joyful grrl

I am feeling so incredibly blessed! The Regis showing of Gandhi (part of the nation-wide screenings by the Dept. of Peace campaign) was a wonderful night. My partner in nonviolence (TJ) and I were able to reach out to all the justice-focused campus clubs, we had the sole non-corporate food vendor on campus sell goodies, and thirty people signed up for the Peace & Justice Club! I would be doing campus organizing regardless, but I feel so supported and valued at Regis. Tonight is an importnat milestone for me, I'm realizing as I type. Last year's SOA trip was about me facing my demons after Seattle, and proved to me the power of nonviolence and reverence. It was internal. Tonight was the budding of the seed that Camp Casey on the Quad planted seven months ago. Tonight, I felt all my labor of love, all my turmoil, all my loving kindness blossomed into a chorus of "Yes!" and "I remember that" and "I will help create this world" that rang out from the Regis campus. I think that , since the first time I left ELF, I feel part of community. I don't think I've even publicy owned my involvement with ELF before. I'm smiling as I'm seeing that I really have closed that chapter in my life :~)

What a beautiful, beautiful thing!

namaste