Women have power - 2025 03 06

Last night I attended the Vancouver Folk Song Society bi-weekly gathering at the Quaker Meetinghouse here in Vancouver. The organizers had put together a program in honour of International Women's Day coming up on Saturday, March 8. We shared songs, stories and poetry by, about, and for women. There were women of all ages sharing their musical offerings. One the signature moments for me was the third half of the evening's program. A group of women, aged across decades, had put together a program of songs. It was transforming to see these elder women helping the younger women to get up in front of a room full of people to sing the songs they had prepared. To lead us in learning new songs and singing along on the chorus. It struck me how important our elderly women are to helping our society transform and grow. How they can model poise, dignity, self-respect, courage, confidence, collegiality to foster these qualities in our next generations of women. Women will lead us out o...