In three weeks time the third Follow the Women bike ride will take place in the Middle East. This bike ride is a global peace movement drawing together hundreds of women, all with a passion for creating a more peaceful future and empowering women to take a more active role in the peace process.
The cyclists have had enough of their leaders constantly misrepresenting their position and their values. Instead, these women have decided to take a proactive step and communicate directly with their international counterparts, particularly with women in the Middle East, and demonstrate loudly and clearly that they do not support the violent policies of their governments and demand that they stop. By personally going to the Middle East they are searching after their own truth and refusing to rely on the biased reporting of national media outlets that aid in the construction of self-serving stereotypes.
The oft-quoted Mahatma Gandhi said that "we must be the change we wish to see in the world". Well, I want a world of open-communication, energy, support and respect for the feminine and so this year I will be taking up a bicycle and following the women. I will be riding as the Australian team and will represent that part of Australia that still has hope (and desire) for change.
I would like to welcome everyone to my blog site and wish for you to join me on this journey through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine!
With hope,
Micaela
Post-script: the Follow the Women website is http://www.followthewomen.com/
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