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2020 ANNUAL REPORT and CALENDAR OF WOMEN Letter from the Executive Director

We’ve always known that women-focused organizations have traditionally lacked funding and resources. In fact, that’s why Mary’s Pence was founded in 1987 – to direct funding to organizations that promote women and their communities. But a report published this year by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at University provided us with data that I think is worth sharing. Funding Women The Women & Girls Index, which examines trends in giving to women’s and girls’ causes nationwide, found that organizations focused on women and girls receive a mere 1.6% of overall charitable giving. Even more incredibly, only 8% of that funding is restricted for programming outside the U.S. That’s just a fraction of 1% of total annual giving! Katherine Wojtan While it’s disappointing to know that funding for women and girls is so low, the report is critical to Executive Director demonstrating the importance of our work. Whether it is providing grants to grassroots organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada that address social and economic justice issues important to women, or supporting the hundreds of women who participate in our ESPERA program in Central America and Mexico – Mary’s Pence Prayer by Katie Lacz 100% of our grants and programs address the root causes of social and economic inequalities for women. Former Mary’s Pence board member Changing Lives God of the widow’s mite, The report also confirms what we have known for our 32 years of funding women: there are relatively the five loaves and two fishes, few organizations exclusively dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. And those that do the touch of a hand on a cloak’s tassel, exist are doing more with less. Tighter budgets mean smaller staff size and fewer resources for growth help us to remember that you create and building capacity. abundance from the smallest of gestures. This affirms our focus on helping small organizations and women’s groups develop the skills to grow their Take my crumb, my single thread, capacity. By convening training sessions for grant recipients via webinars and facilitating workshops for my penny of prayer, grantees at grantee retreats, we provide women with the tools and knowledge necessary for success. Through and join it with the beloved community gatherings such as emotional wellness workshops for ESPERA partners and by inviting women to actively of women in Mary’s Pence participate in the program’s evaluation process, we ensure women have the power to make their own decisions. so that it may become a nurturing feast Moving Forward an intricate tapestry Some may interpret the Women & Girls Index as bad news, but we think it’s a step in the right direction. an abundance of riches. It inspires us to generate more energy and action. It challenges us to respond to issues at the heart of women’s Bless las mujeres de ESPERA, lives. As both a fundraiser and a grantmaker, it will better help us engage donors, welcome new allies, and who pay forward not only funds, but hope; identify gaps in our grantmaking and program development. our grantees — artists, lawyers, organizers, Thank you for supporting our work. We look forward to continue working with you in the future and keeping activists, all seeking change; you updated on the many ways that we transform women’s lives – together. and all those who support the empowerment of women — In solidarity, Grant us the gift of being co-creators with You, knowing each small offering we bring takes us one step closer to creating your Kin-dom of justice and peace here on earth. Katherine Wojtan, Executive Director

Staff and Board Out and About

Mary’s Pence Board St. Paul, Minnesota Staff Did you see us? We were proud to be present at the following conferences and gatherings: Sister Barbara Battista, SP ~ Co-Chair Katherine Wojtan ~ Executive Director Terre Haute, Indiana ~ Grants Manager Women’s March Robyn Browning Nationwide, Los Angeles, California ~ January 2019 ~ Co-Chair Sister Julie Fertsch, SSJ Kaye Cassidy ~ Ignatian Volunteer Los Angeles, California JRLC Day on the Hill Day Christine Lian ~ Office Coordinator St. Paul, Minnesota ~ February 2019 Carol Fendt, PhD ~ Treasurer Chicago, Illinois Sarah Mechtenberg ~ Development MN x MN Beyond the Vote and Communications Manager St. Paul, Minnesota ~ February 2019 ~ Secretary Mariana Amescua ~ St. Joseph Worker Mexico City, Mexico Bridget Peterson National Catholic Education Association Convention Chicago, Illinois ~ April 2019 Nadine Sehnert ~ Bookkeeper Rita Lampe Spring St. Paul Art Crawl , Central America & St. Paul, Minnesota ~ April 2019 Jamie Manson Mexico Staff May Day Festival , New York Minneapolis, Minnesota ~ May 2019 Patty Moran-Barocio Gilda Larios Dignity USA Chicago, Illinois ESPERA Team Lead Chicago, Illinois ~ July 2019 Mexico City, Mexico Meg Olson National Organization for Women (NOW) Annual Conference , D.C. Eva Martinez Bloomington, Minnesota ~ July 2019 ESPERA Promoter Amanda Steepleton Suchitoto, Leadership Conference for Religious Women Minneapolis, Minnesota Scottsdale, ~ August 2019 Brenda Valladares Escobar ESPERA Business Facilitator Fall St. Paul Art Crawl St. Paul, Minnesota ~ October 2019 Suchitoto, El Salvador Honor Women Did you hear us? Every Day We spoke to the following groups: For every day of the year, The Woman’s Club this calendar recognizes an of Minneapolis inspiring woman who has Minneapolis, Minnesota contributed to social justice and equality. Hamline Midway Progressive Women Mary’s Pence St. Paul, Minnesota You can read more about Board of Directors these women at celebrate ESPERA’s Zion Lutheran Church 10th anniversary St. Paul, Minnesota maryspence.org/ at the April 2019 news-events/inspiring-women board meeting in Eagan Rotary Club Chicago, Illinois. Eagan, Minnesota Mary’s Pence Grants

