2006 — Action For Justice

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2006 annual report unitarian universalist service committee

Our VisionThe Unitarian Universalist Service Committee envisions a world free from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human rights.

Our MissionThe Unitarian Universalist Service Committee advances human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies.

This page: Children at play in Lanchan village, Aceh, Indonesia, a community severely affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Audubon Dougherty/UUSC

Front cover: Participants in UUSC’s JustWorks camp in Guatemala worked with small coffee producers to learn about the effects of fair trade.Johanna Chao Rittenburg/UUSC

Thinking of those who were truly great is something of which we have done a lot this year as two of our founders, Martha and Waitstill Sharp, were recognized by the Yad Vashem authority in Israel for risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

The title Righteous Among the Nations, which is reserved for non-Jews, has been awarded to more than 21,000 individuals from around the world. Waitstill, a Unitarian minister, and his wife Martha, a social worker, were only the second and third U.S. citizens so honored.

The founders of UUSC have left the world and the United States a legacy which we strive to fulfill every day. As William F. Schulz, our new board chair, has said: “Not every one of us can set out for war-torn Europe. Not every one of us can visit the refugee camps of Darfur or the U.S. detention camps in Iraq or Afghanistan or God knows where else. But every one of us can be a part of the lives of those who do. Every one of us can be a part of institutions that make such heroism possible and in that measure can claim a degree of kinship with the Righteous Among the Nations.”

As we celebrate the words and deeds of the Sharps, we are compelled to ask, “How will we be remembered for our response to the genocide in Darfur?” In that measure, we are pleased that we have increased the pressure on the White House to end the genocide. We have created a documentary to inspire more activism. And we will make Darfur the focus of Justice Sunday in 2007. These are but a few ways in which we carry on the legacy of Martha and Waitstill Sharp.

We think of the Sharps as “ordinary heroes” and that’s how we think about our 47,000 members and supporters, as well as our program partners, all of whom on a daily basis put the building blocks of justice in place. That’s how we think of those who traveled to Washington, D.C., for our Call for Justice Weekend in September 2005, or who joined the extraordinary outpouring of generosity and volunteers following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. That’s how we think of you who stood at vigils, contacted your elected officials, wrote letters to the editor, and raised our collective voice to shout “not in our names!”

We thank you for supporting the institution that these two “ordinary heroes” helped found. If you are not a member or supporter, we invite you to join us in partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies.

A message for our members and supporters

I think continually of those who were truly great.”

— Stephen Spender

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Todd JonesChair, Board of Trustees, 2004-2006

Charlie ClementsPresident and CEO

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When we bring our human rights work into congregations and communities, people often ask, “What exactly does UUSC do?” When they really want to understand our work better, they follow that question with another, “And what’s different about UUSC’s approach?”

Reading this report, you can see that UUSC:• Forms partnerships for change that

lead to the sharing of resources, experiences, and strategies between UUSC and organizations that are confronting unjust power structures both in the United States and abroad.

• Uses the experiences of those partner-ships as the raw material for educational programs, so that our members, sup-porters, and the communities in which our partners work learn by doing.

• Provides leadership on key human rights issues of the day by organizing ourselves and mobilizing others to be effective advocates to challenge oppressive policies.

Thus, UUSC creates partnerships that confront unjust power structures, helps activists and communities learn by doing, and mobilizes people to challenge oppressive policies.

To work in this manner, UUSC must create bonds of trust with organizations as diverse as KENASVIT, a network of street vendors in Kenya, and Coastal Women for Change, a group of low-income women from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In sharing these groups’ triumphs and tears, we and our partners discover that our struggles are not so different, after all.

Because we see our members and partners as the moral levers through which we move the social justice and human rights agenda, our work with Unitarian Universalist con-gregations and other community groups throughout the United States is critical to our collective success. Hundreds joined us in Washington, D.C., for our Call for Justice Weekend. By participating in that series of events, those activists educated themselves on the cruel realities of U.S.-

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Darfurian teenagers living in a refugee camp in Chad.

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sponsored torture and influenced a critical public policy that had become a moral stain on our national fabric after September 11.

A human rights perspectivePartnership building, education, and advocacy are the engines that drive our mission. A set of core values guides and shapes that work. Central to those values is a belief in the inherent dignity of each person, as reflected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We also value the preservation of the environment and recognize the complexity of its inter-connectedness. Finally, we share an abso-lute commitment to the values of justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.

These values influence our choices of whom to work with and how we work with them. They determine the content and process of our educational efforts and direct us in choosing issues for our policy-change work.

But our identity has one more defining element: our connection to Unitarian Universalism. A nonsectarian organization,

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UUSC nevertheless lives in and embraces this historical connection with Unitarian Universalism and its rich legacy of social justice activism.

Though it was made famous by Martin Luther King, Jr., it was from the pulpit of the fiery Unitarian abolitionist minister, Theodore Parker, that Americans first heard the phrase, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” We know that arc does not bend by gravity, but rather by the efforts of courageous men, women, and youth who are determined that injustice and inequity will not prevail.

Unitarians and Universalists have often been at the forefront of efforts to keep our ship of state on a self-correcting course and we continue that tradition. UUSC will also continue to provide leadership about those areas of the world where ominous clouds are gathering, because we know that by joining with people and communities of good will, collectively, we can make a difference.

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rising Nazi terror in Germany and Austria. Norbert Capek, the beloved minister of Unitaria, asked the AUA to send repre-sentatives to Prague because he believed their presence could make a difference.

Waitstill Sharp, a Sunday school teacher and lawyer inspired to become a minister, and his wife, Martha, a social worker trained at Hull House in Chicago, said, “Yes!” and in February 1939 set sail for Europe “to see what could be done.”

Within three weeks of their arrival, they stood in the streets with thousands of others watching the Nazi troops goose-step into Prague. Undaunted, the Sharps continued their mission even after the Nazis closed their office and tossed the furniture into the streets. Their case files, a few of which were found after the war, were full of stories of fathers who lost their jobs because they were Jewish, families which were evicted when they couldn’t pay rent, and those who were desperate for the employment or acceptances at universities that were necessary for immigration.

The Sharps resorted to creative and often illegal means to help their clients. In one case, a prominent Social Democrat in the Czech parliament was smuggled out of her hospital room in a morgue basket reserved for cadavers.

Eventually, their friends alerted them that the Gestapo was getting too close. Martha and Waitstill left Europe on August 30, 1939. Before they reached New York, Germany had invaded Poland.

I knew even as a child that Mrs. Sharp’s motivations were purely humanitarian — a desire to help people. She could have said, ‘It’s not my problem.’ Until war broke out, she was safe in America. She had a comfortable life with her husband and two small children. Instead, she chose to risk her life for strangers.”

— Rosemarie Feigl, Holocaust survivor rescued by the Sharps

When they learned that 10,000 refugees fleeing the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland were spending the winter in tents, the Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharp left the comfort of their Massachusetts home to do what they could in Prague.

Armed only with their faith and determi-nation, the young couple plunged into an unstable Europe from which many people were beginning to flee. At war’s end, they and the Unitarian colleagues who followed in their footsteps would be credited with helping almost 2,000 men, women, and children escape Nazi tyranny in Czechoslovakia and France.

In June 2006, the Sharps were named Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority in Israel for risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Among some 21,000 people from around the world so honored, they were only the second and third Americans. Their names were also inscribed on the Rescuers’ Wall at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Decades later, we are still inspired by their example.

A legacy of justiceIn 1937 and 1938, the American Unitar-ian Association (AUA) sent fact-finding missions to Europe, which brought back alarming stories about escalating violence and anti-Semitism. The liberal Unitaria church in Prague was fast becoming a safe haven for those threatened by the

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Within six months of their return to the United States, the Sharps would be asked by the newly formed Unitarian Service Committee to continue their rescue and relief work in France. Setting up an office in Lisbon, which would function throughout World War II, they also opened an office in Vichy-controlled Marseilles.

