Sister Joan Williams

  • Grieving Time: Breath and Radical Transformation

    Grieving Time: Breath and Radical Transformation

    June 5, 2020

    Around the United States, June 1, 2020 was planned as a shared day of grieving and remembering those who have died from COVID-19. And yet another grief was continuing to unfold — the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids Leadership Team was focused on putting into […]

  • 2019 Delegation Explores Root Causes of Migration Honduras

    2019 Delegation Explores Root Causes of Migration Honduras

    March 21, 2019

    Learn about the people and country of Honduras. Learn what causes people to flee their home countries, and what local Honduran communities living with unimaginable danger are doing through belief in the power of nonviolent action. We are humbled to be in solidarity with them and to help raise the volume of their strong voices. […]

  • Central American People Face Extreme Hardship in 21st Century World

    Central American People Face Extreme Hardship in 21st Century World

    March 11, 2019

    Events to Raise Awareness about Honduras and El Salvador “The people of Central America (including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) face extreme hardship in our 21st Century world,” says Joan Williams, OP. “It’s up to us, those who have a voice, to speak out against systemic political, economic, and social injustice.” In March, the Dominican Sisters~Grand […]