During the recent change-over of tenants in our upstairs apartment, a forgotten visioning board/poster was found. The poster was created by Womenspace members back in 2011-12, during the time when we didn’t have a home or any financial resources to acquire one. Nevertheless, the vision is very clear and what they envisioned THEN is what we have NOW! To realise that was a moment charged with high energy and some tears – Moya was one of the visioning members more than 10 years ago!

To follow – in that empty apartment, with a message from the past – ten active members of Womenspace formed a Space Circle, gathered for visioning what the next page of creating our home will be. The process has only started; the first drafts of the visioning board need to be clarified. What we know already is that all the Space Circle participants agreed we should be in a position where we can use all our spaces for our activities, where we don’t need to rely on the income we gain from renting the apartment.

We are giving ourselves a year to work on it, to finalise the vision, action the vision, review and achieve steady progress. We are doing this at a time when the world is in turmoil on all fronts. The importance of the safety, fairness, and generosity offered by places like Womenspace is growing. We are to stay calm, listen deeply, respect the past, inspire each other and embrace creativity in all we do, and laugh often. 

We are searching for answers to ‘What would women in 4017 like – what is missing?’ We are preparing a questionnaire to use as a starting point for conversations with women at our stall during the EINBUNPIN Festival.