Pagan Yemaya Fund Makes First Disbursement

June 22, 1997

Source: Pagan Educational Network

On June 22, 1997 Pagan Educational Network published a press release stating that "On June 22, 1997 the Yemaya Fund made its first disbursement to the Inner City Community Church in Knoxville, TN. The gift of one hundred dollars was accompanied by a letter from the fund's sponsors, the Pagan Educational Network and the Wiccan Community Fund, and materials about Paganism. The Yemaya Fund was established in August 1996 to provide Pagans with a way of responding to arson destroying African-American churches in the South. The Inner City Community Church is devoted to bridging the gaps between black and white Americans."