Dear Friends of UN CSW, I’m glad Ann started this as a means for us to get to know one another. I recognize some of your names from last year’s attendance at UNCSW. I am a delegate from Rapid City, SD, and along with my friend Rowdy Brewick, I also attended last year and just loved the experience. I’m a retired school counselor and now in all my “free time” I am an activist. My current issue is to stop uranium mining from happening in our state and that’s a battle I think we can win. Along with that Rowdy and I are Gather the Women Regional Coordinators and we host two events a year along with monthly circles for women. I am part of a women’s progressive political group, Democracy in Action and also president of Dakota Rural Action, a grassroots organization that supports local food, clean air, clean water and community organizing. I’m also a mediator with Restorative Justice but my real passion is women and our issues from having women in legislative positions to creating sacred space where women can hear and speak with one another. I’m excited to return to NYC with you all and look forward to being with you again in circle. I love the circle process and am finding lots of ways and situations with which to use it. Blessings to you all, Suzan Nolan, Gather the Women representative