Possible programs or working foci for annual conference COSROW groups
Host listening sessions then report back to related powers
e.g. clergy candidates about BOOM; lay women about attending AC; women of color about race and gender – in their communities and in dominant-cultural locations (e.g. annual conference meeting)
Set up a coaching or mentoring program for clergywomen
Provide training to coaches and mentors
Provide overall education events (e.g. at AC workshop on leadership)
Workshop at other conference events (or as a standalone event) for MEN and WOMEN about “my new pastor/district superintendent/bishop/boss is a woman, now what: celebrating how women’s leadership is good for everyone else”
Workshop on how men can (acknowledge the challenges of and) celebrate women’s leadership
Recommend women leaders to conference (denominational)
Encourage Annual Conference Session planning committee to review speaker-preacher-bishop-leadership at meeting and recommend places to incorporate qualified women (have your “binders” ready)
Binders of qualified women for the nominations committee
Monitoring, Desk Audit, baseline – study of women’s leadership in all aspects of church/conference leadership
Take a survey of the existing barriers to women’s leadership (listening session)
