In my life I have seen things dealing with women...good and bad. I was forwarded the following from another list. I am planning on going to a park and standing on May 13th, if anyone would like to join me, please let me know where and when (begins at 1 p.m.) you'd like to meet. For those of you who do not live here, please think about doing this in your community. Could you imagine a vast number of women across the world joining in? Could you imagine the change that we could bring forth? Please forward this message on to your mothers, sisters, daughters, and any women you know -- friend or foe...as well as those men you care about and respect.

In love and light,
Silver

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The women of Ohio, U.S.A., call upon the women of the world, from day-old
babies to our most senior elders, to stand with us on May 13, 2007, to
save the world. Our project is based on Sharon Mehdi's book The Great
Silent Grandmother Gathering. If you don't know the story, a summary of
the original version is on the website www.standingwomen. org.

If you think it is appropriate, please send this message on to all of the
women throughout the world who you think might like to join us.

We will be standing for the world's children and grandchildren, and for
the seven generations beyond them. We dream of a world where all of our
children have safe drinking water, clean air to breathe, and enough food
to eat. A world where they have access to a basic education to develop
their minds and healthcare to nurture their growing bodies. A world
where they have a warm, safe, and loving place to call home. A world
where they don't live in fear of violence--in their home, in their
neighborhood, in their school, or in their world. This is the world of
which we dream. This is the cause for which we will stand.

If you share this dream, please stand with us for five minutes of silence
at 1 p.m. your local time on May 13, 2007, in your local park, school
yard, gathering place, or any place you deem appropriate, to signify your
agreement with this statement. We ask you to invite the men and boys who
you care about to join you. We ask that you bring bells to ring at 1
p.m. to signify the beginning of the five minutes of silence and to ring
again to signify the end of the period of silence. During the silence,
please think about what you individually and we collectively can do to
attain this world. If you need to sit rather than stand, please feel
free to do so. Afterwards, hopefully you and your loved ones can talk
together about how we can bring about this world.

See www.standingwomen. org for more details and to register your
commitment to stand with us. The website is in 15 languages and links
to a YouTube video. We hope to see a 24 hour wave of women and men all
over the globe standing to save the world.