Faith in the Face of Disaster: UU Response to Hurricane Katrina

Meet the Gulf Coast Relief Funding Panel

Members of the Gulf Coast Funding Panel in New Orleans December 2006

Panel members are:

Eunice Benton, District Executive, UUA's Mid-South District
Rev. Steve J. Crump, Sr. Minister, Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, LA 
Dr. Rebecca Cureau, New Orleans native and long-term member of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, LA
Rev. Jacqueline Luck, Minister, UU Church of Jackson, MS, and Our Home Universalist Unitarian Church in Ellisville, MS
Rev. Meg Riley (Chair of the Panel), Director, UUA's Advocacy and Witness Staff Group
Joe Sullivan, President, UUA's Southwest District
Martha Thompson, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Biographies of the panel members

The Funding Panel will distribute all funds received in the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund as follows:

1. to address the needs of the most disadvantaged and marginalized communities in the affected areas as they rebuild their lives and livelihoods, and 
2. to support Unitarian Universalist congregations as they rebuild their ministries in the region of the hurricane.

Three advisory boards – Community Funds, Mississippi Strategic Planning for Unitarian Universalism, and New Orleans Strategic Planning for Unitarian Universalism,– support the charge of the Funding Panel. The organization of the Funding Panel and its supporting advisory boards are depicted on the Gulf Coast Relief Fund Organizational Chart . The primary responsibilities of the advisory boards are to evaluate and recommend specific proposals for funds to the Funding Panel in accord with the purpose of the Fund.

Gulf Coast Relief Fund Funding Panel Charter  (Full Text)

Megan Joiner acts as administrator for the Funding Panel. Megan has worked in various capacities for the UUA since 2003 and is currently studying for the UU Ministry in New York City.

Please direct general inquiries, website feedback, and questions or concerns to gulfcoastrelief@uua.org .

Gulf Coast Relief Home

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