Poll workers share importance of city, local elections
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Del 6 al 12 de septiembre, la nueva edición de Festa Antiqua
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Mary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th century capitalist, Black freedom fighter, and philanthropist. Her eventual wealth and high social status, as well as her penchant for shattering racial taboos, offers an interesting contrast to the prevailing narrative of what that era was like for Black women.
Pleasant’s early life is a matter of some debate. One account has her born into slavery to a Black or mixed‐race mother and a white plantation owner in Georgia. Another suggests that she was the daughter of a wealthy Virginia planter who had an affair with a Caribbean voodoo priestess. Learn More
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The Church called six women to be International Area Organization Advisers in Europe. They are (top row) Traci De Marco from the United Kingdom, Julia Wondra from Austria, Ghislaine Simonet from France, (bottom row) Letícia dos Santos Rudloff from Spain, Sibylle Fingerle from Germany, and Ann-Mari Lindberg from Denmark. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expanded female leadership by calling six women in Europe to fill new leadership positions.
According to the Church’s statement released on March 11, these International Area Organization Advisers will mentor congregational officers, participate in leadership councils, instruct Church leaders and “provide women’s perspectives at all levels of councils.”