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Produced by United Methodist News Service, official news agency of
the United Methodist Church, with offices in Nashville, Tenn., New
York, and Washington.

Contact:  Joretta Purdue                      142(10-30-71B){3496}
          Washington, D.C.  (202) 546-8722          March 17, 1997

Religion, race commission awards
24 minority self-determination grants

     WASHINGTON (UMNS) -- The "We Care" Friday evening program for
young single-parent families in Long Beach, Calif., is
representative of the 24 projects and programs receiving support
in the latest round of Minority Group Self-Determination Fund
grants of the United Methodist Church.
     This grant and the 23 others, together totaling $265,194,
were announced by the United Methodist Commission on Religion and
Race here in mid March. Grants are awarded in three categories:
congregational, community and jurisdictional or caucus based.
     We Care provides a free nutritious dinner followed by
tutoring for the children and self-help support groups for the
parents. It serves African American, Hispanic American and Asian
American families. The program was awarded $18,000.
     Another congregation-based grant on the opposite coast, the
Community Partnership Program/Summer Day Camp Winterim offers an
African American, Hispanic and White community family support
through tutoring and reading programs for the children and a
parents' night. Awarded $17,000, this program promotes working
relationships between home, school and community.
     The Bethel Neighborhood Council, Inc. in San Antonio, Texas -
- granted $17,000 -- provides child care and senior citizens'
nutrition programs in an Hispanic and African American community.
Based in the Bethel United Methodist Church, this program has an
annual budget of more than $400,000 and was begun 25 years ago
with help from the churchwide Commission on Religion and Race.
     In Morris, Okla., the Big Cussetah Indian Methodist Church
will present 30 two-hour classes in the Muscogee Creek language to
promote inter-generational understanding of past generations'
faith, videotaping the sessions for future use. The grant is for
$7,997.
     Project S.U.C.C.E.S.S. in Detroit was granted $11,000 for its
congregation-based program of education and mentoring for African-
American children in social skills, cultural awareness and
spiritual development.
     A $10,500 grant will assist Accion Social Comunitaria, a
Hispanic community ministry in St. Louis, Mo., with its program of
health care, community building, crisis care, counseling, cultural
transition programs, referral services and faith development. 
     Community outreach is one goal of the Lao ministry in
Tecumseh, Neb., which was given a $8,500 grant. 
     The House of Mercy or Casa de Misericordia in Milwaukee,
Wis., was granted $10,000 for its rehabilitation work with
Hispanic males who are homeless, drug addicted or alcoholic. 
     Several congregation-based projects serving Vietnamese 
communities were given awards. They are:
     * Vietnamese community outreach through culture, language and
citizenship classes; tutoring students; and support for shut-in
seniors by the West Anaheim Vietnamese United Methodist Church in
California, $13,000;
     * "Hope in Linda Vista" in San Diego providing a range of
services to 4,000 Vietnamese, $18,000;
     * The New Generation Outreach Project in San Jose, Calif.,
for adults and children who have arrived in the last three years,
$19,000; and
     * Vietnamese Methodist Outreach Center serving the Vietnamese
community in Arlington, Texas, $15,000.
     The other congregation-based program is Clanton Chapel Native
American United Methodist Christian Pre-School in Dulac, La.,
which was given $5,500.
     Two jurisdictional projects are the 1997 Western Jurisdiction
Chinese Convocation, $5,000, and the 1997 Western Jurisdiction
Vietnamese Convention, $5,000.
     The nine community-based projects are the following:
     -- Kentwood Community Outreach for Vietnamese, African
American, Latino and Native American children, youth and adults in
Anaheim, Calif., $9,800;
     -- the Muscogee Native American Youth Project, Muskogee,
Okla., $7,000;
     -- Black Community Developer's Youth Activity Center at
Theressa Hoover United Methodist Church, Little Rock, Ark.,
$16,000;
     -- Network for Congregational Development in Chester, Pa.,
for program serving African Americans in six schools, $13,500;
     -- Urban Indian Chapter Project, Missoula, Mont., for
education on social and economic justice issues, $7,000;
     -- Hispanic Empowerment and Leadership Development, a project
of the Albuquerque (N.M.) Interfaith, $8,000;
     -- Cherokee Learning Center, Cookson, Okla., for Cherokee
language and cultural project, $3,897;
     -- MUSTER Project Tutorial Program, Beckley, W.Va., combines
certified teachers and adult volunteers in a mentoring program for
African American students, $17,000; and
     -- Indian Inmate Anti-Racism Project of the Northern
Minnesota Religious Freedom Council, Bemidji, Minn., $2,500.
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Grants
Produced by United Methodist News Service, official news agency of
the United Methodist Church, with offices in Nashville, Tenn., New
York, and Washington.

