Meet Big Ocean: Michelle Meline
With a smile that lights up a room, and a positive attitude that helps everyone around her, Michelle Meline is one of the newest Big Ocean Women board members. Michelle…
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Utah Big Ocean Women Rally Against the Equal Rights Amendment
Some Utah cottage members of Big Ocean Women rallied against the Equal Rights Amendment at the Utah State Capitol on December 4th of last year. There was a big push…
Dayo’s Dose of Wisdom: We are Each Unique and Worthy of Respect
I am basically what you see in my eyes; can you see that? If you can, then what you see in there tells you a whole lot more stories about…
Some insights from the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit
Recently we got to talk to Melyssa Webb and Dana Robb, two Big Ocean members who attended the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit held in Washington, D.C. in June. …
Maternal Feminism Builds Society by Building the Family
At the U.N., the health of the economy is often used as an indicator of the effectiveness of programs and social patterns. With money flying as the devious banner of…
Big Ocean Women Will Present at U.N. Conference
Big Ocean Women will be particpating in the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference which will be held August 26-28, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. We are excited…
My Motherhood Story
While I was at the U.N. this year, I attended several presentations about the power of a woman’s personal story. There were teenage girls who discovered their value simply because…
A Mother’s Dream for the Rising Generation
As Big Ocean Women we define a mother as any woman who has the best interest of the rising generation at heart. Our friend, Karyn Denny, is a mother both…
The Virtual Cottage Opens Doors
Your heart is touched by needs of women and issues in your community and beyond, but it seems “virtually” impossible in your circumstances to be part of a generative solution.…
A Young Single Woman’s take on Maternal Feminism
Our capacity to create and sustain human life is a tremendous power from which society can recognize and then begin to organize around.This framework challenges the current predominant social assumption…
A Mother’s Vow to her Down Syndrome Baby
It was Barbara’s first child, and no one can tell the story better than she. “The pregnancy was a normal one. I was staying with my parents in New York…