The monitor., 1928-07-13
CHURCH WOMEN
TO HOLD SECOND
RACE CONFERENCE
Spiritual Forces Generated at Former
Meeting Demonstrated Great
Advantages Obtained by
Conference.
INTERRAcIAL PROGRESS MADE
Need Felt for Further Discussion of
Many Problems by Outstand-
ing Leaders of Both
Races.

New York, N. Y.-Because the de-
velopments of interracial work among
church women have made such strides
the past two years and because there
are many problems which need fur
ther discussion by the white and col
ored women leaders, the second gen
eral interracial conference of church
women has been called by the church
women's committee on race relations
of the Federal Council of Churches,
at Eagles Mere Park, Pa, Tuesday
and Wednesday, September 18 to 19.
"This conference says Mrs. Rich
ard w. Westbrook, chairman of the
women's committee, "comes as logi
cal development of work done by
church women, north and south,
greatly stimulated as they have been
by the spiritual forces generated at
the first conference held at Eagles
Mere in September, 1926. Since that
meeting a permanent committee, rep
resentative of churches and affiliated
organizations, such as the Y. w. c. A.,
has been developed. Local confer
ences have been held; a number of
local committees of white and colored
church women have been set up and
are actively dealing with the COM
munity problems involving the two
races that confront them. There are
! 80 many things that are now to be
discussed by women leaders, white
. md colored, from all sections of the
country, that second conference is
very necessary This conference will
provide, as did the first one, a choice
of opportunity for understanding
through the fellowship of delegates"
A special committee has gathered
suggestions from women all over the
country and is shaping those sugges-
tions into program. Some topics to
be discussed are: The present status
of the Negro in the cultural life of
America; his achievements, handi-
caps and cultural opportunities in
other religious educational organiza-
tions can be used for developing
friendly racial attitudes; the problem
of interracial relations in our mission
schools; race relations and religious
education; mental and moral atti-
tudes involved in interracial contacts.
A full review of experiences of
church women during the past two
years in dealing with problems that
confront them in their local commun-
tiles and methods they used in deal
ing with these problems will be con-
sidered by the conference.
Invitations have been sent out to
more than four hundred national,
state and district organizations of
church women and number of these
organizations have selected their
delegates who plan to attend. Among
some of the outstanding leaders who
are expected to attend and who will
take part on the program are Mrs.
John Ferguson, president, Council of
Women for Home Missions; Mrs. C.
P. MCGOWAN, chairman, Interracial
committee of South Carolina; Mrs.
May Leonard Woodruff, secretary,
Woman's Missionary society of the
M. E. church; Mrs. ]. w. Downs, Sec
retary, Board of Missions, M. E.
church, south; Miss Caroline B. Chap
in of New Jersey, Miss Margaret P,
Mead, Mrs. Cordelia A. Winn and
Mrs. George E. Haynes of the Ma
tional Board of the Y. w. c. A., Mrs.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, principal
of Palmer Memorial institute, Sedalia,
N. c.; Mrs. w. A. Newell, superin-
tendent of social service, M. E.