Getting exit visas from France in those days required a certificate of “moral standing” from the local police — a thing seldom at-tainable for Jews from Germany or Austria. Too few of the people helped by the Uni-tarians were given visas to enter the United States, because of anti-Semitism within the U.S. State Department. Often the Sharps’ clients used forged documents or escape routes over the Pyrenees before continu-ing on to safety in Lisbon and other ports around the world. Franz Werfel and Lion Feuchtwanger are just two of the recogniz-able names of those the Sharps assisted.

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More than 2.5 million people have been forced to flee the ongoing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.

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A call to actionWe are compelled to ask, “As the Sharps are honored for their courage in facing the Holocaust, how will we be remembered for our response to the genocide taking place in Darfur, Sudan today?” Since 2003, the crisis in Darfur has resulted in more than 300,000 deaths and 2.5 million civilians being forced to flee their homes. For more than two years, UUSC has worked vigorously to end that genocide.

In accepting the medal awarded post-humously to her parents, Martha Sharp Joukowsky thanked the wide circle of people who had made her parents’ hero-ism possible, concluding, “I must add that it is the kind of network that is needed again today to stop the slow genocide in Darfur. Let this celebration about my parents stand as a call to action. They saw the worth and dignity of every person and acted on that belief. Let us do the same.”

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I f we were to serve even a fraction of the most acute human needs, we were duty bound to carry on two lines of work: first, emergency relief measures with refugees; second, emigration casework with those individuals who could escape in time to save their lives and souls in a foreign land.” — Rev. Waitstill Sharp

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In the United States and around the world, the rights of workers to earn a living with dignity are increasingly at risk.

UUSC program partners in Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, and the United States are employing innovative strategies to help workers, especially women and children, to fulfill their rights to a living wage, and to organize to defend those rights. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we are also working with several program partners in the Gulf Coast region to provide resources for workers.

Innovative strategies for workersA UUSC partner in Guatemala, STITCH, has a long history of training women workers to become effective organizers, building strong, sustainable unions in banana plantations and maquilas in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala. With help from UUSC, STITCH is helping to bolster women’s leadership within the unions.

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Another UUSC program partner, the Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT), unites street vendors across Kenya. Around the world, street vendors remain among the most marginalized and vulnerable workers, harassed by authorities and subject to arbitrary penalties. UUSC supports organizations like KENASVIT that aid these workers as they seek to earn a living with dignity.

In the United States, UUSC joined with 80 faith-based organizations as part of the Let Justice Roll coalition, a nationwide initiative to support the living wage movement. In January 2006, UUSC honored the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., by joining with other members of the coalition to host an event at the historic United First Parish Church in Quincy, Mass. The event included guest speaker Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) who made an impassioned case for raising the federal minimum wage.

Workers in the informal economy, such as this woman street vendor in Kenya, contribute enormously to national economies and yet remain among the most marginalized and vulnerable workers in the world.

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defending the right to water

Fifteen-year-old Amina lives in Tabata, a neighborhood of 28,000 people in the drought-stricken Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam.

Tabata did not receive aid from international institutions, so they worked with UUSC program partner the Tanzania Gender Networking Program to raise the money to dig a bore hole, buy a pump, lay pipes, and establish the Tabata Residents Water Committee (TRWC) to administer the system.

Amina now works for TRWC as a water seller, collecting fees. She is able to support herself while making a positive contribution to her community.

Every person is entitled to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible, and affordable water for personal and domestic use.

But over the past decade, the privatization of public water systems for corporate profit, as well as the depletion and pollution of water supplies, has threatened that right in the United States and around the world. In response, UUSC is working closely with program partners to uphold the human right to water.

Responding to the water crisisThe Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP) is one organization leading that struggle. Through its project, Water for the People Not for Profit, TGNP researches the effects of water privatization on women and mobilizes communities to advocate for changes in governmental policies. Another program partner based in Peru, the Federation of Unions of Water Workers in Peru (FENTAP), mobilizes Peruvians to advocate for policies to modernize public water utilities and to adopt a national constitutional provision for a right to water.

UUSC also supported our partners in Latin America by participating in the RED Vida coalition meeting in Bolivia, which brought together organizations working on water privatization issues in the Americas.

Mobilizing for actionIn the United States, UUSC works with organizations like Massachusetts Global Action to fight for the right to water. We also work closely with our members and supporters to mobilize them to action on water-related issues.

Our members and supporters helped us press for the enactment of the Paul Simon Water for the Poor bill, which makes access to safe water and sanitation in developing countries a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs. This new law will provide future opportunities to promote access to affordable water for all.


The Federation of Unions of Water Workers in Peru, a UUSC program partner, is working hard to address the water crisis in that country.

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speaking out for civil liberties

As the Bush administration continues to push the limits of presidential powers and challenge civil liberties, UUSC is rising to meet that challenge.

Our members and supporters work side-by-side with us to demand an end to U.S.-sponsored torture. They have also responded to calls for support on issues such as the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act and affirming the principle of equal protection under law.

Around the world, we work with courageous program partners such as the Sudanese Organization Against Torture and Women for Women International in Iraq that are aiding people whose civil liberties are threatened and violated. Our program partner in Guatemala, the Maya Achi Association for the Integral Development of Victims of

María survived a massacre in 1982, in the village of Río Negro, Guatemala, when she was seven years old. In the massacre, 107 children and 70 women died at the hands of the Guatemalan army and civil patrollers.

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Interfaith activists gathered for a march on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., during the Call for Justice Weekend in September 2005.

Violence (ADIVIMA) seeks justice for indigenous Guatemalans who suffer from intolerance, discrimination, and exploitation by their own government.

A call for justiceIn September 2005, UUSC organized a Call for Justice Weekend as part of its STOP (Stop Torture Permanently) Campaign. More than 1,000 activists gathered in Washington, D.C., to learn, lobby, organize, and speak out against U.S.-sponsored torture.

One of the focal points of the weekend was the mock trial of then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former CIA director George Tenet. On the final day of the Call for Justice Weekend, a moving interfaith service was followed by visits to elected officials on Capitol Hill.

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“We have to teach our children and grandchildren that repression, torture, and injustice are not the ways to create a better world.”

— Manuel, torture survivor speaking during UUSC’s Call for Justice Weekend

Responding in times of Crisis

Since December 2004, massive natural disasters — the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the South Asian earthquake — devastated portions of three continents. As is too often the case, these disasters had a disproportionate effect on those who were socially marginalized before the storm, including women, ethnic minorities, and indigenous people.

In addition, UUSC continued to respond to the ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 300,000 and the displacement of 2.5 million civilians since 2003.

Indian Ocean tsunamiUUSC has been working hand in hand with partners in several countries since the tsunami. In Aceh, Indonesia, UUSC supported local women’s organizations in providing legal aid for women and defending women’s land rights. In Sri Lanka, we helped restore the livelihoods of rural Muslim women left out of other recovery projects because they were in seclusion mourning their husbands.

Hurricane KatrinaFollowing Hurricane Katrina, UUSC joined with the Unitarian Universalist Association to form the Gulf Coast Relief Fund and Panel to distribute the $3.5 million raised through the generosity of our members and supporters. Program partners like the East Biloxi Center for Coordination and Relief are engaged in ongoing work such as helping low-

After the Indian Ocean tsunami, Ah Maung and more than 50,000 other undocumented Burmese refugees in Thailand were excluded from relief efforts and many were forced to return to Burma.

UUSC partner Grass-roots Human Rights Ed-ucation (GHRE) assists many Burmese refu-gees like Ah Maung. Today, she teaches refugee children at a GHRE education center, even though she faces arrest because of her undocumented status. GHRE’s legal aid pro-gram is helping her get a work permit.

