Screening and Review Committee for Special Program Elected
Diocesan Press Service. February 26, 1970 [84-11]
GREENWICH, Conn. -- A new Screening and Review Committee for the General Convention Special Program was elected by the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church at its meeting in February.
The Committee, which serves for a year, is charged with determining whether proposed projects meet the criteria for the General Convention Special Program and with recommending projects for funding to the Executive Council.
In keeping with the purpose of the General Convention Special Program -- to foster self-determination for the poor and powerless -- a majority of the Committee are persons representative of the poor.
Elected from the Executive Council, itself, were the Rt. Rev. Archie Crowley, Suffragan Bishop of Michigan, and John Tillson, of the Diocese of Massachusetts.
Elected from nominees of the Committee for Women were Mrs. Alfred E. Culley of Maryland and Mrs. Henry G. Goss of Kansas.
Elected from nominees of the Union of Black Clergy and Laity were the Very Rev. Frederick Williams of Inkster, Mich., and the Rev. James Woodruff of Philadelphia, Pa.
Representatives of the poor elected were Marvin Gentry of Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Zivra Graves of Buffalo, Ky.; Mrs. Thelma Patillo of Yakima, Wash.; Byron Rushing of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Annie Pearl Avery of Birmingham, Ala.; Jose Razo of Los Angeles, Calif.; and Hank Adams of Tacoma, Wash. Both Mr. Gentry and Mrs. Graves have served previously on the Committee.