For Immediate Release
Jan. 6, 2022
NEW YORK – United Methodist Women (UMW), the largest denominational organization for women, today announced the award of $17,650 to members from local UMW conferences, districts and units who are working to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. The grants ranged from $500 to $5,000.
“The purpose of the micro-grants is to directly support local United Methodist Women groups working to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline,” said Emily Jones, UMW’s executive for racial justice. “These grants represent seed funding, which we hope will affirm the leadership of members and groups whom you may never see on the frontpage cover of a newspaper. United Methodist Women leaders have proposed varied and impactful projects — in many cases envisioned and planned in partnership with other local organizations.
The following groups received grant awards:
- Indiana Conference Central District UMW (District – Indiana)
- Resurrection UMW (Unit – Illinois)
- Toulminville Warren Street UMW (Unit – Alabama)
- First Grace UMW (Unit – Louisiana)
- Community UMW (Unit – Massachusetts)
- New Zion UMW (Unit – Kentucky)
- Paul UMW (Unit – Texas)
- Niagara Frontier District (District – New York)
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Contact: Yvette Moore, ymoore@unitedmethodistwomen.org