Succeeding Together: "Girl Mothers" In Congo, Leading With Music

I'm waiting for additional information from the friend who turned me on to this, who is also a friend of the project founder. For now, though, I want to get this posted as a placeholder, because time is short: There are four days left to fund the project, and out of a very modest $2,000 goal, only $815 has been pledged thus far.

And remember, this is Kickstarter: If every penny of the goal is not pledged within the time allotted, she gets NONE of the dollars pledged. At all.

So, for now:  Share, "like," donate if you can.  I'll have more information later.

Strong Women: Radmilla Cody

March is Women's History Month, so we can expect the usual paeans to the usual pantheon of famous women. I want to use this month to introduce you to some strong, powerful, beautiful women that you've probably never met.

We begin today with Radmilla Cody, GRAMMY-nominated, NAMMY-winning singer from the Navajo Nation. And I do mean "singer" in the fullest Indian sense of the word.

Diné and African American, Ms. Cody has a special perspective on what it means to be a multiracial woman straddling multiple cultures and lifeways, one that I understand (in some ways, all too well). She's a survivor of domestic violence, another issue that is close to my heart for many reasons, and she has become a fierce anti-domestic violence activist. She also does what I will never be able to do if I live to be a thousand: Sing. In the most hauntingly beautiful voice.

Yeah, I should be so lucky.

Busy day today ahead of me.  The next edition of La Plaza likely won't be up before tomorrow at the earliest, and probably not much else. I'll be doing well to get any chance to take Grover's (and Dave's) advice.

But it's a good sound to have in my head for the day.

Since this day seemingly will never end, . . .

I need something fun.  Or at least funny.

It also has a certain . . . applicability to certain other persons right now.