tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87584313496402244452024-02-18T19:59:41.337-08:00Traveling PostcardsCaroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-20130064579386821762011-07-10T10:35:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:50:32.301-07:00Summer News and Updates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L4Z3F9we4vvXi6S-Xyad9jJ1ln4O-AweJk3iT3cDtNec14C07UjP0Q8rMeiPstnWV5MQ2ihV1l0VsC9v9CY6lzJnpsoSakkkYHaOIbSZ0tdo9fAeS4mVuETNlbJijdS9PeBdrnRETX8/s1600/IMG_1693.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L4Z3F9we4vvXi6S-Xyad9jJ1ln4O-AweJk3iT3cDtNec14C07UjP0Q8rMeiPstnWV5MQ2ihV1l0VsC9v9CY6lzJnpsoSakkkYHaOIbSZ0tdo9fAeS4mVuETNlbJijdS9PeBdrnRETX8/s200/IMG_1693.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627778994784130834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN483ob7xXna-AA2rTpDbQb94JepdVXDGo2NtYlsJAFZRTKscuU0zbSUJRHLV4mJRmhERJeTGZLHke-IE5ORWuZsuWMKS8PTUSeHgmQ4e4ijTTrG9bsYxQFThSgmD7saaRYT_88XAL_bk/s1600/IMG_1727.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN483ob7xXna-AA2rTpDbQb94JepdVXDGo2NtYlsJAFZRTKscuU0zbSUJRHLV4mJRmhERJeTGZLHke-IE5ORWuZsuWMKS8PTUSeHgmQ4e4ijTTrG9bsYxQFThSgmD7saaRYT_88XAL_bk/s200/IMG_1727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627803128553134274" border="0" /></a><br />Traveling Postcards continues to inspire my heart in so many ways. Deanne LaRue, From the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.meridianfoundation.org/">Meridian Health Foundation</a> delivered 80 cards to Haiti last month and distributed them as gifts of celebration, connection and love. The girls reacted with much joy and appreciation, knowing that women and girls everywhere are thinking of them and empowering one another to find and share their own strong voices. We hope that all the girls who received a postcard will have the opportunity to make one over the summer. I will continue to post news from the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.girlup.org/blog/haiti-through-our-eyes.html">Haiti Through our Eyes</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span>project and links to the United Nations <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.girlup.org/">Girls Up blog. </a><br /><br /> In other exciting news, Traveling Postcards will begin to work with the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TdjON6572cJPJ6glbX5l4XbneGP_NYpgvyEi2P4IeFOtn2RZcP5Zlk4fTivleoSoiuKYzI1M7nhFn0AMPQ8ZqQgWsajVkm3R3rvhbpyX8n1Cr_YfD9bZNPXEJB98rL-SlF21y7I2S6E/s1600/Remiweb.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TdjON6572cJPJ6glbX5l4XbneGP_NYpgvyEi2P4IeFOtn2RZcP5Zlk4fTivleoSoiuKYzI1M7nhFn0AMPQ8ZqQgWsajVkm3R3rvhbpyX8n1Cr_YfD9bZNPXEJB98rL-SlF21y7I2S6E/s200/Remiweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627801543586431730" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.standagainstdv.org/">STAND!</a> Against Domestic Violence community in Northern California. We will be teaching and sharing our workshop with the resilient women living in the transitional housing facility and collecting their voices to share with other women around the world who have experienced domestic violence. Each woman will make two cards; one to give to a woman in a local shelter, and one to send to a global sister who will know she is supported and valued from around the world.<br /><br />And finally, another local project brings Traveling Postcards to the Marin County Libraries this summer! Fellow artist Victoria Gonzales will facilitate card making workshops under the t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlN8pFo9QT0ZM4aaWjHARmIcQrkxvHHTEYa1fpknzB1Gj8V1UNONsaWr5qn__DsylS-717JJt6pF-AxE306UzBErcUtSaXVjpGqmDxOc0ZLGvyZ47bByMJOO3TtLBydmHI-TA-RgP6FhM/s1600/Teddy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlN8pFo9QT0ZM4aaWjHARmIcQrkxvHHTEYa1fpknzB1Gj8V1UNONsaWr5qn__DsylS-717JJt6pF-AxE306UzBErcUtSaXVjpGqmDxOc0ZLGvyZ47bByMJOO3TtLBydmHI-TA-RgP6FhM/s200/Teddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627802799191080018" border="0" /></a>heme" <span style="font-style: italic;">Novel Destinations</span>". The Postcards will be sent to an orphanage in Mexico that the CorteMadera Library supports. Victoria and the libraries will provide all the art supplies and books you need to discover the power of your voice through art. We will keep you posted with her progress and will post more details about the orphanage over the summer. Please see the<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.marinlibrary.org/branches/corte-madera/"> Marin County Free Library<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a> website for locations and times.<br /><br />Have a wonderful summer and please continue to write or call with new ideas and "novel destinations" for Traveling Postcards!Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-2579404257678742642011-05-25T13:08:00.000-07:002011-05-25T13:47:12.216-07:00Girls United: Haiti Through Our Eyes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2dbWwtzFmtmuvOVyCxdMCn99AoLV1QqmA1O_jL2ZxCFh1BOCbN_hZxg0lA-PI7_PeKujuZ6KgDNB_GjwGSE4QhibrF48N9gzPaHIe0vHL6VKX2lhUw4xDr4tOIbETkqrRjfj6sMyyeQ/s1600/The+gang.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2dbWwtzFmtmuvOVyCxdMCn99AoLV1QqmA1O_jL2ZxCFh1BOCbN_hZxg0lA-PI7_PeKujuZ6KgDNB_GjwGSE4QhibrF48N9gzPaHIe0vHL6VKX2lhUw4xDr4tOIbETkqrRjfj6sMyyeQ/s200/The+gang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610749930416914610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Girls United- Haiti Through Our Eyes</span> is a project Traveling Postcards is happy to have been invited to play a small role in!<br /><br />I was contacted by Deanne LaRue and Susan Moniham from <a href="http://www.meridianfoundation.org/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The Meridian Health Foundation</span></a>. Together with the<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.unfoundation.org/"> United Nations Foundation</a> a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">nd <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.fullcirclelearning.org/default.aspx">Full-Circle Learning</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/">Traveling Postcards</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>will be participating in a project that encourages adolescent girls to "<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><i><span style="font-weight: bold;">not only address their own healing and individual goals for helping their community through the arts, but to feel empowered to inspire other girls to do the same</span>." Girls United.<br /><br /></i>A group of 6 artists and educators will be traveling to Haiti on May 27th . They will be working</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> in the J/P HRO camp and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">at the YWCA in Petionville . The entire two weeks will be spent writing, photographing, using mixed media and other healing arts in hopes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> of helping girls find their voices and learn to become peer counselors for one another. At the end of the first session, the girls will be invited to participate in the Traveling Postcards workshop and to share their voices with our global com</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">munity.<br /><br />We have also collected 65 cards for Deanne to pack in her suitcase to give to the girls when she arrives. The cards come from a wonderful group of 16 year </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHCvUHcwg42e41B6WZulUnm81HVppaEZsMOsoVgyFw6R_wcRI9jhOEJ98GtBh8iJ9FYBU_1yRWbbnU8jWDFuNdyfCa3eXmG64vHdpALI553QLuMuIq_slFHniyFNtvEYOuqC1RWphsAE/s1600/Layla.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHCvUHcwg42e41B6WZulUnm81HVppaEZsMOsoVgyFw6R_wcRI9jhOEJ98GtBh8iJ9FYBU_1yRWbbnU8jWDFuNdyfCa3eXmG64vHdpALI553QLuMuIq_slFHniyFNtvEYOuqC1RWphsAE/s200/Layla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610750091840445586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">old girls from Northern California, some of whom have already been raising money and participating with Girls United. Other cards were made in Kigali Rwanda and brought back to the States with<a href="http://lisasonorabeam.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=109417&c=ib&aff=170528"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Lisa Sonora Beam</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">. </span>Lisa, who is a talented artist and entrepreneur traveled to Africa in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">March and was eager to help facilitate card making workshops. All of the cards are available to see on the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/">Traveling Postcards website.</a><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7qmpsipZvYN8h1hlCXaxErQT_rd7RTp_r8OJDq1VrPcl0ZMsbm4k1zYW7OEHR3r1l8JrYCpShnPHvvum9bVlpTfHc8pNnT05AhTMVVgFKLF7xzOjXw1mQ9uXCTzacZb-Gxpn1dQNdW0/s1600/Nanette+back+3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7qmpsipZvYN8h1hlCXaxErQT_rd7RTp_r8OJDq1VrPcl0ZMsbm4k1zYW7OEHR3r1l8JrYCpShnPHvvum9bVlpTfHc8pNnT05AhTMVVgFKLF7xzOjXw1mQ9uXCTzacZb-Gxpn1dQNdW0/s200/Nanette+back+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610751892381727106" border="0" /></a>I will keep you posted with any news and pictures from Haiti I receive. We are also working on bringing you a new website filled with stories, resources for action and lots and lots of Traveling Postcards!Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-88690649897278079172011-04-08T09:11:00.000-07:002011-04-08T10:27:16.589-07:00Afghanistan is seeping into my heart!
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Ever since the Art for Afghanistan campaign launched, I have been welcomed into a community that is filled with genuine affection and open hearts. I have made new cards and new friends with the women from the Farsi-Adult Day Health Care at the Mt Diablo Center. These women once lived in Afghanistan and Iran and moved to the US with their families over the last 30 years. Almost everyone speaks Farsi except for the one word they all know in English...'love'. After card making, that at times was difficult for them to even hold a pair of scissors, each one took me in their arms, kissed me and told me in English that they loved me . Their cards are filled with blessings and wisdom and are bound for Afghanistan on April 13th.
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<br />Traveling Postcards has received over 280 new cards to send with Budd Mackenzie from <a href="http://trustineducation.org/">Trust in Education</a> to Afghanistan. Cards came from Marlene Robbins group at The Grace Center in San Jose, from Judy Raneri's artist group in Concord and from our own event at the Fotovision Studio in Emeryville. We have cards from the Soroptimist International 'She's All That' conference where middle school girls from all over Contra Costa County made cards and reached out to girls their own age in Afghanistan. We have cards from Canada , New Jersey and California.
