Africa is Much Bigger Than You Think

Stories Matter

Women are expected to be the definitive voting group in this election, 100 years after winning the right to vote. Our voices, our votes, and our stories will shape our future and the planet.

Look at how complicated voting has become and ask yourself why. In whose best interests is it to complicate democracy? Facts seem malleable, science is negotiable, distrust of the press is deliberately stoked, and our President lies.

Ironically, mothers have largely been the primary influence on children’s experiences, self-image, and world view, and yet our own stories are often minimized and discounted.

Women carry generational stories for our families and communities, yet know that words can be weaponized . History books and leaders have used them to control the narrative, influence us, guilt us, and erase women and their contributions.

I’m not suggesting you approach the world as if it’s all a conspiracy, that you pit us vs. them…