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| Projects funded by our Equity and Justice Grants effect positive change in the lives of women and girls, like these Guatemalan schoolchildren. |
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What's In a Name?
When it came to the UUWF Grants Program, too little: the name contained no hint of the program’s purpose. The new designation selected by the UUWF board In March - Equity and Justice Grants – better represents the program's work: funding bold, innovative projects that effect positive social change in the lives of women and girls. Here are the projects selected for funding in 2008:
Helping Women in Prison and Their Families, a lay-led social justice ministry of The Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, PA, received $4,780 in support of “Enhancing Communication to Empower Women: Website Redesign for the PROGRAM.” The grant will help fund improvements to the website of the PROGRAM, which serves women and children involved with the criminal justice system to promote productive, crime-free lives. Website improvements will include features to faciliate volunteer recruitment and on-line financial contributions.
Jericho Road Ministries, Inc., received $4,000 in support of “The Priscilla Project,” and an additional $2,000 as a match to funds raised by new sources. This grant will support a health mentoring program which connects medically at-risk, vulnerable refugee and low-income women with stable volunteer mentors.
Margaret Fuller Grants
Originally founded in 1989 as the Feminist Theology Awards, this UUWF program funds accessible projects focusing on UU religious feminisms or other theological issues that impact UU women. The 2008 grant receipients are:
Celeste DeRoche, Ph.D. / Rev. Gail Geisenhainer, $2,000 in support of “Singing For Our Lives: A History of the Pioneer Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, and Transgendered Unitarian Universalist Ministers.”
The Church of the Larger Fellowship and Rev. Elizabeth Lerner, $3,000 in support of “Ancient Roots: The Feminine Face of Western Religion,” an on-line adult religious education course.
The application deadline for the next funding cycle of both programs is October 15, 2008. For more information, go to Equity and Justice or Margaret Fuller or contact the UUWF office. |