Mary’s Pence Grants fund women’s organizations in the U.S. and Canada that are working with Fiscal Year 2019 Grantees their local community to create long-term systemic change. In 2019, Mary’s Pence expanded its definition Fall 2018 of women to “cis women, trans women, and non-binary people” to be more inclusive of all women. California Coalition for Women Prisoners The organizations we fund are all small, with budgets under $200,000. They advocate to change unjust , California ~ 1st Grant policies, and educate to build skills and increase capacity. Like Mary’s Pence, our grantees promote Centro de Recursos Educativos para Adultos (CREA) human dignity, the common good, the right to economic security and dignified work, care for the earth, New York, New York ~ 3rd Grant and nonviolence. Collective Action for Safe Spaces Washington, D.C. ~ 1st Grant Our grants act as seed money for newly founded organizations, and as on-going operational support for organizations that have been working at the grassroots level for years. Exodus Lending Minneapolis, Minnesota ~ 3rd Grant In addition to providing financial support, Mary’s Pence connects our grantees with other like-minded Families & Criminal Justice organizations and helpful resources to build organizational capacity. We believe that by helping small Los Angeles County, California ~ 1st Grant organizations form alliances and work collaboratively, we are amplifying the voices of women everywhere. Feminists Act! During our 32-year history, Mary’s Pence has awarded more than $1,750,000 in grants to women-led National Organization ~ 1st Grant organizations in the Americas. KC Mothers in Charge Kansas City, Missouri ~ 1st Grant Highlights MakeShift Circus Collective Atlanta, Georgia ~ 1st Grant • Mary’s Pence held its second annual Grantee Welcoming the Stranger Retreat: “Flourishing Organizations: Operating a Warminster, Pennsylvania ~ 3rd Grant Small Nonprofit.” Twenty representatives from 12 Spring 2019 grantee organizations attended the grantee retreat Advocacy Partners Team in September 2019. Mary’s Pence facilitated Surfside, ~ 1st Grant workshops and conversations around building organizational capacity and promoting nonprofit Austin So Close to the Border/ Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera sustainability. Austin, Texas ~ 3rd Grant Code/Art • Mary’s Pence hosted 4 webinars for past and Miami, Florida ~ 2nd Grant current grantees throughout the year that Contact Center Inc. focused on skills critical to successful nonprofit , ~ 3rd Grant management. The hour-long, online sessions addressed topics such as program evaluation, EarthArt Institute Photo: Hannah Smith Moffat, Colorado ~ 1st Grant leadership development and volunteer Mary’s Pence staff, guest facilitators, and representatives of management. Topics for the webinars were Stonewall Youth 12 grantee organizations met for the Second Annual Grantee Olympia, Washington ~ 1st Grant chosen based on grantee feedback and interest. Retreat in Farmington, Minnesota, September 22-25, 2019. The Womanist Working Collective , Pennsylvania ~ 1st Grant • The Mary’s Pence grants program received a record-number of applicants for the spring grants cycle. The grants team credits the peak in applications to increased visibility of the grants program on a national Women Organizing Women Network level, as well as growing demand for funding on behalf of women-centered organizations. Minneapolis, Minnesota ~ 1st Grant Youth Trust Project Lawrence, Kentucky ~ 1st Grant

ESPERA Program

ESPERA partners with grassroots women’s organizations across Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Partners Nicaragua and El Salvador to increase women’s economic autonomy and well-being. El Salvador We grant our partners the funds for local lending pools. The funds are collectively owned by the women who decide the terms for managing and loaning the funds. Women repay the loans with interest into the Asociación de Mujeres Emprendedoras local lending pool, creating a growing and sustainable resource for the partner organization. por la Justicia de San Rafael Cedros San Rafael Cedros, El Salvador Women are supported with coaching and technical support as they work to grow their small business initiatives. Meeting with women regularly to discuss issues and progress, and encouraging peer support, Asociación de Mujeres Rurales is critical to success. This includes bringing women together for emotional wellness retreats and ongoing “Olga Estela Moreno” workshops that promote skills for healthy living. Bajo Lempa, El Salvador ESPERA staff work to increase the capacity of partner organizations and strengthen connections among Concertación de Mujeres de Suchitoto individual participants, as well as organizational partners. Suchitoto, El Salvador Since its inception in 2008, ESPERA has given more than $150,000 in grants for the lending pools, which Parroquia San Nicolas Obispo and Asociación has resulted in the total distribution of $803,000 worth of loans to women. In addition we have given over de Mujeres de Tonacatepeque (ACOMEST)­­ Tonacatepeque, El Salvador $100,000 for organization operations and capacity building to our 10 partners. Red Unión de Mujeres Salvadoreñas Highlights: San Salvador, El Salvador Guatemala • ESPERA celebrated its 10th anniversary at a special encuentro in La Palma, El Salvador, in Asociación Coordinadora de Organizaciones January 2019. Seventy women representing de y para Personas con Discapacidad de Sololá 10 ESPERA partners from 5 countries joined Panajachel, Guatemala for the 3-day gathering to reflect on their Asociación de Mujeres Sembradoras accomplishments as ESPERA program de Esperanza participants in the women’s groups. Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala

• In 2019 ESPERA facilitated an evaluation of Honduras its programming. The evaluation gathered information about how the women’s lives have Grupo Emprendedor La Epifanía changed since they first started the program, Tegucigalpa, Honduras and what barriers they have faced to achieve economic security and empowerment. A steering Mexico committee, made up of 15 representatives of Red de Mujeres Morelenses women’s groups and ESPERA staff, is discussing In July 2019, representatives of CEPROSI, por una Economía Solidaria future changes to the ESPERA program. ESPERA’s partner in Nindiri, Nicaragua, participated in a day-long leadership workshop. Morelos, Mexico

• As a result of participating in ESPERA’s emotional Nicaragua wellness workshops, women have cited positive changes in their self-esteem, as well as improved relationships with family and friends. In August 2019, 50 women participated in an ESPERA Centro de Promoción y Salud Integral emotional wellness retreat that was the last in a 3-part series. ESPERA also offers ongoing (CEPROSI) biweekly emotional wellness series for women at their local organizations. Nindiri, Nicaragua Mission, Vision, Values, and Achievements

Mission and Vision Grantmaker Forum Gives Mary’s Pence Mary’s Pence Receives its Highest Rating 2019 Grantmaker of the Year Award Mission Mary’s Pence has a 100% rating on GrantAdvisor – Mary’s Pence was named the 2019 Grantmaker We invest in women across the Americas by funding an online forum that collects, shares and quantifies of the Year in the private sector category by the community initiatives and fostering collaborations anonymous feedback from grantees about their Grant Professionals Association (GPA), an to create social change. experience of securing grant funding. international membership association for people in the grants industry. In return, grantmakers such as Mary’s Pence receive Vision free, honest feedback about their grantmaking process. GPA’s Grantmaker of the Year Award recognizes We envision a world where empowered women GrantAdvisor was launched in an effort to build public and private funders that improve the and their communities flourish transparency and trust-based philantrhopy for way grant professionals do their work and in solidarity and justice. grantseekers and grantmakers. acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of grantmaking. This is a funder who pays attention to their grantee’s needs and challenges. They genuinely Mary’s Pence is the epitome of what want to partner with you to achieve your mission grantmaking should be, investing in a Values and will do much more than write you a check. nonprofit holistically with well rounded support that includes more than ~ Anonymous grant applicant Our commitment to justice motivates our work. just monetary assistance. We are grateful to walk alongside people of all review on GrantAdvisor faiths and beliefs on this journey toward justice. To read all the reviews and ratings for Mary’s Pence, ~ Meg Eubank, executive director of visit grantadvisor.org. Welcoming the Stranger in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, nominated Mary’s Pence for the award. DIGNITY We recognize the inherent dignity Welcoming the Stranger is a 3-time grant recipient. of every person, especially women and others Mary’s Pence Shares Experience who are marginalized. Equity for all must include with International Nonprofits the right to health care, education, productive and meaningful work, food security, shelter, and Mary’s Pence Executive Director Katherine Wojtan, freedom from violence. ESPERA Team Lead Gilda Larios, and Eva Martinez and Brenda Valladares Escobar, ESPERA staff in El Salvador, facilitated a morning breakout session called “Evaluation JUSTICE Each person has the right and as a Collaboration Among Partners” at the annual responsibility to participate economically, Minnesota International NGO Network (MINN) Summit politically, and culturally in society and in the on November 1, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. home. Women’s full participation is essential for strong communities and a just society. The presentation at the MINN Summit allowed colleagues working in the field of international development to learn from Mary’s Pence experience of facilitating an SOLIDARITY Mary’s Pence has open and participative evaluation process with female privilege and influence. It is our responsibility representatives of partner organizations in Central to accompany women working for justice by America and Mexico. listening deeply and providing funding and responsive support. We believe in collective The Mary’s Pence presentation shared power. Change happens when those most invaluable best practices and lessons learned impacted by injustice are integrally involved in Mary’s Pence Executive Director Katherine Wojtan and with our audience of iNGO practitioners. Grants Manager Robyn Browning accept the creating solutions. 2019 Grantmaker of the Year Award for the private ~ Rachel Hawley sector from the Grant Professionals Association on MINN board member November 7, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Financial Report Ways To Support

