GSR Today - Anniversaries are about asking questions and taking stock. If it’s a relationship: Are we happy? Are we moving forward? Are there more good times than bad? If it’s an undertaking: Is it working? Is it sustainable? Is it worth the trouble? Pretty daunting, this taking stock, especially if it’s Global Sisters Report, which feels to me like an undertaking and a relationship. But today marks GSR’s one-year anniversary.
As Global Sisters Report celebrates our one-year anniversary, we are also celebrating the connections we have made with sisters in Africa. While in Kenya in January, I ran two writing workshops for more than 100 sisters. Here is more of their work.
by Nuri Vallbona
Some 183 women and children seeking asylum are held at the Karnes County Residential Center, one of two family detention centers in south Texas operated by companies under contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Their plight is drawing increasing attention, fueled on the inside by a hunger strike and fast, and, on the outside, by legal jockeying and a recent visit by the head of ICE. At the heart of the matter are complaints of lengthy stays in prison-like conditions, as well as a question repeatedly posed by activists, attorneys and faith-based organizations.
by GSR Staff
"Religious women change the world with actions and not just words."
In 2014, GSR's Melanie Lidman held her first writing workshop with 35 sisters from a variety of small congregations who were completing preparation for their final vows. The workshop took place in a retreat center run by the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious in Enugu, Nigeria. Here is her workshop template.
by GSR Staff
Global Sisters Report has been its own website for 364 days now, and our stories are being read by people in 147 countries. We have plans to expand coverage into Europe, Central and South America and other reaches of the world, but so far we have shared stories from nearly 40 different countries. Here’s a selection of some favorites from each.
by GSR Staff
"Each day I cry for the state of the world and then I laugh.”
As Global Sisters Report celebrates our one-year anniversary, we are also celebrating the connections we have made with sisters in Africa, where women have even less of a voice in the global conversation. In Kenya, due to more widespread Internet usage, sisters are becoming more and more familiar with Global Sisters Report. While in Kenya in January, I ran two writing workshops for more than 100 sisters.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, we offer advice on how to act like a nun to a college student who is preparing for a role in the play Sister Act; looking into what sisters do – social justice work, life based in Scripture, living in a community – can apply to anyone wanting to understand religious life more.
Three Stats and a Map - Earlier this month, the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication took data it had gathered between 2008 and 2014 and released an interactive map that allows you to see what people in the United States think about climate change. You can sort data by specific opinions (e.g., Will climate change harm me personally? Will global warming harm future generations?) And you can sort the data by U.S. states, congressional districts and counties.
