At LGBTQ Forum, Marianne Williamson Responds to Her History With AIDS". www.advocate.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023 . Retrieved June 17, 2023. a b c "Interview with Marianne Williamson". Interviews with Max Raskin. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022 . Retrieved October 12, 2022. Marianne Williamson, New-Age Guru, Seeks Congressional Seat". New York Times. November 13, 2013. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017 . Retrieved November 6, 2018. Williamson resigned from Project Angel Food in March 1992. Employees demanded the resignation of Williamson, reinstatement of her predecessor, and a replacement of the board, threatening unionization if Williamson did not resign. [6] [123] Stephen Bennett, a consultant hired to assess the situation, determined that there were more paid staff on hand than needed, but with a union vote pending, Bennett refused to lay employees off. [123] Hallemann, Caroline (June 28, 2014). "How Did a Quote by Marianne Williamson Get Misattributed to Nelson Mandela?". Yahoo! Lifestyle. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019 . Retrieved August 16, 2019.

In 1965, after Williamson came home from school in the seventh grade, she recounted to her parents that her teacher supported the Vietnam War. Her father reacted by taking the family to Vietnam to help explain to Marianne why he thought that the war was wrong. [10] She has said that through travel she "had an experience, at a young age, that people are the same everywhere." [11] Williamson began "working on putting a machine together" to run for president in 2024, visiting South Carolina and New Hampshire in early 2023. [68] On February 23, 2023, she confirmed that she would launch a run for president in the future. [69] She started her 2024 campaign on March 4, 2023. [70]

Girlfriend, you are so on': US presidential candidate Marianne Williamson's bizarre challenge to New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern". The New Zealand Herald. June 28, 2019. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019 . Retrieved August 16, 2019. FEC Form 2: Statement of Candidacy" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. February 4, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 9, 2019 . Retrieved March 2, 2019.

Capeloto, Alex (January 8, 2003). "Warren Church is restoring calm, in the name of Unity". Detroit Free Press. Williamson became the spiritual leader for the Church of Today, a Unity Church in Warren, Michigan, where she had 2,300 congregants and 50,000 television viewers. [16] Her position also included administrative leadership; her actions as leader included booking Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, expanding the bookstore, and increasing the congregation's racial and sexual orientation diversity. As a result, the Church grew rapidly. [25] [14] [26] [27] [28] The Gospel According to Marianne Williamson". The New York Times. September 3, 2019. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023 . Retrieved April 7, 2023.The Issues: Racial Reconciliation & Healing". Marianne 2020. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019 . Retrieved August 16, 2019. Williamson said the book was her "path out of hell", as she had been "mired in a series of unhappy love affairs, alcohol and drug abuse, a nervous breakdown, and endless sessions with therapists." [18] [19] [20] The Course has often been described as a religion or pseudoreligion. [21] [22] Williamson disagrees, describing it as a "spiritual psychotherapy" instead of a religion. [23] Career edit Williamson, 2019 Teaching edit Witt, Emily (August 7, 2019). "Marianne Williamson Wants Politics to Enter The New Age". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019 . Retrieved August 16, 2019.