The CA-NV Conference United Methodist Women invite you to a live Zoom presentation with Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director, Young Women’s Freedom Center*
Saturday, July 25, 2020
10:00 am – 11:45 am
Additional event information is below
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June 20, 2020: Virtual Mass Poor People’s Assembly
Join United Methodist Women and United Methodists in a virtual
MASS POOR PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY & MORAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Register here: poorpeoplescampaign.org
The Poor People’s Campaign reminds us that “Everyone has a Right to Live.” The turmoil in our nation reveals long-term structural injustice and we cannot go back to an untenable “normal.” The Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the campaign, observes that:
Long before COVID-19 came to our shores, 140 million Americans were poor and low income. Seven hundred people were dying every day from poverty in this nation before we declared a national emergency. Eighty million people were uninsured or under-insured… The lethal violence of racist officers is only one manifestation of the systemic racism… George Floyd’s murder comes after the compounded death and deadliness of a pandemic that has wreaked havoc on poor and low-income communities across this nation. More than 100,000 people have said, “I can’t breathe,” as this disease choked them to death.
United Methodist Women is a national faith member of the Poor People’s Campaign, A National Call for Moral Revival, and serves on their Prophetic Council of faith leaders. You will also hear about Poor People’s Campaign demands for voting rights and a just economy and how you can connect to the campaign in your state for local faith and community responses.
Building on the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign of 50 years ago, the campaign addresses the intersecting realities of poverty, racism, environmental degradation and militarism, including State violence in communities of color in the U.S. It integrates United Methodist Women priorities of Economic Inequality, Racial Justice and Ending Mass Incarceration, Climate Justice and Maternal Health. It advocates for strengthening our democracy and voting rights in order to achieve the goals of an ambitious transformative agenda, see the full statement at poorpeoplescampaign.org/about/our-demands.
Get more information and learn about what United Methodist Women are doing to address economic inequality:
Event Cancelled: Western Jurisdiction UMW is “Calling u”
This event has been cancelled.
As of June 10, 2020, the Western Jurisdiction UMW Quadrennial Event is cancelled, due to COVID-19 health concerns.
Get further details at https://www.wjumw.com/
Original information about Western Jurisdiction UMW Quadrennial Event
Join us at the 2020 “Calling u” Western Jurisdiction UMW Quadrennial Event, April 17-19, in Tempe, AZ. There will be opportunities for service, spiritual care, social action, networking, leadership development, and enrichment. Speakers are to include Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Deaconess Molly James-Vickery, UMW President Shannon Priddy, and Former UMW CEO Harriet Jane Olsen.
See more information and register at www.wjumw.com:
- Event registration
- Hotel reservations (if you need an accessible room, you’re encouraged to register early!)
- Scholarships
- Info on the speakers
- Enrichment and Ubuntu opportunities
Western Jurisdiction is “Calling u”! See this short video – link opens to YouTube.
Mission Link – May 2020
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Get the May 2020 Mission Link newsletter from El Camino Real District United Methodist Women!
Note that due to limitations of Shelter-in-Place, there was no printed version of this newsletter distributed by mail. If you know of someone who usually receives their copy by mail, please share this online version with them, or help them obtain a printed copy.
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