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About Among Women Prelude | 2007 Twenty-nine alumnae of Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley, and their invited guests embark on the Among Women program’s second international dialogue, South Africa: Beyond Apartheid – led by former Bryn Mawr President Mary Patterson McPherson and sponsored by The Seven Sisters Colleges. Arriving in Cape Town, we begin a series of extraordinary encounters with women from a cross-section of South African society. Swept up in stunning contrasts and contradictions, we are witness to and awed by the spirit, idealism and passion of a nation in the throes of change – as well as by its possibilities. Exhilarated, we are inspired by the strength of the bonds we are forming – galvanized in our commitment to assist those South Africans in most dire need: its women and children. Present | 2008 Having investigated many avenues for our first project since returning, we are supporting Room to Read, founded by John Wood, author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. We are mobilizing: referring candidates for open positions, and raising funds for the first school libraries that Room to Read is opening in South Africa - in the poorest areas of the Eastern Cape. By providing access to books, both in English and several native South African languages, we hope to instill a love of reading that will help equip generations to live productively in our complex world. Audiences AmongWomenSouthAfrica.org is an online resource for staying connected with one another, with our colleges’ alumnae around the world, with our South African friends, and with people everywhere who are moved by South Africa’s great possibilities. It is our desire to unite, inspire and ultimately, mobilize this tremendous reservoir of humanity in support of progress for the people of South Africa. Our Founding Members We are 29 strong by the numbers, yet far greater in our collective heart and passion. We want to help build a future filled with hope, self reliance and joy for our South African sisters, their children and their entire families. Our Partner Organizations In addition to partnering with Room to Read, we are developing relationships with other organizations and initiatives also engaged and investing in the future of the sub-Saharan continent. Our Friends The World Over If you are visiting us online for the first time, you are far from alone. You are not only part of our largest audience, you are among friends – like minded women and men of all ages and persuasions. You are cordially invited to explore AWSA online to learn how you, too, can be a part of real change.