Maternal Gift Economy: Breaking Through -
Ongoing Salons

Every two weeks


Salon #79 - CODEPINK: The Peace Economy

April 19, 2025

Featuring Jodie Evans & Marie Goodwin. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.

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Salon #78 - The Gift of Social Change In Times of Vengeance, Domination, and Environmental Devastation

April 5, 2025

Featuring Starhawk and Phyllis Curott. Moderated by Letecia Layson.

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Salon #77 - The Gift of Future Motherhood is Collective

March 22, 2025

Featuring Heidi Howes and Lisa Woodward of Motherful. Moderated by Letecia Layson.

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Salon # 76 – Rematriating Society, Part 2

March 8, 2025

Featuring Pat McCabe (Diné), Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot), and Vicki Noble Moderated by Letecia Layson.

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Salon #75 – The Maternal Gift Economy and Maternity Care in Disasters

February 22, 2025

Featuring Elena Skoko. Moderated by Letecia Layson.

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Salon #74 – The Power of Play and Collaboration

February 08, 2025

Featuring Meera Patel and Juliette Liebi. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


5th Annual Maternal Gift Economy Movement Conference

Gifting in Times of Crisis

November 29, 2024

Featuring Heide Goettner-Abendroth, Barbara Alice Mann, Darcia Narvaez, Cassie Thornton, Angela Dolmetsch and Genevieve Vaughan.


Salon #73 – Gifting Values and Practices in the Female Divinities of Old Europe: Brigit of Ireland and Ancient Italian Ancestresses

November 09, 2024

Featuring Mary Condren (Ireland) and Luciana Percovich (Italy). Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #72 – Teaching Gifting Ways Matriarchy and Montessori

October 26, 2024

Featuring Sabina Santovetti, Cory Holzinger and Chiquie Estrada. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #71 – Rematriating Society

October 12, 2024

Featuring Pat McCabe (Diné), Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot), and Vicki Noble. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #70 – Why is the World in Crisis? What Can We Do?

September 28, 2024

Featuring Genevieve Vaughan and Angela Dolmetsch, Paola Melchiori, Susan Petrilli, Peggy Antrobus, Maria Suarez Toro, and Areeya Sharp. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #69 – Archaeomythology and Citizenship Science: A Multicultural dialogue of inherited knowledge honoring our Cultural Roots, part 2

July 27, 2024

Featuring Maria Suarez Toro, Joan Marler, Toluwanimi Obiwole, and Layli Moreno Vargas. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #68 – Archaeomythology and Citizen Science: A Multicultural dialogue of inherited knowledge honoring our Cultural Roots, part 1

July 13, 2024

Featuring Maria Suarez Toro, Joan Marler, Vicki Noble, and Sorrel Mocchia di Coggiola. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #67 – Responding to the Need for Solidarity

June 29, 2024

Featuring Jennifer Long and Helen, discussing Casa Marianela, Austin, TX and Genevieve Vaughan discussing Riace, Italy and its Mayor, Domenico Lucano. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #66 – Understanding and Dismantling Misogyny

June 15, 2024

Featuring Genevieve Vaughan and Darcia Narvaez. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #65 - Practicing the Gift Economy in Italy

June 1, 2024

Featuring Maya Vassallo Di Florio, Stefania Belli and Sabina Santovetti. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #64 – The Gift of Shared Purpose for Uniting Movements, Part II: Bridging the Gap with Vision

May 18, 2024

Featuring Miki Kashtan, Emma Quayle, Menaka Neotia and Vanda Perez Bessone of the Nonviolent Global Liberation (NGL) community. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #63 - Femininst Radio: The Gift of Women's Voices

May 4, 2024

Featuring Maria Suarez and Frieda Werden. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #62 - The Future of Feminism

April 20, 2024

Featuring Paola Melchiori and Angela Dolmetsch. With Peggy Antrobus, Angela Miles and Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #61 - Goddess and the Gift

April 6, 2024

Featuring Maya Vassallo Di Florio & Rev. Areeya Marie Sharpe. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #60 - The Gift of the Motherful Movement

March 23, 2024

Featuring Heidi Howes & Lisa Woodward. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #59 - Visioning a Matriarchal Future

March 9, 2024

Featuring Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #58 - The Gift of Shared Purpose for Uniting People and Movements

February 24, 2024

Featuring Miki Kashtan, Vanda Perez Bessone, Emma Quayle, and Menaka Neotia. With Genevieve Vaughan. Moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #57 - The Gifts of Radical Love: Love for the People, Love for the Planet, Love for the Children of the Future

February 10, 2024

Featuring Guadalupe Urbina and Annie Finch. With Maria Suarez and Genevieve Vaughan, moderated by Letecia Layson.


Salon #56 - The Gifts of International Feminist Movements in the Last 50 Years

Jan. 27, 2024

Featuring Peggy Antrobus, Paola Melchiori and Angela Miles. With Genevieve Vaughan, moderated by Letecia Layson.