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  • Webinar: "Women, Migration & Maternal Health" - June 5
    05/01/2013 June 5, 3-4 p.m., EDT. As the immigration debate heats up in the U.S., migrant women are often denied basic rights to health care; legal status, language and race all factor in limiting access. Learn more about what you can do! Register at umchealthyfamilies.org. Co-hosted by United Methodist Women and General Board of Church & Society.
  • United Methodist Women Listens to Nebraskan Farmers by Paul Jeffrey
    04/19/2013 A Canadian corporation plans to build the Keystone XL Pipeline across Nebraska. A delegation of United Methodist Women leaders and staff traveled there in April 2013 to listen to Nebraskan farm families directly affected by the proposed pipeline.
  • United Methodist Women Honored for Anti-Hate Campaign by Leigh Rogers
    04/08/2013 The Muslim Consultative Network honored United Methodist Women, Sojourners and T’ruah for “standing against anti-Muslim bigotry” at their Third Annual Gala on April 4 in New York.
  • United Methodist Women Members Intercept Human Trafficking
    04/01/2013 Since 2010, during Super Bowl season United Methodist Women has hosted the Intercept Human Trafficking campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking and how large sporting events encourage and profit from the culture of sex and labor trafficking. In February 2013 the Super Bowl was held in New Orleans, La., and United Methodist Women members in Louisiana let the world know that human trafficking must end
  • African Women Mobilize to Build Peace by Yvette Moore
    03/20/2013 United Methodist women from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda explored their roles as women peace builders in a three-day conference at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe, Mar. 18-20. Women from Mozambique also attended the event cosponsored by U.S. United Methodist Women and the Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance (IPLG) at Africa University to help equip the women to promote peace within and between their countries.
  • I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me by Rosangela Oliveira
    03/14/2013 The first Friday of March is, for many women around the world, a special day of prayer. It is, in fact, the World Day of Prayer (WDP). “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” is the celebratory theme of this year’s service prepared by the WDP Committee in France.
  • Message From the President by Yvette Moore
    03/13/2013 United Methodist Women is the “right place” for women seeking to use their talents and gifts to help others, said Yvette Richards, president of the organization’s board of directors in her address to the new program advisory group assembled for its first annual meeting Mar. 7-9 at Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn.
  • Treasurer Martha Knight Reports on 2012 Giving by Yvette Moore
    03/11/2013 Treasurer Martha S. Knight gives United Methodist Women 2012 financial report at the first annual gathering of the new program advisory group at Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., March 7-9, 2013.
  • New Board Meets in Nashville by Yvette Moore
    03/11/2013 United Methodist Women’s board of directors approves more than $400k in grants and scholarships at its spring meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
  • New Program Advisory Group Meets by Yvette Moore
    03/11/2013 United Methodist Women’s new program advisory group gathered for its first annual meeting at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 7-9.

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