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At its March 2025 Board meeting the Board adopted the organization’s refreshed Strategic Plan which will guide our work for the next five years.
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ICUUW Spring Seminar was held in NYC the weekend of March 15-16, 2025, during the United Nationals 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings. Our Tuesday Gatherings on April 8 and 10 focused on recollections of those events.
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Report on the Fourth International Convocation of U*U Women and People of Progressive Faiths
The János Zsigmond Unitarian College in Kolozsvár/Cluj hosted the Fourth International Convocation of U*U Women and People of Progressive Faiths, September 5-8, 2024.
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- Written by: Tina Huesing, USA, ICUUW President
Dear members and friends,
We are looking back on 2024, a year with lots of highlights for ICUUWomen.
Karen Kortsch, who had served on the board for six years and as our Board President for the last four years, stepped down from her post due to term limits. The Board elected me as the incoming President, and the first thing I did was ask Karen to continue to serve our organization as immediate past-president. Karen is now serving in this role and attending Board meetings. I hope to make this a permanent Bylaw change. It is so important to have continuity.
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- Written by: Outreach Committee Co-Chairs Denise Tracy and Julie Steinbach
As the saying goes, ICUUW is “one of the best kept secrets” in the UUA. With the closing of the UU-UN Office and the dissolution of the UU Partner Church Council and International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU), ICUUW is currently the only international U/U organization engaging in international programs and working actively at the UN - and yet many UUs don't know we exist. We have maintained a consistent membership of about 100 members from 16 countries (Australia, Bolivia, Burundi, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Kenya, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Uganda, and the United States). Outreach is tasked with the responsibility of getting the word out about who we are and what we do.
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Many of our local congregations have women’s groups with social justice goals. All our members are invited to share ideas from their groups in our ICUUW newsletter. I’ll start…
Around 15 years ago, at EUUC in Edmonds, Washington, just north of Seattle, a group of members read and discussed the book Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. This journalist couple wrote about several major types of oppression of women and girls, particularly in Africa and Asia, for example sex trafficking, neglect of health, and exclusion from education. They outlined some effective solutions and suggested ways people could raise money to help.
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International Human Rights Day
Women's Rights: Weaving a Tapestry of Peace
Reflect on how human rights, women’s rights, and peace are intertwined!
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- Written by: Dr. Krisztina Sándor, Hungary
It’s certainly been at least 20 years since I met Zsófia Sztranyiczki. I can even faintly recall that we met in a church setting, in the company of American UUs. For me, her name has intertwined with Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist groups on pilgrimages to Transylvania, whom she accompanied as interpreter and organizer. Her private life was also shaped by this, since this is how she met her husband, Dean Dalton, with whom she has lived bi-continentally in the U.S. and Transylvania for many years now.
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The Annual Meeting of ICUUW Members will take place virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at the time of our usual Tuesday gatherings. All ICUUW members are invited to participate and vote in this Zoom meeting.
Nominees to the ICUUW Board of Directors 2024, subject to election at the Annual Meeting of Members.
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Love Unites, Stories Ignite
If you are attending the UUA General Assembly in June, do not forget to watch our on-demand video! The program titled "Uniting Women Worldwide Through Their Inspiring Stories" features 4th Convocation scholarship recipients from Canada and India as well as several Board members. They will share their inspiring stories about igniting change in their communities and connecting with other U/Us worldwide. Watch a preview video. We feature stories from Unitarian*Universalist women who live their faith and their desire for a more just world in different parts of the world. These women are connected to sisters in faith beyond their immediate community. They learn from each other and with each other, and their stories inspire others to local action.
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Nominating Committee Report
We nominate Tina Huesing, PhD, and Dr. Rica Lamar for three-year terms on the ICUUW Board of Directors. We feel that both candidates will be valuable contributing members of the board.
We regret that we have not been able to find a board member ready to serve as Treasurer, and recommend that the position be left unfilled for the time being until a suitable candidate comes forward. In the meantime, Geri Kennedy will continue, possibly with the help of one or more volunteers, to do the work of the Treasurer.
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Our esteemed executive director, Zsófia Sztranyiczki, has notified the Board of Directors that she will be stepping down from her position at the end of 2024. She has done a fabulous job serving as our Executive Director for the past 11 years and will be very difficult to replace. She promises to remain involved with ICUUWomen as a volunteer. We wish her well in the future with more time to focus on her personal life and projects, including her tour company.