a better way to love each other feb 14

enough is enough.  every time i turn on npr or watch international news all i hear is the latest attack on women in this world.  this world.  2013.  there are those who would have us believe this is the age of the woman.  and yet 25% of women in china are victims of domestic violence according to npr.  silent victims of domestic violence because the govt refuses to acknowledge it, much less stand against it.

enough is enough.  women who have been trying to stand alongside men for the last few years in places like egypt are being attacked and brutally raped by men who disagree with their political beliefs.  men and women who volunteer to infiltrate the demonstrations to help protect women brave enough to take a stand are themselves being attacked.  this violence is sanctioned by the current govt.

in india, as you know, women in india have been violently treated for far too long.  two days ago...http://dawn.com/2013/02/06/indian-woman-attacked-with-metal-bar-in-rape-bid-police/

the stories come from all over the globe.  even in our own democratic nation with laws that protect women, the abuse continues.  violence against women is common place. 

time to shift the focus.  Eve Ensler (Vagina Monologues), Debbie Allen (choreographer) are inciting a riot of dancing to rise up and sing out against the insane continuing violence all over the world.  February 14 is the target date---a new way to look at an old date.

i confess with great sorrow that i was alerted to this fabulous movement about a week ago but have done nothing...  now i wish i'd hooked in sooner and rallied the school, our women who teach together there and the men who teach with us, our students who need to recognize their power in the world and our need of them to make better choices and see clearly what the world is up to and what they can do to change it.  i'll be speaking of it next week in my classes ...  i was disheartened to learn on the www.onebillionrising.org website that there is no group with 100 miles of my little town....

my deepest apologies for not passing along this event sooner.  please check it out:

http://ncronline.org/node/43911/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5N8rSy4CU

thank you Miriam, Joanne, Joan Chittister, Eve Ensler, 1billion rising, paxchristi and all who are involved in being the change we want to see in this world (we miss you Gandhi)