Creating Sexually Healthy UU Communities

Rev. Debra W. Haffner
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Unitarian Universalist congregations and clergy can be proud of our leadership in sexual health and sexual justice issues. But we can do more. Rev. Debra Haffner will tailor a workshop for your chapter on creating sexually healthy faith communities. Three six hour workshops are available: increasing one’s effectiveness as a sexually healthy religious professional, assessing and improving the sexual health of the faith community, and keeping children and youth safe in congregations, including how to include a sex offender in the congregation. The workshop will include tools to help participants assess their needs and effective strategies for implementing programs and procedures.The workshops are appropriate for joint UUMA/LREDA. Participants in Rev. Haffner’s workshops have called them “Fun, informative, engaging, challenging, and inspirational.”

Presenter Bio:
Debra W. Haffner has been a sexologist for more than 30 years, and was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister in 2003. She is the co-founder and Director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing, the former President and CEO of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S., and is the author of the new UUA publication, “Balancing Acts: Keeping Children Safe in Congregations”, several chapters in the new UUA “Safe Congregation Handbook”, and “A Time To Build: Creating Sexually Healthy Faith Communities” as well as two award winning books for parents on raising sexually healthy children.
Contact Information:
Debra Haffner, haffner@religiousinstitute.org