On Feb. 19th, 40fyd+ attended the Women Over Dinner Harlem event. The event was a unique opportunity to come together in a community with women from various cultures and backgrounds to discuss our impact, power, and liberation. The event served what looked like an incredible dinner, so we made sure to have our entrees near our computer screens to take in the full dinner discussion experience.
With the ability to join in person or online, the event provided an opportunity for great conversations that prompted us to affirm each other in the room or online, sharing kind compliments and sentiments. It was a beautiful moment to have kind words like "your smile is so warm and inviting" come over our chat, along with "I saw your smile as soon as we logged on."
This helped move participants easily into small groups in person and breakout rooms online to create intimate discussions geared towards honesty, transparency, and self-awareness. Our group was an extraordinary collective of (5) women from different cultures and backgrounds. We moved through an insightful session of questions that allowed us to challenge personal truths, weaknesses, and strengths that impact us daily. It was an excellent way to share issues and lend encouraging advice and observations.
As described on their official website, "These dinners are a facilitated round-table experience with a specific format designed to give space for each woman's unique brilliance to emerge and be seen. There is no discussion or cross-talk during shares, making this a rare space for women to express without feedback and listen without pressure to respond."
Women Over Dinner is aimed at enlivening women to remember their inestimable power and reshape our world. So far, the effort has curated over 311 dinners internationally and reached over 2,800 women.
For many of us who are sequestered at desks all day, inundated with care for family or older family members, this is a great way to stay connected and participate in meaningful conversations throughout the year. Visit their site for March activities and throughout the year at https://womenoverdinner.org/.
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