In 2000, Truus Geraets and Ute Craemer initiated the World Social Initiative Forum (WSIF) to create a network of support for anthroposophical and spiritually-minded social organisations and individual workers. The aim of this self-sustainable network would be to empower each member in their task of addressing issues such as marginalisation, poverty, and other forms of injustice in society.
In 2015, the co-founders handed the project over to the Section for Social Sciences at the Goetheanum, where it continues to host the Social Initiative Forum (SIF) under the leadership of Joan Sleigh.
By 2017, numerous Forums led by local people in collaboration with the SIF network had happened across four continents, inviting and connecting hundreds of people all over the world.
Presentation of WSIF at the Goetheanum’s Michael Conference
Social Initiative Networking Forum
Social Initiative Networking Forum
Buenos Aires’ V Pan-American Congress
Goetheanum World Social Lab Colloquium
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Social Initiative Forum South Africa
São Paolo’s Multicultural Festival Germany/Brazil/Guarani
São Paulo VI Pan-American Congress
World Social Initiative Forum
World Social Initiative Forum
Multicultural Social Arts Festival: South Africa/ São Paulo
Uniting borders with our Network section, where you can find all the projects which we collaborate.
WSIF Japan: Knowing Self through Others: Empathy Towards a Just & Fraternal Society
WSIF Ethical Individualism: Transforming Self & Society
Regional Forum: Brazil organized by Associação Comunitaría Monte Azul
WSIF Ethical Individualism: Transforming Self & Society Year 2
