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Jennifer Butler, Executive Director of Faith in Public Life, on Immigration Reform
07/23/2010

The question: What will it take to get immigration reform passed this year, and what are the prospects for passage? MORE

VIDEO: Faith At The Gulf
07/23/2010

The first in this series of five video reports focuses on the historic Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, MS, and its executive director, Rev. Shari Prestemon. Founded by the United Church of Christ in 1922 as a social justice ministry to serve the local shrimping families, the mission played a significant role in the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Now Biloxi and its shrimpers face a new threat to their livelihoods and way of life -- oil pollution in the waters of the Gulf. MORE

Traditionalists "Not Giving Up" in Women Bishops Row
07/12/2010

The Church of England's ruling synod is due to return to the women bishops debate, with little chance of major concessions to traditionalists. Little remains to limit the power of women bishops in the legislation under consideration on Monday. But objectors say they have not given up trying to gain exemptions from serving under women bishops. Proposals to create a class of male-only bishops to oversee traditionalist parishes were rejected on Saturday. MORE

Is Kagan’s Jewishness Being Used Against Her?
06/30/2010

A Jewish community divided over key constitutional questions is watching closely but mostly silently as a hyper-partisan Senate debates President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to succeed the retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens — and as hints that the nominee’s Jewishness is being used against her surface. MORE

A Feminine Complaint Against Theologians
06/25/2010

Fifty years ago this Sunday, feminist theology of the second wave was born. Well, maybe not born—but it made it into Time, under the headline “Religion: Male and Female Theology.” Yes, Monday, June 27, 1960. The cover picture: US Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. Here’s how the article opened: MORE

VIDEO: Daisy Khan on the 'Divine Hand' at the Mosque near Ground Zero
06/24/2010

Plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11 attacks have touched off a firestorm among New Yorkers nearly a decade after Muslim extremists linked to al Qaeda slammed planes into the World Trade Center. MORE

Rape Victim Apologizes to Church?
06/22/2010

That’s right. In 1997, a fifteen-year-old girl was raped (allegedly) by Ernest Willis, an adult church member. As a result, she became pregnant. She was instructed by her pastor, Chuck Phelps, to come before the church, confess, and apologize for getting pregnant, and then she was kicked out of Trinity Baptist Church in Concord, NH. The rapist came before the church and apologized for being unfaithful to his wife. MORE

Saint Sarah
06/11/2010

To white evangelical women, Sarah Palin is a modern-day prophet, preaching God, flag, and family—while remaking the religious right in her own image. MORE

Polygamy Controversy Presents Dilemma for Post-Christian France
06/08/2010

When a Muslim woman was fined late last month in Nantes, France for driving while wearing a full face veil, the issue of polygamy burst into the spotlight when it was revealed that her husband had three other “wives.” MORE

VIDEO: Mary Karr Interview
05/27/2010

MARY KARR (speaking to students): Every poem probably has sixty drafts behind it. JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: Mary Karr talks about her love of poetry with students at a writers’ conference in Michigan. KARR (speaking to student): Hello, honey-bun. MORE

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The Sister Fund in the News

VIDEO: Kanyere Eaton Delivers Inspirational Welcome at Women's Funding Network Annual Conference 2010
04/22/2010

Kanyere Eaton, executive director of The Sister Fund, was invited to speak at the 2010 Women's Funding Network annual conference in Denver, Colorado on April 22nd. She delivered an inspirational welcome address about cheering each other on and taking encouragement from others so that we can continue on the long, hard road ahead. To watch the video, click here. MORE

“Troublemaker” Women Honored, Receive Ivy
06/05/2009

What sort of religious institution honors a “run-like-hell Catholic” and the first Asian-American woman rabbi, among others? MORE

Kompalya Thunderbird Interviews Kanyere Eaton and Linda Kay Klein
03/26/2009

The Sister Fund's executive director, Kanyere Eaton, and director of research and communications, Linda Kay Klein, discuss women, religion and justice on Public Radio Network.  To listen to the interview, click here.     MORE

Faith Is Not the Enemy of Feminism
03/25/2009

A new report identifies three areas where women's empowerment and religion are linked: activism, scholarship, and popular culture. MORE

Black Girls in New York City
03/09/2009

At the top of 2009, an exciting new report, "Black Girls in New York City: Untold Strength and Resilience," was released by the Black Women for Black Girls Giving Circle (BWBG), a funding initiative of The Twenty-First Century Foundation and the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), with support from The Sister Fund.  The following is a sampling of press on the report. MORE

Small Scope, Big Voice: The Value of Communications at a Small Foundation
11/25/2008

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