“I Came Home with Hope”
Reflections from the 2026 Mary’s Pence Grantee Gathering By Anisa Hajimumin When Comfort Dondo, Founder and Executive Director of Phumulani: African Women Against Violence, invited me to accompany her to the 2026 Mary’s Pence Grantee Gathering, I thought I knew what awaited me. What I did not expect was to leave with a renewed sense […]
Two Programs, The Same Goal
At Mary’s Pence, the work we do through both our U.S. Grants program and the ESPERA program in Central America and Mexico is guided by the same goal: improving women’s...
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Reflecting on 2020: 5 Creative Ways ESPERA Responded During the COVID-19 Crisis
Photo: Members of La Asociación de Mujeres de Santa Domingo de Guzmán, a member of ESPERA partner La Red Union de Mujeres (RUM), El Salvador, taken at a group gathering...
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ESPERA Loans for Tienda Owners Generate Earned Income for Families and Safe Options for Communities
It was March 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to hit El Salvador. The media and official communications in the country were issuing alerts encouraging the population to stay...
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Native Justice Coalition: A Platform for Healing, Social, and Racial Justice by and for Native American People
Cecelia Rose LaPointe, Executive Director of the Native Justice Coalition, believes in the importance of fostering community. They are Ojibway/Métis, Mashkiziibi (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibway or LaPointe...
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Family Farming in the Time of a Pandemic: Ensuring Food Access in El Salvador
Public transport had been suspended. People in little towns in El Salvador could still get some groceries but they began to worry about accessing essential products in the future. Many...
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Meet Laura: St Joseph Worker at Mary’s Pence
This fall I joined Mary’s Pence as a volunteer with the St Joseph Worker (SJW) Program, a service year for women created by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet...
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“I Came Home with Hope”
Reflections from the 2026 Mary's Pence Grantee Gathering By Anisa Hajimumin When Comfort Dondo, Founder and Executive Director of Phumulani: African Women Against Violence, invited me to accompany her to...
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COVID Activism Inside a California Women’s Prison
By Michele Rene Scott, Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) This is a brief story shared by the perspective of the people inside the facility about how people at the Central...
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How One Woman’s Store Supports Her Family and Her Community
When Sara Rosales left her position at the National Police of Honduras in 2017, she struggled to find work. As a woman who had dedicated 14 years at an institution...
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