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“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi It is August in North Carolina, when mosquitoes come around at noon and trees laden with figs offer […]

Stirring WATERS: Feminist Liturgies for Justice is a balm for these times. I could imagine gathering a few friends, going through a liturgy together, and having a soulful and connecting […]

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our summer fundraising campaign! Your generous gifts surpassed our $5,000 goal, and we are so grateful. Your donations will help us continue […]

We have several new workshops this July, and a couple favorites returning by popular demand. Here are a few highlights below. Make sure to head over to our calendar for […]

Every summer we ask you to support the work of this vibrant womanist and feminist community. Although many things are different this summer, I know one thing hasn’t changed: your […]

RCWMS is committed to supporting all 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 […]

Who will you serve?What priorities will you hold in front of yourself?How will you show up?How fully can you love?–Leo Babauta, Zen Habits Babauta’s words provide a useful frame as […]

Our quarterly print newsletter, South of the Garden, went to the printer just before Memorial Day. This issue is now available online, and you may see it in your mailbox later this […]

It’s July of 1981. I’m six weeks old. I feel safe in my mother’s arms, but she must be terrified as she clutches me tight and gingerly takes each step […]

Editor’s Note: This week we welcome guest author and former RCWMS Board Member Rachael Wooten. RCWMS Executive Director Jeanette Stokes joined Wooten via Zoom last month to discuss Wooten’s new […]

We arrived at the farm in the early afternoon, hours before our hosts were due to arrive. They had said to make ourselves at home, and the gentleman who gave […]

The pandemic is taking an extreme toll on our energy. Therefore, we are feeling tired, depleted, unbalanced, cranky, depressed, and anxious. We are falling into old patterns in our relationships, […]

It’s hard to believe it’s May! We continue to Zoom along and we have lots of new workshops starting up this month. That’s in addition to some of your favorite […]

I remember staring at the original Earth Day poster above my brother Jerry’s desk. My small-town, Kansan, seven-year-old brain was mystified. Why set aside a day to protect the earth? […]

This week, the RCWMS staff reflects on daily life in quarantine. What are you experiencing, feeling, thinking about, learning? Email your snapshots of daily life to rebecca@rcwms.org by Wednesday, April […]

For several years now the RCWMS labyrinth has been installed at Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill for the community to walk during Holy Week.  Ensuring our safety through physical […]

We’re excited to launch all new online programming next week at RCWMS. It’s been an adjustment and an adventure retooling our typical workshops for virtual community-building. We’re think you’ll like […]

Rachel Sauls, a UNC senior, is our Anita McLeod intern this spring. Like most college students around the country, Rachel is finishing her semester remotely, and she continues to work […]

On Monday, at the now-daily press conference on the coronavirus, President Trump added his sober warning to those of public health officials from around the world to advocate for all […]

Like everyone we know, we at RCWMS are grappling with uncertain, anxious times with the coronavirus now marching around the globe. For the month of March we are cancelling some of our […]

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 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 […]

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, […]

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 […]