Tell the Story
Today, International Women’s Day, is the perfect day to celebrate Okolo Rashid, one of the National Women’s History Project’s honorees. Born in Mississippi in 1949, Rashid works for local and global social justice, education, and peace. She is the Director of Jackson, Mississippi’s International Museum of Muslim Cultures. Her life and work are a testament to […]
read moreBorn in Mexico City in 1929, Gracie Molina de Pick is (and this is the short list from the National Women’s History Project) “an activist, feminist, educational reformer and philanthropist.” But I think I found the heart of all her work, maybe even the heart of her life, here: “’My aunt was a very intimate friend of [Mexican […]
read moreToday I went with Mona to a lunch meeting of her women’s club, the Friendly Villagers. We were there to talk about the book we wrote together. As the event ended, her niece leaned over to me and said, “You know, Mona has another book to write. One about her mother. She once […]
read moreAmerican Indian Advocate and Educator Brenda Flyswithhawks is also recognized by the National Women’s History Project. Flyswithhawks is quoted as telling her students that “they come in from the spirit world with all the answers to any questions that could be put before them while they are here (in the physical world), and that she teaches […]
read moreToday a dear friend told me, with some trepidation, that sometimes my writing is a little, well, restrained. I know this. I even know that often when I feel most passionately about a subject, my inner editor is most active, cautioning against being too loud, too strong, too strident, too vulnerable, too much, too [fill in […]
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For years I kept secrets in silence. Then, once upon a time, I spoke and wrote them to a handful of people and began to blog anonymously. Today I tell my stories face-to-face, online, and in a memoir coming soon. Telling our stories leads to freedom, empowerment, and growth, for both the teller and the told. Is today your once upon a time, your time to tell your story?
