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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.
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Women Building and Nurturing Resilience in Székelyudvarhely
The International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women, in partnership with the National Organization of Unitarian Women of Romania (UNOSZ), received a grant from the UU Funding Program for a program aimed at raising awareness and educating women about resilience. The second session of the three-session mental health training was hosted by the women's association members of the First Church of Székelyudvarhely on 9-10 February 2024. During the two-day training, coping skills and resilience were built through lectures and small group sessions.
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Healing Mother Earth: How Sustainable Development Addresses Poverty for the World’s Women and Girls
A special celebration for International Mother Earth Day!
In honor of International Mother Earth Day, ICUUW hosted an online interactive event with life-long UU Erin Boeke Burke. Erin, Director and Lead Analyst in the sustainable finance practice at S&P Global Ratings, works with teams of people in different parts of the world to assess the environmental, social, and governance issues which drive investment considerations.
Erin spoke about the progress being made toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to energy, food, and water - and how this impacts women and girls.
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Addressing the Needs of Immigrant and Undocumented Communities in the U.S.
Report of SSFTX-ICUUW Collaborative Project
Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX), a women-of-color-led collective based in San Antonio, Texas, completed an impactful project titled "Building BIPOC power in San Antonio, TX: Justice, Healing, and Resistance," thanks to funding made possible by ICUUW via a UU Funding Program grant.
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March 2024 marked the delivery of the 8th aid shipment from the Hungarian Unitarian Church and its Providence Charity Organization to Southern Ukraine. The humanitarian consignment, worth $7,700, is Providence's 18th aid operation in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
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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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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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Gondviselés (Providence) Charity Organization Delivers Supplies to Southwest Ukraine Including Laptops for Students
On 24 October 2023, ICUUW Executive Director Zsófia Sztranyiczki accompanied Rev. István Kovács, the bishop of the Hungarian Unitarian Church (HUC) and the staff of Gondviselés (Providence) Charity Organization on its tenth aid shipment delivery to the Diaconal Coordination Center of the Transcarpathia Reformed (Calvinist) Church in Berehove, Southwest Ukraine.
The supplies consisted of 1500 kgs of canned food and sugar, 205 tourniquets, and 25 laptops benefiting students of the Hungarian-language Reformed School of Tiachiv.
Please see the following video and photo reports of this humanitarian action:
- HUC Bishop Rev. István Kovács speaking in Berehove, Ukraine
- ICUUW Executive Director Zsófia Sztranyiczki speaking in Berehove, Ukraine
- A photo report that appeared in the Kolozsvár/Cluj Hungarian-language daily newspaper
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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.