by Kari Van Tine
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – known as the notorious RGB- died Friday, at 87.
When asked how she would like to be remembered, Ginsburg replied:
“Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has.”
When a bright powerful light like this goes out – we each get to pick up a piece of her vision and carry it forward.
My encouragement to all is to take her life stories with us. Keep telling her story like we would tell stories around a campfire at night.
What story will you tell?
Is it that she was one of 9 women in her class at Harvard?
Is it that she was the first female tenured professor at Columbia Law School, and the second female Supreme Court Justice in history?
Is it that she doggedly fought for equal voice, pay, and respect for herself throughout her life, as well as for countless others?
Or that she had a daily work out regime that left many of her colleagues in the dust – doing push ups, medicine ball, and curling weights?
When someone like Ruth Bader Ginsburg passes we must keep telling her stories.
We must insist that others of her caliber fill her spot.
We get to recognize our own roles in working for justice and equality.
Thank you RBG for exemplifying how each of us can live a life guided by vision and conscience.
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”- RBG
This is my love letter to you.
Let the vision of this powerful woman inspire you.
XO