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Dear Members & Friends,
Please enjoy our monthly Newsletter!
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Board Member Blog: Spotlight
Grace. Beauty. Fortitude.
by Sophia Louisa Lee, Board Member
 I recently received a letter from my grandmother, which was very moving. She's 96 years old, and lives at home with my grandfather (who's 98!) and my mom in Arizona. Receiving this letter made me think of the first art exhibition I curated for Sophia Louisa Projects in 2009. It was called Grace Beauty Fortitude. These three words aptly describe my grandmother. Her entire life she has been beautiful, from the inside out. She has handled life with grace, regardless of the manifold of obstacles, and always has maintained a strength based in love throughout the years.As society today is constantly being bombarded with information - whether legitimate or not - it can all become very overwhelming. Hearing tidbits here and there that is explosive, negative, or just tragic (suicides, car accidents, murders, natural deaths, oh, and of course, politics) can be just too much to take. How does someone take all this information in without falling apart? Does one become desensitized? Or all the more insular in her (or his) own little world? How does one learn the balance?
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 Save The Date: April 21  The Jeanette Rankin Courage to Run Awards & Reception will honor eight extraordinary progressive women who had the courage and tenacity to run for office in California. The event will be held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to the US Congress in 1916, before women had the right to vote nationally. She was known as a woman who had the courage of her convictions, in spite of significant obstacles. |
