Today the Ruby Woo Pilgrimage begins. I don’t know what to anticipate as I board an all women bus to learn and process women’s empowerment. I am looking forward to learning about women who have embodied the courage needed to shape cultures. Yet, in all honesty I am nervous and a little fearful for a […]
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Resistance Requires Sacrifice
I have a lot of mixed feelings about leaving today for the #RubyWooPilgrimage. It’s not that I’m not excited. I am. I am excited about being with an incredible group of diverse women from across the country to journey and learn together about the road women before us have traveled in order for us to […]
Dismantling the Unconscious Dominant Social Contract or “How Can White People Combat Racism?”
Charlottesville may, for years to come, be associated with young White guys in their polo shirts and khaki pants carrying torches and shouting, “blood and soil,” and “you’re not going to replace us.” But that’s not the case with most White people. Most White people are ashamed to be associated with such disgust and terror. […]
#RubyWooPilgrimage: To Our Sponsors, “Thank you.”
Thirty-four top Christian women leaders and influencers will embark on an historic journey this weekend. They will walk the land where the intersectional struggle for women’s equality in the United States took root, grew, bloomed, and scattered seeds to the rest of the world! These women are African American, Latina, Asian American, Euro American and […]
#RubyWooPilgrimage: Hear the Pulpits Roar
Four Snapshots. The year is 1979—the year of the Iran Hostage Crisis, Jimmy Carter’s run for a second term, inordinately long gas lines, my parent’s separation and the year I first hear the song: “I am Woman,” by Helen Reddy. I am 10 years old. Sitting in the passenger seat of our new station wagon, […]
