Announcing WVC 2023!

Dear Friends,We are delighted to announce that the Women’s Visionary Council (WVC) will host the 2023 Women’s Visionary Congress in Berkeley, CA from Friday October 6th to Sunday, October 8th. We hope you can join us for what will be the first in-person Women’s Congress gathering since 2019. Save the date!

The theme of the 2023 Women’s Visionary Congress is Renewal: Drawing on Tradition to Inform the Present. Since 2007, this event has amplified the voices of women and elders who work with psychedelics. We invite you to come hear the healers, researchers, activists, artists and spiritual leaders who have blazed the trail for the increasing acceptance of psychedelics and point the way forward.
The Congress will take place at the Berkeley Alembic. We will be sending updates in the coming weeks about tickets, speakers and the schedule. We hope you can join us. 

Yours in visionary alliance, 

The Board of the WVC

P.S. Please add info@visionarycongress.org to your address book.

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