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Host a Voter Preparation Party!
While the news cycle continues its dizzying course, let’s not be distracted from one of our primary purposes here at MWEG — to make sure we are doing all we can to encourage the citizens of this great country to be informed, to be engaged, and to exercise that most basic of all rights/responsibilities in a government of, by, and for the people — the right to vote! We are eager to proactively follow the counsel from the First Presidency to all members of the Church “to be active citizens by registering, exercising [your] right to vote, and engaging in civic affairs….” and to “spend the time needed to become…
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An Open Letter to Our Sisters
September 29, 2018 Did you hear of us for the first time this week? We are as surprised about that as you are! But we are very grateful for the chance we now have to introduce ourselves and to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to join us in our work. It is the work of building a nation that functions and lives up to its promise. We have been laboring to create a space where every Mormon woman who wants to make a difference, regardless of her political affiliation, can come and be supported in that effort. To those who have already joined us, welcome to that space! To…
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Official Statement From Mormon Women for Ethical Government in Response to Today’s Testimonies from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh
September 27, 2018 Today we heard two credible witnesses offer contradictory testimonies. In his final remarks, Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said the following: “The process is imperfect, but it’s the best the Judiciary Committee can do. . . . In the end there is likely to be as much doubt as certainty going out of this room today.” The Judiciary Committee can, in fact, do better. They are the body charged with determining the fitness of a nominee, and this is within their power. We continue to maintain that an independent investigation must explore these very serious allegations levied against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Committee member Senator…
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Intersections
We’ve become unaccustomed to dialing down the intake of information in anything but rapid fire succession and bite-sized chunks. In an attempt to slow down and reflect about what I am taking in, I dissected this piece about racism with a group of friends this week. The goal was to reflect before reacting. To listen with no intention of immediately responding. We spent a day on each subsection (there are breaks in the text) and considered slowly. For instance, reading these two paragraphs multiple times allowed me to really hear what the author was saying: “This emotional disconnect is the conclusion of living a life oblivious to the fact that their…
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Making Connections
Show of hands from everyone reading this: How many of you identify as being an introvert? For those of you who half-heartedly raised your hands (but only because you’re alone in the privacy of your own home — there’s no way you’d randomly raise your hand out in public and draw unwanted attention to yourself), I get it. I was the kid who would bring a book to church dances. The best way to strike fear into my otherwise confident adolescent heart was a forced get-to-know-you session at girls’ camp. Not much has changed with adulthood. The last thing I want to do when I’m out in public is make small…
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Protect Our Care :: From a Woman with Cystic Fibrosis
I was born with a life-shortening genetic disease called cystic fibrosis. When I was diagnosed in 1988, my parents were told I wouldn’t live to turn 20. This year, I’ll turn 29. I’m grateful for the medical miracles that have enabled me to have a long, full life, complete with marriage and parenthood. But those miracles have come at great cost. Each year, my prescriptions alone total at least $460,000. Adding in specialist visits and inpatient hospital stays, that number gets exponentially higher. Without the medications, specialist visits, and treatments that price tag buys, I will die in short order. Without one medication, my cells will lose the degree of…