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<br />I am so proud of all the women who have stepped into leadership positions and organized<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4Czmlw90xCPDqZSEDVeH8wEfJEaZnYA_jI_bdm3KrrKq2xe_AXXRYyRWpTHLf_MyaP_fwsAXx0Q-RgGep7YTRepw7xdXOPNZgrJQLKvrF72o6xqZO-Z9U6LjnkAEsUX54ZmawPbyIMs/s1600/copy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4Czmlw90xCPDqZSEDVeH8wEfJEaZnYA_jI_bdm3KrrKq2xe_AXXRYyRWpTHLf_MyaP_fwsAXx0Q-RgGep7YTRepw7xdXOPNZgrJQLKvrF72o6xqZO-Z9U6LjnkAEsUX54ZmawPbyIMs/s320/copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593262490505942162" border="0" /></a> card making workshops in their own communities. It is not always easy to bring a new creative process that encourages new ways of thinking and relating in the world. Marlene wrote me of her group <span style="font-style: italic;">"Nearly all immigrated to the US to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">escape religious and political upheaval in their native countries. About </span><span style="font-style: italic;">30% of t</span><span style="font-style: italic;">hem have a diagnosis of some form of dementia, from mild to advanced. Several of them are illiterate, but most have at least an elementary level of education. A few were married in their early teens and had started having children by age 15. Many had arranged marriages and many more suffered physical and emotional abuse. Many of them have lost family members and children in wars and political power struggles. Whatever their history, they have adapted to life in the US with the help of their families and </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjicXXk7uGpJFi-1b2cBd5vpub5jUa9kCU0mQjG-mzykk7FwMNEnVen9YK2qqpY8BEFhbFC8bBcRDgP-H936GYi6wjzPn8GGqmsRviGh-d7bo-BaEUEgcTDirZfx2_23yGmCLzohg-L0/s1600/Flaviat.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjicXXk7uGpJFi-1b2cBd5vpub5jUa9kCU0mQjG-mzykk7FwMNEnVen9YK2qqpY8BEFhbFC8bBcRDgP-H936GYi6wjzPn8GGqmsRviGh-d7bo-BaEUEgcTDirZfx2_23yGmCLzohg-L0/s320/Flaviat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593265286687260098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">loved ones. "</span> <span style=""> </span>Marlene worked beautifully with these women and saw how art truly has the power to inspire and heal when accessed from our heart's wisdom.
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<br />We are almost half way to our goal of raising $5000 for our after school art program! Trust in Education will begin making arrangements for art classes to start in May and I can’t wait to share with you photos and stories as our work progresses. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Please consider making a continued donation to support our work. Traveling Postcards is a unique grassroots organization that creates opportunities for everyone to be fully expressed and to take action towards ending isolation and invisibility for those whose voices have been silenced.</p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-48895655582270418452011-01-04T08:48:00.000-08:002011-03-13T17:01:44.478-07:00Art for Afghanistan!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibG8q2IRZSr8nXJyO2A-8XlVm0lobKkCjg8TPX0V3ybIXp-IKDTO-_7m9IPeW0AJPQ8h9H1qesmObMf0VflamT630AyNGIwq63C8spYTaadwk_8zwU7WDt2gJJwzZrpGZ4yLJODDgkf0/s1600/IMGP2378.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibG8q2IRZSr8nXJyO2A-8XlVm0lobKkCjg8TPX0V3ybIXp-IKDTO-_7m9IPeW0AJPQ8h9H1qesmObMf0VflamT630AyNGIwq63C8spYTaadwk_8zwU7WDt2gJJwzZrpGZ4yLJODDgkf0/s320/IMGP2378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558374094811764466" border="0" /></a><br />I am excited to share the news that Traveling Postcards has a unique opportunity in Afghanistan! Through the assistance of <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://trustineducation.org/">Trust in Education</a>, we will create an after school art program, and bring the Traveling Postcards experience to the women and girls who are living in a small village in Northern Afghanistan, outside of Kabul.<br /><br />Art has a way of transcending borders and we hope that providing a safe place to be creative can empower women and men alike!<br /><br />We have started collecting cards to take to Afghanistan in the Spring and have launched our fund raising campaign. This is the first time Traveling Postcards will be able to attach the gift of food and money along with the gift of art.<br /><br />Traveling Postcards needs to raise $5000 in order to realize our goals. All monies raised will go towards paying teacher's salaries, school supplies and heating costs for two years. I am excited to begin this campaign and hope you or your group will join too! In addition we have just received a matching dollar for dollar grant from <a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://www.healerswest.com/">Healers West</a> for up to $2500!<br /><br />There are so many ways to help. I invite you to hold a Traveling Postcard event with your friends whereby every woman ( and man) who makes a card can contribute a small donation to send to Afghanistan. I have developed a simple and effective workshop that I can easily send you and all donations will be tax deductible. You do not need to participate in a workshop in order to make a donation, anyway you can take action towards this initiative is appreciated!<br /><br />Holding events are fun, and everyone loves to make a card. It is an immense opportunity to connect with a woman or girl who is living in a country that has seen so much violence and holds such little opportunity for women to be fully expressed. As always, please feel free to make a single card and send it to me!<br /><br />If you or your group would be interested in participating please let me know. We are hoping to have all the supplies and donations ready to go by early April 2011.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Donations can be made here or on the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://travelingpostcards.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Trav</span></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeawhYyw6nT2WncPe4LZ_QDhCxWH6fAWc6lPK1vAnZBbLhFMXwt_X7dSntdNgeLfLjbvH3k1WASTcvZV0wqXZJM8LPrec8_c7h1Y047ciFTVgJ2w6RZFx__URQyimZjs8fWi03pYlMW0/s1600/OREME+2+006-1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeawhYyw6nT2WncPe4LZ_QDhCxWH6fAWc6lPK1vAnZBbLhFMXwt_X7dSntdNgeLfLjbvH3k1WASTcvZV0wqXZJM8LPrec8_c7h1Y047ciFTVgJ2w6RZFx__URQyimZjs8fWi03pYlMW0/s320/OREME+2+006-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560206592089048834" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://travelingpostcards.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">eling</span> Postcards</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> website or by writing a check directly to <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://trustineducation.org/">Trust In Education</a></span>.<br /><br />An easy way to donate art supplies is to click on<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.dickblick.com/lists/find-artroomaidlist/">Blick </a>and type in Traveling Postcards. We have made a list of needed supplies. Thank you!<br /><br />We are also proud to share our recent video from Uganda! <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://youtu.be/P0P3RHCxC78">video</a>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-76903798390523714432010-10-17T22:00:00.000-07:002010-12-16T18:04:55.143-08:00So Proud!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU3FQEWhtfBiARwA39D1btqnn5ysCqdGt1vSt3uso__kAqmby9eFPE8Dj7EuRxA5pgps-tIy_shoelz7ny_jn1Pohn0YRYzQte632SMt2zUZoFfkz4vT9fiwjgUYIvGsVuvrMuUx4qpI/s1600/DSC_0466.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU3FQEWhtfBiARwA39D1btqnn5ysCqdGt1vSt3uso__kAqmby9eFPE8Dj7EuRxA5pgps-tIy_shoelz7ny_jn1Pohn0YRYzQte632SMt2zUZoFfkz4vT9fiwjgUYIvGsVuvrMuUx4qpI/s200/DSC_0466.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529249226715654706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dNCR9nTwjyTwm_Kve_CJaNT8ZWE2pA-6x2r_Wde1cUaazQge0_2oo6bVMfDYa8Tei1s1snTgV4Aqb9f-YJIZjSRPQWeT28sSnvH8ak6Sm0Qz7BlfSpIIvIAhLdcT6SeYdyJapNTg6x8/s1600/OREME+2+055.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dNCR9nTwjyTwm_Kve_CJaNT8ZWE2pA-6x2r_Wde1cUaazQge0_2oo6bVMfDYa8Tei1s1snTgV4Aqb9f-YJIZjSRPQWeT28sSnvH8ak6Sm0Qz7BlfSpIIvIAhLdcT6SeYdyJapNTg6x8/s200/OREME+2+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530130032205853154" border="0" /></a>
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We are growing and emerging into an amazing resource that provides tools for accessing full self expression, the sharing of deep and compassionate wisdom between women all ov</span><span style=";font-family:";" >er the world, and the ability to shift patterns of repression into action for social change. So much progress has been made over the last several months and I am pleased to share one such story from a woman who has recently become a new friend and colleague. Consodyne Buzabo is a brilliantly talented artist who is deeply committed to bringing joy, education and healing through the arts to her community and to her country.
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<br />Conso is from Uganda</span><span style=";font-family:";" > and has recently moved to California to join JFK University's Masters in Transformative Arts program. She shares her story of participating with Traveling</span><span style=";font-family:";" > Postcards in hopes of inspiring you to take action in your own community and to let you know that finding voice through creative action can have lasting and profound effects. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Soon the new postcards from both the Ugandan children and from the Marin Catholic High School students who respon</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ded to their cards will be coming to this Blog and to the Traveling Postcards website. see preview:<a href="http://youtu.be/P0P3RHCxC78"> </a></span><a href="http://youtu.be/P0P3RHCxC78"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">video</span> </span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" >Here is Conso's stor</span><span style=";font-family:";" >y:
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<br />I am a Ugandan and proud to be a part of that little landlocked country affectionately called the “Pearl of Africa”. As a society we are a proud people trying, like any other, to do the best we can, survive the way we know how. I can’t say why we consider emotions weak and a distraction or why it is hard for us to give or accept a compliment. Maybe it’s because we are society whose history has taught to be wary of visitors bringing gifts or new ideas. Maybe it’s because of what we have done to each other and what has been done to u</span><span style=";font-family:";" >s or even our experiences. Whatever the reason, we are a community t</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cfU98gmrCVux0d4WDqKvNlMcjDuOGAkfO3vIDuoeSo-bb0UI1OuNwh6KhLvwXHhw0t9tJaL1CrrEZjqbZf22lLlXDEnqdIA4JK6X3Ip-c8OdDthsG6oPrshj5ySpO_FT74mwT56c9no/s1600/Conso.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cfU98gmrCVux0d4WDqKvNlMcjDuOGAkfO3vIDuoeSo-bb0UI1OuNwh6KhLvwXHhw0t9tJaL1CrrEZjqbZf22lLlXDEnqdIA4JK6X3Ip-c8OdDthsG6oPrshj5ySpO_FT74mwT56c9no/s200/Conso.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529246594241216210" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >hat has seen grief and pain and learnt to buck up and move on</span><span style=";font-family:";" > as that is the way life is. No one person is special, we all have the same story and experiences and the best way to survive is keep your head down and don’t rock the boat, even when you feel like the boat is sinking.</span>
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<br />I had no idea what to expect when I went to ask the children in the<i> In Movement</i> program to make Traveling Postcards. Personally, making my own postcard was one of the hardest things to do. How do I let out feelings that I have been taught to keep silent? How do I encourage someone who is hurting when it </span><span style=";font-family:";" >does not come naturally? For many of these children silence has been their refuge, their best friend. For many of them thinking about the pain, violence, grief and nightmares the women in Congo are facing would be facing their own personal nightmares. So how could I ask these children to do what I myself was finding hard to do?
