Access to Period Products
Access to Period Products is a Basic Need, Not a Luxury I watched the movie Are You There God?...
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Red Tents and Red Flags
Since 2014, International Menstrual Hygiene Day — observed on May 28, as the average...
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Wow, Just WOW
Wow! Just WOW! I’m awed by my experience of the last two weeks, still holding a sense of...
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Women as Change Makers
What an honor it was to serve as a UCC delegate at NGO CSW67 this year. This was a new...
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Isolation is not a problem of the past
The 67th UN Convention on the Status of Women began last week in New York. As I watched the...
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Empowering women through cross cultural education and leadership
What a wonderful opportunity to be able to peek into the workings of so many amazing programs,...
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We are Present
Worship at the United Nations on the first morning of the 67th United Nations Commission on the...
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February Sisters Keep Inspiring Action
February may be the month of love and romance for some, but for me it is the month of...
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Recognition, Resistance, and Hope
On Thursdays we wear black and call for a word without rape and violence. It is an act of...
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FAITH IN ACTION
On the last weekend in September, eight (8) rural congregations donned bright orange shirts...
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Let’s Talk Openly about Menstrual Cycles
I was lucky. My mother did not want me to be frightened as she had been in her youth. Well...
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Today I Am Wise
It is Thursday. I consciously scan my closet for something black. Slipping into my black dress...
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A Global Pandemic of Gender-Based Violence
The World Council of Churches Thursdays in Black Ambassadors issued a Joint Message on...
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Toward Period Equity for All
“They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to...
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The Margin at the Intersection of Race and Gender
“The church must account for the ways in which discrimination and harm are being inflicted upon...
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Stay Connected
"I suffered from chronic illness and infertility, which led my spouse and I to adopt our two...
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Break the Silence Sunday
"The church should be the place where our healing can begin, where the pieces of our lives...
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Back to “Normal” Still Won’t Work for Women
It is alarming how quickly society and decision makers lost the will to fully grapple with...
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Global Gender Justice and the UN Commission on the Status of Women
"Women’s abilities to withstand and recover from natural disasters are also strongly...
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Black History In the Making
“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our...
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