler
Panel 3: Youth Activism: Forever Young with Hope (Click the title to register.)
May 21, 2026 at 10 am ET
Panelists: Mary Ford, Genesis Butler, Kristy Drutman
Weaver: Dr. Marc Bekoff
As part of this programming, essays weaving together key takeaways from the panel discussions with one’s lived experiences, perspectives and insights will be solicited to create a compilation. The idea will be to harvest collective insights and wisdom on themes of Dr. Jane Goodall’s legacy, women’s global and grassroots leadership, and community-engaged conservation.
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PAST EVENTS:
Women, Ethics, and Climate Futures: Reflections on the Global Ethical Stocktake Dialogues
March 11 | 12:30 pm ET
This is a virtual interactive CSW70 session reflecting on the Global Ethical Stocktake, a COP30-linked dialogue process that explores the moral, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of collective decision-making on climate. The event feature panel reflections and facilitated small-group dialogue on responsibility, care, and climate action.
The event was moderated by Rev. Dr. Kara Markell with an introduction to the Global Ethical Stocktake by Samira Siddique. Panelists include Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, Kehkashan Basu, Jacqueline Patterson, and Dora Sugimoto. The dialogue is facilitated by Ann Smith.
This event was brought to you by the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Seattle University CEIE, Center for Earth Ethics, Earth Child Institute, Green Tent Circle, The Green Hope Foundation, and UN Women.
Click here to view the recording.
