As I leave Croatia (Hvartska)...

I am home now in California I left Croatia and the many woman who believe that they will make a better life for themselves and their community. They are brave-they hope, they are stepping into creating possibilities.

Hope can often be seen as a risky endeavor. Are we not worth the risk?

Investing in Woman is not a risk. The benefits outweigh any and all criticism, skepticism and false doubt. Woman invest in their families and communities.

Groups of woman willing to create a community of support are forming all over Croatia. (workshop dates will post on web site). By years end there will be hundreds who will realize that they have something to offer.

We have over 5,000 hits on the web site, two TV interviews airing next week and more exposure and attention to woman's leadership development that we had hoped for!

I connected with the Rijeka team yesterday. I spoke with Snezjana Traunkar who was interviewed last week by Hvartska Uzivo for her contribution in a legal clinic for victims of domestic violence. She reported that they are meeting for the third time on Monday to talk about what each has accomplished in the last month and what are the next steps. They will be interviewed by Dobro Jutro (Croatian morning show) where they will share their experience in leadership development with WGLI, and more importantly their hope for woman's leadership in their country.

Snezjana confidently told me not to worry that
everything will come in time--as we need it.

Blanca Hatibovic tells me we must dream a little.

I have hope...

D.