Join RCWMS on April 5, 2024 for a traditional Japanese tea gathering with Host Chizuko Sueyoshi. Nestled in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum at Duke Gardens, the teahouse was built in […]
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who donated to our year-end fundraising campaign. Your generous gifts surpassed our $45,000 goal—we ended up raising $68,000! We can’t thank you enough. Your donations will […]
Introducing Our 2024 Artist-in-Residence: MJ Sharp
RCWMS is so pleased to officially welcome MJ Sharp as our 2024 artist-in-residence! Co-sponsored by RCWMS and The Fruit, MJ will be working with previously unseen material from past decades as […]
2023 Essay Contest – Deadline July 31!
RCWMS is committed to supporting women as they find their voices and make them heard. In addition to our writing classes, workshops, and retreats, we run an essay contest in most […]
An Interview with Jereann King Johnson
This is an interview with Jereann King Johnson, a founder of the African American Quilt Circle of Durham and the Heritage Quilters of Warren County, as well as an advisor […]
Meet Our Kindred Spirits Panelists
As momentum builds for the Kindred Spirits: A Convergence of African American Quilters conference in June, we’d like to share some snapshots of the inspiring speakers who will serve on the […]
Deconstructing the Mammy Archetype
On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War had ended and all enslaved people were free, two years after […]
Kimberley Pierce Cartwright – Kindred Spirits Director
Kimberley Pierce Cartwright, RCWMS’ current artist in residence, is our Conference Director for Kindred Spirits: A Convergence of African American Quilters. She envisions it as a time of sisterhood, exploration, […]
The Joy of Wheelchairs – Ann McColl
Editor’s note: We were inspired by RCWMS friend Ann McColl’s reflections on an unexpected journey with a disability and her surprise at her affection for her wheelchair. Nine months after surgery, […]
Off-Kilter by Marcy Litle
The following emerged during a recent writing group session. The prompt was: “What do you do when you feel off-kilter?” Thanks to Jeanette Stokes and Rachael Wooten for the prompt. […]
The Turning of the Season and Gratitude
Halfway between the Winter Solstice and the spring equinox is a time known in ancient Gaelic traditions as “Imbolc.” Also known as the time when Saint Brigid passes through, those […]
Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating Prehistoric Night – In Conversation with MJ Sharp – now available to view
We were so pleased to welcome MJ Sharp in October for a conversation about her Fulbright Scholar Award work to investigate what we lose when we lose natural night and […]
Making the Road as We Go – by Jeanette Stokes
“Jeanette Stokes is my favorite kind of elder: full of perspective and pluck and hope dropped generously as bread crumbs. Her new book offers the stamina we need right now […]
Homegrown 2022
What a terrific lineup we have in store for you at the 10th annual Homegrown: NC Women’s Preaching Festival! Our preachers and presenters this year include Rev Dele, Rhody Mastin, Lisa Yebuah, Stephanie Workman, […]
Resources from After Roe: An Intergenerational Conversation
The following list includes websites for state, regional, and national organizations providing direct care, advocacy, and support. Please support them with your dollars or your action. Following the organization list […]
Homegrown Preaching Contest
Homegrown: North Carolina Women’s Preaching Festival, is delighted to announce its first annual preaching contest. The preaching contest seeks to honor women* preachers who are committed to creative, authentic, pastoral, […]
2022 Essay Contest – Deadline July 31!
RCWMS is committed to supporting women as they find their voices and make them heard. In addition to our writing classes, workshops, and retreats, we run an essay contest in most […]
Choice
Note: Jeanette published this article in the Summer 2022 edition of South of the Garden, just before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. My father was arrested in 1972 […]
Love Song
At the risk of oversimplifying her story, Sara Bareilles is a singer/songwriter who wrote this song as a *middle finger* to anyone who wanted her to sell out. After reading […]
Seeking applicants for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 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 […]
Celebrate Women Artists on SWAN Day
SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now Day) was created in 2008 to celebrate women artists around the world. It is celebrated at the end of March each year. We welcome […]
In Memory of Merle Boyd (1944-2022)
Roshi Merle Kodo Boyd passed peacefully at her home in Durham, NC, on Sunday, February 20, 2022. A recent transplant to Durham, Boyd was a cherished member of the RCWMS […]
Introducing Our 2022 Artist-in-Residence: Kimberley Pierce Cartwright
RCWMS is so pleased to officially welcome Kimberley Pierce Cartwright as our artist-in-residence! A quilter, folk art painter, writer, entrepreneur, and journalist, Cartwright grew up in Hallsboro, NC. She began […]
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who donated to our year-end fundraising campaign. Your generous gifts surpassed our $44,000 goal—we ended up raising $57,500! We can’t thank you enough. Your donations will […]