An Opportunity to Learn and to Share
Big Ocean Women attends and presents at the United Nations CSW (Commission on the Status of Women). This two-week conference is always very informative, helping us to better understand the…
Author Archives: Carolina Allen
Carolina Allen
Carolina Allen is the founder and leader of Big Ocean Women, the international maternal feminist organization representing perspectives of faith, family, and motherhood throughout civil society. Carolina holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Utah with an emphasis in cultural religions and philosophy of science. Her inspirational and philosophical work has been presented at various international U.N. conferences. She is a native of Brazil, and a fluent trilingual. She and her husband Kawika are parents to 7 children. She is an avid soccer fan and had a brief career as a semi-professional player.
Recent Posts by Carolina Allen:
Why the UN? Why Us? Why Now?
Many have asked us, “Why has Big Ocean Women been involved at the UN?” It’s a fair question that deserves a clear and honest answer, after all, we’re getting ready…
Help for People in Ukraine
Carolina Allen shared the following on her Facebook page: The conversations are probably kept in whispers and glances. How do you hold back the wave of panic that must be…
Continuing Aid for Refugees
Big Ocean Women and friends for the cause donated resources to assist another family who recently arrived in Utah from Afghanistan! The Emami family with 11 members exited Afghanistan on…
On Life Culture and the Three Environments
Eve and I found a tiny bird egg while digging underneath a Blue Spruce this week.She carefully rolled the white egg over in her small grubby hands, tenderly inspecting each…
Feminine Nature and Biology
If we had to choose one tenet that encapsulates maternal feminism, this is it. There are five major things happening in this one small tenet. Let’s investigate. We [Big…
Ethics of Reciprocity
Big Ocean was invited to attend the Ethics of Reciprocity: United Nations Dialogue of LGBTI Religious Leaders, held on October 26, 2017 in NYC. My responsibility as the Global committee…
Digital Citizenship Summit
Carolina from the Big Ocean Global Strategy team contributed to a panel discussion at the Digital Citizenship Conference in Provo, Utah in November 2017. Here is the report. Digital Citizenship…
May 2107 Board Message
Dear Big Ocean Women, Many of us understand Mother’s Day can be fraught with personal feelings of longing, loss, guilt or disappointment. For many, the word “mother” might seem disjointed…
Third Annual Delegation to CSW
This month marks the third year we will be attending the United Nations commission on the Status of Women as an official Big Ocean delegation! This year Big Ocean is taking…
Habitat 3 Success
November 2016 Board Message I am so grateful to report that our Big Ocean delegation was tremendously successful as they attended and presented at the global event, UN Habitat 3, in Quito,…