Combined Strength from Unique Perspectives
(Lead photo credit Balaji Srinivasan via Pexels) A children’s story is told of an elephant and a monkey who are friends but one day start to argue about who is…
A Letter from Cahabon
Susan Roylance has been a friend and mentor to Big Ocean Women from our very beginnings. She sent this to some of our leadership, and we felt to share it…
March 2019 Board Message
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…
Help Big Ocean Women Attend the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Big Ocean Women is a maternal feminist organization dedicated to representing women devoted to faith, family, and motherhood at all levels of civil society. This March, Big Ocean Women is…
An Interview from UN CSW: Melissa Crutchfield
Melissa Crutchfield, director of Community Impact for Episcopal Relief and Development, explains some of the work she is involved with through her organization to help people find the power within…
Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi Responds to Young Women Theme
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Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi Shares Her favorite quote
Dayo shares thoughts about her favorite quote: Dayo said, “Here come some words from the writer, Henry David Thoreau: ‘If one advances confidently in the direction of his or her…
Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi, A Woman Who Speaks and Acts with Integrity
I met Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi, on my first day at the Conference on the Status of Women, at the UN this year. Her first name, Adedayo, meaning “the crown that brings…
Meet Big Ocean: Angela Fisher Ricks
On any humid morning along Boston’s Charles River you might be able to find Angela Fisher Ricks running or biking the tree-lined parkland paths with her husband or a friend.…
An Interview with Esraa’ .D. Mahadin
Here Esraa’ .D. Mahadin explains how she helps to bring about community change by including men in efforts to improve human rights.