<br />I was completely</span><span style=";font-family:";" > surprised.
<br />In Movement, a non profit organization that began in Uganda in 2003 has a simple mission. They believe that the expressive arts are a very powerful tool of empowerment for youth, unlocking vast potential for personal growth and</span><span style=";font-family:";" > transformation. By encouraging creative risk-taking in safe, supportive and empowering settings, they are planting seeds that can assist youth in helping to transform their society, and lead happier, healthier, and more satisfying lives.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQJIGfz86ZV2zJYMaCAqegQSKD1slSL0uXT0DB7gUimNLj0ZQTyly9ijVESNv_jU0ST5vHR9y1FiZHmvBUTh8yZsXrv1Xwm7Mu_w3x7g2ksxQ1fzNuQTCZrhU56Lt0FN29sZGQcgmDsk/s1600/OREME+2+119.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQJIGfz86ZV2zJYMaCAqegQSKD1slSL0uXT0DB7gUimNLj0ZQTyly9ijVESNv_jU0ST5vHR9y1FiZHmvBUTh8yZsXrv1Xwm7Mu_w3x7g2ksxQ1fzNuQTCZrhU56Lt0FN29sZGQcgmDsk/s200/OREME+2+119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530129756284065058" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" >In other words they provide a safe place for the children to express themselves, learn who th</span><span style=";font-family:";" >ey uniquely are and be proud of them selves.
<br />Many of the children who were a part of the Traveling Postcards project are students who have been part of the In movement program for a few years and so are more in open to expressing themselves freely among strangers than the average Ugandan child. Because they have been appreciated and been told that they are special and unique, they were able to pass this on.
<br />Many of them had n</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav6EPFwFqVA6RISD4PmBP4i6igvG4k188luLUEdj1GAUvK-Ict_IYVMekpYHaGK9TD3VPrfH1R9qrd5zmZ-FQJQE5_pV-AuYSDuMqEvQ8GiYN9geApJlOxFz62LEyrl4At9h9biNWoq8/s1600/slbuline,davisx.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav6EPFwFqVA6RISD4PmBP4i6igvG4k188luLUEdj1GAUvK-Ict_IYVMekpYHaGK9TD3VPrfH1R9qrd5zmZ-FQJQE5_pV-AuYSDuMqEvQ8GiYN9geApJlOxFz62LEyrl4At9h9biNWoq8/s200/slbuline,davisx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529247030971727986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";" >ever made a postcard before or even received one but they were eager to pass on the message that they have received; one of inspiration and hope. It did not matter if the was artistic or aesthetic. All that mattered was that someone somewhere would know they were loved.</span>
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" >The card making was a success the children wanted to make a second one of their own for the women and guardians in their lives, to let them know that they care for them.
<br />Am still in the process of making my own traveling postcard, and slowly it is taking shape and am not afraid anymore that is isn’t symmetrical, colorful or perfect but I hope that whoever receives it will know one thing… I see you. I appreciate you. I love. I care.
<br />And hopefully the women who receive the children’s cards will know this too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/http://inmovement.org/">
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-79578099797130666012010-08-08T11:31:00.000-07:002010-08-08T12:00:11.433-07:00Lisa's Story<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjYZlqWyoBovuhk3GKWPPpMrk0q0DPOMzygSQ-g5lb72iYGmLeAOXrSIQofS7pYPF2vhtV38zkHviQqb0-had9bypg5sMOYsJI-JyUya4qps_rmIIydA7GM6OToroHP9poePpVoLBt2o/s1600/Lisa+Rodondix.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjYZlqWyoBovuhk3GKWPPpMrk0q0DPOMzygSQ-g5lb72iYGmLeAOXrSIQofS7pYPF2vhtV38zkHviQqb0-had9bypg5sMOYsJI-JyUya4qps_rmIIydA7GM6OToroHP9poePpVoLBt2o/s200/Lisa+Rodondix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503111992731214690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I asked Lisa if she wouldn’t mind sharing her story with you in this Blog posting. Her story is both inspirational and universal. It is a story of awareness, overcoming fear and realizing great potential. It is a story of one woman looking for a way to help others and in doing so, connecting to her greatest source of wisdom. It is also the story of one woman’s experience of Traveling Postcards.<br /><br />It is my hope that through Traveling Postcards women will find their voice and stand together with small gestures from their hearts and hands, and offer healing and empowerment to women all over the world. Thank you Lisa for your bravery and for your commitment to serving women through such a profound and personal story.<br /><br />“You asked if I would share my story with others because you thought my story might help them. Yes, I am happy to serve others in that way.<br /><br />As I mentioned to you during our conversation, I had been looking for some type of community service to get involved in for some time now. However I was having difficulty figuring out what to do. For some reason, I thought I had to do something huge and it had to have a major impact on my community or the world. This thought then made me think that what had to be done was too big, too overwhelming for me to do, and that I would just be paralyzed with fear and abandon the idea. Thus, I never got involved in anything at all.<br /><br />I’m not sure how I found Traveling Postcards online but suffice it to say, I believe it’s God’s will. The quotation by Mother Teresa that you have posted on your home page “In this life we cannot do great things; we can only do small things with great love.” resonated with me. In fact it was an “Aha moment” for me. What a powerful realization! Doing something very small with great love and how great the impact of that small deed could be.<br /><br />Despite the fact that I really wanted to make the postcard, it took me some time to actually make one. My self-doubt, perfectionism, fear of not being good enough prevented me from making the card. I thought for weeks about the card…what it should look like, how I would decorate it, what it should say. I thought about all the supplies that I would get to make the card. I kept looking at the cards you had posted on the website to get ideas. The more I looked at those cards , the more discouraged I got and thought any card that I made would not be as beautiful or wouldn’t have a good enough message.<br /><br />Then one day, at my ladies book club meeting, we got to discussing how we wished we could help other women around the world and the subject about the women in the Congo and the atrocities they were experiencing came up. Everyone kept on saying what can we do? So I mentioned Traveling Postcards to my group. I shared with them that each one of them could make a postcard with a message of love, hope and encouragement to be sent to the City of Joy which was being built for the women of the Congo. My sharing this really touched a couple of my friends who emailed me the next morning telling me how my passionate share the evening before was inspiring and that they appreciated it. These messages of love and support from my friends somehow gave me the courage to ma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e47CYD0cGXkOctGXQiNOtHv2i3JdPUzHdELie6aZAJhEkI6cmTbEsl4efKN1WA96_el9nvb6o2X7yKWkr4fgHcIDsWyKzfaDb5jhJtt3qEbnQpzifMPLeH4vMICVfLR-AQonp6cdpb4/s1600/Lis+Rodondi.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e47CYD0cGXkOctGXQiNOtHv2i3JdPUzHdELie6aZAJhEkI6cmTbEsl4efKN1WA96_el9nvb6o2X7yKWkr4fgHcIDsWyKzfaDb5jhJtt3qEbnQpzifMPLeH4vMICVfLR-AQonp6cdpb4/s200/Lis+Rodondi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503111827659814306" border="0" /></a>ke my first postcard. I just used whatever I could find around the house and made it. The poem I wrote was something I had written when I first thought about making the postcard. It came straight from my heart full of great love.<br /><br />When I looked at the postcard I made , I started to criticize myself and started the whole process of obsessing about how it wasn’t good enough. I knew that if I didn’t mail it right away, I would end up ripping it up. So before I could change my mind, I sent it off to you. Mailing that first postcard to you was one of the most difficult things I had to do. A few days later , I went on your website and saw my postcard and the note I sent with it posted on your blog. Wow! That was an amazing moment for me. I t made me cry. My postcard looked so lovely and the message on it very touching. It made me feel so good about myself.<br /><br />You asked me why I made the card, what compelled me to make it despite my fears, my lack of self worth, my perfectionism. I made it because I wanted to be of service. That desire superseded my fears. I realized that even if it was something very small, even if it was for only one person, I wanted to be of service. Something I forgot to tell you about is that the words of encouragement from my girlfriends also catalyzed my intention into action. Kind loving words are so powerful.<br /><br />The most amazing thing about making the postcard is that I gained so much by serving another. I felt empowered. I gained self-worth. I created something beautiful for someone and put a lot of love into it. Hopefully it would diminish some of her pain and give her hope knowing another cared about her. I learned an important lesson when I put that card in the mail. I learned to trust and let go. I had to trust that the card was going to be good enough and had to let go of my fears. “Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-17983604150588467252010-07-24T16:48:00.000-07:002010-07-25T15:06:45.512-07:00From Niger<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVSbuILj_taLeyZVtoRnrDF19YcTeIdYX9eDWroUMbn1doHKV0Yc8M3xSS1oeM6aDIKtFg5mGlIwxex9nNK0mb32F7S6eI-l-yQYVt0A-9ve2rACOCvGR8yplnDvmlhk3hzI79MBM1D4/s1600/Charifa+Tidjan-1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVSbuILj_taLeyZVtoRnrDF19YcTeIdYX9eDWroUMbn1doHKV0Yc8M3xSS1oeM6aDIKtFg5mGlIwxex9nNK0mb32F7S6eI-l-yQYVt0A-9ve2rACOCvGR8yplnDvmlhk3hzI79MBM1D4/s200/Charifa+Tidjan-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497624285424480770" border="0" /></a>
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She is my cousin’s oldest daughter and doesn’t really know me that well, but enthusiastically agreed to create Traveling Postcards with her community. She has been living in West Africa since 2008 and has a fabulous blog chronicling her work. <span style=""> </span><a href="http://thisispeacecorpsinniger.blogspot.com/">http://thisispeacecorpsinniger.blogspot.com/</a><span style=""> </span>We have been getting to know each other primarily through Face book (and me reading her blog)! Here is a little of her story and please note how incredibly impressed and in awe I am of this strong, intelligent and beautiful woman and the work she is doing. I am also so proud to have received 24 handmade postcards from the young women in her village. The cards are cut from cardboard and covered with beautiful African fabric. Each card has an expression of hope and support for the women of the Congo. Traveling Postcards is eager to collect women’s voices from all over the world. Cards that are received will be collected, archived, exhibited and then given away. If you know of anyone working to empower women in their communities, please tell them about Traveling Postcards and the opportunity to share their wisdom with women all over the world!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">From Annette:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“I run group de jeune femmes in my village and we basically discuss ways in which poor rural women can help themselves when they are not being offered outside assistance. My girls are all unmarried students between age 15-18. Many s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I2mU34F57AI7-z308JWRCTHqSMkeIfbbOysTvLStWgnnXUWkrfkVpyy9Nj3-wJJdc5R9IM8dPH3S-MNCvYHCmWUouJQ8wvrOhun3oMtHzquce5WpEZd_42CEMhabW1ul0wDm07efBiw/s1600/Niger1back.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I2mU34F57AI7-z308JWRCTHqSMkeIfbbOysTvLStWgnnXUWkrfkVpyy9Nj3-wJJdc5R9IM8dPH3S-MNCvYHCmWUouJQ8wvrOhun3oMtHzquce5WpEZd_42CEMhabW1ul0wDm07efBiw/s200/Niger1back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497624570799843394" border="0" /></a>till do not have great writing skills. I tried to translate some of what was written on the backs of the cards. We used the resources available to us in a project aimed to make people realize that they are never alone in their suffering, and that there are woman all over the world experiencing all sorts of hardship. Niger has been ranked at times the world's poorest country, and most hard to live in on the UN index. These girls know essentially this and it is helpful to know they aren't the only ones. When I asked what they thought some of the hardships American women faced were, they laughed and said Americans don't know hardship. We took the time to talk about all sorts of woman all over the world and the struggles they face, and what women can do to help themselves stay above these struggles. After that we made these postcards to send a message of continuing strength and support to the women of Congo, and as a message of unity among African women.
