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ISLA MUJERES, MEXICO ? On March 8, 9, & 10, marking both International Women?s Day and the end of the old Mayan calendar, Mexico?s Isla Mujeres will host the 3-day We Move Forward 2012 Women?s Conference. Mayansbelieve that 2012 is an auspicious time to move forward, to evolve, to grow. We Move Forward 2012 is a transformational event that brings together internationally renowned speakers; organizational and personal facilitators; and mind, body, fitness, and meditation experts who will offer participants opportunities to shed what no longer serves them and inspiration to move forward into the next chapter of their lives. We Move Forward 2012 is an event for women of all ages and backgrounds to come together, listen to and be inspired by the stories of women who have struggled and made it through. Through practical workshops, breakout sessions, and under the guidance of professionally trained facilitators, participants will recognize impediments in their own lives, get clarity on their dreams and potential, and be encouraged to allow themselves to take the time to clear the way for new growth so they can move forward in a desired direction with a renewed sense of hope ? What will my next chapter look like? What do I want more of? What will my new beginning look like? What do I need to do to get there?At the very same time the old Mayan calendar ends its 5,125-year cycle a new one begins. This conference is about acknowledging and honoring endings while moving forward to create sustainable new beginnings. Participants will have an opportunity to immerse in Mayan and Mexican culture, connect and create community with women from around the world, take part in activities and interactive workshops designed to shape and clarify their values, visions, and voices. We Move Forward 2012 will give them insights and tools to help them discover their potential and facilitate forward movement in their lives. We Move Forward 2012 begins on International Women?s Day. Isla Mujeres ? Spanish for Island of Women ? is home to the Temple of Ix Chel, the Mayan Goddess of women fertility, healing, and abundance. Known for its white sand and calm beaches on one side, roiling ocean and volcanic rock coastline on the other, and easy access from Cancun, Isla Mujeres is the ideal place to host a celebrationof the feminine, moving forward in one?s life, and rejuvenation of the spirit. Speakers include:- Bal Arneson, Cooking Channel (USA) and Food Network (Canada) Spice Goddess and author of?Everyday Indian? cookbook, will trace the extraordinary arc of her life drawing out pertinent lessons forthe audience and tell her own story so that others might see themselves in it. Escaping village life in ruralIndia where girls were only raised to serve their husbands, Arneson made her way to star in her owninternationally broadcast cooking show. Knowing education was the key to freedom, Arneson set out on aremarkable journey spanning continents and decades, landing in North America where she earned her BAand MA in Education, convinced a publisher to produce her cookbook, and talked her way into biggerand better TV deals. – Melissa Fung, author and international correspondent for CBC TV, will speak about her work inAfghanistan, being kidnapped, held prisoner in a hole for 28 days, and how she decided to tell the hardestpart of her story ? being assaulted by one of her captors ? rather than hide it. Her message is aboutcourage, fortitude, the preciousness of freedom, and to remind people about the women left behind inAfghanistan who suffer abuse and an unfair justice system that puts women at fault if they try to escapeviolence at the hands of their husbands. – Wendy Crewson, the widely acclaimed and multiple award-winning actress will speak about herpassion for acting, share her experiences in moving her dreams forward to become one of Canada?spremier film stars. Playing opposite Harrison Ford in ?Air Force One?, Tom Selleck in ?Twelve MileRoad?, and Tim Allen in ?The Santa Clause Story?, Crewson has also acted alongside actors HelenMirren, Robert Redford, Sofia Loren, Sidney Poitier, Jennifer Hudson, Robin Williams, and TerranceHoward and others in a variety of films. Her leading role in ?At the End of the Day: The Sue RodriguezStory? ? a British Columbian woman diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known asLou Gehrig?s disease) who fought for the legal right to assisted suicide ? and involvement with the ALSSociety won her a Canadian Gemini Award. – Lorna Tychostup, independent journalist, photographer, and senior editor of Chronogram magazine,will introduce a film documenting her work in Iraq from her first trip there in the weeks before thebombing began to her recent return from Baghdad where she lived and worked for almost a year and ahalf. The film captures the story of a woman who sees overcomes enormous boundaries to create the lifeshe wants, which includes creating a News section in a regional publication that catapults the publicationinto the national and international arena, finding her way as an independent journalist to Iraq in the daysbefore the war, returning regularly to keep her thumb on the pulse of Iraqi life that goes unreported inmainstream media, getting her MS after her children graduate from college, and continuing to work inIraq against all odds. The film is inspirational and non-political. It is about dreams and hope, fortitude ofspirit and will hopefully energize and encourage women (and men) to follow their dreams. For further info please contact:Janeen HalliwellMX cell: +011 52 1998100218Email: janeen@roi-mexico. comWeb: www. wemoveforward2012. com

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