Financials Monthly Compañera Compañeras stand in solidarity with women Fiscal Year 2019: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 across the Americas by making recurring monthly donations at any level that is SUSTAIN Income meaningful. It is the most sustainable way to Contributions...... $436,367 support Mary’s Pence. Estate Contributions...... $51,718 Giving monthly is easy and convenient. Investment Income...... $33,942 Donations can by made by check, credit card, or ACH bank withdrawal on our website: Total Revenue and Support...... $522,027 maryspence.org/ways-to-help/companeras Expenses Artwork: Sister Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ Program Expenses...... $557,636 (83%) Legacy Circle Management and General Expenses...... $34,439 (5%)

Dedicated to supporting the social and economic liberation of women for JOIN Fundraising Expenses...... $83,593 (12%) generations to come, members of the Legacy Circle have decided to maximize Total Operating Expenses...... $675,668 their investment in the lives of women by naming Mary’s Pence as a beneficiary of their life insurance or retirement account. Joining the Legacy Circle is a way to leave a lasting impact. You can join our Change in Net assets...... ($153,641) Legacy Circle online: maryspence.org/ways-to-help/planned-giving Mary’s Pence has a policy to maintain a reserve of 6-9 months of operating Honor and Memorial Gifts expenses. Due to a large gift and bequest received, Mary’s Pence budgeted a deficit for the 2019 fiscal year. Significant, one-time gifts provide Mary’s Pence Honorariums and memorials are a thoughtful way to commemorate a major HONOR with the unique opportunity to expand and grow our programming. life milestone of a friend or to remember a lost loved one. They also contribute to the foundation of our work to empower women and their communities to flourish in solidarity and justice. Recognizing someone special with a donation to Mary’s Pence is a Our Donors Financial Transparency powerful way to honor and thank them. Give the gift of solidarity online: maryspence.org/ways-to-help/honor-memorial-giving Organizations Mary’s Pence is committed to serving as a faithful steward of Sisterhood of Sharing Religious Institutions Monthly Donors all financial gifts. The collective voices of advocates for social justice and equality amplify our Grants 8.5% In addition to the Mary’s message of economic and social justice equality for women. Whether you SHARE 5% Pence financial committee order a free 2020 Mary’s Pence calendar for a relative or pass along a recent 23% reviewing financial statements Mary’s Pence newsletter to a friend, you play a critical role in helping us to Estate on a monthly basis, an audit share information about our work. Gifts of Mary’s Pence is completed Inspiring others to support Mary’s Pence can be as simple as one click online. 11% once a year by a CPA firm Look for maryspence1987 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to follow, like, 48% that specializes in nonprofit share or comment. To order an extra calendar, visit: maryspence.org/contact

4.5% First-time organizations. A copy of our DONATE Recurring Donors 990 is available on our website. Donate Donors For more information, visit: Mail a check: Mary’s Pence Visit our website to make Individuals maryspence.org/about/financials 275 East 4th Street, #642 a donation online: St. Paul, MN 55101 maryspence.org/ways-to-help Mary’s Pence Grants

Women Organizing Women Network (WOW Network) Minneapolis, Minnesota

Empowering East African women to assert their political voice.

East African women immigrants commonly face challenges as a result of societal bias and stereotypes within their own communities. WOW Network responds to these challenges by inspiring East African women to become engaged citizens and community leaders.

One example is WOW Network’s Voter Education Program, which educates women about how their vote can bring change to issues that matter to them most. WOW Network also offers training in financial literacy, voting rights and political engagement. WOW Network’s quarterly Bashaal social events gather women of diverse backgrounds to share ideas and build community.

January/Enero 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY World Day of Sadie Alexander St. Elizabeth Ann 1 Prayer for Peace 2 Civil Rights Activist 3 Civil Rights Activist, 4 Seton Mary, Theotokos US Representative (NY) Educator (God Bearer)

New Year’s Day

Sonia Sotomayor Charlotte Ray St. Bernadette Emily Greene Balch Rigoberta Menchú Gabriela Mistral Remember 5 1st Latina Justice 6 1st Black Woman 7 Soubirous 8 Economist, Pacifist, 9 Guatemalan Political 10 1st Latina recipient 11 Women Brought of SCOTUS Attorney in the US 19th c. Mystic, Visionary Nobel Peace Prize (1946) Activist, Nobel Peace of Nobel Prize in out of Africa Prize (1992) Literature (1945) and Baptized Against Their Will

Epiphany

Diana Ortiz Anne Reynolds Sr. Theresa Maxis Etty Hillesum Dian Fossey Martha Cotera, 12 Torture Survivor, 13 Advocate for LGBTQ+ 14 Duchemin 15 Holocaust Victim, 16 Primatologist, 17 PhD 18 Civil Rights Activist, Founder: Torture Community Founder: Oblate Author: Author: Gorillas in Latina Activist, Author: Coretta: My Abolition and Sisters of Providence An Interrupted Life the Mist Author: Life Along Life, My Love, My Survivors Support the Border Legacy Coalition

Mourning Dove Pray for Victims of Sophia Jex-Blake, Hildegard Goss- Gertrude Elion Sandra Ware 19 Indigenous Rights 20 Domestic Violence 21 MD 22 Mayr 23 Pharmacologist, 24 1st Indigenous Prima 25 Co-founder of “Let’s Activist 1 in 3 US Women Women’s Rights Nonviolence Activist Nobel Prize for Ballerina, American Start,” Mary’s Pence Experience Physical Activist Medicine (1988) Ballet Theater Grantee Violence by an Intimate Partner in Their Lifetime

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Angela Davis St. Angela Merici Honor Women Sr. Kaye Ashe Ritamary Bradley Ludmila Javorová 26 Political and Social 27 Educator 28 Theologians 29 Founding Board 30 Women’s Rights 31 Catholic Priest in Activist President of Activist Underground Church Mary’s Pence During the ESPERA Program

Encuentro Celebrating ESPERA’s 10th Anniversary La Palma, El Salvador

In January 2019, Mary’s Pence celebrated ESPERA’s 10th anniversary in La Palma with a special Encuentro. Seventy women gathered, representing 10 ESPERA partners from 5 countries.

