Episode 853: Amy Watkins Jensen, “Women on the Stand”
Dec 21, 2025
01:16:14
My friend Amy Watkins Jensen (teacher, writer, active LDS, founder of “Women on the Stand”) join us to share her story including:
Growing up Mormon in Chicago
Mission to Argentina—first awareness of gendered imbalance
Brother coming out as gay
Carol Lynn Pearson’s living room
Y/W LGBTQ service project
Backstory starting “Women on the Stand”
Area Presidency ending practice, heartache, letter writing
President Oak’s recent invitation on the need to do better
Best practices
Any shares powerful and important principles behind the movement (which isn’t asking for doctrinal changes) including:
Aligning of practices with our doctrine (which is divine equality)
Respectfully relentless
If you are looking to better support Latter-day Saint women, please listen to this podcast and connect with Amy’s work. As Amy teaches “It will help us come closer to the divine equality that is our doctrine—and part of our beautiful theology—allowing us to thrive”.
Thank you, Amy, for your great work. You are making a difference. I learned so much from you—you give me hope!
Links:
Best practices link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xuxe0qF_naSVfF3FifQzvv9AAQeHdzD5LU-AaZ_mlws/edit?usp=drivesdk
Hope for Future practices link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19RuApg_1a-GGZYERHhvVRjI23IKPI3ooAdjUHE-gZAs/edit?usp=sharing
Instagram account: @womenonthestand
Substack: https://womenonthestand.substack.com/