“It will mean so much to be legal and not have to fear the authorities,” Ah Maung said. “I have lived here so long with fear.”


income residents rebuild their homes, and advocating for their inclusion in discussions about reconstruction.

South Asia earthquakeAfter an earthquake devastated parts of Pakistan and India in October 2005, UUSC worked to aid villages cut off from other relief efforts by impassable roads and mountain paths. Partners such as Community Development Solutions trav-eled by helicopter into remote areas and used satellite phones to call for supplies.

Darfur, SudanUUSC joined forces with more than 170 other human rights organizations nation-wide as part of the Save Darfur Coalition. This coalition has attracted national atten-tion through actions such as the Million Voices for Darfur campaign and the Rally to Stop Genocide held in Washington, D.C., in April 2006. We have also worked with our members and supporters to press the U.S. government and the United Na-tions to respond to the growing crisis.

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Burmese refugees in Thailand remain among the most vulnerable groups of survivors following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.

building activism through experience

UUSC nurtures activists and builds life-long activism through the transformative experiences of our experiential learning programs. These programs offer our 47,000 members and supporters a profound experience that inspires them to carry forward a torch for justice.

During the year, JustWorks camps participants helped in the cleanup and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, learned about the lives and culture of Native Americans, and explored U.S. civil rights history. One unique JustWorks experience brought participants to Guatemala, where they experienced the struggles faced by small coffee farmers.

UUSC also led human rights delega-tions to Guatemala, where participants gained firsthand knowledge of the inspir-ing work of our program partners there who are on the front lines of working for peace and justice. They met with part-ners such as the Maya Achi Association for the Integral Development of Victims of Violence, an organization that today seeks justice for those who survived mas-sacres during the civil war of the 1980s.

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“I just wanted to do whatever little part I could. It’s hard to understand just how huge the situation is and how far residents have to go before recovery.”

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A hands-on experienceSixty-five youth and adults from around the country participated in the second annual Freedom Summer: A Civil Rights Journey. This event, which is growing in popularity each year, combined visits to key historic sites of the civil rights move-ment with a service learning experience with the Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger, a UUSC program partner.

Two JustWorks camps — one in Missis-sippi and one in New Orleans — gave participants a hands-on role in the post-Katrina rebuilding. Participants helped to rehabilitate a church and school that were badly damaged by the hurricane.

Standing for justiceUUSC members and supporters also stood together for justice in record numbers by taking part in two special traditions, Guest at Your Table and Justice Sunday. In 2006, participants in Justice Sunday learned about the human right to water and simple action steps they could take to promote that right around the world.

Homeowner Jerry Williams (center) of Biloxi, Miss., with participants of the 2006 JustWorks Katrina Relief camp.

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Dr. Ary Bordes Society ($5,000 - $9,999)For more than a decade, Dr. Bordes and UUSC worked together to estab-lish progressive health care programs benefiting the people of Haiti. His vision resulted in thousands of children gaining access to medical and nutritional services they otherwise would have lacked.Anonymous (1)The Greenhouse FamilyArnold “Brad” and Julia BradburdDarryl BrantingJames FelkerRichard and Carol FenclBenjamin and Ruth HammetJill HartmanLouis Hornor and Sean WelshAlex KarterCarol and Douglas KerrF. Gibbs and Jane LamotteLynne and Jesse LipconIngeborg LockGrace and Einar LorentzenJohn and Judith ManocherianKathleen and Curtis MarbleJanet and Jerry MitchellLeonora MontgomeryPriscilla and Franklin OsgoodRobert PhelpsSarah Stevens MilesKaren StoyanoffKatharine SwiftKatherine and Philippe VillersKatherine WestAlan and Leanne ZeppaElizabeth Zimmerman

Hans Deutsch Society ($1,000 - $4,999)When the Nazis invaded Paris, Austrian artist Hans Deutsch abandoned all he had there and fled to Portugal, where he was assisted by the Unitarian Service Committee’s early relief efforts. He later became an agent of the USC and designed its logo — the flaming chalice.Anonymous (8)Jeanne and Nicholas AldrichWellesley and Catherine AllenSuzanne and Roger AmesThomas AndrewsAnn and David AndrexJoan and Paul ArmstrongJoyce and Gordon AsselstineSusan AveryGeraldine and Daniel BarisGale Zander BarlowKaren Bartley and Nicole BerreyGretchen BatraGeorge Bauer

T hose who contribute significant financial resources to the work of UUSC deserve special mention and appreciation. Recognition is given to both unrestricted gifts and to gifts for a designated purpose. Planned gifts are also included.

Honor roll of annual fund major donors

Martha and Waitstill Sharp Society ($50,000 and over)Martha and Waitstill Sharp led the first Unitarian relief efforts aimed at lending assistance to refugees in Czechoslovakia and those fleeing the Sudetenland. They later served as “ambas-sadors extraordinary” for the Unitarian Service Commit-tee’s work in France.

Anonymous (2)Doyle M. BortnerFiona KnoxC. Lee Small, Jr.

Eleanor Clark French Society ($25,000 - $49,999)Eleanor Clark French was director of the Unitarian Service Committee’s post-WWII rest home at Monne-tier, France, which served the need of refugees for a place where comradeship, extra food, rest, and nature could encourage recovery from ter-rors they had experienced.

Lois AbbottTodd and Lorella HessAlfred and Ellen Trumpler

Rev. Carleton Fisher Society ($10,000 — $24,999)Carleton Fisher served as the first executive director of the Universalist Service Com-mittee and supervised post-WWII relief efforts in the Netherlands. He was instru-mental in coordinating early cooperative efforts between the Unitarian and Universal-ist Service Committees.

Anonymous (3)Nancy AndersonBeverly and George AugustMagaret Shadick CyertJohn and Mary FrantzRuth KnauperAnne and Mark Veldman

Elizabeth and Gordon BawdenBeverley BaxterShelley Bedell and Mark StilesCurtis Bell and Linda GretschAlan BenfordMaria Benotti and Peter

KellermanSarah Benson and Stephen

NicholsRalph and Gretchen BerggrenTom BliffertFrank BlumenthalStephen Boelter and Karen

CombsLinda Jean Bonk and Richard

BrownMr. and Mrs. Roger BoveBonnie BraeBarbara BritainHelen BrownWillard BrownTed and Christine BrownsteinJohn BuehrensJohn and Irene BushEileene and William ButlerDavid CaccamoLeonard CampbellVelaine CarnallElaine and Steve CastlesJoanne ChaseKaren and Stephen CleggPhyllis and Robert ClementCharlie Clements and Gigi

WizowatyThomas CleweHeather S. CollinsStanley and Kim CorfmanStanley CorwinFred CoxGeorge Dale and Stefanie

Etzbach-DaleHarriet DannAnn and Harry DavidsonTheadora Davitt-CornynHarriet DenisonJan and Charles DevorAlice and Julian DewellEsther and Robert DickinsonErnest DieterichJanet DixonJoann DonnellyBruce and Judith Ann DouglassJohn and Sheryl DowningEileen and Alvin DrutzMartha and Kriss Easter-WellsLynn and Gregory EastwoodErica EddyDonna Ekstrand Amy and Lee EllsworthMary and Allen EngMartha and Richard EnglandInge and Lee EnglerLinda and Steven EppertMarjorie and Duane ErwayJames EvansColleen and Paul FarrellDavid Fenner and Pauline

LeukhardtRoger and Verna FergusonSarah and David FischellMargaret FisherEllen and W. Burns FisherStephen and Christine FisherJane FlueckigerGayle FogelsonBonnie and Frederick ForteGregory FranePeggy FrenchPeter FriedrichsRobert and Elizabeth Gabrielli

