• Good days happened when the women in our activity understood what we were trying to do.

• Good days happened when we could experience breaking down the barriers between learners and instructors and, therefore, we felt at home in the class.

• The good days happened when we had the childcare we needed, because other staff did not interrupt us, because we had the space we needed to do our work.

• Good days happened when we had enough time to plan.

• Good days meant good literacy work was being done. Students came to class for themselves, to express themselves, to say something that was not, an assignment. We could see that we were creating a good environment for women because of this project.

• When we had co-workers who could help with crisis, we had good days.

• Good days happened because some of us challenged our own understandings of feminism both inside and outside the classroom. For some of us, this was particularly true when the "f" word surfaced in class. For others of us, the surfacing of the "f" word meant a bad day!

• Good days happened when we were able to share food, to feel support from our colleagues.

• Good days happened when there was time and energy to do journal writing, to think about what was happening, what patterns were occurring. We had a chance to look at how we were changing, growing. And we got feedback that challenged us to look at what we were doing as we created connections and community through our work.

• The good days happened when we had time to think and talk about our work. We knew that other women across Canada were doing the same kind of thinking and talking. Many of us realized, as the research continued, that we're all dealing with the same shit and a sufficient number of us are starting to make it public.

• Why did change happen?

Change happened for many of us because the research process resulted in reflection, feedback, and, therefore, increased awareness. The connection to other women doing the same work and dealing with the same issues helped us change. This seemed especially true when there was one other woman close by who shared our experience. It became safe to talk about personal growth.

Many of us were ready to change. In fact, some of us came into the project knowing that we wanted support for that change.