We are here!
My kids love the film Horton Hears a Who. For them it’s a simple film about an elephant in the jungle trying to save the tiny people of Whoville, while being chased by other jungle creatures.
But there is a deeper message.
Horton is the only creature with the imagination and vision to believe the microscopic (invisible) people of Whoville actually exist and he is convinced that "A person’s a person, no matter how small." He rescues them and tries to take them to a place of safety despite the ridicule of his fellow jungle creatures and he is persecuted and hounded into admitting that Whoville doesn’t exist, after all that is the only way he can return to jungle society.
But he won’t. He stands firm, alone but firm and he is caged, imprisoned and isolated until he admits he is wrong - which we know he isn’t.
When faced with annihilation the people of Whoville finally believe their Mayor that they are in danger and unite, raising their voices to scream into the wind, "WE ARE HERE!" Together they are just loud enough that the jungle children can hear them and they are saved in the end.
Last week I was here, with Witchy and several thousand other women and we shouted many things but regardless of the words we used we screamed "WE ARE HERE!"
WE ARE HERE!
We are human.
WE ARE HERE!
We will be heard.
WE ARE HERE!
We are women, we exist, we are strong and we are LOUD!
WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!
WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!
I’d like to try something. Yesterday this blog had around 200 hits/visitors. I know some of those will be repeat visits and some will be bots, and some will be trolls. But to the rest of you I issue a challenge. We need to shout together and be heard.
Go to your own blog and post up the words "WE ARE HERE!" and then comment here to say where it is, or link back. Then get your readers and friends to do the same. Just how far and how loud can we make this go?
WE ARE HERE!
WE ARE HERE!
WE ARE HERE!
WE ARE HERE!
WE ARE HERE!
