Source: Northwest Arkansas Times
http://www.nwanews.com/nwat/living/74657/
Why a month to celebrate goddesses?
Well, there are two main reasons. The first is standard. March is Women's History Month, and so it is fitting that women are celebrated then.
The second gets to the core of the Goddess Festival, a new event in Fayetteville, a little faster.
"We've been silent for too many years, and we've found our voice," said Vick Kelley, one of the Goddess Festival's co-producers. "And we won't get it all said this month."
The new festival is actually a derivative of the previous Women's Conference and Festival that had a 10-year run at the University of Arkansas, Kelley said. That ended about 10 years ago, she said.
Last summer, she and a group of friends decided the time was right to create a new festival, one that would go beyond the scope of the first one and create a positive environment for women - and men - to celebrate the power of a female deity.
After months of planning, the Goddess Festival debuted March 1 in Fayetteville to a crowd of more than 200 attendees who chanted, sang and danced in celebration. "We're providing a space and time where we can explore spiritual wholeness," Kelley said.