Las Comadres, Nashville, TN, USA. Al Fin.
Nashville now has a Las Comadres group. The discovery was supremely joyful to me, right up there with other life-changing finds like brow make-up and the concept of Mother's Day Out.
There have been two meetings and the local organizer reports Latinas from all backgrounds, and ages, have attended. They've moved here from all over the United States and Latin America.
This is good news for us here in Middle Tennessee who are looking for a formal, but fun way, to meet Latinas for networking and friendship. And food, of course. Claro que si!
The charming Mexican-American woman who has helped organize the local chapter, a native of South Texas, said she was absolutely over-the-moon after the first gathering. The second was even better, as founder Nora Comstock was here too.
The local lady and her husband relocated here because of his job. She's a professional woman and a stay-at-home mom to three children. She was lonely for Amigas so she called Comstock and Comstock put her in touch with two others who also had requested a chapter. We're now one of 75 chapters across the country.
You can register for an invitation by filling out the membership form on the Comadres web site. There are no fees or dues. (Non-Latinas can join if they're married to a Latino).
You also can listen to the hard-working and generous Comstock talk about Las Comadres during an interview last week on PBS's To the Contrary. There's also an informational video on the Comadres homepage.
Comadre, by the way, means "godmother" in Spanish.
I have a feeling we'll all be feeling sprinkled with fairy godmother dust as this thing grows.
I’d never heard of this group. What a great concept! Thanx for sharing the info.