Racial Ethnic Young Women Together (REYWT)

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2008 REYWT Retreat   
Loving Ourselves: Discovering Our Identities and Exploring Our Places

Daytona Beach, Florida 
July 31 – August 3, 2008                                              

We invite young women who are looking for ways to be more intentional about discovering, exploring and finding themselves as young women of faith to the REYWT retreat. The retreat will allow you to explore, affirm and challenge one another in worship, workshops and fellowship. This retreat is open to young women of color — Hispanic and Latina; Asian; Middle Eastern; Native American; Black and African American; Bi-Racial and Multiracial between the ages of 18 and 35. Learn more.

Responding to the needs of refugees

Download this bulletin insert about World Refugee Day, June 20, 2008. Visit Church World Service to learn more about the refugees and ecumenical efforts worldwide to respond to this crisis.

Montreat Goes Green

Associate for REYWT, the Rev. Bridgett A. Green is representing Racial Ethnic Young Women Together at the 2008 Montreat Youth Conference in Montreat, N.C. The Rev. Green is serving as preacher for the week at this conference that will host more than 1300 high school students and leaders. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to worship and share time and experiences with such a dynamic group of people from all over the country.  Presbyterian News Service reporter Jerry L. Van Marter will be tracking Green's sermons throughout the week. Read about Green's connection to the youth of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

“Sin is lurking at the door, making a home for itself in the doorway of our relationship with God,” Green said. “And if we do not control that which may cause us to sin, then we are in deep danger … of obstructing our way to God.”

Read more about Rev. Green's sermon from July 8, 2008.

“I felt like I’d been a Christian all my life, but I didn’t have one of those dramatic moments,” she told 1,300 high schoolers Monday evening (July 7) who are here for week three of the 2008 Montreat Youth Conference. “So I began to wonder whether I really was a Christian, whether Jesus had forgotten about me.”

Read more about Rev. Green's sermon from July 7, 2008.

Worth the Risk
by Jerry L. Van Marter
Presbyterian News Service

“God has given us the Holy Spirit and the faith of the whole community to help us,” she said. “But do we dare to take the risk?” Faced with such obstacles as institutional racism and sexism, peer pressure, materialism and a host of personal temptations, saying “yes” is not easy, Green said.

Read more about Rev. Green's sermon from July 9, 2008.

REYWT member Laura Polk reflects on United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Laura Polk is a member of REYWT's 12-member decision-making body, also known as Core. She is a native of Williamsburg, Virginia, and a recent graduate of University of Maryland where she received a master’s degree in Applied Anthropology. She has been very active within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Laura has served as a Young Adult Intern for Mission Service Recruitment and as a Young Adult Volunteer in Seattle, Washington.

Read Laura’s reflection on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

The Commission on the Status of Women is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. It is the principal global policy-making body. Every year, representatives of member states gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.

The 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, N.Y., from March 2 to 13, 2009. Themes to be considered are:

Priority theme: "The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS"
Review theme: "Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels"

REYWT is on Facebook

Join our Facebook group to connect with REYWT members. This is your opportunity to discover what members are doing in their communities and congregations. REYWTs presence on Facebook provides a forum for racial ethnic young women all over the world to make their voices heard.

Core members at Kavanaugh Enrichment Center, Crestwood, Ky. Photo by Nancy Khella.

Apply To REYWT's Core Team today!
The Core Team is REYWT's 12-member decision-making body.

Please complete the application and mail or fax it to the office of REYWT. We accept applications year-round and notify applicants of their status by August 15 of each year.

If you have any questions, please call us at (502) 569-5476 or email the Rev. Bridgett Green.

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