The Union of Black Episcopalians National Board of Directors APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL Honorary Board Chair MEMBERSHIP OR RENEWAL The Rt. Rev. Carl W. Wright President The Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman Name First Vice President Address The Rev. Guy Leemhuis, Deacon City Second Vice President Mrs. Ayesha Mutope-Johnson State Zip Secretary Phone ( _____ ) The Rev. Linda Tardy Wilson, Deacon, Retired Fax ( _____ ) Treasurer E-Mail The Rev. Clive Oscar Sang, Deacon Regional Directors Parish Mr. Michael Hughes, Northeast Diocese Ms. Carrie A. Brown, Mid-Atlantic Chapter A liation Ms. Alma Flowers, Southeast Ms. Roxanne Chargois, Southwest The Rev. Ellis Clifton, Jr, Midwest The Rev. Dr. Mauricio J. Wilson, Western At-Large Type of Membership, includes local (Please check one) Individual $100 Members Family $175 The Rev. Dee Wellington Bright Retired $80 The Rev. Sheldon Hamblin Youth - under 21 $50 The Rev. Nathanaël Saint-Pierre The Rev. Canon Benjamin Musoke-Lubega Youth Nat'l. Life Memberships (Payable in 5 yearly installments) Advisor Platinum $2000 Ms. Imani Jackson Gold $1000 Youth Representatives Silver $750 Miss Olivia Bolden Bronze $500 Mr. Andrew Bolden Sponsors (payable annually) Young Adult Representative Church $150 Mr. Darius March’e Jenkins-Hudgins Organizations $150 Youth Chaplain Associate $50 The Rev. Edwin Johnson Email [email protected] to make an electronic Immediate Past President payment . (Preferred) Canon Annette L. Buchanan MasterCard Visa American Express Card# The Pacific Northwest Chapter of The Union of Black Episcopalians - Expiration Date The Dioceses of Olympia and Oregon Signature email: [email protected] Phone: 503-593-8672 Make checks payable to: pnwube.org (under dev.) The PNW Chapter of The UBE facebook.com/pnwube PO Box 96001 Portland, OR 97296 Daniel W. Jones, MBA, President Rev. Dr. Maria McDowell, VP of Clergy Relations About UBE Chapters SOUTHEAST REGION The Union of Black Episcopalians is a 501(c)(3) non pro t organization Ms. Alma Flowers, Director The Union of Black Episcopalians stands in the (904) 403-2100 with chapters throughout the United States. Its membership also continuing tradition of more than 200 years of alma[email protected] Black leadership advocating for social and includes the Caribbean, Africa, Canada and Latin America. Chapters economic justice, equality and fighting racism are the Union’s strongest link in a ministry that functions at the Chapters Bishop Thomas B. Demby - Mason, TN/ Memphis, TN/Forrest City, AR in the Episcopal Church. Diocesan, Provincial and National Church levels. Financial support Central Florida - Orlando, FL from the chapters and individual members are the chief support of Beginning with the establishment of the African Episcopal Church Charlotte Angels - Charlotte, NC UBE. The Union, through the supervision of the National Board of of St. Thomas by Absalom Jones in 1792 in the city of Philadelphia, Father John E. Culmer - Tampa, FL Directors, helps to organize chapters, but chapters are encouraged to through the appointment and election of more than 40 Black Father Sidney B. Parker - Jacksonville, FL develop their own local priorities and programs in keeping with UBE's Bishops, there has always been a strong corps of Black leaders in the Theodore R. Gibson - Miami, FL Triad Piedmont - Greensboro, NC Episcopal Church. People like James Holly, Henry Delaney, Mission and Vision. Roger Desir - Diocese of Haiti Alexander Crummell, Mattie Hopkins, John Walker, Tollie Caution, The following is a list of UBE chapters and interest groups by region: East Tennessee - Diocese of East, TN Charles Lawrence, Deborah Harmon Hines, Barbara C. Harris and NORTHEAST REGION Father David Henry Brooks - Tallahassee, FL notably the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, the rst African-American Mr. Michael Hughes, Director Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. (716) 308-7907 SOUTHWEST REGION [email protected] Ms. Roxanne Chargois, Director Organized in 1968 as The Union of Black Clergy and Laity, UBE is the Chapters (512) 699-1691 proud inheritor of the work of these people and earlier Bishop James Theodore Holly - Bualo, NY [email protected] organizations such