Contact:  Joretta Purdue                      142(10-30-71B){3496}
          Washington, D.C.  (202) 546-8722          March 17, 1997

Religion, race commission awards
24 minority self-determination grants

     WASHINGTON (UMNS) -- The "We Care" Friday evening program for
young single-parent families in Long Beach, Calif., is
representative of the 24 projects and programs receiving support
in the latest round of Minority Group Self-Determination Fund
grants of the United Methodist Church.
     This grant and the 23 others, together totaling $265,194,
were announced by the United Methodist Commission on Religion and
Race here in mid March. Grants are awarded in three categories:
congregational, community and jurisdictional or caucus based.
     We Care provides a free nutritious dinner followed by
tutoring for the children and self-help support groups for the
parents. It serves African American, Hispanic American and Asian
American families. The program was awarded $18,000.
     Another congregation-based grant on the opposite coast, the
Community Partnership Program/Summer Day Camp Winterim offers an
African American, Hispanic and White community family support
through tutoring and reading programs for the children and a
parents' night. Awarded $17,000, this program promotes working
relationships between home, school and community.
     The Bethel Neighborhood Council, Inc. in San Antonio, Texas -
- granted $17,000 -- provides child care and senior citizens'
nutrition programs in an Hispanic and African American community.
Based in the Bethel United Methodist Church, this program has an
annual budget of more than $400,000 and was begun 25 years ago
with help from the churchwide Commission on Religion and Race.
     In Morris, Okla., the Big Cussetah Indian Methodist Church
will present 30 two-hour classes in the Muscogee Creek language to
promote inter-generational understanding of past generations'
faith, videotaping the sessions for future use. The grant is for
$7,997.
     Project S.U.C.C.E.S.S. in Detroit was granted $11,000 for its
congregation-based program of education and mentoring for African-
American children in social skills, cultural awareness and
spiritual development.
     A $10,500 grant will assist Accion Social Comunitaria, a
Hispanic community ministry in St. Louis, Mo., with its program of
health care, community building, crisis care, counseling, cultural
transition programs, referral services and faith development. 
     Community outreach is one goal of the Lao ministry in
Tecumseh, Neb., which was given a $8,500 grant. 
     The House of Mercy or Casa de Misericordia in Milwaukee,
Wis., was granted $10,000 for its rehabilitation work with
Hispanic males who are homeless, drug addicted or alcoholic. 
     Several congregation-based projects serving Vietnamese 
communities were given awards. They are:
     * Vietnamese community outreach through culture, language and
citizenship classes; tutoring students; and support for shut-in
seniors by the West Anaheim Vietnamese United Methodist Church in
California, $13,000;
     * "Hope in Linda Vista" in San Diego providing a range of
services to 4,000 Vietnamese, $18,000;
     * The New Generation Outreach Project in San Jose, Calif.,
for adults and children who have arrived in the last three years,
$19,000; and
     * Vietnamese Methodist Outreach Center serving the Vietnamese
community in Arlington, Texas, $15,000.
     The other congregation-based program is Clanton Chapel Native
American United Methodist Christian Pre-School in Dulac, La.,
which was given $5,500.
     Two jurisdictional projects are the 1997 Western Jurisdiction
Chinese Convocation, $5,000, and the 1997 Western Jurisdiction
Vietnamese Convention, $5,000.
     The nine community-based projects are the following:
     -- Kentwood Community Outreach for Vietnamese, African
American, Latino and Native American children, youth and adults in
Anaheim, Calif., $9,800;
     -- the Muscogee Native American Youth Project, Muskogee,
Okla., $7,000;
     -- Black Community Developer's Youth Activity Center at
Theressa Hoover United Methodist Church, Little Rock, Ark.,
$16,000;
     -- Network for Congregational Development in Chester, Pa.,
for program serving African Americans in six schools, $13,500;
     -- Urban Indian Chapter Project, Missoula, Mont., for
education on social and economic justice issues, $7,000;
     -- Hispanic Empowerment and Leadership Development, a project
of the Albuquerque (N.M.) Interfaith, $8,000;
     -- Cherokee Learning Center, Cookson, Okla., for Cherokee
language and cultural project, $3,897;
     -- MUSTER Project Tutorial Program, Beckley, W.Va., combines
certified teachers and adult volunteers in a mentoring program for
African American students, $17,000; and
     -- Indian Inmate Anti-Racism Project of the Northern
Minnesota Religious Freedom Council, Bemidji, Minn., $2,500.
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