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Mary Fisher

Bridging the Gap

I didn’t so much boycott President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress as dread it. My expectations were sufficiently low: a campaign-style…

5d ago

Bridging the Gap

5d ago

Tools of the Trade

I don’t really know how it feels to be transgender, but I have some acquaintance with being the object of ignorance and bias. To be a woman…

Feb 26

Tools of the Trade

Feb 26

Oh, The Noise!

I want to cover my ears and, when I drop my hands, know that this was all just a bad dream. It hasn’t really happened: Shutting off the…

Feb 18

Oh, The Noise!

Feb 18

Complicity

Okay, we’ve seen enough. In less than two weeks we’ve seen how things will go for four more years: poorly. How quickly he made America the…

Feb 6

Complicity

Feb 6

Singing a Song of Gratitude

In January, I have a new book coming out, Uneasy Silence: An Activist Seeks Justice and Courage over a Lifetime of Change. The book’s only…

Nov 26, 2024

Singing a Song of Gratitude

Nov 26, 2024

Ordering up a Helping of Hatred

It was doubly crazy. First, it was a crazy idea that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were slaughtering people’s pets and eating…

Sep 16, 2024

Ordering up a Helping of Hatred

Sep 16, 2024

A Timeless Message

I was privileged to deliver the keynote address at the August 19, 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. We imagined, then, that…

Aug 19, 2024

A Timeless Message

Aug 19, 2024

Reflections on ‘92

Tomorrow is the thirty-second anniversary of my keynote address to the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. I spoke two nights…

Aug 19, 2024

Reflections on ‘92

Aug 19, 2024

Keeping On

“There are moments in our lives, as individuals and as institutions, when we grow weary of the work to which we’re called. The biggest…

Oct 4, 2023

Keeping On

Oct 4, 2023

The Power of Community

“The power of community, you know, is largely the power of communication. It is the voice of the neighbor who calls to be sure you’re well…

Sep 29, 2023

The Power of Community

Sep 29, 2023

Mary Fisher

Mary Fisher

Speaker, artist and author. Activist calling for courage, compassion and integrity. Mom/Grandma. 1st Female White House Advanceman. Keynoted ’92 RNC.

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