With a smile that lights up a room, and a positive attitude that helps everyone around her, Michelle Meline is one of the newest Big Ocean Women board members. Michelle grew up in a large family with seven siblings with whom she “worked hard and played hard.” She related that she had been “surrounded by…
As women we have a unique and innate capacity to see another’s need and to meet that need. Our outreach is not limited to only those we know or those who act and think like us. We see the goodness and dignity of every person and yearn to see them be happy and secure and…
The Provo Cottage joined forces in December with others to gather household items for refugees from Afghanistan. That’s the condensed version of what they accomplished, but certainly not the complete story. They showcased this month’s tenet, “We are each unique and innately worthy of respect.” The tenet description adds, “… individual worth is not contingent…
The lovely old library in Provo, Utah is a beautiful building, all worn old brick and shining burnished wood floors and hushed recesses filled with books and interesting ideas. But on a cold winter night just before last Christmas, a group of people gathered in a conference room lined with tables—not to read, but to…
Why would a 19-year-old college student give up weekends and weeknights, study time and free time, hours she could be spending with friends to dedicate herself to Big Ocean Women? Grace Garn is that 19-year-old, and we wanted to know a little more about what drew her to maternal feminism, and why she felt it…
A few other members of Big Ocean’s media team and I had the opportunity to go to the Certain Women Art Show in Salt Lake City this past fall. This exhibit featured art from 90 faith-filled women from all over the country. Mary Brickey, an organizer of the event as well as a Big Ocean…
Our Global Family This month we will have the opportunity to stand and represent perspectives of faith, family, and motherhood at the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference. We are beyond thrilled and grateful that all three of our workshop applications have been approved. One is titled: We Will Overcome! Stories of How Immigrant and Refugee Families…
Remember Tom and Becky Rogers who moved to Ghana on a dream and a prayer to mentor families? We asked Becky how her children participate in their rapidly growing projects and programs there. Are they part of their family mentoring other families? In a word, yes! Becky reports that her children work at the literacy…
At the U.N., the health of the economy is often used as an indicator of the effectiveness of programs and social patterns. With money flying as the devious banner of success, social progress has effectively been reduced to a person’s ability to feed the monetary system. The ability of women and men to contribute powerfully…
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