Vanessa Caveney

Names have power. And while you may be utilizing any one or more of our four models, Girls Circle®, The Council for Boys and Young Men®, Unity Circle®, and Women’s Circle® we encourage you to germinate ownership and enthusiasm among the youth or adults you serve by giving them the autonomy to name their Circles. Read More

Mother’s Day is around the corner and the nation is absorbing a reality in which 42 percent of Americans who can give birth will likely lose their reproductive freedom within the coming months. So how can we best honor our mothers this Sunday? Trust them. Believe them when they tell you they have a detailed understanding of the opportunities and limitations of their lives. They may be

I have a confession: As a woman and a feminist, I have felt a tinge of apathy - bordering on annoyance - towards Women's History Month. I've never shared this thought, even privately. I appreciate its existence. I believe it has value. So what's the problem? I think it feels like the bare minimum. As we enter a 5th wave of feminism - which we’ll all encounter regardless of our individual feelings or awareness of feminism - we are being challenged to upend long-held truths. You may have already felt this change. We are trading the traditional, male lens of history that values an unending record of battles, inventions, and clever or powerful individuals... with one that reexamines changing tides with a holistic appreciation for the effect those times had on a vast spectrum of peoples... Children. Families. Indigenous peoples. Traditionally marginalized folks of all stripes. We are challenged to grant them dignity by amplifying their voice in the records of the past.