A Message from Our Executive Director as She Prepares to Retire
After 17 incredible years as Executive Director of Mary’s Pence, I will be transitioning into retirement. This decision comes with deep gratitude for the work we’ve done together—and with great hope for the future. When I left the corporate world, I sought meaningful, justice-focused work. Serving Mary’s Pence in solidarity with women in a faith-filled […]
Mary’s Pence Summer Reading List for 2024
Personal Experiences and the Exploration of Identity Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss Michelle Miller with Rosemarie Robotham / 2023 / Memoir The result of her Black father’s...
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Mary’s Pence Announces Spring 2024 Grantees
Mary’s Pence is honored to announce the 11 organizations awarded grants for our 2024 Spring cycle. The following organizations were chosen because they embody our values of justice, dignity, and...
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2024 International Women’s Day Celebration
A special thank you to everybody who joined us and helped us spread the word about our International Women's Day celebration on March 7th at Urban Growler in Saint Paul....
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Women Leading the Fight Against Oppression
The relentless efforts of women advocating for their rights and activists confronting oppression have played a crucial role in shaping a more equal world, often at considerable personal sacrifice. International...
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Welcoming New ESPERA Partners in Guatemala and Honduras
We are excited to announce a significant expansion of our ESPERA program as we welcome four new organizations into our group of partners. After months of dedicated work, evaluations, and...
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New ESPERA Medical Assistance Fund
We are excited to announce the ESPERA Medical Assistance Fund. In response to an increasing number of unforeseen medical issues experienced by ESPERA members in the past year, this new...
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Mary’s Pence Unites Changemakers for Three Days of Bonding and Empowerment
Imagine being surrounded by people who know precisely how you feel. Who share the same passion as you do. That space exists, and Mary's Pence provides it at our annual...
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Mary’s Pence Announces Fall 2023 Grantees
Mary’s Pence is honored to announce the 12 organizations awarded grants for our 2023 Fall cycle. The following organizations were chosen because they embody our values of justice, dignity, and...
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Summer Reading List 2023
We are all siblings in this wonderfully complex world. Yet each of us experiences it in a very different way. To create the loving world we all want, we need...
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Mary’s Pence Summer Reading List 2023
Making Change with the Use of Data Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo / 2011 / Nonfiction A...
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