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…
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Big Ocean Women at the United Nations 2018
Annual attendance at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has been a major part of Big Ocean’s work since the organization was founded. Our aim is…
April 2018 Board Message
A delegation of Big Ocean women attended the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in March. We gathered information, made new contacts, and interviewed women from…
Big Ocean UN CSW Youth Delegation 2018
These women are not very old, but they are jumping into Big Ocean, adding their waves of goodness and excitement. Each of them has already been active in a local…
February 2018 Board Message
We live in a time of confusion and contradiction. We live in an age when we are bombarded with calls to respect a specific group of people or a cause.…
Education: The Flight that Feathers the Nest
As I pondered the power of education to enrich our lives and homes, I remembered a book, “The Flight and the Nest,” by Carol Lynn Pearson. She begins with “On…
August 2017 Board Message
The Strength of a Nation During a presentation many years ago, an inspiring woman stood in front of us waving her arms in the air as if she was pretending…
Integrity in Politics: Not Waiting on the World to Change
A 2006 pop song by John Mayer expresses a sense of powerlessness in the face of large-scale turmoil. He claims: It’s not that we don’t care We just know that…
July 2017 Board Message
Women, as always, the thoughts and hearts of the Big Ocean board members are with you. This month as we discuss the Model of Powerful Impact, we humbly acknowledge that…
June 2017 Board Message
One idea that drew me to Big Ocean was the tenet of valuing the irreplaceable role of fathers and building interdependent relationships with men. I am often troubled by the…
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…