During the Encuentro the women shared stories from their lives and their experiences with ESPERA. Some of the discussions and exercises gathered data on the changes in the women’s lives since they began participating in ESPERA, and the struggles and successes they have experienced with their economic initiatives. This information gathering initiated the ESPERA evaluation, an important process for preparing the program for the future.

February/Febrero 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY The Kuna People 1 Matrilinear Indigenous People of Panama and Colombia

Civil Rights Sit-ins Sr. Mary Lange Judith Baca Tullia d’Aragona St. Josephine Bakhita 2 40% of the Women of 3 Founder: Oblate Sisters 4 Feminist, Author: 5 Contemporary 6 16th c. Poet, 7 1st Black Artist 8 Sudanese Woman Taken Bennet College Were of Providence The Feminine Mystique Urban Artist Philosopher to Perform in the in Slavery, a Woman of Arrested (1960) Metropolitan Opera Forgiveness

Alice Walker St. Scholastica Morkarrameh Sr. Margaret Rana Hussieni Ruchira Gupta Susan B. Anthony 9 Pulitzer Prize (1982), 10 5th c. Founder of 11 Ghanbari 12 Traxler 13 Journalist, Equal 14 Social Worker, 15 Women’s Rights Author: The Color Purple Women’s Religious Iranian Artist, Woman Mary’s Pence Rights Activist Human Trafficking Activist Order of the Year (2001) Founding Board Abolitionist Member

International Day of Women and Girls in Science Valentine’s Day

Mildred Fish Mary Breckinridge Harper Lee Angelina Grimke Isabella Hooker 16 Harnack 17 Founder: Frontier 18 Pulitzer Prize (1988), 19 Presidential Medal 20 19th c. Women’s 21 Civil Rights Activist, 22 Founder: New German Resistance Nursing Service Author: Beloved of Freedom (2007), Rights Activist US Representative of England Leader, Executed Author: To Kill a TX (1973-1979) Association by Hitler Mockingbird

Presidents’ Day World Day of Social Justice

Frances Watkins Pearl Witherington Alicia Montemayor Mabel Staupers Rosa Perea Lydia Allen Augusta Savage 23 Harper 24 Agent for Britian’s 25 20th c. Feminist, 26 Organized the 27 Advocate for Deaf 28 Founder: Lydia’s 29 Sculptor, Equal Rights Suffragist, Special Operations, Activist Harlem Clinic for and Blind Persons House Daycare Advocate for African Abolitionist, Poet WWII Black Physicians Program for Children in the Arts with AIDS

Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday Mary’s Pence Grants

Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS) Washington, D.C.

Eliminating public gendered harassment and assault.

Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS) uses community-based resources to eliminate public harassment and violence against women and folks in the LGBTQ+ community. CASS believes in the power of community-driven, action- oriented solutions to spark change at all levels of society. CASS’s response to gender violence is multi-faceted, employing research, advocacy, education, and art to address harassment and violence.

To engage people in the prevention of violence, CASS offers a Bystander Intervention Training Program that instructs witnesses of harassment or violence to respond to public aggression in appropriate ways. By promoting community responsibility, the program makes public areas safer for everyone.

March/Marzo 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Margaret Randall Nawal El Saadawi St. Young Shin Catherine MacKinnon Valentina Tereshkova Sts. Perpetua and 1 Social Activist, Feminist 2 Egyptian Feminist 3 20th c. Educator 4 Founder: Asian 5 Radical Feminist 6 1st Woman to 7 Felicity Serving Indigenous Immigrant Women Travel in Space 3rd c. Martyrs for and Black Children Activists (AIWA) Their Faith

First Sunday of Lent

International Zahra Rahnavard Hallie Quinn Mechtild of Mary Bowser 8 Women’s Day 9 Academic, Artist, and 10 Leader of the 11 Brown 12 Magdeburg 13 Abolitionist, Spy for 14 20th c. Civil Rights Commemorating Politician Suppressed by Underground Railroad 19th c. Educator, 13th c. Mystic the Union Army Activist, Philanthropist the Movement for the Iranian Government Reformer, Women’s Rights Social Activist

International Women’s Day Daylight Saving Begins Purim

Ruth Bader Sr. Anne Dengel Women Celtic Golda Meir Josefa Ortiz de Mary Mills Belle Sherwin 15 Ginsburg 16 Founder: Medical 17 18 Israeli Prime Minister 19 Domínguez 20 20th c. Black 21 19th c. Women’s 2nd Woman Justice Sisters (1969-1974) 19th c. Supporter of Nursing Ambassador Rights Activist of SCOTUS, Advocate the Mexican War to the World for of Independence

St. Patrick’s Day Daylight Saving Begins First Day of Spring Laylat al-Mi’raj

Dorothy Stratton Ada María Esther Margaret Chase Emma Sepulveda, Adrienne Rich Asma Jahangir 22 1st Woman 23 Isasi-Díaz 24 5th. c. Persian Queen, 25 Smith 26 PhD 27 Radical Feminist, 28 Pakistani Attorney, Commissioned into Mujerista Theologian, Savior of the Worked to End Director: Latina Poet, Essayist Activist the US Coast Guard Past Board Member Jewish People McCarthyism, US Research Center, of Mary’s Pence Representative of MA Author: Death to Silence

Pearl Bailey Kathy Kelly Marjorie Agosin 29 US Goodwill 30 Peace Activist, 31 Human Rights Activist, Ambassador (1975), Founder: Voices for Voice for Latin America Presidential Medal of Creative Nonviolence Freedom (1988) ESPERA Program

Red de Mujeres Morelenses por una Economía Solidaria Morelos, Mexico

Based in El Salvador, ESPERA staff Eva Martinez and Brenda Valladares Escobar visited Mexico for the first time in June 2019. During their stay they visited many of the women’s homes and businesses. They also learned the art of tortilla making, which is part of the Mexican culture and much different than the traditional Salvadorian pupusa. They had fun making tortillas with Rocio of Coatetelco Morelos and Felipa and Letty of Cuentepec Morelos. Letty, pictured on the right, is the record keeper for their local ESPERA lending pool.

