Hi everyone,
Though I call this an audio file on screen, clearly it is more visual than that :)
My thanks to Charlie for making time for this short clip—plus one more to come soon. We have known each other for 25+ years, and I remember how awestruck I was to meet her, after hearing her report on the U.N.’s Fourth World Conference on Women from which she had just returned. (See https://www.un.org/en/conferences/women/beijing1995#). Here was a woman with vision, incredible energy and the determination to make change, which she has continued to do ever since.
“The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. It also laid out concrete ways for countries to bring about change.”
A brief introduction to Charlie (in her own words):
Charlie Toledo is of Towa descent, native to New Mexico. She has been the Executive Director of the Suscol Intertribal Council, a community-based organization since 1992, located in Napa, California. She has extensive experience as a public speaker, presenter, and community organizer in regional, statewide, national, and international forums. Since 1982 she has worked in alternative healthcare fields. Assisted at over one hundred Home births. Also a private practice as a certified masseuse and hypnotherapist since 1986. With a background in mediation for individuals, families, and organizations. She has been an organic gardener since 1978. Currently primary manager, and visionary on twenty acres of Suskol House land project since 1998. She has a lifelong commitment to social justice and international work on Human Rights and Environmental issues through consultations with the UN.
I appreciate your support!
Let us continue to work for peace, justice and sustainability.
D’vorah
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