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<br />Hope they arrive safely. Cheers, Annette.”</p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-87405341206672543192010-06-15T10:29:00.000-07:002010-06-15T10:49:50.805-07:00Resiliency<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UNBczyXPN5nYObE0Ej_EL8DvjmakdGsNVqSV8gsyENfIzMr0WlpdsDKoeohE2HXUOT_fyYBPh2kNnan4TzpscUuHhGOPGS7ukjTil8kHXSaP8YN71QPKUUsoTJ5Z0FvQKnbSuaFTFt8/s1600/Jessica-Clark-web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UNBczyXPN5nYObE0Ej_EL8DvjmakdGsNVqSV8gsyENfIzMr0WlpdsDKoeohE2HXUOT_fyYBPh2kNnan4TzpscUuHhGOPGS7ukjTil8kHXSaP8YN71QPKUUsoTJ5Z0FvQKnbSuaFTFt8/s200/Jessica-Clark-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483057380524608242" border="0" /></a>
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suffering of so many women the best way I know how. ..as an artist.<span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to reach out to all women and encourage you to share the wisdom in your hearts. Traveling Postcards is offering you an opportunity to make a difference in the world by simply expressing your hard earned knowledge in a card. <span style=""> </span>Your life experiences matter. We are working towards gathering your voices…all of them! We want to exhibit your thoughts and your wisdom in a collective showing of creative strength. <span style=""> </span>All Traveling Postcards that are received will be archived and placed on our website.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Over the next several years we will be traveling and exhibiting your work so that everyone can see what we know to be true and powerful…our collective wisdom as women. Please make a card either individually or with a favorite group of friends and send them to me. I will care for them all.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I will keep you updated on the changes and growing movement of Traveling Postcards and I encourage you to contact me with your ideas , your experiences and the wisdom in your heart. Thank you</p><p class="MsoNormal">For those of you who want more insights from Eve Ensler please click on this link. <a href="http://http//www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/12/cancer-atrocities-congo-violence">The Guardian</a>
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In the meantime look to the to the website for continuous postings of the new and beautiful artwork that is streaming in! Please add your voice!</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With gratitude…</p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-2115496886349685512010-04-23T06:58:00.000-07:002010-04-23T07:33:18.817-07:00Join Us!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwx9Qw_UCGXkWiWpBqITyoprXPKw63z-_LdqNF_D-5e1afLdB_-TjI5bmr4U8UqkMhkh5JSlBJttT8ePA2FMr-5h9ADVbVLu-Xlt5ouROtEsO2wxw9SKqzNUMjprVwcL6eG1eHrGCk5s/s1600/Untitled-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwx9Qw_UCGXkWiWpBqITyoprXPKw63z-_LdqNF_D-5e1afLdB_-TjI5bmr4U8UqkMhkh5JSlBJttT8ePA2FMr-5h9ADVbVLu-Xlt5ouROtEsO2wxw9SKqzNUMjprVwcL6eG1eHrGCk5s/s200/Untitled-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463338189465506962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Over the last several months Traveling Postcards has been collecting postcards to bring to the newly built City of Joy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have had the good fortune to meet Eve Ensler and her wonderful team at V-DAY. Her effort to bring healing and dignity back to the women and girls of the DRC is extraordinary.<br /><br />"The City of Joy will act as a refuge for healed women survivors of rape and torture who have been left without family and community. It will provide educational and income-generating opportunities, and support women in becoming the next leaders of the DRC.” Eve Ensler<br /><br />Join me in building a collection of cards for the resilient women and girls being served in this community. Traveling Postcards will inspire them to heal and feel connected to the global community of women who care for them. This is your opportunity to share your wisdom and help to make a difference in someone </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">else's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> life.<br /><br />Traveling Postcards will be in Emeryville, CA this Saturday, April 24th. We have teamed up with a wonderful photograp</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla5UNJaZPNnJtce4DwlU6ripOGU23DJXTEV6UY-qC-MEtdfUbXNnYNan5MjMQAc7I4Sghch3D_tKtLcJ80FEb1yynj-yfBbG6SckLgKxSmkxEhzhNXFKwUL5QE9wpaBdWZ8Qnkh0jdTM/s1600/web-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla5UNJaZPNnJtce4DwlU6ripOGU23DJXTEV6UY-qC-MEtdfUbXNnYNan5MjMQAc7I4Sghch3D_tKtLcJ80FEb1yynj-yfBbG6SckLgKxSmkxEhzhNXFKwUL5QE9wpaBdWZ8Qnkh0jdTM/s200/web-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463338339780594834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">hic non profit called FOTOVISION . Come out and support our efforts, enjoy your creativity, eat and drink and listen to some wonderful Congolese music!<br /><a href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">travelingpostcards </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.fotovision.org/">fotovision</a><br /></span><table id="Time and Place" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Saturday, April 24, 2010</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Time:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">1:00pm - 5:00pm</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Location:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">5515 Doyle Street, Emeryville, CA</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-47904001352141719072010-04-11T17:27:00.000-07:002010-04-11T17:45:02.783-07:00Traveling Postcards in my Mailbox!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuYDSbfY3r5mUpmkR3IyQAPNO5AoWy-xYgw2LqAdPqwtiRoImPj9yQqk6eiCcsajXGuYvpOGMcmpgZSl-T6RLRFdE4x14d-wQqny4ZMx2ZUsGSULxAl28AmnQNRa2IvWYslIZHufxRL8/s1600/envelopeweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuYDSbfY3r5mUpmkR3IyQAPNO5AoWy-xYgw2LqAdPqwtiRoImPj9yQqk6eiCcsajXGuYvpOGMcmpgZSl-T6RLRFdE4x14d-wQqny4ZMx2ZUsGSULxAl28AmnQNRa2IvWYslIZHufxRL8/s200/envelopeweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459042182574819458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I feel so appreciative of the Traveling Postcards that are arriving! Each time I am surprised and excited to see that distinctive envelope in my mailbox. I can tell that I have received a Traveling Postcard because the envelopes are always addressed by hand and their color and shape stand out amongst the impersonal flyers and mass produced bills. They carry their essence with them.<br />Every card is a beautiful piece of art. They are covered with colors, ribbon, threads, and words. They are filled with compassion and small gestures of hope and caring. Each one is unique and every one is worthwhile.<br /><br />The new arrivals are almost too much for me as every card seems to come with a handwritten message thanking me for the <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Eom6d20KTeEpM63J7l9V7K7SSlOQUZHJnT4q74l3x-PfOuaP_R91qb234MKvzLdpoVBF4ifpvxlKcUIN0Ruw4Vs8ljWnim7Mcu1Z8iIGI0ycQq-ejOzgza4-X0JRPOXniA7TqMVh4k/s1600/note.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Eom6d20KTeEpM63J7l9V7K7SSlOQUZHJnT4q74l3x-PfOuaP_R91qb234MKvzLdpoVBF4ifpvxlKcUIN0Ruw4Vs8ljWnim7Mcu1Z8iIGI0ycQq-ejOzgza4-X0JRPOXniA7TqMVh4k/s200/note.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459042469832395266" border="0" /></a>opportunity to serve other women. I am so grateful for your support.<br /><br />I think that is what Traveling Postcards can provide...a small way to reach out from our hearts and tell each other that we know and that we care. Small gestures lead to big changes. Let’s keep those cards coming and soon we will have enough cards to send to the Congo and then enough to gather and display to show the entire world what we look like and what wisdom we carry!<br />Two new events coming up! Campbell April 15th , Berkeley April 24th! Look to <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4maTBvZhsuneUbb7Sk5aj1g5yfk-iVjBR9_nF41_fpdrsB9UpaD0ckSp5etdJM9ERkUTZwvCW8ngamt5bcIyXgYn5791daqbgzZy3DVOpBfjSrG5naKH0BE_4rt7qN2VHBwPobSle4g/s1600/Lis-Rodondiweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4maTBvZhsuneUbb7Sk5aj1g5yfk-iVjBR9_nF41_fpdrsB9UpaD0ckSp5etdJM9ERkUTZwvCW8ngamt5bcIyXgYn5791daqbgzZy3DVOpBfjSrG5naKH0BE_4rt7qN2VHBwPobSle4g/s200/Lis-Rodondiweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459042634900224242" border="0" /></a>www.travelingpostcards for details.Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-44680492739711320762010-02-28T08:08:00.000-08:002010-02-28T20:01:07.001-08:00We are powerful!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRpP9rSCfuPApzw4_2szW2TY1UNXlrqtoqmh4bXkWPzkvPm7SDm9GJkiVFKWFBtAYW45SEGefDThqgMJS11Igg9_-exl2T4bI77fiQnqkGx8Rlo6QCtEDYPu4Z9a1wqNtKn8GtK8JvC0/s1600-h/unknown-heartweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRpP9rSCfuPApzw4_2szW2TY1UNXlrqtoqmh4bXkWPzkvPm7SDm9GJkiVFKWFBtAYW45SEGefDThqgMJS11Igg9_-exl2T4bI77fiQnqkGx8Rlo6QCtEDYPu4Z9a1wqNtKn8GtK8JvC0/s200/unknown-heartweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443327228852853634" border="0" /></a>
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As an American woman, I can work and go to school, choose my partner and know that my children have access to education and health care. I have had a privileged life. Yet, I have experienced violence and aggression that is typical to so many women today and feel compelled to help stop the wave of discrimination, neglect and abuse that is still so commonly perpetuated towards women around the world.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I can only use the tools I have to help effect change. I am an artist and believe that healing can come from creative action, and power can come from the healing of old wounds. <span style=""> </span>To be asked for your opinion or to be given a voice is to be given self worth. Self expression comes through many mediums, one of which is through the visual arts. Creating postcards that incorporate both art and words may seem like a small action, but it is exactly what most women want; voice, visibility and compassionate caring. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Receiving a card that is both beautiful and meaningful from a stranger is empowering. <span style=""> </span>Knowing that you are not alone and that someone is trying to help can create resiliency. None of us can hope to effect change single handedly, but together, through collective action, we can help each other. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Join me in creating 100+ new cards for the women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Traveling Postcards is so privileged to be working in even a small way with Eve Ensler’s V-DAY campaign (www.vday.org) to help stop the violence in the Congo. <span style=""> </span>Your cards will be brought to the women who will be living in the newly constructed “City of Joy”. These grandmothers, mothers and young girls, have suffered yet survived, horrible sexual violence. V-DAY and UNICEF have partnered together to created The City of Joy as a safe and healing place to live and to be trained to become the new leaders in their communities.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let these women know that you see them and that you care about what has happened and continues to happen. Your voice matters, your creativity and compassion can affect change for both you and women all over the world. Make a card and honor a woman today!
