NCC, Church Women United, accepting applications
for Young Women's Leadership Experience at UN

New York, December 13, 2011 -- The National Council of Churches and Church Women United are accepting applications for Young Women’s Leadership Experiences, to be held February 24 to 29, 2012 at the United Nations, along with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

This five-day experience will provide orientation on the 2012 CSW theme: The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges. As visitors to the UN-CSW, participants will get a taste of the UN events and participate in exciting side-events.

The application deadline is January 6, 2012. Six applicants will be accepted and notified by January 13, 2012.

Selected participants will be responsible for their travel cost, $100 registration, and five meals. NCC and CWU will cover housing, additional meals, and events. Although limited additional scholarship is available, the Council and CWU invite applicants and their member communions to consider financially supporting a young woman in this leadership experience.

Letter of Invitation
Application Form (Word Document)
Application Form (PDF)
Fact Sheet and Schedule
United Nations backgrounder

Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA has been the leading force for shared ecumenical witness among Christians in the United States. The NCC's 37 member communions -- from a wide spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic African American and Living Peace churches -- include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

NCC News contact:  Philip E. Jenks, 212-870-2228 (office), 646-853-4212 (cell), pjenks@ncccusa.org