International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women

Honorary Chair
Maria Sinkford

Advisory Committee
Barbara Beach, Chair

Cathy Cordes
UU Partner Church Council

Rev. Dr. Dorothy Emerson
UU Women and Religion

Elissa Goss
YRUU, First UU Church Houston

Gay Ann Gustafson
UUSC National Volunteer Network

Rev. Olivia Holmes
International Assn of Liberal Religious Women

Rev. Carol Huston
Women's Rights Worldwide and
Community Unitarian Church
White Plains, New York

Arlene Johnson
UU Women’s Federation

Rev. Jill McAllister
International Council of Unitarians and Universalists

Rosemary Matson
1980 W&R Convocation

Prof. Christine Nielsen
Women's Rights Worldwide and Buhata Pinay Program,
UU Church of Annapolis

Rev. Shirley Ranck
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

Rev. Rebecca Quimada Sienes
Buhata Pinay Program
UU Church of the Philippines

Rev. Addae L. Watson
Universalist Church, Southold, New York

Amy Youngblood
Southwest UU Women

Rev. Dr. Helen Zidowecki
UU Women’s Heritage Society

Mary Overton
Executive Director

Laura Nagel
Administrator

Thursday, 4PM (opening reception), February 26 to
Sunday, 12:30 PM, March 1, 2009, Houston, Texas

Plate Collection

Early Bird Registration Extended to September 15th

The Convocation focuses on education, faith, action and transformation:

Celebrate with, worship with and learn from extraordinary women with inspiring stories about women’s successful action in local communities in many cultures;
Energize the U*U Global Village network, a primary Convocation initiative;
Learn about grassroots organizing for women's rights and social justice through education, healthcare and safety, leadership development, and economic empowerment in the context of sustainable environments;
Bring these strong messages back to your home congregations and organizations;
Develop action ideas and plans that can continue, ignite and expand local initiatives that improve opportunity and women’s lives in your communities and in locations across the globe; and
Enjoy art, culture, worship and music along the way!

Gather Together to Explore Ways We Can Improve Women’s Lives around the World…

The call we hear today is not unlike the one issued nearly a century and a half ago, by Julia Ward Howe:

Arise all women who have hearts…Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel…Let us then solemnly take counsel with each other as the means whereby the great human family can live in peace.

Millenium Development Goals

Get Your Congregation Involved!

The Global Literacy Project is an exciting, new six session program to educate ourselves about our U*U global village, the challenges women face globally and what U*Us are doing about improving women’s lives. “Global literacy” means becoming informed about what it means to be effective global citizens.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

Wangari Mathai
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2004