Frequently Asked Questions

Contact customer service at umwassembly2022@yesevents.com or 800-850-7928, Monday through Friday 9:00AM – 5:00PM, EST.

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved for members to the 2022 United Women in Faith Assembly at the following rates & hotels. Each conference has a sub-block of rooms reserved.

Orchid Events is the only verified housing vendor for 2022 United Methodist Women Assembly

Hotel reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served, space available basis. All requests must be accompanied by a credit card guarantee, but your card will not be charged during this initial stage. All hotels will charge a one-night non-refundable deposit on or after April 14, 2022

If you have any questions in reserving your room block, please contact Orchid Customer Service. Call toll free 9:00 AM–2:00 PM MST, Monday thru Friday, at 888-341-3540 U.S. toll-free, or at 801-214-7283 for international bookings. You may also email help@orchid.events. Reservations may be made online 24 hours a day.

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Yes, the health and safety of our members and attendees is a top priority for United Women in Faith. We are excited to be able to offer both an in-person and a virtual option for the 2022 Assembly. To create the safest environment for all in-person members and attendees at Assembly, please upload your proof of vaccination. You must upload a copy of your vaccination card to complete your registration.

The National Office of United Women in Faith is following guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and will comply with all applicable health and safety guidance to protect the safety of event attendees. We ask that you remain flexible with us as we continue to monitor best options as health guidelines evolve. Please know that wearing a mask may still be required to attend Assembly.

Read the CDC Guidelines on large gatherings.

An area map can be found here.

Orange County Convention Center layout map: West Concourse, we are on the end by West Halls C, D & E.

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Assembly 2022 will feature pre-registered workshops. When you register for Assembly, you can sign up for one workshop on Friday and one workshop on Saturday. The list of workshops posted on the Assembly website, under the event info tab-workshops drop down, so you may review the options prior to registering and make a list of your top choices.

Yes, child care is offered on Friday, Saturday or Sunday for $35 per child, per day.

We are following the national CDC guidelines for large events.  Please go to their link for updates.

Yes, we are offering many ways to get more information or sign up for more opportunities through a Mobile App, Text to Give and QR bar code at this Assembly. It is important to bring a smartphone or tablet with an Operating System from 2018 or newer so you can more fully participate.

You will need a computer, chromebook, smart phone, or tablet to participate. Once registered, you’ll be sent a link sending you to our virtual landing page which won’t go live until the event. Please see below for system requirements:

• Computer running Windows 7 or later, MacOS 10.9 or later with the standard Zoom app downloaded
• A Chrome Book with the new Zoom Progressive Web App installed
• A tablet or smartphone running iOS 8.0 or later, iPadOS 13 or later, or Android 5.0x or later and the Zoom App installed

Please know that your link for the virtual option can only be used with one device and cannot be shared. We hope you will use this link for one person only, in good faith, knowing that expenses to run the virtual option are costly and are only being covered by the registration fee.

General sessions and Townhall sessions will be available on demand for one week post event. Workshops will not be available on demand. You must be in attendance during the scheduled times.

Registrants will be allowed to switch from in-person to virtual and vice-versa. If you register for the virtual event and later decide to attend in person, you can pay the difference in registration fees and attend. If you register for in-person attendance and later decide to switch to virtual, you will get a refund minus a $5 processing fee.

Contact customer service at umwassembly2022@yesevents.com or 800-850-7928, Monday through Friday 9:00AM – 5:00PM, EST.

We hope you will join us for the inaugural Legacy Banquet in Orlando! As a special fundraising event to celebrate and grow The Legacy Endowment Fund, the sit-down dinner will take place during Assembly on Saturday evening, May 21, from 6:30-8:00. Look for the link in your Assembly registration confirmation email to purchase your ticket to this event.

The community gathering is a general session where all attendees gather together for singing, speakers, bible study, dance performances and worship.

United Women in Faith has invited registrants to join in our longstanding commitment to voting rights for all people by donating to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. Contributions to this organization are not tax deductible. Below learn more about our commitment and the work of the FRRC:

https://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/gc2020/umw-voting-rights-protections-in-the-us

About the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition

"The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) is a statewide grassroots organization led by returning citizens. Our members are people who have been incarcerated or directly impacted and are now dedicated to ending discrimination, disenfranchisement and stigma against people with convictions in order to create a truly participatory democracy, a fairer criminal justice system and meaningful opportunities for formerly incarcerated people to thrive. For many years, FRRC has been building a statewide movement to transform the policy and narrative around criminal justice reform and the communities most impacted by it."

Fighting for Floridians Equitable Access to the Ballot

"Florida Rights Restoration Coalition’s goal is to eradicate Florida’s felon disenfranchisement policies by empowering returning citizens with education and training, creating a network of powerful advocates. Our vision is to grow a base of galvanized returning citizens and grassroots activists that would take ownership of community organizing by actively engaging in peer-to-peer and public education around the restoration of voting/civil rights, criminal justice reform and reentry issues, and thereby increase public safety."

More About Disenfranchisement Policies in Florida, Amendment 4 and Next Steps

"One of the many consequences Floridians faced was the loss of voting rights through felon disenfranchisement. This loss was pivotal because it diminished the capacity of returning citizens to impact criminal justice reform by stripping the returning citizen of their voice and the leverage needed to remove barriers to reentry as well as stem the flow of the school to prison pipeline.

The passage of Amendment 4, led by Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which ‘automatically’ restored voting rights to persons convicted of a felony offense once they have fully completed their sentence have now given returning citizens a historical opportunity to have a tremendous impact on criminal justice and reentry reform. However, the Governor and congress of Florida contested the passing of the Amendment 4 by passing SB 7066, requiring the supervisor of elections to make a final determination of whether a person who has been convicted of a felony offense is eligible to register to vote, including if he or she has completed all the terms of his or her sentence, etc. that it does not include fines and fees. In May 2020, a federal judge issued a favorable opinion for the Plaintiffs class action contesting the constitutionality of SB 7066 as it relates to Returning Citizens who owe legal financial obligations as a result of their felony convictions and are unable to pay. Hundreds of thousands of Returning Citizens were then eligible to register to vote. The state then filed a motion for stay pending the appeal which was denied by the trial court so they appealed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and on July 1st, the 11th Circuit granted the state’s motion for stay instantly invalidating the eligibility of the hundreds of thousands of Returning Citizens who just became eligible. On July 16th, 2020, the Supreme Court allowed the Stay Order to remain in effect. Later, the Florida Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion advising that “all terms of sentence” includes all legal financial obligations, including fines, restitution, costs, and fees ordered.

We work closely with several counties’ court system on the provisions of the law to address financial obligations for returning citizens who apply. In addition, FRRC has partnered with the League of Women Voters of Florida to develop an Attorney Assistance Program so that pro bono attorneys assist returning citizens through this process and advocate for relief as needed on a case-by-case basis. Returning citizens who do not qualify for either of these programs are eligible for direct financial assistance from our Fines and Fees Fund. This assistance is in the form of a scholarship-type awards payable directly to the clerk of court for the county in which the returning citizen was convicted. With 1.4 million returning citizens in Florida now eligible to vote, FRRC is presented with an unprecedented opportunity to create a constituency base of returning citizens that will not only impact policies in Florida, but on a national level as well."

Yes! There is an app for Assembly. Click on the link below to download the instructions to install and use the app.

Assembly 2022 App Instructions FINAL