Fathers and Daughters
Research shows that girls with involved fathers are far more likely to forge healthy relationships with men. A girl with a warm and loving father achieves higher academic success and…
December 2019 Board Message
Simple Abundance by Lisa Bjornberg What do you think of when you hear the word abundance? Does it bring to mind the symbolic cornucopia of overflowing fruits and vegetables? Do…
Fables and Fearlessness
I remember reading a story to my children about a desert nomad who had a camel that kept asking to come into his tent. Of course, the man told the…
Wisdom of the Generations
Archetypically and mythologically, women have had a role largely contained within the private sphere. As women have moved into new domains, particularly in the last one hundred years, one of…
Religious Pluralism as a Patchwork Quilt
A quilter carefully chooses fabrics of different colors and patterns to piece together in a variety of shapes in order to create something whole and cohesive. Historically quilts have been…
Opportunity Cost
The theory of opportunity cost was one of the ideas that struck me the most in the high school economics class I took 20 years ago. It is something that…
Where do Fathers fit in Maternal Feminism?
Last year at CSW an Indian woman, Ms. Sai, from an organization called Swayam Shikshan Prayog reported on a project in which rural women were making and selling solar-powered lamps.…