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please look to the Traveling Postcards website for details. www.travelingpostcards.org
<br /></p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-14096677859586432612010-02-07T07:50:00.000-08:002010-02-20T12:35:38.507-08:00She's All That!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0ADiAi9i5Vl_lXUMOuWmEnMukweYG02Wzx4YLgZaKyb7fMUNs0hVGFKddgdRwcC9EY3rJ971vohou2bmIYUMaN8ryRlK4fnanEkRl_rjUInXWyVb3UPE1DLUmJyFLtsLoVZEF2tjzIY/s1600-h/sanaweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0ADiAi9i5Vl_lXUMOuWmEnMukweYG02Wzx4YLgZaKyb7fMUNs0hVGFKddgdRwcC9EY3rJ971vohou2bmIYUMaN8ryRlK4fnanEkRl_rjUInXWyVb3UPE1DLUmJyFLtsLoVZEF2tjzIY/s200/sanaweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440425781128656962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Every year Soroptimist International supports hundreds of middle- school girls by providing a full day of fun and learning workshops. Over 300 girls attended this year and were encourage to learn about self defense and yoga, relationships and self esteem, peer pressure and healthy food choices and most importantly, how to value yourself and know that every girl has the potential to make a difference in the world. This year Traveling Postcards was invited to participate by offering a workshop called “Bigger than Myself” and at the last minute, deliver the Key Note address!<br />I was so impressed by the girls I met. So many of them were already involved in community service of some kind and were willing to make as many cards as they could for women around the world. Some girls even offered to have Traveling Postcard parties at home with their friends and of course, all of them wanted to make a card for their moms!<br /><br />I am reminded <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_wMi3biLrwZVNXGH6fjlTScEj7p8R5VbTgV3V7zTQqrIDp5kHjjrTlDdOhGpG-hjAX4M2PNH9oi51XqXYrwWQKQsKzCX4X-KQyKdDRGzGVPfkedyWkj_sEi1yAlYG-tHMVxtBS_2zAE/s1600-h/Auroraback2web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_wMi3biLrwZVNXGH6fjlTScEj7p8R5VbTgV3V7zTQqrIDp5kHjjrTlDdOhGpG-hjAX4M2PNH9oi51XqXYrwWQKQsKzCX4X-KQyKdDRGzGVPfkedyWkj_sEi1yAlYG-tHMVxtBS_2zAE/s200/Auroraback2web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440426912340309026" border="0" /></a>of Eve Ensler’s new book called “I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World” that speaks to “the girl cell” in all of us; the part of us that is strong, resilient and fearless. The part that is willing to help others, feel compassion without restriction and have the courage to act on our feelings. I encourage everyone to listen to her speech at the TED conference. <a href="http://http//www.tonic.com/article/eve-ensler-girl-power/">http://www.tonic.com/article/eve-ensler-girl-power/</a><br />I was honored to speak to all the girls about community service, Traveling Postcards, being an artist in community, and most of all the difference that one person can make in the world! The girls I met were an inspiration to me and I thank them!Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-67605556410182878662010-01-19T20:23:00.000-08:002010-01-19T21:40:48.722-08:00Inspiration!<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Ccaroline%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Ccaroline%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Ccaroline%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeFXJn5ev938RX8fMW7Fh69HeyMhEN5uNjSbY3UpJ5ajBorQZFav4t9vxrN7QRqQkCNLWACBwpV7GzKQPp6yD-QvVAxVyDmRPelRGehGEFC9hOjsq5c97aPzpn_bEqOmGL9uRsHln7xQ/s1600-h/ElizabethRameriz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeFXJn5ev938RX8fMW7Fh69HeyMhEN5uNjSbY3UpJ5ajBorQZFav4t9vxrN7QRqQkCNLWACBwpV7GzKQPp6yD-QvVAxVyDmRPelRGehGEFC9hOjsq5c97aPzpn_bEqOmGL9uRsHln7xQ/s200/ElizabethRameriz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428678744980849042" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >In October of 2009, my friend Elizabeth Ramirez, traveled to Ghana for a five week program living in a community called Aflao and working at t</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >he Ketu District Hospital. I am sharing a little of her story because her beauty and enthusiasm has inspired me and hopefully will inspire you!
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Elizabeth is a student in the Consciousness and Transformative studies </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Masters Program at JFK University. She is </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >an artist </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >and a healer and went to Ghana to make a difference working with men and women who have AIDS and who have little attention </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >from the world outside Aflao.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >She met many wonderful people and introduced EFT to the clinic. EFT is a form of healing that is “an emotional, needle free version of acupuncture </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >that is based on new discoveries regarding the connection bet</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >ween your body's subtle energies, your emotions, and your health.” </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><span style=""> </span>She shared in an email from Ghana:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >"Today I had the opportunity to meet 78 patients and asked 30 to come on Monday. I am really excited about this! I have not taken a picture of the ward when it is full because here in Ghana people walk aroun</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >d with shame when they have this disease. They call it the 'death disease'. We have been tap</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >ping on the shame and guilt amongst other emotions. I am also really happy that the people are really excited about it. Yesterdays group had already learned EFT and when they came back they all told me that they had been practicing it every day:) How amazing is that!! I love it when people want to help themselves!! "</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Elizabeth was also able to bring and give away Traveling Postcards on her trip. She shared with me her experience:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >“I do not recall this wonderful woman’s name but I would call her-- <u>Kakali</u> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf4NZ1qWVp597KOkU9Jasfum8ukppzatr9TcJzzvQ_ES3NdZzfx46pRvUmTQOQ3hE260n7vVawV8YEhlH4hQ1q162iF9UKJwSSZ3iF31zH2U_y3mqas67_3jnjEUNq36o4VMRaIuQdGQ/s1600-h/kakalwebi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf4NZ1qWVp597KOkU9Jasfum8ukppzatr9TcJzzvQ_ES3NdZzfx46pRvUmTQOQ3hE260n7vVawV8YEhlH4hQ1q162iF9UKJwSSZ3iF31zH2U_y3mqas67_3jnjEUNq36o4VMRaIuQdGQ/s200/kakalwebi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428673256094772786" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >which means Shinning Black Star in Ewe. The language spoken in the town of Aflao located in the Volta Region. She represents the majority of women I met on my journey. Resolute, courageous and constant as they tend to be the breadwinners, if not single mothers striving to sustain their household and nurture their children. Kakali who was diagnosed with Aids in 2007 joined my EFT group in search for answers as to how she could help her grand-daughter further her education. At the end of the session I asked her what she thought about her disease. She looked at me with a smile and said, " I have no pain, I eat well and feel great. I never worry about this disease because I know God is with me."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Traveling Post Cards gave me the opportunity to give a colorful creative and expressive piece of art that conveyed other women's stories of love and hardship. I will never forget the look of joy and the many words of gratitude I received when these cards were given and translated to the courageous and resilient women of Ghana.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >If you would like to share your stories with me, I would be glad to post them on my blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Please know that the work you are doing is important and is making a difference. Sometimes we are so busy that we take for granted that everyone else knows what we are doing! <span style=""> </span>Traveling Postcards would like to know what inspires you!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Exciting Update! See the new and improved Traveling Postcards website!! <a href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/">www.travelingpostcards.org</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-4453755945511296952009-11-15T10:55:00.000-08:002009-11-15T11:12:24.819-08:00Amazing Women<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgWlN_whek_hyFsohtzgSrjkh1wC7QwKKgRHJsmeXNZo_Tnn2hWGL8rH_Z4Njdpvxe8rguRf34Codx1uGL9GnsQVm9_wlCNWRFf7SJsnn7lUn5XMINwbQOg8nfvpEY1GRXa9Tn-9_1q0/s1600-h/_DSC0662b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgWlN_whek_hyFsohtzgSrjkh1wC7QwKKgRHJsmeXNZo_Tnn2hWGL8rH_Z4Njdpvxe8rguRf34Codx1uGL9GnsQVm9_wlCNWRFf7SJsnn7lUn5XMINwbQOg8nfvpEY1GRXa9Tn-9_1q0/s200/_DSC0662b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404406438771223234" border="0" /></a><br />I am so thrilled to bring you an update from Traveling Postcards. There has been a surge of momentum and I am happy to bring you news from an amazing woman, doing amazing things!<br /><br />April Rovero is a wildlife nature photographer and Soroptimist Club leader. She recently traveled to Namibia carrying with her a dozen or more Traveling Postcards. All the cards were made by women and girls who work with or volunteer their time for Soroptomist International in San Ramon Valley, California. It was their dream that these cards would travel to Africa. I am happy to share some photos and stories of her trip.<br /><br />April met Patricia, a single mother of eight children while staying at the Sossusvlei Lodge in Namibia. Patricia chose a card that has special meaning to her and shared with April her story of hardship and economical struggle.<br /><br />Patricia had been working hard to support her family and yet when her manger offered her an opportunity for more leadership at work she had been reluctant to take it. Patricia was fearful of more responsibility and felt that she did not have the education or skills to accept a new role. She originally tuned down the offer. After much persistence, her manger convinced her to try.