sorts of organizations, building a powerful web of work and relationships in our own communities and around the world. Together with our United Methodist Church family, and our interfaith, ecumenical and social justice partners, we take risks for justice and change near and far. Our legacy of partnership is visible in places like Brown, begun in 1867 as an orphanage for African-American youth left homeless by the Civil War, where our women saw to it that the children would not be forgotten. Generations of children went to school there for more than a hundred years. The school closed in 1978—yet in in 1992, after Hurricane Andrew tore through Florida, United Methodist Women partnered with the United Methodist Committee on Relief to reopen the school as a depot for relief supplies. Last year, hundreds of United Methodist Women volunteered at Sager Brown, thousands packed relief kits, and many, many more gave to Sager Brown to bring relief to the communities devastated by Irma and Harvey and the 2017 hurricanes. The reach of our impact has led United Methodist Women to partner with Interfaith Coalitions in New York and Washington, DC to speak out against hate speech against our Muslim brothers and sisters. United Methodist Women stood side by side with ecumenical and interfaith partners at press conferences led by Staff and elected leaders in New York and Washington, DC. Because of your mission giving, we were able to act immediately to create subway and metro ads to counter each hate speech ad with our own language: is not civilized. Support peace in word and deed.” “Hate Gender Equity Statement Dawn Wiggins Hare, CEO of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, joined Harriett on stage for this important statement about the vote that took place on Gender Equity right before Assembly. Harriett: One of the things that United Methodist Women’s predecessors advocated for 50 years ago as The United Methodist Church was being formed was the establishment of a Commission on Women. We were deeply engaged in the work for women’s equal treatment and knew that this would be needed for a long time. We also knew that the work would not be best served by the less permanent Committee on the Status of Women that the Church had had, nor did we think it should be carried by the Women’s Division. The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women was established in 1972 and I’m very pleased to welcome Dawn Wiggins Hare, the General Secretary, to join me on stage. Dawn, our organizations have been partners for a long time.
sorts of organizations, building a powerful web of work and relationships in our own communities and around the world. Together with our United Methodist Church family, and our interfaith, ecumenical and social justice partners, we take risks for justice and change near and far. Our legacy of partnership is visible in places like Brown, begun in 1867 as an orphanage for African-American youth left homeless by the Civil War, where our women saw to it that the children would not be forgotten. Generations of children went to school there for more than a hundred years. The school closed in 1978—yet in in 1992, after Hurricane Andrew tore through Florida, United Methodist Women partnered with the United Methodist Committee on Relief to reopen the school as a depot for relief supplies. Last year, hundreds of United Methodist Women volunteered at Sager Brown, thousands packed relief kits, and many, many more gave to Sager Brown to bring relief to the communities devastated by Irma and Harvey and the 2017 hurricanes. The reach of our impact has led United Methodist Women to partner with Interfaith Coalitions in New York and Washington, DC to speak out against hate speech against our Muslim brothers and sisters. United Methodist Women stood side by side with ecumenical and interfaith partners at press conferences led by Staff and elected leaders in New York and Washington, DC. Because of your mission giving, we were able to act immediately to create subway and metro ads to counter each hate speech ad with our own language: “Hate is not civilized. Support peace in word and deed.” Gender Equity Statement Dawn Wiggins Hare, CEO of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, joined Harriett on stage for this important statement about the vote that took place on Gender Equity right before Assembly. Harriett: One of the things that United Methodist Women’s predecessors advocated for 50 years ago as The United Methodist Church was being formed was the establishment of a Commission on Women. We were deeply engaged in the work for women’s equal treatment and knew that this would be needed for a long time. We also knew that the work would not be best served by the less permanent Committee on the Status of Women that the Church had had, nor did we think it should be carried by the Women’s Division. The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women was established in 1972 and I’m very pleased to welcome Dawn Wiggins Hare, the General Secretary, to join me on stage. Dawn, our organizations have been partners for a long time.