Who knew saving the world could be so exhausting.
Not that I am saving the world, but I am exhausted.
Who knew that the Diocese of New York has a Global Woman's Mission Fund.
Who knew that I would know so many #tags - #CSW60 - #ECUWomenCSW - #AnglicanCSW
#EpiscopalCSW - #UNStatCom - #Hi5forSDG5 - #EndFGM - #Yes-We-Lead
Who knew what I would be advocating for - UNCSW Episcopal Church Statement.
Who knew that the UNCSW started with 4 pages and ended up with this that we had to work on.
Who knew that I would be seated next to a woman who turned out to be a good friend of my sister's priest at Good Shepherd in Dunedin, FL.
A shout out to Becky. Ann told me all about the Immokalee Farm Workers and their website www.ciw-online.org
Who knew that the Young Adults Service Corp would be about Relationships, Faith, Love and Transformation.
Who knew that to Love God, Love Your Neighbor meant Changing Yourself.
Who knew statisticians could be so sexy
Who knew
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Picture This
40 degrees, heavy rain, blustery winds.
Welcome to springtime in NYC and the Opening of the 60th Conference on the Status of Women.
We began by walking east down to 1st Avenue to the Church Center of the UN for morning worship prepared by World Student Christian Federation . The Bible Verse that is the theme for our worhsip with the Ecumenical Women is Numbers 27:1-11 NRSV and speaks to Zelophehad's daughters being called by name and coming forward for their inheritance. What I took away from the worship leader this morning is:
Welcome to springtime in NYC and the Opening of the 60th Conference on the Status of Women.
We began by walking east down to 1st Avenue to the Church Center of the UN for morning worship prepared by World Student Christian Federation . The Bible Verse that is the theme for our worhsip with the Ecumenical Women is Numbers 27:1-11 NRSV and speaks to Zelophehad's daughters being called by name and coming forward for their inheritance. What I took away from the worship leader this morning is:
Worship is the basis for and grounds us in our advocacy.
This is what I have to remember each minute, hour and day as we work as a delegation.
After the service we made our way through this Spring like weather to The Episcopal Church Center and the Office of the Presiding Bishop.
Here we watched the Opening Ceremony for the 60th CSW followed by the opening Eucharist. Lots of follow-up conversation about why the first women to speak was 20 minutes into the opening. My friend the Rev. David Copley has been in attendance all week.
Running down 44th St to the UN to try to get a seat at the presentation by Iceland, Brazil, Switzerland about their work on unpaid care work, structuring laws for shared care. This event was so crowded I had to sit cross legged on the floor. Next time get there really early.
This was followed by lunch with Diana to catch up. Cannot believe her daughter Lexie will be two years old on May 13th, my birthday. Diana is working at the UN.
Each day we get together to debrief from 5-6PM. What we all did, what we need to do and who is doing what tomorrow.
Running down 44th St to the UN to try to get a seat at the presentation by Iceland, Brazil, Switzerland about their work on unpaid care work, structuring laws for shared care. This event was so crowded I had to sit cross legged on the floor. Next time get there really early.
This was followed by lunch with Diana to catch up. Cannot believe her daughter Lexie will be two years old on May 13th, my birthday. Diana is working at the UN.
Each day we get together to debrief from 5-6PM. What we all did, what we need to do and who is doing what tomorrow.
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