by Rae Halder | Oct 22, 2012 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
Recently “Rae on the Road” spent time in Mesa, Arizona. Making connections with family members I hadn’t seen in years (over 4, at least), it was wonderful to see the women my previously “little” 1st-cousins-once-removed have grown into. Knowing my interest in feminism...
by Rae Halder | Oct 13, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
Upon learning that I am traveling alone, as a woman and on the Greyhound bus of all places, the most common reaction I receive from friends, family members, and strangers is something like, “Wow, do you feel safe?” I’ve had friends express their uncertainty of...
by Our Stories Untold | Oct 1, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Allison Yoder Allison Yoder and her dog Zoey on the Oregon coast. Allison Yoder is a 2010 graduate of Goshen College where she majored in Social Work and minored in Women’s Studies. She is currently living in Portland, OR, and recently began a Master’s...
by Rae Halder | Sep 22, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Womenundersiege
This article originally appeared on Women Under Siege’s website. Please click here to see the original post. By Rachel Halder/Intern — September 21, 2012 A young woman about my age sits across from me at a table in a large house converted into an Ecuadoran...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 23, 2012 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Mark Koenig This post was originally published by “Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice.” Although this is about PCUSA’s mission, I encourage Mennonites and those of other faiths to look at this example and think of ways...
by Rae Halder | Aug 21, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
I’m sure I don’t need to tell you about the comment Missouri’s U.S. Representative and Republican challenger to Democratic U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill said on “legitimate rape.” This controversy only reiterates the idea behind Our...
