{"id":417,"date":"2021-05-18T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myfigtree.com\/dans-sandbox\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2025-02-09T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T21:31:00","slug":"womens-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/womens-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Outreach Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The women&#8217;s Outreach Committee (WOC) is part of the International Service Organization (ISO) of SAA. Their focus is to reach out to all women across the world who want to stop their addictive sexual behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">As part of their work they will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Respond to letters from women and publish them in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/dear-grace-columns\/\">Dear Grace\u201d column<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/saa-recovery.org\/news-events\/saa-newsletter\/\">The Outer Circle<\/a> newsletter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organise the <a href=\"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/womens-outreach-list\/\">Women\u2019s Outreach List<\/a> \u201cthe Grace list\u201d to help women connect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold a Women-only break-out room at the ISO convention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write the text for the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saa-recovery.org\/women\/\">women\u2019s pages on the international website<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Represent women on ISO committees <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>coordinate ways for the ISO to hear women\u2019s voices, such as panel discussions and workshops at each ISO convention, and the continuing series of teleconferences on \u201cWomen in the Fellowship: What\u2019s working; what\u2019s not working.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produce pamphlets for women &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/saa-recovery.org\/literature\/a-special-welcome-to-the-woman-newcomer-from-other-women-members-of-saa\/\">A Special Welcome to the Woman Newcomer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/saa-recovery.org\/literature\/safe-and-sexually-sober-meetings-helping-women-feel-welcome-in-your-meeting\/\">Safe and Sober Meetings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saa-recovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NewsLetter2016-07.pdf\">The Woman in the Rooms <\/a>was the Outer Circle issue for July-August 2016 &#8211; a series of articles explores the question: How can we make space as a fellowship for women in SAA?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">If you are interested in becoming involved in the work of the Committee contact them at <a href=\"mailto:womensoutreach@saa-recovery.org\">womensoutreach@saa-recovery.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><em>The Women\u2019s Outreach Committee was suggested in 2003 by a woman member of the ISO Board of Trustees and formed as a Board committee. Their primary purpose is to support the woman sex addict who still suffers. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Their scope is four\u2010fold: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>to reach out to all women who desire to stop addictive sexual behavior; <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>to assist these women in connecting with other SAA women; <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>to provide a safe place for women to reach out to other women for support and sponsorship, and <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>to give women a voice in the SAA fellowship.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>International support for women sex addicts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAA has two international groups supporting women in the SAA fellowship:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women\u2019s Outreach Committee (WOC) and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women\u2019s Intergroup (WIG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are other groups supporting women which are more locally based eg to States or countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Women\u2019s Outreach Committee (WOC)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Women\u2019s Intergroup (WIG)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Primary Purpose<\/strong><br><br><\/td><td>To support the (woman) sex addict who still suffers.&nbsp;<br><\/td><td>To support the (woman) sex addict who still suffers and the (woman) sex addict who continues in her journey of recovery.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Activities<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><td>* Produce the \u201cDear Grace\u201d column for SAA\u2019s <em>The Outer Circle<\/em> newsletter<br>* Maintain the Women\u2019s Outreach List (aka \u201cthe Grace list\u201d)<br>*Coordinate ways for the ISO to hear women\u2019s voices, such as panel discussions and workshops at each ISO convention, and the continuing series of teleconferences on \u201cWomen in the Fellowship:&nbsp; What\u2019s working; what\u2019s not working.\u201d&nbsp;<br>* Serve as content expert for the women\u2019s pages on the ISO website.<br>* Facilitate sharing of ESH with other ISO committees, such as the Fellowship International Standing Committee \u2013 of the Board<br>*Coordinate the Women\u2019s Outreach room at each ISO convention.<br>* Write literature and respond to requests for feedback on other literature<\/td><td>Leading, assisting, and funding events for women.<br><br>Supporting individuals to attend events.<br><br>Creating and supporting initiatives, meetings and individuals in their recovery journeys.<br><br>It can accept donations, and engage in fund-raising to achieve its own ambitions.&nbsp;<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Who can join meetings<\/strong><\/td><td>Any SAA member<\/td><td>Any SAA member<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Monthly meeting<\/strong><\/td><td>Monthly on the second Saturday at 10am CST<\/td><td>Monthly on the second Sunday of the month at 3pm CST\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Contact&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saa-recovery.org\/women\">www.saa-recovery.org\/women<\/a><\/strong><br>womensoutreach@saa-recovery.org<br>ISO of SAA, Inc.PO Box 70949&nbsp;Houston, TX&nbsp; 77270<\/td><td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SAAforWomen.org\">www.SAAforWomen.org<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>saawomensig@gmail.com<\/strong><br><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mission<\/strong><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/td><td>Mission:&nbsp;&nbsp;reach out to all women who desire to stop addictive sexual behavior;&nbsp;assist these women in connecting with other SAA women;&nbsp;provide a safe place for women to reach out to other women for support and sponsorship; and&nbsp;give women a voice in the SAA fellowship.<br><\/td><td>Mission: To produce, support, and financially assist women-only retreats, workshops, events, activities, and initiatives focused on sexual addiction recovery; to support the women\u2019s outreach initiatives of other SAA groups; and to provide information, encouragement, and financial assistance for individual women to participate in these events<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Independence<\/strong><\/td><td>No, part of the ISO of SAA corporation and reporting to the ISO Board of Trustees. Suggestions are proposed to ISO and decisions made by ISO.<\/td><td>Yes.&nbsp; Responsible directly to the members and member groups who join the Intergroup. WIG makes it own decisions.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The women&#8217;s Outreach Committee (WOC) is part of the International Service Organization (ISO) of SAA. Their focus is to reach out to all women across the world who want to stop their addictive sexual behaviour. As part of their work they will: The Woman in the Rooms was the Outer Circle issue for July-August 2016 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/womens-outreach\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Women&#8217;s Outreach Committee<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8202,"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions\/8202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saaforwomen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}