Welcome to the Shaw Center

Our Mission: The Anna Howard Shaw Center exists to promote structures and practices that empower women and honor diversity. Read more about our growth: Statement of Confession and Action.

Donations to Shaw Center: When making your donations, remember to specify your donation to the Anna Howard Shaw Center at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your time and contributions! DONATE HERE

Spring NewsletterClick here to read our 2025 Spring Newsletter on “Many Stories, Many Callings: Our Dynamic Vocations.”


Announcements & Events

  • Join us  for our free Thursday Lunch Lectures each week held in STH 320 at 12:30pm. The theme for this semester’s series is “Collaborative Leadership: Challenges and Meaningfulness” or “Sharing Your Community Building Experience”. This week our guest speaker will be Tony B. Nguyen, and the talk title is “The Clearest Expression of Mixed Feelings: Poetry as Gift and Spiritual Formation”. Food is provided, join us in STH 320!

  • We just held our 2025 Women in the World conference with distinguished speakers sharing about “Embracing Differences: Community Building in Interfaith Contexts.” Watch recordings of the conference here: Lunch Lectureship and Dinner Lectureship.

     

  • We released our Spring 2025 newsletter entitled “Many Stories, Many Callings: Our Dynamic Vocations.” You may read it here and access previous issues here.

Anna Howard Shaw Center Newsletter Front Page entitled "Many Stories, Many Callings: Our Dynamic Vocations"

       

      • Thank you to all who participated in the 2024 Women in the World Conference, particularly our amazing speakers! Recordings of the conference can be viewed here!

      Learn about the Shaw Center from our video celebrating 40 years!


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