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Monitoring report at AC2023
June 30, 2023 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
At each Annual Conference in Upper New York, the speakers on the floor are asked to state their name, race/ethnic identification, gender identification, whether they are laity or clergy, what church they represent, and their district.
This information allows the Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) to report back to United Methodists of Upper New York as well as the General Conference, the dynamics of the speakers from the floor.
On Friday, June 2, at the Upper New York 2023 Annual Conference at Onondaga County Community College’s SRC Arena in Syracuse, Krystal Cole presented monitoring report pie charts illustrating:
Race:
- 59.6 percent of speakers on the floor were white
- 7 percent were Hispanic
- 5.3 percent were Black
- 28.1 percent were unidentified
Laity/clergy:
- 26.3 percent of the speakers were laity
- 40.4 percent were clergy
- 33.3 percent were unidentified
Gender:
- 40.4 percent of the speakers were female
- 28.1 percent were male
- 31.6 percent were unidentified
On Saturday morning, June 3, Georgia Whitney and Blenda Smith presented the monitoring results from Friday’s plenary. The results were as follows:
Race:
- 84.3 percent of the speakers were white
- 2.0 percent were Hispanic
- 5.9 percent were Black
- 5.9 percent were unidentified
Laity/Clergy:
- 39.2 percent of the speakers were laity
- 49.0 percent were clergy
- 11.8 percent were unidentified
Gender:
- 54.9 percent of the speakers were female
- 35.3 percent were male
- 9.8 percent were unidentified
The results from the Saturday, June 3, morning plenary had the following results:
Race:
- 78.4 percent of speakers on the floor were white
- 10.8 percent were Hispanic
- 2.7 percent were Black
- 8.1 percent were unidentified
Laity/clergy:
- 42.1 percent of the speakers were laity
- 50.0 percent were clergy
- 7.9 percent were unidentified
Gender:
- 51.3 percent of the speakers were female
- 43.6 percent were male
- 5.1 percent were unidentified
While female voices are represented as much, if not more than male voices, there is still an overrepresentation of white speakers compared to People of Color. Each day, the clergy was represented a little more than the laity.