as, the Convocation of Colored Clergy and the Diocese of Newark - Northern, NJ Chapters Conference of Church Workers Among Colored People, which were Diocese of New York - New York City and Vicinity The Rev. John D. Epps - Houston, TX dedicated to justice and the ministry of Blacks in the Episcopal Grace Church - Jamaica, NY Myra McDaniel - Austin, TX Church. The name was later changed to The Union of Black Southern Connecticut - CT Artemisia Bowden - San Antonio, TX Episcopalians. Massachusetts - Boston, MA Father Curtis Sisco, Jr. - New Orleans, LA New Haven - New Haven, CT The Rev. Dr. Robert E. DuBose, Jr. - Birmingham, AL The Union of Black Episcopalians advocates for the African Diaspora St. Phillip’s, McDonough - Brooklyn, NY by encouraging the involvement of Black people in the total life of St. Stephen’s - Jamaica, NY WESTERN REGION the church - on every level and in every way - mission, stewardship, St. Joseph’s - Queens Village, NY The Rev. Dr. Mauricio J. Wilson evangelism, education, leadership, governance and politics. The Greater Hartford - Hartford, CT (510) 931-0311 Union is committed to translating these words into Christian action [email protected] for all Episcopalians and at all levels of the church. MID-ATLANTIC REGION Chapters Ms. Carrie A. Brown, Director H. Bel eld Hannibal - Diocese of Los Angeles (410) 707-8772 Vivian Traylor - Diocese of California [email protected] Phoenix, AZ - Diocese of Arizona UBE Mission and Vision for the 21st Century Chapters Interest Groups Virginia - Diocese of Virginia The Pacific Northwest (OR/WA) & Las Vegas, Nevada Mission The Rev. James Solomon Russell - Diocese of Southern Virginia To unify the diverse cultures, concerns and gifts of Black Earl B. Scott - Diocese of New Jersey Episcopalians by providing preparation and encouragement for The Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray - Diocese of Maryland living the Baptismal Covenant and fully participating in the mission Philadelphia - Diocese of Pennsylvania and governance of The Episcopal Church. Washington, D.C. - Diocese of Washington Bishop Nathan Baxter - Diocese of Central Pennsylvania A PRAYER FOR THE UNION OF BLACK EPISCOPALIANS Interest Group – Pittsburgh, PA Vision Almighty and ever living God, by your gracious favor and omnipotent • To create awareness about clergy vocation, to young men and hand you have blessed, preserved and defended your sons and MID-WEST REGION daughters imbued with ebony grace. We give you humble and hearty women of the African diaspora. The Reverend Ellis Clifton, Jr., Director thanks for Absalom Jones, James Theodore Holly, Alexander Crummell, Artemisia Bowden, George Freeman Bragg, Pauli Murray and all your • To promote strong lay and ordained leadership in the Episcopal (614) 439- 9931 [email protected] righteous servants who having carried aloft the torch of freedom now Church and the Anglican Communion. rest from their labors. We ask you especially to send your heavenly Chapters benediction upon the Union of Black Episcopalians. United in bonds of • To incorporate scal responsibility into the life, work and Bishop Irving Mayson - Detroit, MI action, faithfulness and determination, may it be a force for good in ministry of UBE. Bishop Herbert T. Thompson - Diocese of Southern Ohio church and community, and a beacon for all of God’s children whose Wilma Ruth Combs - Diocese of Ohio hope it is that justice ow down like water. We ask this in the Name of • To create a systematic approach of ensuring that Black Indianapolis – Diocese of Indianapolis, IN your Son, Jesus Christ the Liberator, who lives, and reigns with you and Congregations and Communities of African descent are sustainable the Sustainer-Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN. and viable within their vineyards. Interest Groups Chicago - Chicago, IL - The Rev. Canon Harold T. Lewis, Ph.D., Retired Rector • To be a community of vigilance and action regarding matters of ECMN/UBE (Episcopal Church in Minnesota - UBE) Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania injustice, especially the eects of racism in the Church and society. The Rev. Canon Frederick Boyd Williams Memorial - Inkster, MI Sta Ocer for Black Ministries 1983-94 The Rev. Tollie Caution – Indianapolis, IN