“Our voices are a resource. Our pain is a resource. Our joy is a resource. Our connection and love for one another will be the resource. We are not disconnected; we are always moving together. That changes everything.”
— Diane Rosenfeld, “The Bonobo Sisterhood”

In essence, Values & Vision is a kind of salon — a hybrid of book discussion, related to current events and issues — that takes the extra step of leading to solutions, solidarity, and action.

Through making a story from the pieces of her life, I came to embrace Harriet as an unconventional sort of mentor.

When Mary Hartman sat down at her kitchen table in Rochester in 2017, she did not know she was about to start a six-figure business.

Cassi Johnson & Sharon Kennedy Vickers

Patricia Torres Ray & Joan Blakey

We can be ourselves without fear of being made fun of, or bullied, which is something a lot of us deal with in our daily lives.

Benya Kraus Beacom & Tina May

“We have never been represented by somebody like me, with this voice, with the communities that I am bringing in.”

”That is the way we plan to lead,
clear on our values.”
— Clare Oumou Verbeten, newly elected Minnesota senator

“This is the way we create now — we come together and use art as ceremony.”

“We have been saying, ‘abortion is not an issue you should be running from, it is an issue you should be running on.'”