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Resolution Number: 1985-C023
Title: Eradicate Institutional Sexism and Pursue Affirmative Action
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That a paramount goal of the Episcopal Church be to search out and eradicate all forms of institutional sexism from its structures and constituencies, and to pursue a course of affirmative action in calling qualified lay and clergy women for positions on Church-related staffs as they become open.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 133.