April/Abril 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Wangari Maathai Barbara Caine Sarah Brady 1 Environmental Activist, 2 Australian Feminist 3 Anti-gun Violence 4 Poet, Civil Rights Activist, Nobel Peace Prize (2004) Historian Activist Author: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Pandita Ramabai Gloria Macapagal Joyce Hilda Banda Irene Morgan Ethel Kennedy 5 19th c. Indian 6 Arroyo 7 President of Malawi 8 Activist for Equal Rights 9 Kirkaldy 10 Labor Leader, 11 Philanthropist, Social Reformer President of the (2012-2014) Amendment, Founder: Civil Rights Activist Co-founder: National Justice Activist Philippines (2001-2010) Betty Ford Clinic Farmworkers

Palm Sunday Passover Begins Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday

Clara Barton Julian of Norwich Simone de Corrie ten Boom Joan Sawyer Jo Anne Robinson Augusta Savage 12 Founder: American 13 14th. c. Christian 14 Beauvoir 15 Helped Jews Escape 16 Bahamian Chief 17 Civil Rights Activist, 18 Black Sculptor, Red Cross Mystic, Author: 20th c. French Author: the Holocaust, Justice (1996-2001) Educator Harlem Renaissance Revelations of The Second Sex Author: The Hiding Divine Love Place

Easter

Betty Green Maria Varela Nina Simone Loretta C. Argrett Maria Teresa Tula Martha George 19 Pilot, Founder: 20 Photographer 21 Musician, 22 Assistant Attorney 23 Salvadoran Political 24 Pulitzer Prize for 25 Chair of Suquamish Mission Aviation for Student Civil Rights Activist General, Advocate for Writer, Activist Fiction (1923), Author: Tribe (1920s-1940s) Fellowship Nonviolent Underserved People O Pioneers and Coordinating My Antonia Committee

Yom HaShoah Earth Day Ramadan Begins

Amy Biehl Mary St. Catherine The Wise Women Aviva Chomsky 26 American 27 Wollstonecraft 28 of Siena 29 of Mary’s Pence 30 Historian, Author: Anti-Apartheid 18th c. Women’s Doctor of the Church Mary’s Pence How Immigration Activist in South Africa, Rights Activist 14th c. Mystic, Founded (1987) Became Illegal Assassinated 1993 Theologian Mary’s Pence Grants

KC Mothers in Charge Kansas City, Missouri

Accompanying the families of victims of violent crime and working to end violence.

KC Mothers in Charge is a group of women committed to reducing violent crime through prevention, education and intervention. Rooted in their own experiences of losing loved ones to violent crime, KC Mothers in Charge wants to prevent others from experiencing the tragedy of homicide.

An important part of their work is supporting the families of victims of violent crime. When a homicide occurs, KC Mothers in Charge is notified immediately by the Kansas City Missouri Police Department and arrives on the scene to provide trauma-informed crisis intervention for bereaved family members and friends. KC Mothers in Charge works to organize support groups and counseling workshops for survivors, as well as provide opportunities for family and friends to participate in advocacy and anti-violence events happening citywide.

May/Mayo 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Anne Marie Jarvis Nannie Burroughs 1 Founded Mother’s Day 2 20th c. Black Educator, Feminist, Civil Rights Activist

Maryam Mirzakhani Rosalyn Yalow Sr. Barbara Ford Mary McLeod Eva Peron Phillis Wheatley Septima Poinsette 3 1st Woman to Receive 4 Medical Physicist, 5 Missionary Nurse 6 Bethune 7 First Lady of Argentina 8 Former Slave, 9 Clark Field’s Medal (2014), Nobel Prize for Assassinated in Educator, (1946-1952), Advocate 18th c. Black Poet Educator, Highest Scientific Award Medicine (1977) Guatemala Civil Rights Activist for Labor Rights Civil Rights Activist for Mathematicians

National Day of Prayer

Maggie Kuhn Mercedes Lopez Remember the Florence Marjory Stoneman Digna Ochoa y Sr. Margaret Anna 10 Founder: 11 Mexican Artist 12 Women who 13 Nightingale 14 Douglas 15 Plácido 16 Cusack Nurture Us 19th c. Nurse, Environmentalist, Mexican Human 19th c. Founder: Founder of Author: Everglades: Rights Attorney, Sisters of St. Joseph Modern Nursing A River of Grass International Human of Peace Rights Award (2002)

Mothers’ Day International Day of Families

Satya Rani Chadha Ida Bell Wells Lorraine Sr. Rose Mitsuye Endo Judy Chicago Concha Ortiz y 17 Anti-dowery 18 19th c. Journalist, 19 Hansberry 20 Hawthorne 21 Plaintiff in SCOTUS 22 Feminist Artist 23 Pino Movement Activist Founder: NAACP Black Playwright: Founder: Hawthorne Lawsuit to End State Representative, Raisin in the Sun Dominicans and Japanese Internment NM (1936-1941) Home for Poor Cancer Patients

Laylat al-Qadr Ascension of Jesus Eid al-Fitr

YWCA Forugh Sr. Mary Ellen Jehan Sadat St. Joan of Arc 24 Working for Women’s 25 Farrokhzad 26 Butcher, OP 27 Environmentalist, 28 Abolitionist, Author 29 Egyptian Human 30 French Hero of the Empowerment Poet, Film Director Advocate for Author: Silent Spring of Lyrics to the Battle Rights Activist 100 Year War Since 1855 Economic Justice Hymn of the Republic Elizabeth 31 Blackwell, MD 1st Woman to Earn an M.D. in the US Memorial Day Pentecost Remember our Grandmothers Shavuot Begins ESPERA Program

ESPERA Intercambio Tonacatepeque, El Salvador

Several women from Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Guatemala stayed a few extra days in El Salvador after attending the ESPERA emotional wellness retreat in September 2019.

The purpose of their extended stay was to visit with some of the local Salvadorian women’s groups and learn about their work. They took one refreshing day off and went to the beach, accompanied by women from Tonacatepeque. For some women it was their first visit to the ocean. Sonia, pictured on the far right, is from Tonacatepeque and serves on the ESPERA Evaluation Steering Committee.

June/Junio 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Hanan Daoud Khalil Josephine Baker Marian Wright Sappho Sr. Ann Manganaro 1 Advocate of the Blind 2 Ashrawi 3 Dancer, French 4 Edelman 5 5th c. BC Greek Poet 6 Catholic Worker, and the Deaf, Author: Palestinian Legislator, Resistance Agent Activist for Physician in El Salvador Story of My Life Educator Disadvantaged Children

Elizabeth Gurley Sr. Frances Ann O’Hara Graff Equal Pay Act Jeanette Rankin Anne Frank Gloria Rolando 7 Flynn 8 Margaret Taylor 9 Theologian, Author: 10 (1963) 11 1st Woman in 12 Victim of the 13 Cuban Filmmaker 20th c. Labor Leader, 19th c. British Nurse, In the Embrace of God Requires that Men Congress, Women’s Holocaust, Author: Activist Writer, Editor and Women Be Rights Activist The Diary of Given Equal Pay Anne Frank for Equal Work

Alicia Partnoy Evelyn Underhill Margaret Marita Bonner Fay Bennett Patria Jiménez Nedā Āġhā Soltān 14 Argentinian Human 15 20th c. Mystic, 16 Bondfield 17 Author: Frye Street 18 Advocate for the 19 First Openly Gay 20 Iranian Martyr Rights Activist, Poet Author: Practical British Politician, and Environs Rural Poor Elected Official for Freedom Mysticism Trade Union Advocate in Mexico

Juneteenth World Refugee Day Abolition of Slavery First Day of Summer

Miriam Hidden Figures Title IX Zora Neale Women in Black Pearl S. Buck Jovita Idár 21 Jewish Prophet, 22 NASA Scientists 23 Education Programs 24 Hurston 25 Worldwide Network 26 Advocate of Women’s 27 20th c. Latina Sister of Moses Mary Jackson, Receiving Federal 20th c. Black Writer, of Protestors of War Rights, Author: Journalist, Katherine Johnson, Funds Can’t Author: Their Eyes And Violence The Good Earth Civil Rights Activist Dorothy Vaughan Discriminate Due Were Watching God to Gender

Fathers’ Day

Sr. Marjorie Tuite, Shamita Das Lena Horne 28 OP 29 Dasgupta 30 Civil Rights Activist, Catholic Activist Indian Scholar, Jazz Vocalist, Actor Social Activist Mary’s Pence Grants

Welcoming the Stranger Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Equipping immigrants and refugees to become thriving members of the community.

For many newcomers to the U.S. who struggle with basic communication or job skills, it’s a daunting task to enroll children in school, look for work, or apply for citizenship. Welcoming the Stranger offers free classes in English as a Second Language (ESL), computer skills, and U.S. citizenship test preparation to adult immigrants and refugees.

As a result of Welcoming the Stranger’s work, adult learners find that their acquired skills open up new social and employment opportunities, which leads to economic self- sufficiency. Graduates of the program become successful advocates for themselves, their families, and other members of the immigrant community. Since its inception in 1999, Welcoming the Stranger has educated more than 4,000 immigrants from 100 different countries.

July/Julio 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Harriet Beecher Herlina Hakim Angela Eunjin Oh Women Heroes 1 Stowe 2 Indonesian Actor, 3 Civil Rights Attorney 4 of the American Abolitionist, Author: Activist Revolution Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Independence Day

Anna Hedgman St. Maria Goretti Luisa Moreno Eunice Kennedy First Meeting Lady Bird Johnson 5 Civil Rights Activist, 6 Martyr and Woman 7 Guatemalan Labor 8 Shriver 9 Women’s Rights Activist, 10 of the Women’s 11 First Lady (1963‑1969), Author: The Gift of Forgiveness Activist in the US Founder: Special Original Author of the Political Caucus Advocated for of Chaos Olympics Equal Rights Amendment (1971) Beautification Non-partisan Group of Highways Supporting Women Candidates

Mary Eliza Frida Kahlo St. Kateri Violette Neatley Our Lady of Hannah Szenes Remember the 12 Mahoney 13 20th c. Mexican 14 Tekakwitha 15 Anderson 16 Mount Carmel 17 Hungarian Poet, 18 Arizona Copper 1st Black Nurse Painter First North American First Black Woman The Patron of Chile Worked to Save Mine Strike of in the US Indigenous Saint Attorney to Argue Hungarian Jews 1983 Before SCOTUS

Mary Ann Eulalia Arrila de Hortense Sparks St. Mary of Nancy Mairs Mev Puleo 19 Bickerdyke 20 Pérez 21 Ward 22 Magdala 23 Author: Waist High 24 Aviator, Adventurer 25 Photo Journalist, Union Nurse, 19th c. Keeper of Early 20th c. Civil Disciple of Jesus in the World Author: The Struggle Advocate for Veterans the Keys at Mission Rights Activist of Nazareth Is One San Gabriel, Healer, Midwife

St. Anne Mary Luke Tobin St. Mary of Antonia Azar Nafisi 26 Mother of Mary 27 1st Professionally 28 Advocate for Peace 29 Bethany 30 Hernández 31 Author: Reading of Nazareth Trained Nurse in US and Justice, Mary’s Devoted Friend of Social Activist, Lolita in Tehran Pence Founding Jesus of Nazareth Philanthropist Board Member

Arafat Eid al-Adha Tisha B’Av ESPERA Program

Parroquia San Nicolas Obispo and Asociación de Mujeres de Tonacatepeque (ACOMEST) Tonacatepeque, El Salvador

Daisy makes flower arrangements for special occasions – birthdays, weddings, and funerals. Part of her business comes from relatives who have migrated north and contact her to make floral arrangements for their family back home.

Daisy is a member of ACOMEST, a group formed of women from Parroquia San Nicolas Obispo (a faith based group) and Asociación de Mujeres de Tonacatepeque (a local feminist organization). Though members of both groups might not see eye to eye on all issues, the relationships have enriched their lives and lasting friendships have formed. With the help of Mary’s Pence the women recently rented a local space they call Nuestra Casa for meetings and selling their products.

