The feminist slogan, “the personal is political,” calls attention to the profound relationship between power structures and personal life. Personal problems are often rooted in political, economic, cultural, and religious systems. Section 121 of the Doctrine and Covenants warns us that even divinely ordained power can be abused. This panel will look at power structures …
Speaker: Emily Clyde Curtis
EMPATHY, SYMPATHY, AND COMPASSION: CHALLENGING VIRTUES FOR LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Empathy is the ability to understand and, on a deeply caring level, respond to the needs of other creatures. Alma speaks of followers of Christ as those who are “willing to bear one another’s burdens, . . . mourn with those that mourn, . . . and comfort those that stand in need of comfort.” …
Habits Of Being: Mormon Women And Inherited Material Culture
This session and its accompanying exhibit take women’s material culture out of boxes, attics, and closets and display it in a public conversational space. in the exhibit, fifteen women explore the rich material heritage of their female ancestors through photographs and words. in the discussion, women reflect on their heritage as told through objects, including …
SW10013: The Mormon Feminist Community of Exponent II: Its History, Its Legacy, Its Future
This panel will discuss what Exponent II has meant to Mormon women over the years, what it has achieved, and how it has evolved and changed since it published its first issue in the early 1970s. Panelists will also discuss their vision of the organization’s future as it reaches out to a new generation of …
SL09326 Panel: Online Lesson Resources
The explosion of online publishing has created a proliferation of lesson helps, hints, and resources for the LDS teacher. These span an enormous range of ortho- and heterodoxies and offer a fascinating picture of how Correlation works (and doesn’t) in the 21st century. Join creators and users of some of these resources for a discussion …