Cohort Details

Congregations are grappling with increasingly complex challenges and rising threats. This includes everything from harassment by right wing militias, to digital safety, to trouble securing insurance policies. The UUA has helped offer tools in each of these areas, yet leaders still consistently report feeling overwhelmed by these problems, both in planning in advance and in dealing with them when they arise. We will explore how to adapt simplified “risk management” frameworks for congregations, which streamlines the kinds of threats and risks to consider and creates a comprehensive and realistic approach to lowering risk (since there is no such thing as perfect safety). We will draw on what the UUA has learned from revamping its own enterprise risk management framework in the past few years.

Facilitator

• Carey McDonald (Executive Vice President in Administration)

Additional Presenters

• David Stewart (Co-Financial Advisor to UUA Board of Trustees, Investment Committee)
• Hugh Dennis (Deputy Director, Church Staff Finances in Finance)
• Jan Gartner (Associate Director, Church Staff Finances in Finance)
• David Pyle (Regional Lead in MidAmerica Region and Consultant in Congregational Life)

How to Join

• Register to Join.
• The following tentative meeting dates have been scheduled:
  • Monday, September 22nd at 11am PT/ 12pm MT/ 1pm CT/ 2pm ET (2 hours)
  • Monday, October 27th at 11am PT/ 12pm MT/ 1pm CT/ 2pm ET (2 hours)
  • Monday, November 17th at 11am PT/ 12pm MT/ 1pm CT/ 2pm ET (2 hours)
  • Monday, December 15th at 11am PT/ 12pm MT/ 1pm CT/ 2pm ET (2 hours)
• Please save the dates above and attend as available. Cohort meetings will be available as recordings, though the live interaction will be the most impactful way to engage.