John and Patricia GainesMaria Geigel and Stephen WeyerJohn Gibbons and Sue BaldaufMargaret and John GibsonFrederick GraftonAllen GreenleafJim GuffeyGay Ann GustafsonAnn and Charles HalstedTara HandsSandra HardtJohn and Willene HardyHelga and Kenneth HardyThomas HartlLisa and Robert HartmanGary Hartz and Teri WissJames HeidellSuzanne and Lawrence HessJohn HickeyBeth and William HilligDianne and David HoaglinDeborah and William HoldenMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanDiantha and Bill HortonBarclay and Kerstin HudsonHelen HughesJonathan and Elizabeth

HutchinsonAddison and Deborah IgleheartMartha IrvineLaura JacksonM. Barbara and J. D. JacksonMr. and Mrs. Vernon JacobJudith Jesiolowski and David

ThompsonRoberta and Robert JohansenTodd and Allison JonesGloria and Roger JonesJeffrey Jones and Carol BuffumCharlotte Jones-CarrollKatherine and John KaufmannJeffery KefferJoanne and David KelleherRuth and A. Lawrence KolbeSusan and Leslie KrausGeorge and Edwynne KrummeEmily KunreutherSara LacherTony LarsenNancy and Craig LemanDoris H. LinderKyong and Harold LischnerCheryl and Peter LloydSharon and Neal LockwoodJohn LongMr. and Mrs. Peter B. LoringJanet and Dusan LysyPatricia Machalinski and Kelvin

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Douglas PoutasseCarolyn Moller and David SmithJonathan MollerGerald Montie and Mary AndroffPhyllis and Peter MoralesMakanah and Robert MorrissSara MoserMark Mullet and Sabath Smith-

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ShorttPatricia and David NotterNancy and Leonard NowakKerri NyhofAbe and Gloria OhanianFelicia OldfatherPhyllis and James OlinAnita OrlikoffJanet and Jonathan OrmesCelia and Neal OrtenbergDr. and Mrs. Michel OssesiaCarl PageEmily PalmerWilliam and Betty ParkerGita PatelMandy Patinkin and Kathryn

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EricksonJacqueline and Eric PierceMary and William PiezStephen PolmarJune PulciniMichael QuarreyCarolyn Raia-Holstein and David

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WurrMarjorie and Julius SingletonSheila SmithJane Engle SmithVivian and Harry SnyderMary SorensenAnne St. Goar

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LewisMoritz WagnerElizabeth and Robert

WeinstockTrudy and Bob WendtJana and Martin WertheimStephen WeyerHenry O. WhitesideShirley and Richard WhitingVirginia and Jack WilkersonCarol and Jay WilseyNeil WilsonJohn WinsbroStephen WinthropOliver and Helen WolcottRaquel and Frank WoodCarol and Robert WoolfsonAnn Zawaski and Helena LeeMargaret and A. Lee Zeigler

Compass Club ($500 to $999)The Compass Club was established to recognize donors who have sup-ported UUSC with a gift of $500 or more in a single fiscal year.Anonymous (4)Elizabeth AdamsS. James and Mary AdelsteinPam and Di Allen-ThompsonNancy and Eric AlmquistWilliam AndersonStuart AndersonAmy Armstrong and Robert

CapeAllen ArmstrongSusannah and Howard ArnouldRuth Ashworth and Marian

BeddillJyl and Allan AtmoreJane and Dale BaconRichard and Arlynne BailFredric BaileyThomas BallNancy and Gary BanksKaren Barlow and David ReeseMelody BarlowAndrea Barsevick and Rudy

Sprinkle

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Janet and Gordon BartelsNancy Bartlett and Dave

HammondMarkie and Don BaxterPhyllis BelseySonya and Adam BergAnne BlackBrenda Blair and Larry YarakJoani BlankRosalie and Jim BolePeg BouskaEva and David BradfordSteven BrecklerCarol and Paul BrodyBetty BrothersRobert BrownDeborah BrownBarbara BrownJeffrey and Jane BruneBarbara Hayes BuellMrs. Douglas BurleighThomas BurnsDavid CanzlerPaula Carmona and Frederick

ConwayRozlind CarrollChristine and Larry CarsmanAmanda Cater and Stephen

GuggenheimKatherine CaveSally ChamberlinSue ChanDoleta Chapru and Warren

HagstromSuzannah and Robert CierniaRuth ClarkMolly Clawson and Walker

Willingham, Jr.Vidal ClayWallace ClelandMayre Lee and Kelly CliftonSherry ClineBarbara Clutter and Betty

HestersNorma and Harvey CohenKatherine Connolly and Alan

GardnerDeane and David CorlissElinor and Douglas CottsMildred CourtleyMary Ellen CovertStephen CraryJames CrawfordRoberta and Julian CrowellThomas CrowellLeonard CurtinSusan DaggettSue and David DamourCynthia DavidsonEdward DayhoffSuzanne and Franklin deBeersSusan DelaneyShirley and Peter DenisonHonora DentJane and William DerrickLudell DeutscherDiana and Kurt DeWeeseMarlene DickMallory DiggesPamela DiLavoreVirginia DixonDoyle DobbinsMarian and Peter DownsCharles and Barbara DumondJean DunlapPhyllis DunnVirginia Duquet and David

NashEloise Dycus

Vicki and Jack DyerNancy DytmanNathan EastmanLaurence Paxson EggersClaire Ernhart and Ed PsottaKaren and Stephen ErnstCarol and Robert EvansMarylou FarisMartha and John FergerJohn FingerJohn FlanaganRuth FleckSameena and Tristyn FlinnerMichael FloraMargery and A. Irving ForbesRobert ForceyShirley FossJoanne FraserHarry FreemanRobert Friedman and Christine

Jowers-FriedmanSandra FritzJenise FuessElizabeth FullerStephanie Garber and David

CollinsAlberta GardnerRobert and Margaret GibbonsTheresa GibneyKathleen GilmoreMichael Giordano and Robert

WittigHelen GjessingNeil Goldstein and Jean

WallaceRonald GoleLaura GoodAlice and James GoodridgeC. Richard GossDebra Lopez GottesmanMary and Franklin GouldMelissa Graf-EvansTodd and Jennifer GrahamMadeleine GrantShoshanna GreenStanley Griffith and Ann

SchaufflerAnn Gullickson and Harry

CarnesMarissa GutierrezCarol and Carl HaagWilliam and Deborah HackettJohn Hain and Jennifer AllenBruce Hall and Dolores KoehlNancy HallKatherine Hall-MartinezSally and Aaron HamburgerMargaret HandHoward HandelmanLucie and James HangsteferAnne HardingRobert HardingBarbara and William HarrisLinda HarrisAnne HarrisonJune and James HartCarolyn and David HarveyEllin Jane and Frederick

HarveyMichael HassettJoan HayMolly HaydenEileen Healy-Vincent and

Richard VincentLinda Heath and Clifford

Shisler, Sr.Karen and David HeddenHelen HelsonCharlotte and Orrin Helstad

Jane Henderson and Harry Lancaster

Warner and Barbara Henderson

Thomas and Elizabeth Henderson

Barry and Connie HersheyHerbert HethcoteCynthia Hiatt and R. Thompson

ArrisonMary HigginsShirley and Harold HillWilliam Hilton and Kristi

IversonTeresa HinrichsAbraham HirschNan and James HobartDonna Hoffman and Richard

DumRobert HoffmanBernice HornbeckMargaret and Terence HoskenTrish HouckCeleste HowardGeorgia HowardAnn and Charles HoweJohn and Elizabeth HowellLouise HuddlestonKathleen and Daniel HuxleyMarjorie and Robert HybelsHeather Hyde and Bruce

StowellMary Ruth IdsoSusie IdzikStanley and Shirley InhornWayne ItanoVivian JacksonEric Jacobs and Jean ShapiroEdward and Myrna JenkinsPatricia and Ralph JohnsHenriette JohnsenJillian and Knowlton JohnsonGail Johnson-GoodnessBrian JohnstonLaura Jane JohnstonLaura JohnstonRobert JonesMary Jones and S. Kingsley

