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‘As women that God created, you are prized’

Posted July 16th, 2021

In the first of three listening circles, the offices of Women’s Leadership Development and Leadership Development for Leaders of Color of the Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries hosted PC(USA) women of color who are in faith leadership roles to provide them with the safety of a space that honors their voices and their experiences as they voice how COVID-19 has impacted their lives and ministries.

Give 8/28 to be a part of the PC(USA)’s Week of Action

Posted July 9th, 2021

As the Bearing Witness team prepares for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Week of Action, August 23-29, efforts to ensure that Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM) can continue to develop leaders of color within the denomination are well under way.

Announcing the 2021 Katie Cannon award recipients

Posted June 24th, 2021

Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries has announced the 2021 recipients of the Rev Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship.

Registration for Lydia’s Listening Sessions now open

Posted June 22nd, 2021

The offices of Women’s Leadership Development and Leadership Development for Leaders of Color of the Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries are hosting three upcoming listening circles on July 15 at 7p.m. Eastern Time August 18 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time September 14 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) plans for 2021 #Give828 campaign

Posted May 20th, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced plans for the 2021 #Give828 campaign to benefit the Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM). The official kickoff of the campaign will be June 16 in conjunction with the celebration of Juneteenth and will be a part of the Presbyterian Week of Action, which will take place in August.

Katie Cannon Scholarship available for Presbyterian women of color

Posted March 31st, 2021

The application period for the Katie Cannon Scholarship, sponsored by the Women’s Ministry Fund, remains open until June 1.

The Rev. Dr. Rhashell Hunter announces plan to leave the Presbyterian Mission Agency

Posted March 29th, 2021

After serving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for more than 26 years, the Rev. Dr. Rhashell D. Hunter has announced her plan to leave the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA). Hunter has served as the Director of the PMA’s Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM) for the last 14 years. She will leave at the end of April.

Orientation events kick off UN Commission on the Status of Women

Posted March 15th, 2021

Members of a joint delegation comprised of individuals from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Women participated in orientation events this weekend for the 65th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which will be held virtually for two weeks starting Monday.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) celebrates Women’s History Month

Posted March 1st, 2021

March marks Women’s History Month, and on Sunday, March 7, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) invites congregations to honor women who work for transformative change and seek to end poverty and injustice on Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday.

Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries funds grants to empower women, LGBTQIA communities

Posted January 14th, 2021

In an ongoing effort to build gender equity, the Women’s Leadership Development and Young Women’s Ministries of the Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries has awarded women’s ministries leadership development grants to two congregations: St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Beechwood, Ohio, where the Rev. Carmen Harwell is pastor, and the Seigle Avenue Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, now known as The Avenue Presbyterian Church.