The following is an excerpt from our Substack, Notes From The Labyrinth. Read the full story here. “Come to the beach. Rest your body, gaze at the water, listen to […]
A Curator’s Reflections on Stitching Our Stories Quilt Exhibit
[This is an excerpt of an article from a new blog series posted on Substack. Notes from the Labyrinth, a RCWMS blog, is written by Claire Hambrick, RCWMS Art Coordinator […]
Call for 2024 & 2025 Interns
RCWMS is currently seeking applicants for 2024–2025 RCWMS Anita McLeod Internships! APPLY HERE(Google sign-in required) The Resource Center for Women* and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) is offering paid, part-time […]
Path to the Sea: About the Art of MJ Sharp
Solitary Sheep Forty-minute exposure by moonlight near Wick, Scotland (on the North Sea)2010Part of a project to photograph by the winter moon in Scotland, terminating at the Standing Stones of […]
Jereann King Johnson — Quilt Show & A Short Film
As part of our ongoing documentary film project featuring North Carolina quilter, educator, and community organizer Jereann King Johnson, we are thrilled to share a short, five-minute film about Jereann […]
Kindred Spirits: A Convergence of African American Quilters
On Juneteenth weekend, 2023, dozens of African American quilters from across the country gathered in Durham, NC for three days of sisterhood, exploration, and fun. Directed by RCWMS Artist in […]
Meet Our Kindred Spirits Workshop Leaders
As momentum builds for our Kindred Spirits: A Convergence of African American Quilters conference in June, we’d like to share some snapshots of the creative souls who will teach at the […]
Meet the Rev. Dr. Shonda Jones — 2023 Facilitator for Queer Clergy* Thriving in the South
RCWMS is thrilled to welcome the Rev. Dr. Shonda Jones as the Facilitator for the 2023 cohort of Queer Clergy* Thriving in the South! Rachel Sauls, the RCWMS Special Assistant […]
Seeking Applicants for the 2023 Cohort of Queer Clergy* Thriving in the South
RCWMS is seeking applicants for theQueer Clergy* Thriving in the SouthJanuary–June 2023 Cohort The Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) is seeking applicants for Queer (Women […]
Meet the 2022 Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South Leadership Team
RCWMS is thrilled to announce Rev. Katie Ricks as the Facilitator and Tsharre Sanders as the Program Manager for the 2022 cohort of Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South, a […]
Feminist & Womanist Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction is a practice to explore one’s spiritual self in order to live a full life of purpose. The RCWMS Feminist & Womanist Spiritual Direction Project has been encouraging […]
Seeking applicants for the Fall 2021 RCWMS Anita McLeod Internship
The Resource Center for Women* and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) is offering paid, part-time Anita McLeod Internships for those interested in the intersections of justice, religion, and feminism and […]
Meet Dr. Shonda Jones, Facilitator for Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South
RCWMS is thrilled to announce Dr. Shonda Jones as the Facilitator for Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South, a virtual, peer-supported cohort for queer clergywomen who have been religious leaders […]
Meet RCWMS Intern Rachel Sauls
Rachel Sauls is the spring 2020 Anita McLeod Intern at RCWMS. She grew up in Durham, but has always been a Tar Heel, and is currently a senior at UNC-Chapel […]
How Did I Get Here?
How Did I Get Here and Where Am I Going? On January 18, my colleague Cathy Meerbergen and I facilitated a workshop entitled “How Did I Get Here and Where […]
Tradition
Dislodging the myths that were embedded in me as a child has been a painful and illuminating project of adulting. In a cosmic game of Jenga, I delicately loosen, rearrange, […]
Why I’m supporting RCWMS
Let me introduce myself. I’m Christine, and I want to let you know why I’m supporting RCWMS this December. Exactly a year ago, I pretty much gave up on the nonprofit […]
Road Trip
I took a long road trip in October to New Orleans, Tulsa, and points in between. I drove because I don’t really like flying, and it would have required many […]
Welcome Our New Interns
This month we welcome our interns for the 2019 fall semester, Liddy Grantland and Shelley Leazer. As our Anita McLeod Interns, they will each work about 10 hours a week […]
Blossoming
“I have my new life plan!” That’s what one participant exclaimed at the end of one of our writing workshops recently. Though that wasn’t the goal of this particular evening, […]
An evening of storytelling with Nancy Corson Carter
On Wednesday, June 27th, I attended a reading by Nancy Carson Carter on her new book, The Never-Quite Ending War: A WWII GI Daughter’s Stories. Nancy illuminated stories of her […]
Art-Party and Fundraiser for Bryant Holsenbeck’s Book, “The Last Straw”
When people are gathered for an art party, one may imagine paint, canvases, and brushes, or at least some paper and scissors. Since Bryant Holsenbeck was involved, something would be […]
Changing the Race Dance
I have learned from my participation in “Changing the Race Dance” that I can keep moving in love and wisdom, working to unravel and loosen the hold racism has on […]
The Language and Practice of Self-Care
On a rainy Sunday afternoon in March, Mothers, Sisters and Daughters gathered in a circle for an event sponsored by RCWMS: “The Ministry of Black Women’s Self-Care.” Despite the chilly […]