MacomberDori Jones and Gary KowalskiJocelynn and Richard KaiserNancy Kannianen and Laszlo

BorosRichard KarkMary KeaneRobert KeefeDouglas and Risa KeeneTheresa Kempker and Neil

KirbyArdith and Fred KerstJohn KeturiHeather Kindem and Mark

BackusDouglas and Gail KirbyJanet KleinMarcia and Glenn KlepacMarilyn KnightMarian and Harm KraaiRamanujachary Kumanduri and

Cristina RomeroCole KutzNancy KyleJohn LampertiFrederick and Constance

LandmannJohn and Nancy LaPannSylvia and Bjorn LarssonShirlie LassarJane Lea

Julie and Brock LeachCarolyn Lee and Stephen

GabelerMr. and Mrs. Thomas LeggatLisa LenonAnnmarie Levins and Linda

SeverinThomas LiebYvonne LifshutzJanice and John LimbEugene Link and Ann Marie

HirschCarroll and Robert LisleEllen and Nickolas LivingstonJeffrey and Catherine LoebRichard LoescherVictoria and Francis LowellLawrence LundenAimee LykesLorraine LymanLouise MachinistKenneth MacLeanAlice MacyDave MadanMona and Nicholas MagnisFrank MahnckeMarjorie MainElliot and Jean MarvellEva and Thomas MarxJoan and Keith MathewsSara MattWade MayberryDebra and Richard McChaneJames McGuireNancy and Raymond McKinleyDonald McLarenMary and Robert McLeanAlice and Hugh McLellanDavid McNeelyCathy and Ron MenendezVirginia MerrittAndrew MertzCecile and Axel MeyerPamela Meyers and Richard

ClarkJoanne Michalski and Michael

WeedaDeborah MielkeJessica MilsteadSusan Miracle and Gene

PusateriDonna and Robert MohrBarbara and Ronald MolineSonya MontanaBetty and Gay MorrowChristine MossKirsten Mueller and David

HunterMs. Margaret MuellerCatheryn MullingerMary Louise MuntsPaula Murphy and Jim AulerPaula and John NeilsCheryl and Richard Nikonovich-

KahnElizabeth and Eric NordgrenNancy NorthupVivian NuhnDoris May O’KaneAntoinette O’NeilMary Ann OakleyJudith Oerkvitz and Peter

McKeeSarah OglesbyGerry OrhstromCatherine and Peter OkhuysenWendy OliverFrancene and G. Timothy OrrokWilliam Othersen

Estate donors UUSC honors individuals whose realized estate bequests exceeded $25,000 or more in the period of July 1, 2005 — June 30, 2006.Louis BowenSarah Maude

KaemmerlingPriscilla Anna Cabeen

Howard

FoundationsThe following foundations made grants to UUSC of $1,000 or more in FY06.Boston Foundation California Community

Foundation Calvert Foundation Mike and Sylvia Chase

Foundation Bertha Z. Ellis Private

Foundation Greater Cincinnati

Foundation Holthues Trust Joukowsky Family

Foundation Maine Community

Foundation Peierls Foundation Peninsula Community

Foundation Pond Foundation Righteous Persons

Foundation The David Rockefeller

Fund Sacajawea Foundation

W e are grateful for the extraordinary generosity of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, N.Y., for their contribution in FY06 to match unrestricted gifts to UUSC of $75 or more.

Andrea and Herbert OuidaAlyson Owen and Craig OlinerCarolyn and Thomas Owen-

TowleMeda Lou PaddenMarje and Richard ParkDina PasalisElsie PaullKaren and Robert PeakeEleanor PeckhamBarbara and Paul PenfieldTheodore and Eloise PfeiffJacquelyn and David PietzDiane PinkhamSandra PomponioSally PopperWilliam PrattSonya Prestridge and Arvid

StraubeAndrew Prokop and Linda

WinsorBalaram Puligandla and Linda

OkaharaDeborah PulliamNancy and Kenneth RaglandBarbara RamesKimberly and Mark RaySandra and Thomas ReeceMarylou and Glenn Reed-

QuinnJudith ReisReba and Richard RennerLilo RheinsteinSharon RichardsLori and Bob RittleMargaret and Sam RobertsChristine Robinson and

William BakerJane RockTom Rocklin and Kimberly

EphgraveMary Rodgers and William

WebsterLisa Ross and Charles EbyScott Roth and Nancy WessonSarita and Arlin RoyMillicent and John RutherfordMargie and Robert SalliesCornelia Saltus and John

SmithEllyn SatterRobert Schaibly and Steven

StorlaJames SchmidtSally and Steven SchroederNeil Schultes and Martha

HowardHenry Schwartz and Nancy

MasseyAlfred SchwendtnerJohn and Aline SchwobElizabeth and Robert ScottKelly and Michael ScottBarbara and Louis SemrauJohn and Elinor SeveringhausFrederick SeykoraMona and Mark ShannonRuth and Ted ShapinDonna and Phillip SharffJean Sheets and Robert HladyHarriet SheridanHelen ShimbergMike ShonseyEdward SimmonsOwen Nathaniel SimonKatharine SimpsonElizabeth SkinnerFred Small and Julie WormserElizabeth Smith

Kathleen Smith-DiJulio and Donald DiJulio

Lenore SnodeyWarner SoellingShari SpiresMary and Alex SproulCarol StahlRobert and K. Ann StebbinsVirginia and Colin SteelDouglas StewartFrances StoreyRuth and Robert StrausDanielle StubblefieldPenny and Joseph SullivanBarbara and Hugo SwanAndrew SwansonElizabeth SwopeCharles and Catherine TalcottDorothy TaylorVern ThomasNathalie and John ThompsonBetty and Chet ThompsonAnn and James ThroopJon TiedemanEleanor and Imre TothMary Lou and Chankey TouartJerry Trammell and Katherine

HoffmanBarbara Trojan and Frank WyseKelley Trombly-FreytagLinda and Jonathan TuckLindsey Tweed and Claudia

KingLynde UihleinDoris Van AlenDale and Alice Van WormerDoris VedenMarcia VeldmanVanessa Verkade and Peter

BairdLandon and Virginia VilesJeanette and Thomas Von

AltenJoan Vondra and Tom ChangRuth WalkerJohn and Carol WaltonWot Chu WanJulia Washburn and William

Kules, IIIEleanor and Harris WebsterEllen Wehrle and Richard

PokornyVickie WeingardtMichael WeingardtDeborah and Steve WentworthPolly WestraVirginia and Farley WheelwrightJane and James WhiteJoan Wilkinson and James

GerberDiane Willcox and Nancy

DouttielJanet Williams and Robert

SpitzerCatherine WilliamsRosalind WilliamsCassandra WilliamsonJanet and Andrew WilsonJoyce and Daniel WilsonMargaret and Gordon WinklerRobert WinsorAnne WolfgangRobert and Betsy WonesJerri and John WoodJordan Wood and David LeppikMarla and Hiroshi YonamineBarbara YoungLynn and Robert YoungPaul and Karen Ziemer

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Compass Club (continued)


These lists cover the period July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006. The compilers have carefully reviewed the names that are included. However, errors and omissions may have occurred. If your name or institution has been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact Institutional Advancement Annual Report Listings, UUSC, 130 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-1845, e-mail [email protected], or call 800-766-5236.

Flaming Chalice CircleThe Flaming Chalice Circle recognizes those who include UUSC in their estate plans or who have made a planned gift to UUSC.

Ambassadors’ CouncilAmbassadors’ Council members assist UUSC staff and board with resource development and communicating UUSC’s mission and values to key constituents.

