ACWC at the 218th General Assembly
Attention General Assembly Commissioners, Advisory Delegates and interested others
The Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns (ACWC) brings items of business to the Assembly that attend to gender justice and highlight the significance of issues facing women within the church and throughout the world. Members of the committee will attend the Assembly to support its work, and to serve as resource persons for business before the General Assembly (GA).
ACWC brings three resolutions to this year’s GA to:
Additional business items
The Women of Color Consultation Task Force will present its report, “Hearing and Singing New Songs to God: Shunning Old Discords and Sharing New Harmonies.” 
Learn more about the task force’s work.
ACWC consulted with the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) on the report “God’s Work in Women’s Hands: Pay Equity and Just Compensation.”
ACSWP summarizes the report this way:
Over the past 30 years, women’s wages have moved from being 65 to 77 percent of men’s comparable wages. For a church that takes the equality of women and racial-ethnic groups seriously, this basic disparity remains crucial, and deeply affects the poverty in which one-sixth of U.S. children live. This resolution builds on the policy, “God’s Work in Our Hands,” which looks at the meaning of calling in today’s world of work (1995), and provides tools for the church to improve its own track record as well as that of society. Several presbyteries have addressed the too-predictable disparities among ministers’ salaries and one in particular provides a model for assessing pay equity concerns.
Information items
ACWC Agency Summary
Presbyterian Panel, “Women in the Church” — November 2007
In November 2007, ACWC sponsored a panel survey with Presbyterian Women and the Women’s Advocacy ministry of the General Assembly Council (GAC).
ACWC sponsors or participates in these vital GA events
Saturday, June 21, 2008
7:00–9:30 a.m.
This event is sponsored by the Office of Women’s Advocacy. Come and connect with other advocates at the General Assembly while learning about specific items of business before the Assembly. Sharpen your insights while interacting with the moderator and stated clerk candidates (invited). All attendees leave with a copy of the “red book,” a one-stop guide to women’s issues at this assembly.
Note: Those with dietary restrictions may request an alternate menu during advanced ticket sales only.
Location: Ballroom 1-4, Marriott Hotel
Ticket cost: $27
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
9:30–11:00 a.m
ACWC will hold a consultation with clergywomen on Wednesday, June 25, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Clergywomen and their allies are welcome to meet with ACWC members in an open forum format for a discussion of the November 2007 Presbyterian Panel and issues facing women clergy in the church. Light refreshments will be served.
Location: San Jose Convention Center, Room J-2.
This event is free. |
