Feliz Dia

Tuesday; March 8, 2011

Feliz dia (atrasado) to all the mujeres that are reading this march 8th was international women’s day so happy day to my mom, sister, aunts, cousins, and friends I hope you celebrated and recognize(ed) that you are beautiful and special and wonderful.

Here we celebrated with a semi-large event. We invited all the local organizations to participate in a march from the top of town to the main park—no one really came as usually but we had 1.) the youth group 2.) my English class (kids) 3.) 2 members of my aerobics group 4.) the mothers of the foundation for kids with disabilities and one other group I think walk with us. HOWEVER. This day fell right in the middle (2 of 3) of carnival and so there were not very many people in town and if they were they were probably recovering from the wildness. Us ladies walked and even though there were few (there were plenty) better than none and we definitely got the word out and the whole town heard us and recognized the day. It felt great when the cars drove by honking, supporting us and how throughout the day people wished me a ‘feliz dia.’ I don’t think ive ever felt prouder being a woman, it was like my birthday but way better :).

We marched to the park where we assembled there with signs and music all day and in the night time held an event. We had performers (kids, dancers) and speakers and ended with an Ecuadorian film that spoke about why we celebrate the day and a women who went to medical school when no women studied with men and when she voted for the first time. There was surprisingly tons of people at the night event we were all kid of overwhelmed but it was a super success.