Credit unions should submit their stories to the Advancing Communities website, especially during April’s National Credit Union Youth Month and Financial Literacy Month. Many credit unions have done so already, using the site to highlight the many ways they’ve responded to member needs.

CUNA Credit Union Board Roundtable, Sept. 10-11 in Scottsdale, Ariz., provides an engaged, interactive environment for board members to connect with peers, speakers and industry leaders from across the country.

CUNA Agile Marketing eSchool, held the four Tuesdays in June, will help marketing teams improve the speed, predictability, transparency and adaptability of your credit union’s marketing practice. The first 100 to register will receive a complimentary Kindle eBook, “The 6 Disciplines of Agile Marketing.”

The World Council of Credit Unions and Regional Credit Union Center (RCUC) for Central and Eastern Europe will host a joint virtual event May 10 to share information about the realities on the ground that credit unions and their members in Ukraine are facing. It will start at 9 a.m. ET May 10, and registration is open now. 

More than 80 credit union leaders launched the Kansas-Missouri Sister Society in conjunction with the Heartland Credit Union Association’s SHIFT conference held in the Kansas City area. The society strives to tackle the industry’s gender gap by providing women with the tools and resources they need to advance their career.

World Council of Credit Unions President/CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde is visiting Poland this week to meet with Ukrainian and Polish credit union leaders about the short- and long-term challenges they face due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

Thirty-eight credit union leaders from across the United States were designated as Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs) last week after completing the National Credit Union Foundation’s (the Foundation) signature Credit Union Development Education (DE) training.

The Louisiana Credit Union League Board of Directors has selected Matt Rookard as their next president/CEO. Rookard brings extensive experience working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors throughout the state, most recently leading the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority.

USAID and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions released the second and final disbursement to help partner credit unions affiliated with World Council of Credit Unions’ Credit for Agriculture Producers Project resume agricultural lending and support food security in wartime Ukraine.

The League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates is celebrating Financial Literacy Month and National Credit Union Youth Month with a series of initiatives and programs designed to help members, students, and employees with financial health.