Where is our sensibility when a poor city spends upwards of $4.4Billion to host the Commonwealth games when 47% of their children under 5 years old are malnourished?
How can we support the demolition of the slums and the displacement of millions of people so a bright, shiny new "village" of a few thousand rooms is constructed.
I join Ashwini Jog, one of our 2009 Women Leaders for the World graduates, in being outraged that this world is so crazy about sports and the media coverage that brings.
Linda
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
At the Well 6-18-10
The speaker this morning, Karen Maki, led us all to thinking -- what invitations are being made to us, what are they telling us, and which ones will we accept?
It was a great discussion.
You can see it at on the apps.facebook.com/gwlnlive page.
It was a great discussion.
You can see it at on the apps.facebook.com/gwlnlive page.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Historical perspective on social movements
It does set one to wondering when we hear that social movements last 60 to 80 years. Can we imagine that we are building leadership capacity to see us through a century-long campaign towards a true new future for humanity, particularly for women?
Can any individual within their lifetime be able to gain enough perspective to see where they fit into a social movement?
I hope that, together, we can get at least a "glimpse" of our place and our contribution to the longer social movements.
Right now, GWLN, through its association with the Law School at Santa Clara, is gaining invaluable perspectives into the transformative power of justice. My thanks to Cynthia Mertens and Akilah Davis for partnering with us in this quest for a new perspective.
I cannot wait for the end of July to begin to live, breath, and learn with those on the frontiers of justice.
What a blessing life can be.
Linda
Can any individual within their lifetime be able to gain enough perspective to see where they fit into a social movement?
I hope that, together, we can get at least a "glimpse" of our place and our contribution to the longer social movements.
Right now, GWLN, through its association with the Law School at Santa Clara, is gaining invaluable perspectives into the transformative power of justice. My thanks to Cynthia Mertens and Akilah Davis for partnering with us in this quest for a new perspective.
I cannot wait for the end of July to begin to live, breath, and learn with those on the frontiers of justice.
What a blessing life can be.
Linda
Monday, June 14, 2010
Summer Opening
This is bound to be an eventful summer.
The first of 30 Global Fellows (undergraduate students from Santa Clara University) just left. She was "in transit" a day longer than expected, so I got to handle my first emergency.
The rest leave between now and 8/18 for 5 to 7 weeks with their sponsor organizations in places as far apart as India, Ghana, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Guatemala -- to name only a few destinations!
On the near horizon is the start of the summer's Global Leaders for Justice leadership education program which starts July 31 and runs through August 7th. We have more than 20 wonderful participants from all over the world. This should be an informative session with huge impact.
Finally, on August 18, we start two weeks in Turkey with 21 SCU MBA students. We will visit businesses and academic institutions in Istanbul, Duzce, and Ankara. There will also be both a Women Leaders for the World reunion and one of the current Global Fellows serving there.
This will be an interesting three months!
Linda
The first of 30 Global Fellows (undergraduate students from Santa Clara University) just left. She was "in transit" a day longer than expected, so I got to handle my first emergency.
The rest leave between now and 8/18 for 5 to 7 weeks with their sponsor organizations in places as far apart as India, Ghana, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Guatemala -- to name only a few destinations!
On the near horizon is the start of the summer's Global Leaders for Justice leadership education program which starts July 31 and runs through August 7th. We have more than 20 wonderful participants from all over the world. This should be an informative session with huge impact.
Finally, on August 18, we start two weeks in Turkey with 21 SCU MBA students. We will visit businesses and academic institutions in Istanbul, Duzce, and Ankara. There will also be both a Women Leaders for the World reunion and one of the current Global Fellows serving there.
This will be an interesting three months!
Linda
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