It Began with a Mother The Missouri Big Ocean cottage began with a mother who believed in the vision and mission of her daughter to change the world, one drop at a time. Vilma watched in wonder as her daughter, Carolina Allen, founded Big Ocean Women as a result of powerful inspiration. Sensing the value…
Ever hear of a cottage industry bursting into existence with immediate impact and results? This month we share such a story, that of our Houston Cottage. Nikki Brown encountered Big Ocean as she researched the work done at United Nations. It struck a chord with her. “After observing Big Ocean Women for nearly a year…
Mmonbeydo Harrell of Monrovia, Liberia is no stranger to difficulty. Growing up as a refugee during civil war, she knows what deprivation means. As a survivor of sexual abuse, she knows how it feels to be broken. She witnessed people being killed because of their ethnicity. She has seen death from malaria and ebola. These…
Global Sisterhood By Lisa Bjornberg Queen Elizabeth II is credited with saying, “I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm, and their…
The Spring Fling Fundraiser was born out of the desire of the Provo and Provo Student Cottages to grow something good from the #metoo campaign. We wanted to take the awareness #metoo has brought to the issue of sexual violence and reframe it, to find a positive and generative solution in our community. We chose…
On September 14, 2017, the Big Ocean Provo Cottage hosted a community event as a community service project. They held an expert panel discussion about “Empowering Parents to talk to their young children about sexuality.” The Birds and the Bees: Empowering parents to have “the talk” with your young children. We encourage this conversation…
We are so excited to announce that we are launching a cottage training program to more efficiently grow cottages. Our Board and executive committees have spent the past several months creating basic training materials that will enable us to more effectively train cottage leadership and grow cottages. Over the next year we will be working…
Dana’s first focus is her family. She is a homeschooling mom of four who loves to spend time with her family hiking, mountain biking, canyoneering and four wheeling. Dana received a bachelor’s degree from BYU in English and loves reading and discussing good literature. She and her husband run a landscaping company together. She finds life…