About the OWLC

Since the founding of Omega in 1977, more than 600,000 women have participated in holistic offerings and innovative opportunities for women’s development. In 2002, we created the acclaimed Women & Power series. After initiating a research and development phase, we listened to women about their leadership needs and interests, and in 2012 launched the OWLC to convene, train, and inspire women to Do Power Differently®

Vision

We envision women’s leadership advancing a future where:  
  
Women are valued for their full human potential, live in safety, equality and freedom, and can express themselves and contribute meaningfully in all spheres of life; 
  
Men are free to express the full range of human qualities and share equitably with women in life’s responsibilities and joys; 
  
Our global society fosters nurturing and mutual relationships, healthy families and communities, and a peaceful, just, and sustainable world—for everybody. 

Purpose

The Omega Women's Leadership Center aspires to: 

Promote women’s leadership by convening, inspiring, and training women to lead from their own authentic voice, values, and vision. 
  
Create a power and leadership paradigm shift, from “power over” to “power with” others. 
  
Foster a balance between masculine and feminine principles, both of which are essential to creating a more just and sustainable world. 
  
Advance an integrated approach to personal growth and leadership by developing both inner strength and skills for action in the world. 
  
Develop the multiple human intelligences of mind, body, heart, and spirit as essential for effective women’s leadership. 
  
Cultivate an informed awareness, historic memory, and global understanding of the intersectional context and experiences of women’s and girls’ lives. 
  
Facilitate skillful alliances across age, race, class, gender, and nation. 
  
Support women and girls to recognize and increase their strength; develop their leadership skills; and validate their emotional intelligence and compassion. 
  
Help women and girls overcome family and cultural traditions that label power and ambition as unfeminine. 
  
Provide an evolving, dynamic curriculum. 
  
Model the values that the OWLC imparts. 

Sarah Urech (she/her) is senior strategist of the Omega Women's Leadership Center, as well as Omega's Taking Care of Change Initiative. A certified coach, Master's social worker, and multilingual performer and singer, she has performed and taught playback theatre in 19 countries, including Cuba, Japan, and Russia. Before coming to Omega, she was the director of the Oncology Support Program at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY, where she received multiple awards for her work in holistic programming, patient advocacy, and oncology social work. Watch Sarah speak about the practice of listening as an important step in human evolution.