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Jill Conway

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EOS 2008 Jill I. Conway is a missionary through the Mission Intern Program with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving with the Primavera Foundation in Tucson, Arizona.

Before her current assignment, Jill served 18 months with GROOTS (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood) in Kenya. GROOTS is a network of grassroots women representing self-help groups and organizations across Kenya. Founded in 1995, today the network has more than 2000 women members from different women's organizations throughout Kenya.

In her current position Jill works with the homeless and working poor in Tucson ”promoting economic and social justice while working to build a future in which all people are assured basic human rights, a livable income and safe, affordable housing”. She is working as an advocacy coordinator around many issues of social justice. One is assisting individuals recently released from prison to successfully re-enter the workforce and the community and to reduce the likelihood of their return to prison.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Jill received her Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Cincinnati in 2005. Before entering the Mission Intern Program, she worked as a resource educator, lab assistant, and with the Wesley Foundation at the University of Cincinnati. She was also a research assistant with the US Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati.

Jill is a member of Aldersgate UMC in Huber Heights, OH, where her parents, Bob and Kim Conway also attend.

The Mission Intern Program is a three-year leadership development and mission service opportunity for young adults between the ages of 20 and 30 to be actively involved in mission service and social justice in both an international and a domestic context. The program encourages young adults to live with and learn from communities that struggle with injustice. Mission Interns have worked as community developers, educators, advocates, and grass-roots organizers, and their unique experiences provide vision for new opportunities and ministries within the church. The program offers an opportunity for Mission Interns to serve half of their time abroad, and their remaining time in a placement site in their home country.

Mission Interns are not asked to raise monetary support during their time as missionaries, as their expenses are covered by existing funding sources through the General Board of Global Ministries. However, the Mission Intern Program has an Advance code number (#13105Z) that allows supporters to directly contribute to this valuable program, so that young adults may have this opportunity in the future. By reducing the pressure on young adults to raise their own support, they have more time and energy to focus on the mission they are assigned to.

For further information about Young adult mission programs, email the Missionary in Residence for Young Adult Programs at MIRYAP1@gbgm-umc.org or write to Missionary in Residence for Young Adult Programs, General Board of Global Ministries, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 320, New York, NY.

Make an online donation to: Jill Conway #13105Z.

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