ECD presented a zoom program on the Charter for Racial Justice on Saturday, May 1,2021.
There were 25 participants of which 10 were from our unit.
Linda Cook , the Vice President of North Central District started the program. It is the program on Racial Justice they had done and presented to our District.
Jeanie Christian presented the program.
From the following slides racism was discussed.
Using the booklet on UMW Racial Justice History,
we looked at the time line.
20 years after it started Theressa Hoover was the first African American Deputy General Secretary of the Woman's Division. She served for over 20 years.
We were encouraged to go in and read the Charter for Racial Justice, it is only 3 pages long.
Download this UMW's study about the letter from a Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin L. King.
Kim Wendt lead the next part of the program on "We Believe" statements.
In breakout groups we discussed the "We believe " statements and a leadership scenario.
To keep updated use the UMW website and the Racial Justice Resources.
The program ended with this prayer.
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