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April Young-Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series and host of the Religious Feminism Podcast. Learn more about April at aprilyoungb.com.

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A Wee Pep Talk (with Videos)

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April Young-Bennett

ordain-womenThe LDS Church released this video in spring of 2013–around the same time Ordain Women launched. Some of us Exponent ladies were among the first to participate in Ordain Women. Supporting women’s ordination can be scary in our culture. Shortly before the launch, we shared this video with each other on our backlist to give us courage. Since many new people will be openly supporting women’s ordination for the first time on April 5, I am posting this video. Courage, friends.

http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages/topics/trust-in-the-lord?v=2221439363001

And in case you need  just a little more to get ready for the big day:

 http://youtu.be/jCle5Grcaro

You can do it. I’ll see you there.

 

April Young-Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series and host of the Religious Feminism Podcast. Learn more about April at aprilyoungb.com.

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