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
