Women's Day 2011...

...was over a month ago, but I really love this video of some of the bridge events held around the world.

5K Planning Meeting, this week!

The 5K is approaching!  Have you registered yet?  At our event registration site, you can register for free and we will send you information about fundraising.  Tell your friends!

If you are interested in helping with the planning of the 5K, we would love to have you on our team.  We'll be meeting this Saturday (March 26) at 2:00 p.m. in Murray.  If you'd like to come, just leave a comment with your e-mail address and I will send you the address for the meeting.  If you want to help but you don't have a ton of time to spare, come anyway!  We could use help with lots of little things, so it doesn't have to be a huge time commitment.

If you have connections to local businesses that would like to help sponsor the event (or make donations of items or gift cards, that we can give out as prizes or raffle items), please get in touch with us.  We would love to let our participants know that you are a socially-conscious and community-oriented organization.

Photos: Join Me on the Bridge: Stansbury Park

Check out these great photos from the group that met on a bridge in Stansbury Park for International Women's Day!

The final count is in: Last week, on March 8, people gathered on 464 bridges in over 70 countries around the world to celebrate women and speak out for peace.  Thanks to everyone who joined us here in Utah!

Photos: Join Me on the Bridge: Murray

Today was International Women's Day.  Sadly (and I don't know why), we don't really celebrate this holiday in the United States.  When I lived in Russia I got flowers and chocolates from all my students; when I lived in Brazil people wished me happy women's day all day long on March 8.  Although none of this happened today, I was able to celebrate International Women's Day in a different way today...

Utah for Congo wanted to join in the worldwide Join Me on the Bridge campaign, to gather in solidarity and express our hopes for peace and justice and global gender equality.  Today thousands of people gathered on hundreds of bridges, all over the world--and a few of us here in Utah were on bridges, too.  Thanks to everyone who joined us, and thank you to Meili Ware for taking these great photos of our Murray gathering!

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?

The world would split open."

(Muriel Rukeyser)

Photos: Yoga for Congo Women: Salt Lake

Jen Fauset was our photographer for the Yoga for Congo Women event in Salt Lake last weekend.  Her lovely photos really capture the essence of the experience!  Jen and Ann both already posted photo-essays with Jen's pictures, so rather than reposting them here, I'll just send you over to their blogs to view the photos:

Ann Richmond: "Awe"

Jen Fauset: "One Woman Can Change Anything"

Also, our Salt Lake sponsor, Buzz Foto, has posted some of the photos on their website; click here to see them!

Photos: Yoga for Congo Women: Logan

Our evening Yoga for Congo Women event was held at the Whittier Center in Logan.  To be honest, I was expecting a smallish turnout--so I was thrilled when nearly 30 people attended!  Here are some photos of the session, courtesy of the wonderfully generous Trisha Hawes: