The alliance between Vital Voices and Diane von Fustenberg, had me flying across the world this time . . . and it was an amazing experience!!!

More and more, as women, the awareness of who we are, our possibilities, our role in creating a beautiful world, become evident and fascinating!!! This week was a peek into it!!

Before the trip, I was somehow nervous . . . the journey from working with women in rural Guatemalan communities to Washington, through Vital Voices, seemed far enough!! But to be able to go into a totally new world, the Fashion World is something I never imagined . . . but was possible because of Diane working together with Vital Voices.

Being in New York, at Diane’s studio, being able to meet her and see her store, and then traveling across the ocean to Madrid, to her boutique in Madrid, to meet women interested in women in other parts of the World was incredible!!! About 50 women came to Diane’s store in Madrid, and we shared experiences, we laughed, we dreamed . . . we got to meet each other. All of a sudden Diane’s studio became much more than a Store with beautiful dresses for women to feel wonderful. It became a MEETING PLACE FOR WOMEN OF THE WORLD and all of a sudden, those dresses became like MESSENGERS OF CHANGE. . . . each dress sold, would generate new possibilities for women very far away from the store. . . for women from the land of palms, for women from the land of drums, for women from the land of the ice . . .

the new possibilities now, because of this week, are amazing . . . Diane and Vital Voices, you will just have to listen very carefully . . . I can almost hear it . . . Guatemalan women saying . . . we want to know you . . . we want to show you our home . . . we want to . . .