wisdom worth sharing, when
truthfully, we all do. This is how
the idea of wisdomsharing and
The Get Together was born.
Together with my co-producers
Taylor Wild and Maxine Shifrin of
Brainfood, Heather Allen, and our
incredible core team of volunteers
and advisors, we aim to help all
women recognize that they have
something unique and worth
sharing. As a society, it is our
responsibility to provide women
with more opportunities to be
seen, heard, elevated and celebrat-
ed! “You are enough, together we
are infinite”—that’s our motto.
Realizing the costs associated
with putting on a festival and
that going on a retreat is simply
not aordable for many women,
we launched an iFundWomen
crowdfunding campaign that
raised $37,500! Through that
initiative, we created our Wise
Women Scholarships, making it
possible for women with financial
barriers to attend the event.
Over the next few years we aim
to grow The Get Together into
the largest annual gathering of
women across North America.
We want to break down barriers
between women, recognize and
honour the beauty in the diversity
of “woman-ness,” so that together
we can evolve individually, collec-
tively and globally.
Along with wisdomsharing,
The Get Together also sees the
value in expert knowledge. And so
our lineup includes a diverse array
of keynote speakers and workshop
leaders, including Sarah Britton
of My New Roots, Vanja Vukelic
of Merakilabbe, Tracy Komlos
of Pangea Dreams, Meghan Yuri
Young of The Sad Collective and
Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr of She
Roars Africa, to name a few.
The four-day event also brings
together an incredible lineup ofOntario-based musicians includ-
ing Ayo Leilani (known as Witch
Prophet), and Amai Kuda et Les
Bois, as well as a varied and de-
lectable menu of locally sourced
vegetarian food, a marketplace
for artwork, crafts and items of
special interest, a healing centre
with massage, reiki, acupuncture
and more, and plenty of outdoor
activities. It all takes place on a
150-acre farm in Plattsville, Ont.,
a small village outside Kitchener,
less than two hours from Toronto.
Given the rural locale, accom-
modations come in the form of
a selection of comfy camping
options including “glamping” for
those whose traditional camping
days are over! The setting is fresh
and alive with a spring-fed river
and pond, an apple orchard, tall
grasses and forest trails. The farm
is home to an eagles nest, horses,
diverse flora and fauna, and, for
four days in August—us. And
hopefully you, too! For more details, check out
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