rcwms|Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South, Inc.
Weaving feminism & spirituality into a vision of justice for the world
This timely seminar helps white people move through places where they often get stuck, so that they can step up with courage, humility, and compassion to participate in movements led by people of color and help move other white people to greater anti-racist awareness and action.
From an opening reception, to vibrant worship, to insightful workshops, to intentional conversations, this year’s Homegrown: NC Women’s Preaching Festival will live into the theme “Her Voice Through the Generations” as we honor the voices of the generations of women that began at the empty tomb and continue through today.
Join us for a poetry and art workshop night! Duke students are partnering with the Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South to open up intergenerational conversations on grief and end of life, using poetry and art to do that. We will have opportunities to write and draw as well as talk. Anyone […]
Let's help break records for midterm election turnout. We're partnering with You Can Vote to call voters and make sure they vote on November 6. It's fine if you've never made voter calls before - we'll do a quick training and get you on the phones with a script. We'll have snacks, just bring a […]
Join RCWMS in celebrating the publication of The Last Straw: A Continuing Quest for Life Without Disposable Plastic. Environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck had long wondered where trash goes when we throw it "away." Realizing that what we discard never really goes away, she became concerned about all the disposable plastic that piles up in landfills […]
During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. Contact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
In 1892 Alexander Whitley, a white man, was lynched in North Carolina and became a local legend. Written by his great-granddaughter, Stanly Has a Lynching explores the ways his murder was justified for over a century through media, religion, balladry, and folklore. Leader: M. Lynette Hartsell was born in 1948 in the heart of Stanly […]
During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom. Contact info@rcwms.org to join the group.
Let's be inspired by the themes of this season - light in the darkness, expectation, hope - and write from our hearts. We'll write from prompts about the Divine Feminine, nature, and feminist readings of the Christmas story. As we write and share in community, we'll nurture our whole selves and honor any difficult or […]
We gather to reflect on the fading of the light and the promise of its return, on community and connections, on loss and love. All spiritual paths and religious traditions are welcome. Please join us to celebrate with song, readings, dance, and ritual designed to include and connect us all. Bring a candle. Suggested donation: […]
Telling the stories of twelve North Carolina heritage foods, each matched to the month of its peak readiness for eating, in The Month of Their Ripening: North Carolina Heritage Foods Through the Year, Georgann Eubanks takes readers on a flavorful journey across the state. She begins in January with the most ephemeral of southern ingredients-snow-to witness Tar […]
Wouldn't you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime so participants can read, write, or rest. In the evenings we gather to […]