Mary’s Pence 2023 at a Glance
We each hold in our hands great power to make the world a better place, and to create a beloved community. We use this power each time we create a sense of belonging for all, justice for all. This year, the Mary’s Pence Grants Program funded 19 organizations from across the country. Each organization is […]
Charity, Justice and The Justice Project
The work The Justice Project does spans the continuum between charity and justice, direct service and education/advocacy. By working from a variety of angles, The Justice Project is deliberately and effectively dismantling the barriers that prevent the most vulnerable women from navigating beyond their current crises.
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Nicaraguan Women at the Heart: A Story of Accompaniment
“At the heart of our work are the women,” explains Gilda Larios, ESPERA Team Lead. This is the profoundly intentional notion behind our work.
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Mujeres Nicaraguenses en el Corazón: Una Historia de Acompañamiento
“En el corazón de nuestro trabajo están las mujeres”, dice Gilda Larios, la líder del equipo de ESPERA. Esta es realmente la profunda intención de lo que busca lograr la comunidad de ESPERA.
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Immigrant Women Acing Lessons in Solidarity and Justice
“I love it when they are learning. You see their faces light up as they get more active, more involved.” Maria knows how important it is for recent immigrants to find peer support. CREA has over a hundred participants, hailing from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala.
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ESPERA and Immigration
In our community in the last three years, men, women, and children have left. Some women migrated because their partners are in another country, others go because of the fear they have of the situations in their countries, and many people leave because there aren’t enough jobs.
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Meet Mary’s Pence – Kaye Cassidy
An ethic of obligation asks the question “what do we owe the poor and marginalized?” while an ethic of love asks “what do we want for the poor because they are beloved children of God and my sisters and brothers?” An ethic of obligation has limits, an ethic of love knows no boundaries.
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Fiber Art for Mary’s Pence
The idea of empowering women appealed to me since they are so often the powerless in their families and communities. Young girls who see their mothers achieving some financial autonomy are more likely to receive an education and grow into strong and resourceful women themselves.
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A “Soul-ution” For Superfluous Stuff
Like most folks in the USA, my siblings and I have been fortunate and complicit in having surplus and superfluous stuff in our homes. We have each begun to notice a lack of storage for all that stuff we have accumulated. As a “soul-ution” to our problem we made a pact a few years ago.
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Cooking Up Social Change
Stephanie and her friends and co-workers first met at a support group where they talked about overcoming barriers to dignified work.
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