New Screening and Review Committee Appointed
Diocesan Press Service. February 19, 1971 [92-4]
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 February 16-18.
The Committee, which serves for a year, is charged with determining whether projects meet the criteria for the General Convention Special Program. Under revised guidelines adopted by General Convention in Houston, Tex., in October, 1970, the Committee has authority to approve grants for projects meeting no diocesan opposition. Disputed projects are referred to the Executive Council which must give approval by the majority of the membership of the 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 Mrs. Seaton Bailey, Griffin, Ga.; the Rev. Canon Gordon Gillett, Sanbornville, N.H.; Philip Masquellette, Houston, Tex., and the Rev. George E. Smith, Cass Lake, Minn.
Elected from the Union of Black Clergy and Laity were the Very Rev. Frederick Williams, Inkster, Mich., and the Rev. James Woodruff, Philadelphia, Pa.
Representatives of the poor elected were Henry Allen, Ponca City, Okla.; Enriquo Arroyo, Cayey, Puerto Rico; E. Thaxton King, Youngstown, Ohio; Kwani McDonald, Durham, N.C.; Ernest Mynatt, Cincinnati, Ohio; Thelma Patillo, Yakima, Wash., and Byron Rushing, Boston, Mass.