The Electricity Went Out- but the Power Stayed On
Here’s what happened: Martha Hunt Handler welcomed everyone to the 2022 UN International Women’s Day live streaming event organized by the womenswolfpack.org and Bedford 2030 and shared the origin story of the Wolfpack, our vision and mission. Midge Iorio from Bedford 2030 spoke about the local initiatives around climate activism. The live stream of the International Women’s Day for the UN Women kicked off, and inspiration set in as we all sat back for the 90-minute program, but mother nature had other plans and as a ripple effect from last night’s storm, exactly 22 minutes in, just right as incredible Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman began her powerful poem ‘Earthrise’, the electricity went out and the theater went dark. All the collective fears of the organizing team about streaming something in a rural setting, the vagaries of the Internet and power- were actualized. But keep in mind that the gathering was a collective of women focused on productivity and progress- so the ...