Martin Luther King once said ‘He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it’. And when we cooperate we participate in injustices, inequality, unfair treatment, abuse and exploitation of others. Standing up for others may seem difficult especially when we think we have a family: our daughters, sisters, grandmas and even ourselves to protect. However, the more we cooperate and participate the more inequality, violence, abuse, injustice....grows until we can no longer turn a blind eye when it shows up on our door step. Women and men who have women in their lives if you are alive at such a time as this, then you should listen to today’s message and discover how stepping up, standing up for and speaking up for others is really in your own self interest.