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- Written by: ICUUW Staff
10 October
In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month – an annual celebration of the history and culture of the U.S. Latinx and Hispanic communities – we have invited Laura Molinar, co-founder and co-director of Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX) to talk about SSFTX’s work for immigrant and undocumented communities in San Antonio, TX, and about their newest grassroots organizing initiative for immigrant, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, currently being implemented in partnership with the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women.
In addition, you will hear from Andrea Székely, board member of Gondviselés (Providence) Charity Organization of the Hungarian Unitarian Church. She will speak about Gondviselés’s work for Ukrainian refugees in Cluj/Kolozsvár, Transylvania, especially about their groundbreaking Ukrainian kindergarten and elementary school program.
Inclusive pricing allows you to register at the economic tier that honors your resources and this offering. Selecting the tier that is right for you ensures we can make this event accessible for all while compensating speakers and organizers for their labor — and for their work on behalf of women and girls. 80% of proceeds from all registration contributions will go to the work of ICUUW and 20% to the work of SSFTX and Gondviselés. Thank you for your support!
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- Written by: Beth O’Connell, ICUUW Vice President, France
Two billion beverage bottles are used and discarded around the world every day, flooding the land and choking the waterways with plastic pollution. With dire messages from ecologists, it’s time to “turn off the tap” of this constant polluted flow of plastic, Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) told delegates at a meeting to develop a legally-binding instrument to end plastic pollution.
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- Written by: Karen Kortsch, ICUUW President
Dear Members and Friends,
As I prepare to go to the UUA General Assembly in Pittsburgh, PA this month, I hold in awe our accomplishments around the world. We had our first post-pandemic in-person gathering at the UN for the 67th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March, filed our first quadrennial report to the UN Economic and Social Council, and we are planning our first in-person Convocation since 2017. We have so much to celebrate, and yet the struggle for gender equality continues, complicated by many setbacks during the pandemic.
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- Written by: Debra Pritchard, ICUUW Board Member, USA
The meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) is held yearly for two weeks. It is a multi-level event and the culmination of a year’s work by hundreds of thousands of people; about 30,000 representatives attended the 27th meeting in November 2022 (COP 27).COP 27 was held in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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- Written by: Karen Kortsch, ICUUW President
Beloved Members and Friends,
We at IWC are working in many different ways to bring us closer to a more gender-equal world. Gender inequality is a multifaceted issue; finding solutions requires an intersectional approach so that no one is left behind.