Minnesota Women's Press

Tag Archive for: poverty

CALL: What We Are Talking About This Week

08/29/2023

Notes from our weekly Changemakers Alliance newsletter

On Morality, Transformation, and Vulnerability: A Talk by the Publisher

07/17/2023

Historical perspectives about transformative justice, philosophy about human evolution, and stories from the Changemakers Alliance visits to statewide communities for the "Hometown Values & Vision" series.

Next Step Program: How Healing and Transformation Can Emerge From Violence

06/27/2023

An elementary school child looked out the window and saw…

Commentary: My Abortion Experience in 1962

06/21/2023

I was in a panic. I was sure there were doctors — and others — who would perform abortions for a price, but how to find one?

2022 Changemaker Kimberly Pilgrim: Champion for Resilience

11/29/2022

She witnessed the power of standing up, facing fear, and finding one’s agency — a power she has guided other women to unearth within themselves over the past 25 years.

Communities Without Borders

02/28/2022

Eventually, I began to imagine what could happen if the 650,000 sisters across the world had resources to address root causes of poverty. Sisters are already in place, living and working in areas of greatest need.

“Prison By Any Other Name”

04/06/2021

Prisons and penitentiaries (derived from the word penitent) were considered by early Christians as a way for people to reflect on their sins in isolation and emerge obedient. Eventually, Schenwar and Law write, the mission of penitence evolved into “the need to establish racialized control."

VIEW: Black Joy, Politics, and Equity

02/19/2021

If we could simply prove to more people that we have the ability to be happy, and that the laughter of our children brings us joy, it might shift minds.

Women are the solution : Q&A with Sheryl WuDunn

04/01/2012

Sheryl WuDunn (Courtesy Photo) Empowering women and girls…