<br /><br />Patricia told April that she discovered that she indeed was up for the challenge. She felt that “the Traveling Postcard would be an on-going reminder that she should not be afraid to try new things.”<br /><br />During their visit, Elizabeth had told April that she was saving money to buy a computer so that she could learn the new skills necessary for her next assignment! Upon her return home, April found a good used laptop computer and is looking for a way to send it to her.<br /><br />April emailed me “The simple sharing of a Traveling Postcard with a young Namibian woman may end up changing her life if I am successful!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZXnCnFjpYphD3y5rHyVln1j0r4B6-XZH5LY20QKOTtvPJesRWflfUhmddZvewiT8bvdyXnREHVDMbK7xA0n9DsuHwTFLJhtNKd3cJ0WNOXb7y8-8VTJZVJi6qNZql2FkSvr2XpajzTs/s1600-h/_DSC0017a..jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZXnCnFjpYphD3y5rHyVln1j0r4B6-XZH5LY20QKOTtvPJesRWflfUhmddZvewiT8bvdyXnREHVDMbK7xA0n9DsuHwTFLJhtNKd3cJ0WNOXb7y8-8VTJZVJi6qNZql2FkSvr2XpajzTs/s200/_DSC0017a..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404406638463140514" border="0" /></a><br />By now you have all seen the beautiful picture April took while visiting the Himba people in their native village. She was not sure if her translator (pictured standing in the center of the mother and her daughter) was able to fully describe Traveling Postcards, but did say that these women thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the beautiful cards.<br /><br />My intention is that Traveling Postcards will withstand language and cultural borders, and that creativity and beauty will send a message from the heart no matter what.<br /><br />Coming soon! Another amazing woman’s story with Traveling Postcards in Ghana.<br /><br />ALSO Look for our brand new website coming in January. Our new site will have an updated resource section as well as detailed participation information and of course a gallery of beautiful postcards from all over the world!<br /><br />Thanks to everyone who is participating in this project of kindness and connection. We <span style="font-style: italic;">can</span> make a difference!Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-76372689704569557772009-08-30T12:14:00.000-07:002009-08-30T16:48:01.531-07:00The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am happy to report that Traveling Postcards was met in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Costa </st1:place></st1:country-region><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rica</st1:place></st1:country-region> with the same eagerness and enthusiasm as so often happens in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBI2Sv0cC8GqX1AzD_nVZ-kd-bVGmECpZDE53od7-13wCkKs3tDR3GXbpIB2rKlYfvhVhuuUfEylkTYBJO_G1dqzcSgWvu69lFPMcoQfMd_vZeu0SYj4UhraWrKSWcBiRhvbrAjrABR8/s1600-h/20090801-DSC_0204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBI2Sv0cC8GqX1AzD_nVZ-kd-bVGmECpZDE53od7-13wCkKs3tDR3GXbpIB2rKlYfvhVhuuUfEylkTYBJO_G1dqzcSgWvu69lFPMcoQfMd_vZeu0SYj4UhraWrKSWcBiRhvbrAjrABR8/s200/20090801-DSC_0204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375861895705660354" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A highlight of the trip was an opportunity to travel high into the jungle to visit an indigenous Guyami family. <span style=""> </span>There we were</p><p class="MsoNormal"> greeted by a Ramon, Elena and their four daughters.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We were completely soaked from both sweat and rain and gratefully settled in under their thatched roof for a cup of sweet coffee. Slowly we brought out pastels and paper and eventually moved to making and giving Traveling Postcards. The Guaymi are known for their beautiful “Panamanian” hats and small bags all handmade from plant fibers. The women make beautiful dresses which always looked perfectly clean and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTvXAFUCatmaM1tI0rC138GLbc01JPE_1xuPa79gjVjsC-rFkI_-VgosC709Z0l0QXNfUFYYhXsRQKV_ROHixn1Eb3a8G5pnT2ZoJO9E6mlkVYdRaIR_JvB1aJxwMv7FXk9fPMqykw0c/s1600-h/20090801-DSC_0186.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTvXAFUCatmaM1tI0rC138GLbc01JPE_1xuPa79gjVjsC-rFkI_-VgosC709Z0l0QXNfUFYYhXsRQKV_ROHixn1Eb3a8G5pnT2ZoJO9E6mlkVYdRaIR_JvB1aJxwMv7FXk9fPMqykw0c/s200/20090801-DSC_0186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375861405113865346" border="0" /></a>ironed! I don’t know how they do it, as I always seemed to look like a drowned rat! Their culture is extremely creative, and most of their income comes from selling their wares to tourists like me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I have learned that there are so many paths to creative expression and so many paths to understanding our deep connections with one another.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I left all the art making supplies I had with the two youngest daughters and was grateful that I could make a small difference. Each girl owned a backpack that hung on a wooden pole of their hut. After receiving and looking at their Traveling Postcard, they quickly put their card into their pack. I felt sure in that moment, that these girls, who live in a very remote part of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Costa Ric</st1:place></st1:country-region><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">a</st1:place></st1:country-region>, knew that they were a part of a larger community who care about the health and well being of all women.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please help to spread the word that women care for each other deeply, that their sons and daughters and partners honor their lives and that sharing the knowledge that rests in our hearts can help ease suffering worldwide.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please look to <a href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/">www.travelingpostcards.org</a> to see all the beautiful cards that were made. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don’t forget that anyone can hold a Traveling Postcards event in their own community. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am always looking for new opportunities for Traveling Postcards, and new ways to spread the word. If you would like to participate, please email me a <a href="mailto:cslov@comcast.net">cslov@comcast.net</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:cslov@comcast.net">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Happy new beginnings! </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-30689532746790237612009-07-19T12:42:00.000-07:002009-07-19T13:14:34.466-07:00Summer Plans!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aCYQRWwY87bj3G063FlBLLnAJJKfyAslR0o5xmK68BIrt8p9IhcwYyDyS9bYSy2Bc7HEUZ9WJfnsTVl-DyyppCWKDpgTPK0ZEyrQb1qS8A1CARQJgC8F0pTHIShneNjg_g1HnHhj9Ps/s1600-h/swimming.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aCYQRWwY87bj3G063FlBLLnAJJKfyAslR0o5xmK68BIrt8p9IhcwYyDyS9bYSy2Bc7HEUZ9WJfnsTVl-DyyppCWKDpgTPK0ZEyrQb1qS8A1CARQJgC8F0pTHIShneNjg_g1HnHhj9Ps/s200/swimming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360263798424934738" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CUser%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-update:auto; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CUser%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-update:auto; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Summer always seems to carry the promise of unlocking our imaginations. It offers a time to dream and a time to reflect. I feel that even in the busiest of times, a swim in the lake under a beautiful blue sky, provides just the right conditions for dreaming of all that is possible.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I will not only be bringing Traveling Postcards to distribute and to create, but I also plan to facilitate the making of ‘family trees’ I will have a mini photo booth (a camera, a tripod and maybe a tree stump to sit on!) set up daily and will encourage everyone who wants, to come and take a photo o<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliWJoP8zKBvO2iiIP4qey9rvwTMjgOu_kstq1SUvTJWAJumOFHiDvjr__65V-t7KVtp7JfOwydQ0dKCCnDTOLQlmE_Sv3gvfWIzxTwrxiqOiOo-UD6ZTUx6_kJCMx-lUOd545t0abjDM/s1600-h/album.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliWJoP8zKBvO2iiIP4qey9rvwTMjgOu_kstq1SUvTJWAJumOFHiDvjr__65V-t7KVtp7JfOwydQ0dKCCnDTOLQlmE_Sv3gvfWIzxTwrxiqOiOo-UD6ZTUx6_kJCMx-lUOd545t0abjDM/s200/album.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360265099366704738" border="0" /></a>f either themselves or a family group. I will print the pictures on the spot and will provide very simple materials from which to make photo albums. <span style=""> </span>Albums can contain all kinds of elements that symbolize how we are all inter-connected to each other and to our environment; pictures, fabric, leaves, anything that represents our relation to the larger family tree of man!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Certainly I hope that the Traveling Postcards that are received and the Traveling Postcards that are made in Punta Banco will help further the larger compassionate connection women share all over the world.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some more good news! Over 50 Traveling Postcards will be received in Malawi, Africa in late August. <span style=""> </span>Mary Tuchscherer will be arriving with her group from Voice Flame Writers to conduct a series of Legacy and story writing workshops. She has promised to distribute all your cards and I eagerly await some pictures and reports from her fabulous trip!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In addition…our fearless leader from the <i style="">International Soroptimist Club</i>, April Rovero, will be traveling to Namibia, Africa in September <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgirkr-loMnF48LJmesv9sKAEmq34KuwxWVxDOoWfQFeS77OzwenXaBMikku8jKXH5gGRB0VncXbnUWYr0lWXtNLMTHE736_JyIAwJnp2H-FQm9Id58pVb5cb33BLm5X-TWcIhBL6amg/s1600-h/Franback.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgirkr-loMnF48LJmesv9sKAEmq34KuwxWVxDOoWfQFeS77OzwenXaBMikku8jKXH5gGRB0VncXbnUWYr0lWXtNLMTHE736_JyIAwJnp2H-FQm9Id58pVb5cb33BLm5X-TWcIhBL6amg/s200/Franback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360261706884054130" border="0" /></a>and will be carrying with her a suitcase of postcards that you made. She is eager to distribute the beautiful art work and extraordinary sentiments to the women she meets on her trip.
