Yvonne V. Delk

Yvonne V. Delk (born April 15, 1939) is a leader within the United Church of Christ (UCC), a Christian educator and social justice advocate. She was the first black woman ordained and the first woman to work[1] in national leadership in the UCC church. Through her work as the executive director of the Community Renewal Society, an organization focused on issues of racism and poverty,[2] she addressed issues of homelessness, poverty, systemic racism, community health and affordable housing.[3][4] She was the organizations first executive director who was a woman and a person of color.[5] Delk was nominated as a candidate in the election for the President of the UCC in 1989 becoming the first, and as of 2020 the only, woman nominated to lead the denomination of 1 million members.[1] In 1997, Delk was named by Ebony Magazine as one of the "15 Greatest Black Women Preachers"[6] In 2020, the Virginia Council of Churches gave her a lifetime award in ecumenism.[1]

References
  1. Hartung, Colleen, ed. (2021-05-25). Claiming Notability for Women Activists in Religion | Books@Atla Open Press. pp. 97–122. doi:10.31046/atlaopenpress.40. ISBN 9781949800104. S2CID 241829807.
  2. "Community Renewal Society". Community Renewal Society. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. Anderson, Rhonda (January 31, 1992). "Tearing Down the Walls of Society". Chicago Tribune.
  4. McCann, Herbert G. (July 21, 1992). "Service Agency in Right Direction". Philadelphia Tribune.
  5. Hirsley, Michael (April 20, 1990). "Her Life's Work a Symbol of Hope".
  6. Kinnon, Joy Bennett (November 1997). "15 Greatest Black Women Preachers". Ebony. p. 110.


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