
Uplifting Changemakers: A Snapshot of the Mary’s Pence Grantee Gathering
Mary’s Pence hosted our annual Grantee Gathering October 20-23 in Farmington, Minnesota at the Mount Olivet Conference and Retreat Center. At the event grantees had the opportunity to network, build skills, learn from each other, share knowledge, rest and reflect. Grantees kicked off our new Public Health Cohort at Katherine Wotjan’s house. The cohort […]

October- Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Lydia's House Uprooting Justice Together Cincinnati, Ohio The Cincinnati area has a critical defecit of 40,000 affordable housing units. Lydia's House addresses this need by offering...
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September – Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Grupo Emprendedor La Epifanía Tegucigalpa, Honduras The Epiphany Entrepreneurs Group formed when a group of women who shared experience of violence, insecurity, and unemployment came together...
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Meet Bridget – What I Value About Mary’s Pence
I could’ve chosen not to work with Mary’s Pence. As a St Joseph Worker, I had a few options as to where I wanted the program to place me for my...
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2019 MINN Summit
November 1, 2019 Minneapolis, MN Mary’s Pence Executive Director Katherine Wojtan and ESPERA Team Lead Gilda Larios will facilitate a morning breakout session at the annual Minnesota International NGO Network...
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August – Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Milwaukee New Sanctuary Movement (MNSM) Mujeres Lideres Milwaukee, WI MNSM organizes immigrants and allied faith communities to create just and humane treatment of immigrants in the...
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Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) Annual Conference: Challenge to Change
October 24-25, 2019 Rochester, Minnesota This year's MCN annual conference focuses on the theme "Challenge to Change." Stop in for our breakout session, Effective Grant Applications: A Conversation with Funders....
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Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
August 13-15, 2019
Scottsdale, Arizona
This annual gathering provides opportunities for education, reflection on issues pertinent to religious life leadership, networking, prayer and celebration. The theme of this year’s assembly is “Imagining Leadership in a Global Community.”
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National Organization for Women (NOW) Conference
July 19-21
Bloomington, MN
The National Organization for Women is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. This year’s annual conference is titled “Feminist Agenda Rising: Our Time is Now.”
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DignityUSA Conference
July 5-7, 2019
Chicago, Illinois
Join Mary’s Pence at the 2019 DignityUSA Conference in support of the LGBTQI Catholic social justice movement. This year’s conference theme “True to Ourselves, True to the Spirit” will honor 50 years of DignityUSA.
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Mary’s Pence Grants Overview
Wednesday, June 19th, 12pm CT
Zoom Video Conference
Join Mary’s Pence Grants Manager, Robyn Browning, for a teleconference to learn about the eligibility requirements and application process for the Mary’s Pence Grants program.
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