Named endowment fundsUUSC has a growing number of named endowment funds established by individual donors, often to honor the memory of a friend or family member, or to commemorate a special occasion. The income from the funds provides an important source of revenue to UUSC for general support or specific programs, as designated by the donors. Unless otherwise indicated, the funds are not restricted. For more complete descriptions of each fund or for more information, visit our website, www.uusc.org.

Arlene A. Bartlow Endowment Fund

Beverley V. Baxter Endowment Fund

Rev. Shannon Bernard Memorial Fund

Mildred K. Bickel Endowment Fund

Domitila Barrios de Chungara Endowment Fund

Martha Sharp Cogan Children’s Endowment Fund

Warren H. Cudworth Endowment Fund

Rev. John W. Cyrus Endowment Fund

William Emerson Endowment Fund

Anne Sharples Frantz Endowment Fund

Eleanor Clark French Library Endowment Fund

Robert Goodman Endowment Fund

Johanna Henn Endowment Fund

Mary-Ella Holst and Guy C. Quinlan Endowment Fund

Hu Endowment Fund

Dorothy Baker Johnson Endowment Fund

Mary Kornblau Endowment Fund

Rev. Donald W. McKinney Endowment Fund

Alexander McNeil Endowment Fund

Katharine L. Morningstar Endowment Fund

William U. Niss Endowment Fund

Rev. Carolyn Owen-Towle Endowment Fund

Dorothy Smith Patterson Endowment Fund

Dr. Richard S. Scobie Endowment Fund

Waitstill H. Sharp Endowment Fund

Mary Trumpler Endowment Fund

50th Anniversary Program Endowment Fund

60th Anniversary Program Endowment Fund

Anonymous (19)Susan and Peter AldenEdna BackupJohn and Barbara BaileyRachael BalyeatMrs. Barbara BarrattBeverley BaxterPeggy and George BellI. Inka BentonMichael BoblettAnn BoothGeorge BorstDoyle BortnerRachel BoschMarjorie BowmanIrma and Paul BraunsteinBetty BrothersHelen BrownHarley and Dorothy BrownFrances and Laurence

BrundallHelen Burke and William

ThomasEvelyn ChidesterJane ChirurgDorothy CinquemaniElizabeth and Carl ClarkFern CleghornThomas CleweDeirdre Cochran and Daniel

CouchElla CookJanet and Art CopestakesBruce CornishMildred CourtleyJoan Cudhea and Tomas

FirleJan CurtisPhyllis DamonCarol DavisL. Patton DavisTheadora Davitt-CornynHelen and Howard DelafieldAnthony DelanoJudith and Marshall

DeutschFrances DewAlice and Julian DewellLyda Dicus and Robert

Hanson

Ruth and John DonnellCarol DonovanImogene DraperLaurence Paxson EggersAgnes ElfvingMary Ann ElyClaire Ernhart and Ed

PsottaMartha and John FergerMary and Christopher

FlanaganRose and Warren

FleischnerElizabeth FordAnne ForsythAnnette FoxWerner and Renate

FreundlichRichard and Hillary

FuhrmanCarrie Gillespie and

Kris KaushikTracy Gipson and Bernard

BloomKen GjemreAnne and Julius GoldinLaura GoodMichael GoodmanBarbara GordonSara GrindlayJames Gunning and Ellen

EwingElaine and Joseph GutstadtEileen and John HamlinYvonne and Joseph

HammerquistStephen HartMarjorie and Henry HarveyJean HarwoodDorothy HegartyJean and William HellmuthEleanor HelperWarner and Barbara

HendersonSelma and John HolmeMary-Ella Holst and Guy

QuinlanSusan and Gary HolstromHanna HoppLucille Horner

Gabriella HorvayMartha JewettHelen JohnsonEllen and Barry Johnson-

FayTodd and Allison JonesAlex Karter and Janet

ClemmerJohn KeevertWesla KerrMargaret KlockBurritt LacyPeter LandeckerCorinne LeBovitJack LepoffRuth LevitanPhyllis and Justin LewisDoris H. LinderGweneth LindrenSharon and Neal LockwoodAdelma LoPrestMarian LyfordAimee LykesMitchell LymanEdna MannElizabeth MaxwellEleanor MayRochelle McAdamCatherine and Leonard

McConkieEvelyn McConnaugheyPhyllis and Gordon

McKeemanAlice and Hugh McLellanBarbara McMahon and Eric

SpelmanMary McPhersonAudrey and Donald

MicklewrightDolores MilhollandBetty MillHarriet and Maurice MillerDorothy Millon and Robert

LaddMalcolm MitchellVirginia MooreLeigh and Thomas

MundhenkEdward NaussD. Joan and Franklin Neff

Elsa and Robert NewVivian NossiterMary Ann OakleyRene OehlerVernon OlsonFrancene and G. Timothy

OrrokPriscilla and Franklin

OsgoodCharlotte PalmerEmily PalmerBrydie and Erdman

PalmoreJanice ParkDorothy and Tracy

PattersonEdgar and Phyllis PearaDiana PetersRobert PhelpsElisabeth PlattRobert PopeWilliam PrattLillis and William RaboinKay RathmannVerna RenfroWilliam ReynardJudith and Lee ReynardMildred ReynoldsDavid RileyLou Jean and Joseph

RohlingMary Rose and Leonard

PellettieriLouise RothmanJean RoxburghDavid RubinHilda RushJohn and Maggie RussellMillicent and John

RutherfordBetty SandersConstance ScanleyClaire Scheuren and

Nathaniel SchwartzFia and J. David ScheyerRobert Schmidt and

Patricia Weber-SchmidtRobert SchuesslerDick and Jill ScobieNeil and Lillie Shadle

Joan ShkolnikMargaret ShopbellSylvia ShortPaul Siegler and Ruth

BoomanElizabeth Leonie Simpson

and John WurrJane SleeperC. Lee Small, Jr.Sherry and Thornton SmithLenore SnodeyGloria SnyderMarion and Robert StearnsMary and James StephensonJoseph SternNancy and Jack StiefelJoan StockfordSara and Robert StoddardMatilde and James TaguchiMabel ThodyLucile ThomeeMary ThompsonGeorge ThorntonMargaret Tilford-MillerFred and Ellida TopikElsie TrachselHelen TrueHelen and John TryonD. Marilyn TyrrellArliss and Arthur UngarWanda Van GoorMary VedderKeven Virgilio Florence WagnerAlice WallaceRobert WarfieldKathryn and Allan WarriorLeslie Ann WeinbergErnest WellerMs. Jean WertsMyrna and Herbert WestLois and Robert WhealeyElizabeth WheelerSusan and Robert WhitneyMadeline WilliamsVirginia and Robert

WilliamsonMargaret WoodwardJudith ZacekElizabeth Zimmermann

Margot Adler*Joan Armstrong*Susannah and Howard

Arnould*Beverly and George

August*Nancy BartlettBeverley BaxterLarry BeckTom Bliffert*Marjorie Bowens-WheatleyHelen Brown*Dorothy and James

Caldiero*Barbara CheathamDan CheeverDavalene Cooper*

Fred Cox*Kim Crawford Harvie*Theadora Davitt-CornynSuzanne deBeers*Alice and Julian DewellSayre DixonLaurence Eggers*Franklin EvansRichard Fuhrman*Anne and Bill Furtick*Irmgard and William

Gimby*James GunningSally and Aaron

Hamburger*Robert HardiesJohn Hickey

Deborah HoldenMary-Ella HolstLeon Hopper*Diantha and Bill HortonBarry Johnson-FaySarah Karstaedt*Fiona KnoxMadeleine Lefebvre*Kenneth MacLeanLinda and Daniel

Marquardt*Jim McCorkel*Phyllis MoralesStephen Murphy*Cheryl Nikonovich-KahnWinnie Norman*Mary Ann Oakley

Kris OckershauserAbe and Gloria OhanianCarolyn Owen-TowleLee Pardee*Dorothy and Tracy

PattersonLaura Pedersen*Alan and Diana PetersMaggie and Ernie PipesBirdie and Charlie ReedThomas RhodesChristine RobinsonLucile and Warren RossWarren SalingerDick Scobie*Marilyn Sewell*Neil Shadle

Larry Shafer*Ruth and Ted ShapinDon SouthworthBetty StaplefordDavid SuehsdorfAnn Taylor*Betty ThompsonAlfred TrumplerNancy and Rick Van Dyke*P. D. WadlerBarbara and Richard Weiss*Lois Whealey*Thomas WintleColin and Latifa WoodhouseElizabeth Zimmermann*

* Honorary Ambassador

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In 1998, the minimum required balance for a named endowment fund was set at $25,000. All named endowment funds established prior to that date were required to meet the original minimum required balance of $10,000. We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Institutional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.


