Grab your popcorn and/or favorite beverage and join other UMW members around the country for five matinee movie/discussion events on selected Tuesday afternoons in June/July.

This event is sponsored by UMW's Office of Racial Justice, is free, and open to all. Movie/episode lengths vary, but they are usually one hour. A non-recorded discussion period will follow (approximately 30 minutes-1 hour in length).

Registration (first come/first serve) is required for all screenings/discussions.

YOU ARE INVITED to hear Rose-Mary Rumbley via ZOOM on Thursday, 07.08.21, at 10:00 a.m. CDT and join the Methodist Dallas Medical Center (MDMC) Auxiliary in meeting its fundraising goal of $12,500 to provide free mammograms for uninsured women in the Wesley-Rankin Community Center and Dallas Bethlehem Center communities.

Be an advocate for the rights of immigrants! Texas Impact invites you to learn more about its "Courts & Ports" program and register for on-site, two-day visits to the Rio Grande Valley in summer 2021. Participants will meet front-line responders on both sides of the international border, visit sections of the border wall, and welcome asylum seekers.

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Mark Your Calendar! NTC UMW wants to hear about your unit's activities for the period 09.01.20-08.31.21. The following local UMW unit annual reporting forms should be completed by local UMW unit presidents and/or designated officers/reps. and submitted to your district president and/or district rep. on/before 08.15.21:

All NTC UMW Local UMW Unit Annual Reporting Forms are bundled together in one downloadable file and are available online in two formats: Word or PDF (fillable). Check under the "Resources & Report Forms" tab on the NTC UMW website: https://www.umwnorthtexas.org/20202021_annual_reporting_forms_for_local_umw__units

Direct questions about annual reporting requirements to your district UMW president or representative. Not sure who your district UMW president/representative is? Email NTC UMW: [email protected]

Pauline Ntombura of the Methodist Women's Conference of Kenya and wife of Bishop Joseph Ntombura of the Methodist Church of Kenya is reaching out to UMW units, districts, and conferences with a call for financial assistance to support the creation of the Girls Rescue Centre -- a safe refuge in Kenya -- for girls refusing the painful and unlawful female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure.

NTC UMW invites you to celebrate a dear friend or loved one with a donation of any amount to the NTC UMW "Burning of the Candle: Minute in Mission Project 2021." Our goal: burn a candle at the NTC UMW 2021 Annual Meeting & Celebration in October 2021 one minute for each $20.23 (the 2021 UMW-calculated "minute in mission" amount) in donations received on/before 10.01.21.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF DONOR FORM AND DONATIONS: 10.01.21. Mail the completed donor form and a check (payable to NTC UMW with "Burning of the Candle 2021" on the memo line) to: Lela Luxen, NTC UMW Treasurer, 1217 Savoy Ln., Richardson, TX 75080. Completed donor form must accompany payment.

Donors' names and the names of those honored and/or remembered will be included in the online NTC UMW 2021 Annual Meeting & Celebration Program Book.

Diapers, Etc. at Owenwood Farm and Neighbor Space is in need of diapers (size 1-5), baby wipes, pull-ups, and adult diapers. Diapers and/or supplies can be mailed, dropped off, or ordered on the Amazon.com registry. Amazon.com gift cards are also welcome.