elmira Nazombe
Leader for "The Beauty and Courage of Sudan"
elmira Nazombe is the executive secretary for racial justice of the Women’s Division, responsible for assisting United Methodist Women through the development of advocacy strategies and biblical and theological reflection materials on racial justice. She has worked as a popular educator designing and conducting workshops and trainings on economic justice issues, women’s human rights, and racial justice.
She served as Director of Leadership Development and Global Education for the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University from 1998-2004 and Director of the Office of International Justice and Human Rights for Church World Service, NCCCUSA between 1994 and 1998. She has also worked for the National Council of Churches/Church World Service, Interfaith Impact and Bread for the World, the All Africa Conference of Churches, and the National Christian Council of Kenya. She lived and worked in east and southern Africa for ten years.
She has been active over the last fifteen years as a popular educator, particularly in workshops and production of materials on the gender impacts of globalization. She is the author of the 2006-2007 United Methodist Mission Study: Globalization and Its Impact on People’s Lives.
elmira holds a BS and MA in education, a Master of Urban Planning and is a doctoral candidate in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education at Rutgers University, focusing on how women use education methodologies to work for social and economic transformation. She did theological studies at Drew Theological Seminary. She is a life long member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She lives in Highland Park, New Jersey with her adult son.