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Women’s Division has provided a
list of resources for our use. They include:
CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN, Phase III Resource
Campaign for Children booklet, 2002 (#3223) $5.00 (available through the Mission Resource Center*)
PROGRAM BOOK
2005, “A Call to Prayer and Action for Public Schools” (p. 13)
BIBLE STUDY / MEDITATION: They Will Know You By Your Love, by Yvette Moore
RESPONSE issues
April 2004 featured Public Education
March 2006, p. 28, “Story of Katie Peterson,” UM Deaconesses and establishment of after school care
March 2006, p. 29, Story of Nancy Delaney, “Kids are falling through the Cracks”
June 2006, p. 15-17, “Public Education Summit”
June 2006, p. 16, 17, “Summit Inspires” – story of Pat Butler
SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION Studies
Public Education (2004/5) Study book: Lyman, Mary Grace. Public Education: Issues and Challenges. New York: General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church 2004. (#3597) $1.00 (available through the Mission Resource Center*)
READING PROGRAM books
I Choose to Stay – A Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City, Salome Thomas (2008 list)
Taught By America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton, Sarah Sentilles (2007 list)
Schools that Do Too Much: Wasting Time and Money in Schools and What We Can Do About It, Etta Kralovec (2005 list)
Will Standards Save Public Education? Deborah Meier (2005 list)
The Evolution of the American Public High School, Lyle Schaller (2003 list)
ACTION ALERTS
Reading, Writing and Raspberries
No Child Left Unrecruited
(*The Mission Resource Center, 1-800-305-9857)
There are also some suggested ideas of things you can do for Public Education:
Explore your own local schools
- Visit area schools
- Talk to people involved (teachers, parents, students, administration)
- Engage others in conversation
Take action
- Vote
- Participate with local advocates-grassroots organizations such as PTA, etc.
- Utilize your church for school board elections – “Meet the Candidates” forum
Volunteer
- Mentor a child in public school
- Volunteer to read or tutor or chaperone a field trip
- Collect school supplies for low income students
- Recognize public school teachers in your own local church
Pursue systemic changes
- Consider running for the local school board or encouraging someone else
- Sponsor community information events
- Learn about school budgeting and engage in efforts to improve it
- Engage the local media through public meetings and letters to the editor
What will your local unit do to work for change in the
area of Public Education?
The PURPOSE of
United Methodist Women
The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women
whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through
Jesus Christ; to develop a creative supportive fellowship; and to expand
concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the
church.
This page was last updated on Thursday, January 03, 2008.
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