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">All and all it will be a wonderful summer for connecting, sharing and growing our awareness of the deep bonds we all have with one another.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><p></p>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-36649051778107453882009-06-20T13:32:00.000-07:002009-06-20T17:58:03.897-07:00New Firsts!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg76_vqpI7kKPfDp71t7AR0ExyhnTJa2Cb1WbM1E7BlPEv2nR6Jd_ZRsUJxhNj9IsDgYL87eMI5pM_72EdhmOZVwg_JGXQzKryPHFlA31PO9DNK50BGziprGKJYMnOl9HtXB7ApYqI6c/s1600-h/Richard+Bacon+mom+front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg76_vqpI7kKPfDp71t7AR0ExyhnTJa2Cb1WbM1E7BlPEv2nR6Jd_ZRsUJxhNj9IsDgYL87eMI5pM_72EdhmOZVwg_JGXQzKryPHFlA31PO9DNK50BGziprGKJYMnOl9HtXB7ApYqI6c/s200/Richard+Bacon+mom+front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349575738872634338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">The June 12th ArtDate marked the seven month anniversary of Traveling Postcards. Over 200 cards have been made, half of which are in transit or have been given away. Each card represents one voice, one expression of love and one understanding that a woman has been seen.<br /><br />Every event is unique and this Traveling Postcards was no exception. We had our first male participant! Richard Bacon is a student in the MA Transformative Arts program at JFK University, and he created 4 different cards in which he honors 4 special women. One of the important aspects of Traveling Postcards is the ability to dedicate a card to a women who has made a difference in your life.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7WVJZ-wB_MlYEW2D2Ou8e9-d-lqE-eK8CZpB-_SY2YmhihhtX8PvJUWixzIa6v22rCH700ajxwB3-15K8iK9gohwd1dnYHppf8pxVCcodxjMRL8GsgDO4tB3fzDpuSscykZA_EjP3NI/s1600-h/Richard+Bacon+mom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7WVJZ-wB_MlYEW2D2Ou8e9-d-lqE-eK8CZpB-_SY2YmhihhtX8PvJUWixzIa6v22rCH700ajxwB3-15K8iK9gohwd1dnYHppf8pxVCcodxjMRL8GsgDO4tB3fzDpuSscykZA_EjP3NI/s200/Richard+Bacon+mom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349575843687352178" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Richard has made a moving and beautiful tribute to these women by acknowledging all that they have meant to him, and has given other women around the world the same opportunity to see themselves through his cards.<br />We had many other spectacular postcards created at ArtDate as well. Please visit www.travelingpostcards.org to see all the handy work!<br /><br /><br />Next up, more fun with Soroptimist International and a long awaited trip to Costa Rica!</span>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-73493354643275683612009-05-16T06:55:00.000-07:002009-05-16T07:18:43.820-07:00Traveling Postcards and ArtDate!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDzj04iawm1DUYNlgzj8brLe6PvjyMi5WABGuie19SR2xmV5sUXWOgHMESV0SFYOvsOQlQnPWkuGlGEmFlgy6f5DSnkmhhZHmyVxZED9GkFyhnhJ4_vU7DG-p30FvMwD_IqOpxUbJDCY/s1600-h/NaomiRaine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDzj04iawm1DUYNlgzj8brLe6PvjyMi5WABGuie19SR2xmV5sUXWOgHMESV0SFYOvsOQlQnPWkuGlGEmFlgy6f5DSnkmhhZHmyVxZED9GkFyhnhJ4_vU7DG-p30FvMwD_IqOpxUbJDCY/s200/NaomiRaine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336421005801761250" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Traveling Postcards is excited to be a part of <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">JFK</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>’s monthly art-making social called ArtDate! </p> <p class="MsoNormal">ArtDate is a free, drop-in art-making party designed to inspire and connect you with your inner muse. Robbyn Alexander, core faculty member at <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">JFK</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>’s Arts and Consciousness program, created the monthly, Friday evening events with the hope that anyone could come and reconnect with their soul.<span style=""> </span>As we all know, creativity and self expression provide an opportunity to remember what is important in our lives. I love when I can take time to slow down and make something with my hands and my heart. ArtDate provides such an opportunity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This month’s ArtDate is on June 12<sup>th</sup> from <st1:time hour="19" minute="30" st="on">7:30 – 10:00pm</st1:time> at the JFK Berkeley campus.<span style=""> </span><b style="">http://www.jfku.edu/campus_directions/berkeley/</b> <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">ArtDate offers Traveling Postcards an opportunity to increase awareness of women’s needs all over the world to an expanded Bay Area community. I welcome women and girls of all ages (and even men!) to come and make a card to give away. Come and honor a woman you love, make a card in her name and connect with another woman across the world without leaving your home. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Join us in making postcards for a woman who is waiting to know that you care for her. All cards made will be going to the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Congo</st1:place></st1:country-region> where women’s lives are at risk everyday. I am joining Eve Ensler’s VDAY campaign to fight abuses against women and to let every woman and girl know that we care about what is happening to her. <a href="http://newsite.vday.org/">http://newsite.vday.org/</a><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I hope to see you soon! Please remember to bring a photo of yourself or of an ancestor to place on your cards. If you do not have one, it is okay. All materials will be provided so that you can make an amazing work of heart! <span style=""> </span>To view more cards that have already been created, please visit <a href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/">www.travelingpostcards.org</a>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">To see more ArtDate projects, visit <b style="">artdate.blogspot.com</b> and <b style="">www.jfku.edu/artdate</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">*<span style="font-size:78%;">traveling postcard made by Naomi Raine MA Transformative Arts</span>
<br /></b></p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-90059148935831410232009-04-19T21:27:00.000-07:002009-05-16T07:11:18.974-07:00Girl Power!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdAZ_IwmZyxwwi9m2gob3kCr_yXbLfYUzWWaksUU-A34tYZUc6OUr5aXVHYUZlntz4bmMv2eQ6X6CMtZoy9_8t9EHXoiluMMNVdQdtJ_eWqFvqesplTlSq1FyxyDx_FCaQe0S9tnkAAQ/s1600-h/girlpower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdAZ_IwmZyxwwi9m2gob3kCr_yXbLfYUzWWaksUU-A34tYZUc6OUr5aXVHYUZlntz4bmMv2eQ6X6CMtZoy9_8t9EHXoiluMMNVdQdtJ_eWqFvqesplTlSq1FyxyDx_FCaQe0S9tnkAAQ/s200/girlpower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326627639363987250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Traveling Postcards arrived at Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley on Saturday, April 11th. My good friend April Rovero believes that making postcards for women across the globe is a wonderful way to uphold the club’s motto of “Improving the lives of women and girls locally and throughout the world.” Soroptimist means “Best for Women” and certainly work like “Project Sierra” and the “Women’s Opportunity Award” are examples of this organization’s mission to help all women be their best. Please take a look at the Soroptimist International website to learn more about an amazing group of women who have been working together to support the rights of women for over 85 years. http://soroptimistinternational.org/<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2urmbg20gnMBYlKCc7J6wR-nQ0o6sAOgbF3-epgS7gflzmh1WS5_g9816sqH57X7x35AaYb03R6CLUL8GkenCddcAgou3HRL9P46vM4h4Y_MlD3Xcfkma1lGFd2SyvCP-EG4ATfiLEI/s1600-h/EuniquaWadesmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2urmbg20gnMBYlKCc7J6wR-nQ0o6sAOgbF3-epgS7gflzmh1WS5_g9816sqH57X7x35AaYb03R6CLUL8GkenCddcAgou3HRL9P46vM4h4Y_MlD3Xcfkma1lGFd2SyvCP-EG4ATfiLEI/s200/EuniquaWadesmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326628320984814178" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday was a day filled with bright and talented 16 year old girls from a group foster home who used their creativity and natural enthusiasm to create postcards for a woman they may never know. Each girl chose a group of women to send their card to. On this day we made Traveling Postcards for women and girls in the Congo, for women with breast cancer and for women in Costa Rica. The girls sent messages of hope and perseverance; their young age belies the fact that <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWXPKziUXOqwa8AvjY-A3q9VbdVPQBJ4vjGE_n1aKbo9uynuUAoEPoo8P1HUvAd2w7cN-kwe27bcX9vMqa9S5QlSlCyCHGPNoOtWSyIBY9EueYv2_oFTfOUtp8x6wOFeg86rCfXCMIOY/s1600-h/StellaErvinsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWXPKziUXOqwa8AvjY-A3q9VbdVPQBJ4vjGE_n1aKbo9uynuUAoEPoo8P1HUvAd2w7cN-kwe27bcX9vMqa9S5QlSlCyCHGPNoOtWSyIBY9EueYv2_oFTfOUtp8x6wOFeg86rCfXCMIOY/s200/StellaErvinsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326627812112357090" border="0" /></a>they are survivors of much loss and suffering and have already earned great wisdom and strength.<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed my time with these girls and I hope that they will continue to grow and make positive changes in their lives not only for themselves but for all the other girls who are looking to them as potential role models.<br /><br />Please look at the Traveling Postcards website to see all the great work that has been created for the sake of women knowing that they are cared for and that their voice matters.<br />www.travelingpostcards.org<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >*postcards made by girls working with Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley,CA</span>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-34939250979482424772009-04-12T21:03:00.000-07:002009-05-16T07:30:33.885-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65FJ9dcjSbx-V448DQpAAfgsnn4v-PQsWQ9JQCp_0V9MlcOUg2NFDxJjb9unQViO4WI9arHb8HX_HQFmr_M_vGe-f0e68OUzAzij6FC1UAB0tB5J8MQiPtk4oKAuypyedgvcXwHHuhL8/s1600-h/alanatchirkinesmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65FJ9dcjSbx-V448DQpAAfgsnn4v-PQsWQ9JQCp_0V9MlcOUg2NFDxJjb9unQViO4WI9arHb8HX_HQFmr_M_vGe-f0e68OUzAzij6FC1UAB0tB5J8MQiPtk4oKAuypyedgvcXwHHuhL8/s200/alanatchirkinesmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324022265041205122" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:11;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Next up…Soroptomist International!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >*postcards made by Alaya Tchirkine and Saumya Kodippily</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-2820146458277565152009-03-18T11:32:00.000-07:002009-05-16T07:36:34.807-07:00Next Up, COSTA RICA!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Co4e5q8InBiLezoaiU73Th-mvhyphenhyphenQ6VmFwsQNm9wlxpmupeiWlBzvAnBJEfRA1CRINOz8Um4dqRluFuNURAvF9CHHknzhHAHSlqFDvDScLO4vHw7cUpdCK9aXHQetUZa8-k8ljOnnilQ/s1600-h/SusanSeraphinaback.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Co4e5q8InBiLezoaiU73Th-mvhyphenhyphenQ6VmFwsQNm9wlxpmupeiWlBzvAnBJEfRA1CRINOz8Um4dqRluFuNURAvF9CHHknzhHAHSlqFDvDScLO4vHw7cUpdCK9aXHQetUZa8-k8ljOnnilQ/s200/SusanSeraphinaback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319340774148140722" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Please join Traveling Postcards for an amazing <i style=""><span style="color:red;">FIESTA</span></i> on April 4th, 4:30-6:30pm at the Department of Arts and Consciousness, JFK University, Berkeley campus. Come and make a card for the woman of Punta Banco and join us for an evening of art, music and creativity. I will bring all the supplies, and you will bring a photograph of yourself or a woman you would like to honor, and together we will make a card to acknowledge women all over the world.