NYWLC '09 Poem

Written during FMF's 2009 National Young Women's Leadership Conference by Eleanore Wieland, of Portland Community College:

CEDAW

Women, stand together.
Stand up for each other.
Fight.
Love.
Win.

I am a poor woman,
A queer woman,
A disabled woman,
A student.

My sisters are women of color
Mothers, daughters, grandmothers
All over the world

The struggle, the oppression
of ONE woman
hurts ALL women.
It hurts me.

Women, stand together.
Invest yourselves in each other's success.
Lead, follow, love.

Women are the beating heart of this world.
When women win, the world wins.

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Eleanore, thanks for sharing your poem with us. I know we and a lot of the other feminists in the room really enjoyed it.

If anyone else has feminist artwork or prose they want to share with us, hit us up at campusteam@feminist.org. Good night and good luck!