Half the Sky

This weekend I watched a short video of Sheryl WuDunn, who coauthored Half the Sky with Nicholas Kristof, speaking to an audience in England.

WuDunn's bold pronouncement is that the best way to defeat poverty and extremism is to educate and empower women and girls. I believe she's right to say that the prime issue of this twenty-first century is gender inequity.

When you have a moment, take a look at this clip and see if you agree. This seems to be a call to action that women and men can truly answer, collaborating with one another to end atrocious behaviors that our evolving collective conscience cannot condone.

Women are the well and fountain keepers, the community teachers. Women all over the world are leading the consciousness revolution, and evolved men are willingly and enthusiastically partnering with them to bring about compassionate change.

So, I look in the mirror and ask: How can I help? My answers will greatly define the man I become, the human I must be.