The Rev. Irene Miller Radcliff
Member at Large,
Social Justice
National Episcopal Church Women 2009-2012
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The Rev. Irene Miller Radcliff
Social Justice
Click to read about Irene's impressions of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
It is a great joy and honor to greet you as the new Member at Large, Social Justice of the ECW National Board. In this position, I chair the
Social Justice Committee which includes the Women to Women program.
The Women to Women program assists women by granting seed funds for education for the development and establishment of projects providing sustainable income, life-styles
improvement and strengthening communities.
Women to Women programs give women the tools they need to empower themselves. Since the establishment of Women to Women more than 15 years ago, many
local chapters of Episcopal Church Women, along with dioceses and individuals, have spiritually and financially supported these projects. A few examples of what your
past support has provided include:
- Anti-Violence Campaign and Curriculum Translation Services Program, Episcopal Cathedral School
- Women’s Poultry Farm, Diocese of Lui in Sudan
- Bethlehem Tailor’s Training Centre, Diocese of Kajo Keji in Sudan
- MatEnwa Community Arts Project, MatEnwa Learning Center, Cambridge, Massasschutes
- Blanketing Navajoland, Episcopal Church in Navajoland
Your support has provided the opportunity for many women to become educated, own and operate businesses. And for that
support, I thank you.
For this Triennial year (2009 - 2012), I want to recommend to the ECW National Board similar projects that
also incorporate one or more of the Millennium Development Goals. In order to do that, I need your input and support.
I also need information about similar projects, plans or ideas for projects in Companion
Dioceses. This information will help me in my recommendations to the board. The Women to Women Program
is funded separately from the operational budget of ECW National Board, so we rely on your generosity to continue
our work.
The enrichment your support brings to Women to Women and the women who benefit from this program cannot be measured. If you are interested in knowing more and financially supporting Women to Women, I thank you and welcome you to
contact Cordelia Burt via e-mail at: or Irene Radcliff at: .
When contributing, please make checks payable to Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS), specify Women to Women and mail to:
Sandra Powers, ECWNB
3 Adoracion Circle
Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
Contact Irene at
Dear Episcopal Church Women,
Shirley Greiman and I will be attending the
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City, February 26th - March 13th. For the opportunity, I am most grateful. The plan is to listen, learn and obtain information that will be of benefit to the Church, NECW Board, all ECW's, and our work on issues important to and for women.
Please pray for us and all the others attending the UNCSW as we travel on this journey.
Thank you.
Yours in Christ,
Irene
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