Meet Our New Fall Intern Ruth!
I decided to apply for the internship because the chance of learning about social media, and writing articles for newsletters, seemed like the perfect opportunity to expand my learning experience. I also really love the Mary’s Pence mission of helping and supporting all women.
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Salt of the Earth: Genevieve O’Hara Brueggemann’s Legacy
Throughout her years of support, Genevieve regularly wrote to us and attended events when she could. She loved our yearly summer reading list and often let us know which of the books she had read and that she would be sharing it with her friends.
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Mary’s Pence Gives Me Hope
Mary’s Pence gives me hope because in a year where communities are seemingly divided, our grantees suggest to me that there’s more going on than meets the eye – that communities are capable of coming together to solve problems.
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Why I Support Mary’s Pence
I like the Mary’s Pence values and I like what they do, so I feel that my dollars are being spent very wisely. Also, I’m just one of many in the organization. I feel very strongly that my dollars can be put with others and can go so much further in helping the women and families of the Americas.
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Living Into the Mary’s Pence Story: Farewell From Svitlana
Groups of women working together do have a lot of power. Yet every group is as strong as the individuals that comprise it. I felt embraced and encouraged in my work at Mary’s Pence, and I am grateful for every single one of my coworkers.
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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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A Tea Party Legacy
Patricia is compelled to use her art to protect civil rights, and particularly women’s human rights. “I was taught by example that when you see an injustice, you do something to try to make it right,” says Patricia.
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“The desert is hot, but we are the rain”
Last month, Mary’s Pence connected with supporters at the annual SOA Watch Vigil and Convergence. In the shadow of the border (quite literally), the gathering brought up many questions about the plight of refugees and migrants escaping severe hardship in their home countries.
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