These awards recognize congregations that encourage their members to support human rights and social justice by joining UUSC with an annual membership gift.

Spirit of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors those congrega-tions in which 100 per-cent of the membership are UUSC members.ARKANSASHot Springs Village UU Village Church

FLORIDACocoa UU Congregation of Cocoa

Vero Beach UU Fellowship of Vero Beach

HAWAIIKea’au UU Fellowship of Puna

MAINECastine UU Congregation of Castine

TEXASBrownsville All Souls UU Church

Tyler UU Fellowship of Tyler

WASHINGTONFriday Harbor San Juan UU Fellowship

Vision of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors those congrega-tions in which 50 to 99 percent of the member-ship are UUSC members. ALASKAFairbanksJuneau

ARIZONAPrescottPrescott UU Fellowship

SurpriseARKANSASJonesboro

Membership Awards

CALIFORNIAAuburnBerkeleyFullertonGrass ValleyNapaNorth HillsRancho Palos VerdesRedondo BeachSan RafaelSunnyvaleVisaliaWhittier

COLORADOGlenwood SpringsGreeley

CONNECTICUTBrooklynMeridenNew HavenStorrs

FLORIDADelandLakelandPensacolaPort CharlotteTampa

GEORGIAAtlantaFirst Existentialist Congregation

BrunswickValdosta

IDAHOPocatello

ILLINOISAlton

MAINEWest Paris

MARYLANDGreat Mills

MASSACHUSETTSAtholFoxboroughMedfieldWeymouth

MICHIGANRochester

MISSOURIRolla

MONTANAKalispell

NEW HAMPSHIREAndover

NEW JERSEYNewtonParamusPomonaWayne

NEW YORKBig FlatsHamburgJamestownMuttontown

NORTH CAROLINAFranklinMorehead City

OHIOAthensCleveland HeightsDelawareFairlawn

OREGONPortlandWy’east UU Congregation

RoseburgWest Linn

PENNSYLVANIAAthensBethlehemStroudsburgWest Chester

SOUTH CAROLINAHilton Head Island

TEXASAustinUU Fellowship

LongviewNew BraunfelsSan MarcosVictoria

VERMONTBenningtonChesterWest Brattleboro

VIRGINIALynchburg

WASHINGTONBellinghamEllensburgLaceyMarysville

WISCONSINMilwaukeeUnitarian Fellowship

Rice LakeWoodruff

Creating Justice Banner SocietiesHonors those con-gregations in which 25 to 49 percent of the membership are UUSC members.ALABAMAAuburnHuntsvilleTuscaloosa

ALASKAAnchorageSeward

ARIZONAChandlerFlagstaffGreen ValleyPrescottGranite Peak UU Congregation

TucsonYuma

CALIFORNIAAptosBakersfieldBaysideCanoga ParkCarmelChicoCosta MesaFremontHemetLa Crescenta

LivermoreLos AngelesLos GatosOrange CountyPalo AltoPasadenaThroop Memorial UU Church/First Universalist

PetalumaRedwood CitySacramentoUU Community Church

San DiegoFirst UU Church

San FranciscoSan Luis ObispoSanta MonicaSanta PaulaSanta RosaStudio CityThousand OaksVenturaVistaWalnut Creek

COLORADOAuroraColorado SpringsAll Souls UU Church

DenverFirst Unitarian Society

GoldenLovelandPueblo

CONNECTICUTDanburyMadisonManchesterNew LondonNorwichStamfordStratfordWestportWoodbury

FLORIDABradentonDaytona BeachGainesvilleKey WestNorth Palm BeachOcalaOrlandoFirst Unitarian Church

PlantationRockledgeSarasotaSt. PetersburgUU United Fellowship

TallahasseeTarpon SpringsVeniceWest Melbourne

GEORGIAAtlantaNorthwest UU Congregation

AugustaEllijayMaconMariettaEmerson UU Congregation

HAWAIIHonolulu

IDAHOKimberly

ILLINOISCarbondaleDeKalbSpringfieldUrbana

INDIANAColumbusDanvilleHobart

IOWACedar FallsCedar RapidsClintonDavenportIowa CityMason City

KANSASSalinaTopeka

KENTUCKYBowling GreenLouisvilleThomas Jefferson Unitarian Church

MAINEBangorBrunswickDexterEdgecombKennebunkPortlandThe First ParishAllen Avenue UU Church

WatervilleMARYLANDCamp SpringsChurchvilleColumbiaCumberlandEastonHagerstownLuthervilleRockville

MASSACHUSETTSAndoverAttleboroBedfordBernardstonBillericaBraintreeBridgewaterBrooklineCambridgeCantonDanversDuxburyFitchburgHarvardHinghamFirst Parish in Hingham Old Ship Church

LexingtonFirst Parish

LittletonMelroseNewburyportNewtonNorth AndoverNorth EastonNorwellFirst Universalist Church of Assinippi

Pittsfield

PlymouthQuincySalemSherbornStowSudburySwampscottWalthamWatertownWellesley HillsWest RoxburyWestwood

MICHIGANAnn ArborAnn Arbor Unitarian Fellowship

BrightonDetroitFirst UU Church

East LansingFarmington HillsFlintHoughtonMarquetteMidlandMuskegonPortageTraverse CityTroy

MINNESOTAArden HillsExcelsiorFridleyHanskaMahtomediSaint CloudUnderwoodWinona

MISSOURIEllisvilleJefferson City

MONTANAMissoula

NEVADALas VegasReno

NEW HAMPSHIREDurhamKeeneMilfordPeterboroughPlymouthTamworth

NEW JERSEYBayvilleBranchburgMontclairMorristownOrangeRidgewood

NEW MEXICOAlbuquerqueAlbuquerque UU FellowshipFirst Unitarian Church

Las CrucesLos AlamosRio RanchoSilver City

NEW YORKAlbanyBellportBrooklynFirst Unitarian Congregational Society

CanandaiguaCentral SquareEast AuroraFredoniaHastings-on-HudsonHuntingtonKingstonManhassetNiagara FallsOneontaPlattsburghQueensburyRochesterFirst Unitarian ChurchFirst Universalist Church

Rock TavernSyracuseFirst UU SocietyMay Memorial UU Society

WatertownWater Mill

NORTH CAROLINABrevardDurhamEno River UU Fellowship

GreenvilleHickoryHillsboroughJamestownWilmington

NORTH DAKOTABismarckFargoGrand Forks

OHIOBellaireBereaCantonCincinnatiSt. John’s Unitarian Church

DaytonKentLewis CenterLyonsNew MadisonNorth OlmstedOberlinOxfordToledoWarrenWoosterYellow SpringsYoungstown

OKLAHOMAEdmondLawtonNormanNorman UU Fellowship

Oklahoma CityTulsa

OREGONAshlandAstoriaCorvallisEugeneGreshamNorth BendPortlandFirst Unitarian Church

PENNSYLVANIABeach LakeCollegevilleErie

W e celebrate the following Unitarian Universalist congregations for their exceptional levels of membership and support during UUSC’s 2006 fiscal year. The generosity of these congregations and their members enables UUSC to continue its work advancing human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world.

