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144 archived articles posted in 2004 found
February
12 articles found for February, 2004
  • Factsheet on Staples Campaign 
    The organization of United Methodist Women, in the current STAPLES campaign is asking the office supply giant to permanently stock “processed chlorine free” paper. United Methodist women have been practicing paper recycling on an ongoing basis. We support using recycled content paper products to produce “processed chlorine free” (PCF) paper, taking the quality of paper to a higher level on behalf of consumers, the industry and the environment.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 25, 2004
  • United Methodist Women Take Small Steps to Fight Big Toxins 
    Members of the 1-million member United Methodist Women are starting a new fight against environmental toxins that are suspected of causing breast cancer.
    Source:   WD Press Releases
    Date posted:  Feb 19, 2004
  • If Not Now, When...If Not Me, Who? 
    225 United Methodist Women from around the country went to Nashville, TN this summer to address social justice issues and discern their responsibility as Christians to be actively involved in the issues affecting women and children. The theme of the quadrennial National Seminar of United Methodist Women, which took place August 2-8 was a question: “If not now, when. . . If not me, who?”
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 18, 2004
  • Gratitude for United Methodist Women:
     A Reflection and Journey
    I have considered myself to a part of the United Methodist Women for as long as I can remember. As a child I went with my great-grandmother, grandmother, and my mother to countless spring bazaars, rummage sales, and mission outreach projects. Recently I was elected Vice President of my local unit at Emanuel United Methodist Church.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 18, 2004
  • Help End the Trafficking NOW! 
    Trafficking is the “...recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons...” by improper means, such as force, abduction, fraud or coercion, for an improper purpose, like forced or coerced labor, servitude, slavery or sexual exploitation.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 18, 2004
  • North Georgia Empowers Young Women Through Spiritual Retreat 
    This year’s young women’s event, “Empowering Young Women” was a huge success! We spent three days and two nights at Camp Glisson in Dahlonega. Over sixty young women, primarily middle and high school age, attended and each left asking when the next event would be held! Dr. Alice Rodgers, from Emory University, was the speaker and she did a beautiful job relating the theme “Woman at the Well” to each young woman. Workshops, music, dance, banner-making, and litany readings provided an opportunity for everyone to bring their strengths to the table.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 18, 2004
  • We All Work Together (Material Resources) 
    In the summer months the youth volunteer. They fully understand what is going on in the world. Some of them are so mission-minded. They say — this is what I will do. And they do it,” marvels Glenn Druilhet, director of Depot Operations, UMCOR Sager Brown, Baldwin, Louisiana.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 18, 2004
  • Highlight: Young Woman in Mission 
    Last spring, I applied for the Ethnic Young Adults (EYA) Internship Program with the General Board of Church and Society. I received confirmation of my selection as one of eleven 2003 EYA Interns but wasn’t quite sure what my role was going to be as an intern at my placement; the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice in Washington, D.C.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 18, 2004
  • CEDAW Update for United Methodist Women 
    The work continues for United Methodist Women as they continue to support the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW or Women's Convention) and its ratification.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 17, 2004
  • United Methodist Women Action Campaign! Staples Report Card Project
    Let us come together in this United Methodist Women campaign to honor all of those who have had a cancer diagnosis by taking a few minutes to help make a difference! If there isn't a Staples store near you, go to the web and please request New Life DP 100 and pass these materials along. Encourage a relative, friend, or co-worker who could make this quick visit to do so.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 16, 2004
  • Mission Update Quarterly Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 1, January/February 2004
    Mission Update is the quarterly newsletter of the Women's Division, which goes to all local, district and conference units of United Methodist Women.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 03, 2004
  • No Child Left Unrecruited: Military Recruiters and  The No Child Left Behind Act
    In January 2002, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law. No Child Left Behind reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) - the principal federal law affecting education from kindergarten through high school. Buried within the 650 pages of the No Child Left Behind Act is Section 9528, which requires secondary schools to release student directory information for juniors and seniors to military recruiters upon request. Directory information consists of a student’s name, home address, and phone number.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Feb 03, 2004