The Borderlands: "The Spaces In Between"

Today, as I spoke with women in Texas whom we are hoping to interview over the next three weeks, I listened to passionate voices fueled by fierce hearts. I listened as woman after woman spoke of her work, her family, her activism...her devotion. I had a conversation with a powerful mother of two daughters who, in addition to raising these girls in the world, is fighting against the legal detention of children in ICE prisons (I've heard these facilities also called concentration camps). She spoke for ten minutes literally without taking an audible breath. Finally she paused and I took the opportunity to interject that we, The Global Culture of Women, would want to hear about her, as a woman, the part of her that transcends the specific activism she engages in. I told her that we ask women to speak about the core values and wisdom that fuel their actions in the world. That we want to hear women speak about their sense of spirituality, of creativity, of mothering and partnership. Through the phone, for the first time in the conversation, I heard her take a deep breath. After a minutes she said, "Hmmm...It's been a long time since anyone has asked me about those things...I think I could talk about those things. "

We are taking this journey to weave an ever wider tapestry of universal female-hood. We have seen that, often, when a women is offered the opportunity to speak her Truth, she will talk about intimate thoughts, experiences and knowledge that serve to unite women. It is our belief that women have a unique power at this moment, a power to halt the speeding train heading for the precipice. And we believe this will only happen if we celebrate just as much as we protest; if we celebrate the beauty and wisdom of women just as fiercely as we use our voices, bodies and financial power in protest against all that has been made so horribly wrong.

"We are walking toward you. We are coming to honor the purpose of your existence." This Aboriginal Morning Prayer is our manifesto...It is our calling, our prayer, our honor, to sit with women from around the world and record their wisdom, creating ever-more inspiring ways to share that wisdom with each other - all women - until we all realize that women share one heart and one breath in service of a world in which all life is sacred.

Tomorrow we will drive from Boulder to Las Cruces, NM and from there we will head down into El Paso, Juarez, Alpine, Redford and Ojinaga, Terlingua, Kerrville, Austin, Del Rio, Acuna, Brownsville, Reynosa and McAllen. From there we will circle around and return to Boulder through Santa Fe, NM. Help us fill each moment with women's Truth! If you know women in these areas who would like an opportunity to participate in this global vision, email us at women@globalcultureofwomen.org or call us at 303-449-8590.

For a full description of the GCW mission and vision and to read the courageous and beautiful wisdom of women who have already participated, visit www.globalcultureofwomen.org