I have to admit, this month’s tenet, “We work in partnership with our global sisters to create generative solutions,” was pretty overwhelming to me and seemed completely beyond my skillset. But after reading the articles written with this tenet in mind, I realized that I don’t necessarily have to be the one to come up…
Join with us to send a Nigerian child to school for one penny a day. Over 10.5 million children, girls constituting the majority, are not currently attending school due to financial woes, with a large number of them concentrated in the slums of Lagos, Nigeria. Lagos has over 100 slums. Most of these young women…
Shukria Mahmsoria came from Afghanistan about a year ago with her husband and children – Kabir, 13; Ramziea, 9; and Reza, 7. They are expecting another child in April. They chose to come to Utah because they felt it was “a good place with good people.” They remembered a woman who helped them when they…
March for many of us has become synonymous with the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Last year, we sadly accepted that the events were cancelled and started settling in for what we hoped would be a short stay at home to help stop the spread of a new and frightening virus. Now, a…
Global sisterhood! What a powerful influential opportunity we have to join hearts and hands to lift each other up and to inspire the world around us. What a grand chance to weave a bright and vibrant royal tapestry with the most beautiful and precious threads. Our cottages around the world are filled with bountiful beauty because…
Our global sisterhood can be seen as connected stars that shine “even in the darkest of places,” shedding light of comfort and hope and love. I have recently seen this beautiful connection of women who live in Utah, some who have been here for generations, and others who have come here from countries far away.…
Carolina Allen recently wrote an article featured in Public Square Magazine about how our Maternal Feminism, being grounded in a higher power, allows us to stay the course and engage effectively in the long game of influence and activism without being burnt out. We invite you to read that article HERE.
It has been years since the old stereo console in my grandmother’s front room worked. Years since anyone even looked at it as anything other than a convenient place to prop the family pictures that litter her front room with memories that at 95 only she recalls. And I am not sure what prompted it,…
A presentation by Alison McDowell given in collaboration with Big Ocean Women.