From left: Larry Dozier, Hank Dozier, president of the Southeastern Jurisdiction UM Men, and Bishop James Swanson, president of the General Commission on UM Men, attend the national meeting of Black Methodists for Church Renewal where they unveil a heritage stamp honoring Lena Horne

Leader of UM Men unveils heritage stamp

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Larry Dozier, a former postal employee and now pastor of St. John’s UMC in Los Angeles, was instrumental in getting the Post Office to release a Lena Horne black heritage stamp.

Larry is the former president of UM Men of the California-Pacific Conference and former president of the Western Jurisdiction UM Men. He is a board member of the General Commission on UM Men and vice president of the UM Men Foundation.