Today In Mormon History’s Post

Voices of Resilience: Women Survivors Speak Out Sharing the personal stories and testimonials of women survivors who have participated in transitional justice processes highlights the importance of their inclusion. These voices provide powerful insights into the impact of conflict and the healing potential of justice. By listening to and amplifying these stories, we can better understand the needs of women survivors and the transformative power of their involvement in justice processes.

For my New England and Upstate NY friends, the Collective Power for Reproductive Justice Conference is in Amherst, MA this year on April 12 and 13! The program states, "This year’s conference theme will explore ways of organizing, connecting, and cultivating practices that center impacted communities, foster collective resistance, and practice community care. How can we exercise creativity and art as tools for resistance? What can we learn from one another in our different movements in the pursuit of our collective liberation? We will explore these questions and more with panel discussions led by advocates, activists, artists, and healers from communities most impacted by reproductive injustice."

Felicidades Leonor Branch! #SistersinService I'm immensely proud to be a part of this remarkable organization where community means collaboration, growth, and success. Here's to a decade of empowerment, and to many more to come! 🎉💼 #BALSAFoundation #LatinoEntrepreneurs #BALSAFam #LearningSeries #tenyearsservingfirsttimeentrepreneus #firsttimeentrepreneurs #SmallBusiness #STLbiz #smallbiz

Memorial Day isn't just a day of remembrance but also a day of learning. What can we learn from the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country? What does their sacrifice mean for our future? How can we move forward in a way that not only honors them but creates a safer and more transformative future for men and women who bravely serve today? What will you learn today? #MemorialDay #HonorOurHeroes

Co-founder of the Martín-Baró Initiative for Wellbeing and Human Rights, M.Brinton Lykes, shares what she’s learned from Indigenous women in Guatemala and their work healing from the structural violence they encounter. Western psychology often focuses on individual healing. While individual therapy can be important, it can miss the collective healing communities can do, and how that healing is as much about individual psyches as it is liberation from oppressive systems. Rather than "empowerment," communities Brinton has worked with emphasize that we must organize to realize and actualize our power — including through social movements, unions, and other expressions of collectivity. Watch more on our website: https://lnkd.in/eMYWuQjZ

In a new piece for Candid, President & CEO Teresa C. Younger shares why building grassroots organizations' capacity is central to our mission. We do this by prioritizing women- and people of color-led grassroots organizations, building grassroots capacity to address underlying causes of injustices, and building funder-grassroots relationships. Read the full article now! https://lnkd.in/gTaEsxvg

“Girls resistance—formal and informal, individual and collective, within generations and intergenerationally—cuts across all struggles for justice and freedom. They resist at the intersections of age, gender, land rights, climate justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, anti-war movements and so much more. Girls resist marriage, violence, they fight to stay in school, they push back against how other’s name them, and shame them, and seek to separate them from the platforms and resources that are their right. They fight to take up space, to access space, to re-shape space. Girls resist because to resist is to live, to breathe and to be in the world as a girl.” describe Ramatu Bangura, Jody Myrum and Rosa Bransky in the Forbes article authored by Marianne Schnall to highlight the power and depth of the Stories of Girls Resistance. Especially in the current moment, we invite you not only to read these stories but also to let them guide you toward courageous and critical action. Girls' resistance and activism are not just needed but essential to transform the world. 💫Discover more on our immersive website and digital book: www.girlsresistance.org #storiesofgirlsresistance

An interesting webinar on systemic child participation in justice in action!

For Mothers' Day - historical perspective: https://lnkd.in/gVJjPN6T

Highlighting the United Nations International Day of Older Persons. The 2023 theme: Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations - an important step forwards for global healthy #ageing and #longevity - our shared vision across research, education and innovation at King's College London Read the key objectives at: https://lnkd.in/ddqbjVC