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I will be traveling to Costa Rica this summer with a group of artists from JFK University and the CommunicArte Project. We will engage in an art and ecology program that provides multi-cultural learning exchanges between artists, teachers, students and locals. I will bring with me all the Traveling Postcards that are made during the Fiesta and give them away.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am hoping to integrate the need for women’s voices to be shared around the world, by making cards with the woman in Punta Banco and by working within a larger context of a community art project that is co created with the residents of Punta Banco.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please take a look at the CommunicArte website and read about all the wonderful projects that have occurred over the last year. I am inspired by their motto!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“CAP art projects are driven by everyday concerns, by real-life experiences that inspire or drive us to respond.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Creativity has the power to heal and transform. There are so many simple acts of kindness that can change the lives of many.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">For more information, please visit:www.jfku.edu/costarica or</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>www.comunicarteproject.org</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >*traveling postcard made by Susan Seraphina</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" ></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-16475727490277964422009-03-18T10:47:00.000-07:002009-03-18T10:49:32.052-07:00Join Me!<p class="MsoNormal">Traveling Postcards would like to stand behind Eve Ensler’s VDay 2009 “Power to Women and Girls of Democratic Republic of Congo” campaign.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">TP will be making postcards for the women who are in Panzi hospital in the DRC. Through the action of creative joy, our efforts will bring awareness and healing to a large number of women who are survivors of rape and torture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Join me in letting these women know they are not alone, and that their stories matter.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for any groups of women and girls who would like to participate in this project. Please contact me at cslov@comcast.net for more information on how you can help.<span style=""> </span>More Info: www.vday.org/drcongo </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Traveling Postcards is able to travel to your hometown! Informational kits are available to purchase so that you can hold a TP event in your neighborhood. TP Kits include facilitator directions, samples, blank postcards and a few bits of artistic fun! </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every card that is created will be sent back to me where they will be documented and added to the online collection before they are sent on their way!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Join me in celebrating all the ways women reach out to each other.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-5375309140646898982009-03-01T12:37:00.000-08:002009-03-01T13:22:52.300-08:00Exhibiting You!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0i6iMoFLWorqDLaFifta2udECpZDYaHemjXcqxGsmdfsn5xJ6CpkIOrJrhFiO1QZp8IM6TQlFyD3CsBIZNw9JaMP_PT9CQM4Kod-UqE5BVTWCl2V8nFwCgGl1wrkzxmnyVZLckhUvhU/s1600-h/Maria.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0i6iMoFLWorqDLaFifta2udECpZDYaHemjXcqxGsmdfsn5xJ6CpkIOrJrhFiO1QZp8IM6TQlFyD3CsBIZNw9JaMP_PT9CQM4Kod-UqE5BVTWCl2V8nFwCgGl1wrkzxmnyVZLckhUvhU/s200/Maria.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308332064318584450" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" >Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-size:9;color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" >Please take a look at the International Museum of Women</span><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" ><a href="http://imow.org/community/stories/index"><span style="">http://imow.org/community/stories/index</span></a> </span><b><i><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" >Exhibiting You</span></i></b><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" >series. Each month the museum chooses to highlight certain stories by including them in their "museum picks". I am happy to announce, Traveling Postcards is currently a museum pick! Please visit the site, and if you so choose, give the story a 4 star rating. The more people vote, the longer the story will stay featured at IMOW.</span><span style=";font-size:9;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-size:10;color:black;" >The online attention IMOW brings to Traveling Postcards is a valuable tool for bringing awareness and hope to women worldwide.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:9;color:black;" > <o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >I welcome new ideas and destinations for Traveling Postcards. Please take a look at where we have been and let me know where you would like to go.<br /></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Right now Traveling Postcards is looking for:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >Destinations that create voice and visibility for women<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >Art materials that contain color, beauty and expression <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >Fund Raising ideas that enable Traveling Postcards to be self sustaining<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Friends who are willing to contribute their wisdom to the project.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </o:p><br />If you can help, please email me at cslov@comcast.net.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you!!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8758431349640224445.post-64746934382872047262009-02-16T07:02:00.000-08:002009-02-16T14:12:20.176-08:00United We STAND<p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawuru2ZCEkAJ6W4jSIUySzqN9v_ReI53S91Xyd3Df0afvGIOx9jIBhyphenhypheniN8LMbwzKJgqpbuodS12_ATI7zPEMedDcyh6rIj0eGYHWLTy4jIRWgv3dyseo97TuJOsrRDRj61sWL0R-tUPI/s1600-h/NancyOrrfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawuru2ZCEkAJ6W4jSIUySzqN9v_ReI53S91Xyd3Df0afvGIOx9jIBhyphenhypheniN8LMbwzKJgqpbuodS12_ATI7zPEMedDcyh6rIj0eGYHWLTy4jIRWgv3dyseo97TuJOsrRDRj61sWL0R-tUPI/s200/NancyOrrfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303411900525633394" border="0" /></a>The last two Traveling Postcards events have had a tremendous impact on my life. I have been deeply moved by the beauty and depth of each woman’s desire to be a part of a project that connects us all in a compassionate and caring way.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">February 4th brought Traveling Postcards to JFK University in Campbell, CA. Over twenty one women participated; a record attendance! I set up three long tables in a hallway, and women literally stopped in between classes, just long enough to make a card. I am always impressed with a woman’s ability to make time for a project that speaks to their hearts. I heard comments like “I had no idea what to say or make, and within minutes the card just seemed to appear!” </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdq8t2Dlh2otI6NuHGeBysRp_Y4VHy70nBPMo93__ZATcJ0jPEg46-P6SnSCFuhwrthVY6WF68bYnDMcCUxxQxf5IaBuqLqd68D1681gXgna6M4TgsyHFd2_oTojXEhx71b1WUHRFA-4E/s1600-h/AlidanePunzalanfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdq8t2Dlh2otI6NuHGeBysRp_Y4VHy70nBPMo93__ZATcJ0jPEg46-P6SnSCFuhwrthVY6WF68bYnDMcCUxxQxf5IaBuqLqd68D1681gXgna6M4TgsyHFd2_oTojXEhx71b1WUHRFA-4E/s200/AlidanePunzalanfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303455807496747346" border="0" /></a>Creativity speaks to everyone. The allure of beautiful paper, bright colors and interesting buttons, fibers and textiles, can encourage and inspire the most reluctant artist. But more importantly, women who call out to each other, within a safe and caring environment are able to create heartfelt messages of hope. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every postcard created at Campbell was given away to a woman at STAND.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">STAND= <i style="">Stand Against Domestic Violence </i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Traveling Postcards’ mission is to give all women an opportunity to share their voice, their wisdom and their hearts. <span style=""> </span>On February 10<sup>th</sup>, nine extraordinary women from the STAND <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUyioj0sWXTZtKnlutomZ5RDBXj5WraaKKqo7hUCuMekHdG7jZobdqOvfQgBx7PNKZjf2_3kTsu1OGi4nZEL6c3vuxqLupxWHnOW3kXyq8tuXz29u-XmO_ohXr20EFnjmMee6qeGQDjQ/s1600-h/Christina-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUyioj0sWXTZtKnlutomZ5RDBXj5WraaKKqo7hUCuMekHdG7jZobdqOvfQgBx7PNKZjf2_3kTsu1OGi4nZEL6c3vuxqLupxWHnOW3kXyq8tuXz29u-XmO_ohXr20EFnjmMee6qeGQDjQ/s200/Christina-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303520130749335058" border="0" /></a>community received their postcards.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">STAND is a nonprofit local organization that is committed to ending domestic violence through the provision of prevention and intervention services. STAND is a multi-service agency that serves over 10,000 people annually.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shelter clients and others who choose to start a new life, can stay in Stand’s transitional housing program The Center provides 13 apartments for women and children. The primary focus is on achieving economic independence through education and employment. It is these women who received cards as well as added their own unique voice to the growing numbers of Traveling Postcard participants.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWc5yX-UigBI1wDIshBVU2PCRgsFPWmcpxMlba_n8hyuQhU9j7PIgkoEmEGkx9Atv0F-jtDoP6mQXszESEtkVjNd-Kw4jjohbq9jJqcnaZ3XsmgswO8IjR2SflpYxuKftVNt5WwJGE48/s1600-h/Maricela.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWc5yX-UigBI1wDIshBVU2PCRgsFPWmcpxMlba_n8hyuQhU9j7PIgkoEmEGkx9Atv0F-jtDoP6mQXszESEtkVjNd-Kw4jjohbq9jJqcnaZ3XsmgswO8IjR2SflpYxuKftVNt5WwJGE48/s200/Maricela.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303412489114148834" border="0" /></a>Many of the women’s cards reflect their desire for a home and for the stability of a family that is safe. These women are brave, determined and intelligent and are sharing their wisdom with you. Please go to Traveling Postcards’ website to view all their beautiful cards. <a href="http://www.travelingpostcards.org/">www.travelingpostcards.org</a> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I welcome new ideas and new destinations for Traveling Postcards. Please email me at <a href="mailto:cslov@comcast.net">cslov@comcast.net</a><span style=""> </span>with your brilliance!</p>Caroline Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284131796392699261noreply@blogger.com0