ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that the division of party politics along racial/ethnic lines had definite implications for the mobilisation and organisation of women in Guyana. It explores the ways in which the community women redefined their primary relationships with husbands/partners, children and other family members to facilitate involvement with Red Thread. The chapter describes the various projects of women involved in as Red Thread members. It also explores the problematics of grassroots organising in this specific context. Joan Ball, a 45-year-old African Guyanese woman, has been quite active within Red Thread during her nearly ten years of membership. Alberta Roscoe talks of the first workshop that she did with Red Thread in Meten-meer-zorg: It was excitin' for me because, going and hear other people experience. Sandra Persia became a member of Red Thread in 1992. In the beginning, she was involved with the skills training - learning how to embroider.
