April 6 is the five-year anniversary of the launch of Ordain Women. Many of us met in person for the very first time at that event at the University of Utah, during the male-only Priesthood Session of General Conference.
Some in the audience shielded their faces from the press, afraid to be targeted by their family or ward members, even for passively attending a public meeting. Over the last five years many have boldly joined the movement at great personal risk, and have reinvigorated the conversation about gender inequality in the Mormon church in a new and open way.