It is 1983, and the anti-war movement Target Seattle is preparing for a
trip to Tashkent, Seattle's Sister City in Uzbekistan. Betsy Bell's
husband, Don, is the chair of the executive committee of Target Seattle,
and co-leader of the trip. Travelling with three thousand copies of a
peace petition, as well as her seventeen-year-old daughter and thirty
others, Betsy sees first-hand the risks of travelling as an American to
the USSR. She also sees the heart-warming stories of people-to-people
connections across political boundaries. Upon returning to the US, Betsy
pushes to find her own voice in a world where a wife's goals are
subservient to her husband's. As tensions between the US and USSR are
only increasing, Betsy travels to Washington, DC. She speaks to elected
officials and the United Nations in favor of open borders, even as
conflicting aspirations and careers become a point of contention in her
marriage. With honesty and poise, Betsy chronicles a history of a time
when ordinary citizens were transformed into agents of peace