August/Agosto 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Henrietta Lacks 1 Black Cancer Patient, Subject of Book: The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

Jewell Jackson Flannery O’Connor Isabel Allende St. Mary Ellen Susie King Taylor Lydia Villa-Komaroff Sr. Maureen 2 McCabe 3 20th c. Author: 4 Chilean American Author: 5 McKillop, RSJ 6 First Black Army Nurse 7 Biologist, Advocate for 8 Gallagher, OP Feminist, Social Activist Wise Blood The House of Spirits 19th c. Australian Women in STEM Careers Mary’s Pence Founder Educator of the Poor

St. Teresa Benedicta St. Clare of Assisi Alexa Canady, MD Sr. Maude Petre Sr. Irene Edna Ferber 9 (Edith Stein) 10 1st Woman 11 Founder: 12 1st Black 13 British Theologian, 14 Fitzgibbon 15 Pulitzer Prize Winning Theologian, Martyred Nominated for the Poor Clares in the Neurosurgeon Author: Modernism, 19th c. Founder: Author: So Big at Auschwitz Vice Presidency Franciscan Tradition Its Failure and Fruits Foundling Hospital

International Day of Indigenous People Assumption of Mary

Marilyn Joy Raïssa Maritain Simone Weil Carolee Alice Garg Willa Beatrice 16 Waring 17 Early 20th c. 18 Abolitionist, Feminist, 19 20th c. Mystic, 20 Schneemann 21 Advocate for 22 Player Feminist Economist, Philosopher and Poet Famous Speech: Philosopher, Author: Contemporary Abolishing the Caste 20th c. Black Educator, Author: If Women Ain’t I a Woman? Waiting on God Visual Artist System in India Civil Rights Activist Counted

Hijra

St. Rose of Lima Clara Maass Sumi Haru US Women Get St. Monica of Lydia of Philippi Tz’u-his 23 16th c. Peruvian Sister 24 19th c. Nurse who 25 Actress, Advocate 26 the Right to Vote 27 Hippo 28 Early Christian Leader 29 19th c. Regent who Ministered Sacrificed her Health for Equal Rights for (1920) Patron of Mothers and Benefactor of China to the Poor to Study Yellow Fever Asian Actors Sr. Jeanne Jugan Dr. Maria Zavala 30 19th c. Founder: Little 31 Valladares Sisters of the Poor Activist for Latina Access to Medical Careers Women’s Equality Day Ashura Mary’s Pence Grants

Code/Art Miami, Florida

Inspiring girls to code.

Code/Art’s mission is to increase the number of girls studying computer science by delighting and inspiring them with the creative possibilities of computer programming. Young women (grades 4-12) participate in Code/Art clubs and community workshops that teach participants how to write computer code that generates art.

The art the girls create makes the computer coding experience tangible – allowing them to freely express their inner creativity while also learning a practical skill. Using art as an introduction to coding encourages girls to consider pursuing a career in computer programming – an area where women and people of color are currently underrepresented. Increasing diversity in the field of computer science means that digital solutions will include a variety of voices and perspectives.

September/Septiembre 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Ela Ramesh Bhatt Annie and Sarah St. Teresa of Calcutta Gertrud Heinzelmann Give Us Bread and 1 Indian Advocate for 2 Delaney 3 Nobel Prize Winner, 4 20th c. Swiss Feminist 5 Roses Textile Strike Women’s Rights Civil Rights Pioneers, Cared for the Sick (1912) Authors: Having Our Say: and Poor of India The Delaney Sisters’ First Hundred Years

Jane Adams Kiran Bedi Nativity of Mary Louise Patterson Remember Ngoan Le 6 19th c. Women’s Rights 7 1st Woman to Join the 8 of Nazareth 9 20th c. Political Activist 10 Early 20th c. Nurse, 11 Worldwide 12 Founder: Asian and Peace Leader Indian Police Service Human Rights Activist Victims of American Institute Terrorism

Labor Day World Suicide Prevention Day

Antonia Pantoja, St. Catherine of Shirley Graham Mary Beth St. Hildegard of Helen Zia LaDonna Harris 13 MD 14 Genoa 15 Du Bois 16 Edelson 17 Bingen 18 Activist for Asian 19 Founder: Americans First Latina Recipient 15th c. Mystic, Author: Civil Rights Activist Activist, Feminist 12th c. Doctor of LGBTQ+ Rights for Indian Opportunity of the Presidential Life and Doctrine the Church Mystic, Medal of Freedom Artist, Healer

Grandparents’ Day Rosh Hashanah Begins

Billie Jean King Ethel Percy Phua Xiong, MD Mary Church Dorothy Stang, Remember the Mary Brave Bird 20 Professional Tennis 21 Andrus 22 Founder: Quick 23 Terrell 24 SND 25 16th Street 26 Lakota Activist for Player, Feminist Educator, Elder Rights Urgent Care, First Founding Member Martyred Advocate Church Bombing Indigenous Rights Activist, Founder of Hmong-Owned of NAACP for Environmental by the KKK AARP Medical Clinic Justice in Brazil Victims: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Carol McNair International Day of Peace First Day of Autumn

Liu Sola Ada Deer Gabriela Silang Ruth Cheney 27 Chinese Musician 28 Asst. Secretary of 29 18th c. Leader in 30 Streeter the Interior for Indian Filipino Movement for Advocate for Affairs (1993-1997) Freedom from Spain Women’s Rights

Yom Kippur Begins ESPERA Program

Emotional Wellness Retreat Tonacatepeque, El Salvador

The women’s experiences with hardship and violence are evident when we visit them in their communities and hear their personal stories. Two years ago ESPERA initiated a series of 3 emotional wellness retreats to help women address their shared life challenges.

In September 2019, women gathered for the final retreat in the series. Women came from all 10 ESPERA partners, representing 4 Central American countries and Mexico. They discussed plans for their lives and learned different techniques for emotional wellness, such as Tapping EFT (emotional freedom technique). During the course of 3 years the women have come to know one another; they stay in touch through a WhatsApp group on their phones called ESPERA sin Fronteras / ESPERA without Borders.

October/Octubre 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY St. Thérèse of Lisieux Käthe Kollwitz Penny Lernoux 1 Doctor of the Church, 2 German Artist Whose 3 Champion of Latin Mystic Works Depict the Impact American Poor of Poverty and War

Sukkot Begins

Kek Galabru, MD Rosalie Muschel- Our Lady of Vilma Martinez St. Mary Joseph Aparna Basnyat 4 Cambodian Defender 5 Designer of Vietnam 6 Reinhardt 7 the Rosary 8 Civil Rights Activist 9 Rogers 10 Humanitarian of Human Rights Veterans Memorial Mary’s Pence Founding Founder: and Reformer Board Member Sisters

Shemini Atzeret Begins Simchat Torah

Eleanor Roosevelt Ann Petry Mary Williams Sor Juana Inés St. Teresa of Ávila Mae Carol Jenison 11 First Lady (1933-1945), 12 Black Author: 13 Equal Rights Activist, 14 de la Cruz 15 Doctor of the Church, 16 Hopkins 17 First Black Woman Humanitarian The Street Author: The Lost 17th c. Mystic, Poet Mystic, Author: Indigenous Tribal to Travel in Space Daughter, A Memoir The Interior Castle Leader, Author: Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Their Claims

International Day of the Girl Child Indigenous Peoples’ Day International Day of Rural Women

