By any measure, today's election is unlike any in a generation. It's a very emotional moment for all of us who remember strings of events, over years, that led up to today. We've collected thoughts from some of the women who camw together, three years ago, to form Women's Voices for Change. We hope that you'll let us know, in comments, what you're thinking and feeling,  and what you hope the next stage will look like.

Faith Childs: It is said that the victor names the age.  We are standing on the edge of an era that will be named.  What that name is, none of us knows at this moment, but we will know it in our lifetimes.  Unlike other periods in American history where historians look backward to interpret and to designate, each of us will know the name of this age.   Certainly what happens tomorrow will represent a new beginning, one more representative of the values we espouse but rarely embody.

Laura Sillerman: Last night, a young woman whom I remember being born told me she is pregnant.  In practically the next breath she said "And what a week this is going to be.  I won't sleep until after the election results are known."  Hearing that, I realized that I think of Tuesday as part of a legacy I want to leave.  I already feel that the under-30's of my experience are embracing activism and engagement in a way that gives me hope.  I want to give them reason to continue along that path and while I have very clear mind and heart connection to this race to November 4, more than anything, I care about the generations coming after me and what it will mean to them if the outcome isn't as I think it needs to be.

I was 14- years-old when JFK seemed to be speaking directly to me as he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."  I want to do for my country again, in the company of the generations behind me who can be inspired to believe in the worth of doing for theirs.  

For the rest, please join us at our discussion at Women's Voices for Change. Then comment either here or there!

Thanks so much for your interest - Chris, WVFC

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