Workshop: Misconduct in Congregations (RSVP by Mar26) - Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson

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Date(s) - March 27, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Monday, March 27, 6-7:30pm — via Zoom (see details at bottom)
Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe, Rev. Sarah Gibb Millspaugh, Rev. Dr. Samantha Wilson

It is estimated that a majority of Unitarian Universalist congregations have experienced some form of clergy misconduct in their history.
- UUCT falls into that majority.
- Misconduct is an abuse of power
  - that can be financial, emotional, relational, and/or sexual in nature.
- Clergy misconduct can have long-lasting impacts on congregational culture,
  - and it shapes how congregations handle conflict.
This workshop will introduce us to the research
- and consider how UUCT’s culture has been shaped
  - by misconduct and abuses of power in its history.
We will also consider new responses
- to those once necessary survival strategies
  - which no longer serve us.

Note:

This workshop will not address the specifics of misconduct in UUCT’s history.
And it is important for people coming to this workshop to know that…
- clergy misconduct is in UUCT’s history.
  - One instance of clergy misconduct at UUCT in 1993 is documented on page 69 there.
  - Some other instances of abuses of power — by clergy, religious professionals, and other leaders — are less known and/or not recorded in that linked history.
  - While these instances are not all recorded — they still might have impacted our congregation today.

Note:
A Zoom recording will be made available to the full congregation after the webinar.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson