COVER ART “Mi Mamá” by Rachel Stallings Thomander
This piece was inspired by John 16 to 18. I wanted to paint what I was feeling in the midst of this tumultuous time. From feeling isolated, rejected, and hated to being seen, heard, and comforted by God. I know God is with me and wanted a reminder of that. For those who are lonely or discouraged, God is with you. His Spirit is with you. For those who are feeling pain because others have targeted their hate and prejudice at you because of where you are from, what you look like, or how you speak, know that God is with you and He has sent the Comforter.
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LETTER FROM EDITOR “Fresh Courage Take” by Emily Fisher Gray
SISTERS SPEAK “Black Liberation in the Voice of LDS Women“
POETRY “Bittersweet” by Alixa Brobbey
ESSAY “My First Protest” by Gretel Tam
ESSAY “Ministering Through Justserve” by Fara Sneddon
POETRY “I Think I Might Take Up Writing Again” by Rebekah Orton
SABBATH PASTORALS “Consecrating Our Thoughts to God” by Sarah Gusky Kemer
ESSAY “Little and Big” by Brita Brown Engh
POETRY “The Book of Ruth” by Catie Nielson
ESSAY “Mormon Women’s Suffrage History in 2020” by Andrea Radke–Moss
POETRY “Woven Power” by Ashley Sturgill
POETRY “Approaching Unity” by Andi Pitcher Davis
GENERATIONS “Political Movements and Heroes” by Kay Gaisford, Emily Gilkey Palmer
BOOK REVIEW “Poems of a Faith Journey” a review of Dayna Patterson’s If Mother Braids a Waterfall by Nancy Ross
WOMEN’S WORK “An Artist Activist” an Interview with Kalani Tonga
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Margaret Olsen Hemming
Managing Editors Pandora Brewer, Emily Fisher Gray
Art Editor Page Turner
Layout Designer/ Editor Rosie Gochnour Serago
Exponent Generations Editor Emily Updegraff
Sabbath Pastorals Editor Fara Sneddon
Poetry Editor Abby Parcell
Global Zion Editor Liz Charles
Fiction Editor Mette Harrison
Subscription Manager Kirsten Campbell
Proofreaders Libby Boss, Susannah Bingham Buck, Cherie Pedersen, Karen Rosenbaum, Molly Wunderli
Additional Staff Sherrie Gavin, Carol Ann Litster Young, Natalie Prado, Sarah Hogan
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
President Barbara Christiansen
Treasurer Susan Christiansen
Secretary Kirsten Campbell
Members Katrina Vinck Baker, Pandora Brewer, Emily Fisher Gray, Margaret Olsen Hemming, Libby Potter Boss, Carrie Salisbury, Heather Sundahl
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SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to Gifty Annan-Mensah, Karyn Dudley, Ginger Dall Egbert, Crystal Powell, Elizabeth Sanchez, Sarah Richards Samuelson, Kalani Tonga, Marlena Wilding and Kwani Winder for their artwork in this issue.
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