Two stories were told at this session. One story falls under the theme of “Women's professional leadership in a religious setting” and the other under the theme of “discrimination and violence.”

It is impossible to describe who the story-tellers are in a nutshell as it is only through the discovery of the story that the listeners are able to grasp the essence of these people and their life experience. For the purposes of the programme an introductory title is therefore given to both. These titles are:

• An African-American lesbian rabbi: An intersectional approach to navigating religious life and leadership
• Child bride, survivor and mother of five