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- By Elgiva Dora Shullai, India
ICUUW members contributed to a Faithify campaign to support drug education in the Khasi Hills. Navchetna, Hindi for “a new consciousness”, describes the aim of the program.
A Master Trainer’s Program was held at the Unitarian Church of Madan Laban in Shillong, Meghalaya, India on 24 February 2024. This Training program was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Rica Lamar and Mr. Anthony Syiemiong as Resource Persons. Nineteen participants, as well as members who were just listening in (Fishbowl observation), received training in conducting age-appropriate life skills and drug awareness programs for youngsters from 6th class/grade through 11th.
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- By Karen Kortsch, ICUUW President
Dear Beloved Members and Friends,
Happy New Year to all! 2024 will be a year full of new challenges and adventures for ICUUW. I hope that each one of you will consider becoming involved in a new activity - there are so many opportunities to learn and grow with us! If you haven’t attended any of our Tuesday Gatherings, it would be a good first step. If your schedule does not allow you to participate in the gatherings, we have many other ways you can get to know us better. Please visit our website to learn more.
This year will bring the excitement of our 4th Convocation in Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Romania. I can’t wait to see many of you at this long-anticipated event. Being together in person does so much to strengthen the ties that bind us and to give energy and momentum to our journey towards gender equity. My wish for us is that the women of Transylvania will feel the love and support of women from many other parts of the world and that we, visitors, will feel the profound historical energy that comes from being in the places where Unitarianism was born and began to blossom. May it be so.
This newsletter is brimming with the many activities and projects that ICUUW is a part of. There are so many accomplishments that make us proud! The journey is long and the roads are often bumpy, but we must continue and forge new paths for the women of tomorrow and beyond.
In Faithful Sisterhood,
Karen Kortsch, ICUUW President
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- By Gyöngyi Máthé, member of the Unitarian Women's Association of Gyergyószentmiklós/Gheorgheni, Romania
With the positive attitude suggested by the title above, we gathered in Marosvásárhely/Târgu Mureș on November 17, 2023. The two-day mental health training - organized by ICUUW in collaboration with UNOSZ (Unitarian Women’s Association of Romania) thanks to a generous grant from the UU Funding Program - provided very meaningful and spiritual experiences.
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Share-the-plate (STP) funds will support the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women (ICUUW), strengthening its capabilities and enabling the organization to implement its programs and services effectively.
The STP year-round calendar focuses on global celebrations or other events; the specific programs highlighted on the calendar page are examples of projects already funded or completed, relating to the monthly focus area.
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- By Noel Lutomia, Project Coordinator, Founder of Tunawiri Pamoja, Kenya
Tunawiri Pamoja's Young Women's Business Program in Mumias (Western Kenya), implemented in partnership with ICUUW, is focusing on building young women’s capacities in the informal economy for long-term success.
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- By Karen Kortsch, ICUUW President
Dear Members and Friends,
Another year is coming to its completion soon. ICUUW has been able to deliver so many beautiful and powerful programs, thanks to the support of people like you. Our newsletter is overflowing with reports of accomplishments and experiences in our quest for a more gender-inclusive world. Day by day, we are growing in size and strength. Our work at the United Nations is giving us an avenue to network with like-minded people and those with different perspectives. Our project in Kenya is empowering women at the local level and giving them the tools they need to support themselves and advocate for their rights.
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Watch the video of our Annual Gathering with presentations by Laura Molinar of Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas, and Andrea Székely, board member of Gondviselés (Providence) Charity Organization of the Hungarian Unitarian Church.
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- By Julie Steinbach, Co-Chair, ICUUW Outreach Committee, USA
Around 120 pilgrims - in person or online - attended the 36th Congress of International Association of Religious Freedom (IARF) in Cluj/Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Romania, September 4-6, 2023.
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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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By Leaders of Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas, San Antonio, USA
Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX), a women-of-color-led collective based in San Antonio, TX, has embarked upon an impactful project titled "Building BIPOC power in San Antonio, TX: Justice, Healing, and Resistance," thanks to funding made possible by IWC via a UU Funding Program grant.
In spring of 2023, SSFTX hosted three participatory workshops focused on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for the immigrant community in San Antonio, TX.
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- 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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- By Gizella Nagy, IWC Board Member, Romania
On 13 April 2023, I joined the Ukrainian aid shipment program of the Providence Organization of the Hungarian Unitarian Church, for the second time. This was Providence’s 8th aid mission since the outbreak of the war: since March 2022, the organization has been delivering humanitarian aid to Transcarpathia (southwest Ukraine) and the war zone (Odesa and Mykolaiv area). This time we came to Berehove, the Diaconal Coordination Center of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church. The shipment included an 18-kW generator, a pallet of canned food and cooking oil, 30 tourniquets, and 400 wax candles.