Violeta Barrio de Ellen Malcolm Sisters Martyred St. Ursula Barbara C. Harris Shahla Sherkat Barbara Rouse 18 Chamorro 19 Advocate for Equality, 20 in Liberia: 21 4th c. Martyr 22 First Woman 23 Iranian Publisher 24 Chief Justice of the Leader of Nicaragua Founder: EMILY’S List Mary Kolmer, to Become an Superior Court of MA (1991-1997), Brought Shirley Kolmer, Anglican Bishop (2004-2009) Contra War to a Close Kathleen McGuire Agnes Mueller, Barbara Muttra

Irene Sendler Juliette Carrie Chapman Elizabeth Cady Maxine Hong Catherine Hoffman 25 Nurse who Served in 26 Gordon Low 27 Catt 28 Stanton 29 Kingston 30 Founding Mother 31 Founder: Youth Peace Polish Underground Founder: Girl Scouts Early 20th c. Suffragist Suffragist, Abolitionist Chinese American of the US and Justice Corps in WWII Author: The Woman Warrior

Halloween Birth of Muhammad Dia de los Muertos Mary’s Pence Grants

California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) San Francisco, California

Ending violence against women, transgender people and people of color in California prisons.

The California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) is a grassroots advocacy organization for women and minorities in prison and those who have been released and are facing a difficult transition.

One of CCWP’s advocacy initiatives is their Drop LWOP (Life Without Parole) campaign. Drop LWOP is focused on changing California code to commute the sentences of people currently serving LWOP, ending LWOP sentencing, and halting all forms of in-prison discrimination against people serving LWOP. Their strategy is to work simultaneously to improve incarcerated people’s lives right now while working to change the system fundamentally.

November/Noviembre 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Olympe de Gouges Rosemary Radford Anne Knight Sr. Janemarie Luecke Margaret Cavendish Sr. Jeanne Chézard Marie Curie 1 18th c. French Feminist, 2 Ruether 3 19th c. Feminist 4 Mary’s Pence Founding 5 17th c. British Philosopher, 6 de Matel 7 Nobel Prize in Physics Abolitionist Feminist Theologian, and Abolitionist Board Member Writer 17th c. Mystic and Chemistry Mary’s Pence Founding Board Member

All Saints’ Day All Souls’ Day Election Day

Fanny Kemble Diana L. Hayes Lynda Van Sr. Catherine Mary Astell Juliana Dogbadzi Julia and Celina 8 Author: Journal of a 9 Black Womanist 10 Devanter 11 McAuley 12 Feminist, Author: 13 Advocated to 14 Ramos Residence on a Georgian Theologian National Women’s 19th c. Founder: A Serious Proposal Abolish Religious Martyred in Plantation in 1938-1939 Director of the to the Ladies Slavery in Ghana El Salvador Vietnam Veterans of America

Daylight Saving Ends Veteran’s Day

Women of Liberia Margaret Hassan Winson Hudson Nora Kizer Bell Presentation 15 Mass Action for 16 Aid Worker in Iraq 17 Civil Rights Activist 18 Chief of 19 19th c. Author: 20 Proposed a Feminist 21 of Mary Peace (2003) Nation (1985-1995) The New Colossus Prospective to Organized by Medical Ethics Crystal Roh Gawding, Leymah Gbowee, Comfort Freeman

International Day of Tolerance Transgender Day of Remembrance

St. Cecelia Our Lady of Peace Las Mariposas International Emma Goldman Mary Walker, MD 22 4th c. Musician, 23 Mary of Nazareth, 24 The Maribal Sisters, 25 Elimination of 26 20th c. Speaker 27 Pacifist, Advocate for 28 Civil War Surgeon Martyr Bringer of Peace Martyred Opposing Violence Against and Writer on the Poor, Author: The Rafael Trujillo in the Women Day Women’s Rights Long Loneliness Dominican Republic

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Thanksgiving

Shirley Chisholm Elizabeth Kenny 29 First Black Woman 30 20th c. Pioneer of in Congress Physical Therapy

Advent Begins ESPERA Program

Comité de Mujeres San Rafael Cedros Cedros, El Salvador

Nora, a member of the ESPERA group in Cedros, raises cattle and owns a bakery. She has participated in the emotional wellness retreats for the past 3 years. Currently Nora is serving on the ESPERA Evaluation Steering Committee, which is made up of representatives from ESPERA groups who are discussing and prioritizing the program’s evaluation results.

When Nora learned that Mary’s Pence is funded by donations she used the opportunity of the emotional wellness retreat to sell her baked goods and, with the proceeds of her sales, made a donation to Mary’s Pence. Participants of the retreat enjoyed the baked goods with their morning coffee.

December/Diciembre 2020

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY , Patty Mink Edith Cavell Remember the 1 Civil Rights Activist 2 Maura Clark, 3 Advocate for Women 4 Nurse in WWI, 5 Alabama Bus Boycott , and the Poor Executed as a POW (1955) Maryknoll Sisters Martyred in El Salvador

Elizabeth Johnson, Cynthia Maung Sr. Mary Aloysia Marie-Marguerite Our Lady of 6 CSJ 7 Physician, Humanitarian 8 Hardey 9 Entertainer, 10 19th c. Poet 11 d’Youville 12 Guadalupe Feminist Theologian Catholic Educator Civil Rights Activist Founder: Sisters of Patron of the Charity, Montreal Americas

International Human Rights Day Immaculate Conception First Day of Hanukkah Our Lady of Guadalupe

Ella Baker Catherine de Senai Sarihan Amy Carmichael Clara Hale 13 Civil Rights Activist 14 Hueck Doherty 15 Malaysian Human 16 Anthropologist 17 20th Century 18 Humanitarian, 19 Indigenous Guide for Social Worker, Rights Attorney Missionary to India Cared for Orphans Lewis and Clark Founder: Madonna House

Las Posadas Begins

Madam Emma Tenayuca St. Frances Cabrini Sr. Mary Hortense Mary Gives Birth Our Lady of 20 C.J. Walker 21 Latina Labor Leader 22 Founder: 23 Antoinette, DW 24 Powdermaker 25 to Jesus 26 Chiquinquira Entrepreneur, Missionary Sisters of Missionary, Anthropologist Patron of the Philanthropist the Sacred Heart Martyr in Africa Andean Region of South America

First Day of Winter Christmas Eve Christmas First Day of Kwanzaa

Eve Ensler Arundhati Roy Sr. Remember Sr. Marie Neal, 27 Feminist Activist, 28 Author: The God of 29 Black Educator 30 Families Living 31 SND Playwright: The Small Things and Evangelist in Poverty Sociologist Vagina Monologues

New Year’s Eve