Honor Congregations and awards for 2006


These lists cover the period July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006. The compilers have carefully reviewed the names that are included. However, errors and omissions may have occurred. If your congregation has been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact Volunteer Services, UUSC, 130 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-1845, e-mail [email protected], or call 800-766-5236.

These gifts institutionalize a congregation’s deep commit-ment to justice and human rights through the work of UUSC.

Helen Fogg Chalice SocietiesHonors congregations for their generous line-item contribution of a gift from their annual budget of at least $25 per church member.MASSACHUSETTS

BerlinEasthamNorwellFirst Parish Church

SterlingWestwood

NEW YORKManhassetUU Congregation at Shelter Rock

New YorkCommunity Church

James Luther Adams AwardsHonors congregations for their generous line-item contribution of a gift from their annual budget of at least $1 per church member.ALASKA

AnchorageARKANSAS

Hot Springs VillageARIZONA

Green ValleyCALIFORNIA

FresnoFullertonKensingtonPalo AltoRedondo BeachSacramentoUU Society

San FranciscoSan MateoSan RafaelSanta BarbaraVentura

COLORADODenverFirst Unitarian Society

GoldenLafayetteLittleton

CONNECTICUTStorrsWestport

FLORIDAClearwaterKey WestLakelandSarasotaPlantationVero Beach

GEORGIAAtlantaUU CongregationNorthwest UU Congregation

EllijayMacon

IOWADes Moines

ILLINOISAltonChicagoThird Unitarian Church

DeerfieldDeKalbOak ParkRockford

INDIANAColumbus

KANSASLawrence

KENTUCKYLouisvilleThomas Jefferson Unitarian Church

MAINECastine

MARYLANDAnnapolisBethesdaCedar Lane UU ChurchRiver Road Unitarian Church

ColumbiaCumberland

MASSACHUSETTSBelmontBostonFirst and Second Church

CohassetLittletonNatickNeedhamNorth AndoverSalemFirst Congregational Society Unitarian

SudburySwampscottWatertownWellesley HillsWestfordWeston

MICHIGANAnn ArborAnn Arbor Unitarian Fellowship

Congregational Corporate Giving Awards

MINNESOTA BloomingtonMankatoSaint CloudUnderwoodWinona

MISSOURIKansas CitySaint Louis

NEVADALas VegasReno

NEW JERSEYLincroftMorristownOrangeTitusville

NEW YORKCentral SquareHuntingtonNew YorkUnitarian Church of All Souls

OneontaRochesterFirst Unitarian Church

SyracuseMay Memorial UU Society

NORTH CAROLINADurhamEno River UU Fellowship

HickoryNORTH DAKOTA

FargoOHIO

BereaCincinnatiFirst Unitarian Church

ColumbusFairlawnLewis CenterWoosterYellow Springs

OKLAHOMAOklahoma CityTulsaAll Souls Unitarian Church

OREGONHillsboro

PENNSYLVANIA Lewisburg

TENNESSEENashvilleFirst UU Church

Oak RidgeTullahoma

TEXASEl PasoFort WorthWestside UU Church

HoustonUnitarian Fellowship

San AntonioFirst UU Church

VIRGINIABurkeFredericksburg

WASHINGTONBellinghamBlaineEdmondsMarysvilleOlympiaSeattleUniversity Unitarian Church

WISCONSINKenoshaMadisonFirst Unitarian Society

MilwaukeeFirst Unitarian Society

Sauk CityWoodruff

Guest at Your Table Special RecognitionThrough Guest at Your Table, the members of each of these congregations contributed a total of $5,000 or more to UUSC’s work for justice.Florida

Vero BeachMinnesota

MahtomediTexas

DallasThe First Unitarian Church

WisconsinAppletonMadisonFirst Unitarian Society

MeadvillePhiladelphiaUU Church of the Restoration

PittsburghAllegheny UU ChurchFirst Unitarian ChurchUU Church of the South Hills

State CollegeRHODE ISLAND

ProvidenceReligious Society of Bell Street Chapel

SOUTH CAROLINABeaufort

TENNESSEEClarksvilleCordovaMemphisPeter Cooper UU Fellowship

NashvilleGreater Nashville UU Congregation

TEXASAmarilloCollege StationHoustonUnitarian Fellowship

KerrvilleUU Church of the Hill Country

MidlandPlano

VERMONTBurlingtonMiddleburyNorwichSouth StraffordSpringfieldSt. Johnsbury

VIRGINIABlacksburgGlen AllenHarrisonburgNewport NewsSterlingWaynesboroWilliamsburg

WASHINGTONBellevueBlaineBremertonDes MoinesFreelandHoquiamKennewickPort TownsendTacomaVashonWoodinville

WEST VIRGINIAMorgantown

WISCONSINAppletonEau ClaireKenoshaMadisonFirst Unitarian SocietyPrairie UU Society

MarshfieldMilwaukeeFirst Unitarian Society

Ripon

New award next year! Beginning with fiscal year 2007, UUSC will honor with a new Banner Society award those congregations in which 75 percent or more of the membership are UUSC members.

For more information on how your congregation can play a critical role in supporting the work of UUSC, contact Rachel Jordan at 800-766-5236 or [email protected], or visit our website at www.uusc.org.

Honor Congregations and awards for 2006

Social Justice Activist Awards

UUSC honors two social justice activists each year with its top awards for outstanding activism and commitment to principles that promote human rights and social justice.

Social Action Leadership AwardJIM BOLE

Jefferson Unitarian Church of Golden, Colo.

Mary-Ella Holst Youth Activist AwardMIKE SANDMEL

First Parish in Brookline, Mass.

Outstanding Local Representative Awards

Each year, UUSC honors selected volunteers with the Outstanding Local Representative Award for their work in building support for UUSC and its programs within their congregations.

IRA MENDELSBERGUnitarian Society of Ridgewood, N.J.

DAN MOENFirst Universalist Church of Denver, Colo.

WINNIE TYLERUnitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley,

Bethlehem, Pa.


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Financial Statements

June 2006 June 2005AssetsCash and equivalents Cash 467,007 1,538,099 Money market fund 807,560 1,095,779

1,274,567 2,633,878 Investments 14,139,268 11,500,780 Program-related investments 136,265 148,988 Accounts and interest receivable 131,122 80,305 Pledges receivable, net 778,503 804,777 Notes receivable - 1,963 Prepaid expenses and other assets 214,701 107,121 Property and equipment, net 1,697,768 1,704,332

Total assets 18,372,194 16,982,144

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses 364,605 218,679 Accrued compensation 137,105 133,573 Pooled income deferred revenue 319,181 335,796 Planned giving obligations: Pooled income 8,088 9,072 Gift annuities 1,024,706 953,291 Trust agreements 123,462 125,208

1,977,147 1,775,619

Net assets Unrestricted 12,096,320 10,406,100 Temporarily restricted 1,725,359 2,254,597 Permanently restricted 2,573,368 2,545,828

16,395,047 15,206,525

Total liabilities and net assets 18,372,194 16,982,144

Statement of Financial PositionProgram services n Environmental justice 17% $1,095,195n Economic justice 23% $1,478,320 n Civil liberties 19% $1,189,047n Rights in humanitarian crises 22% $1,369,872Total program services 81% $5,132,434

Supporting servicesn Fundraising 13% $787,838n Management 6% $398,290

Total supporting services 19% $1,186,128

Total functional expenses 100% $6,318,562

Functional Expenses

Complete UUSC audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2006, were prepared by Robert, Finnegan, and Lynah, PC, certified public accountants, Boston, Mass. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available from UUSC.

Statement of Financial Activities

2006 2005

Temporarily PermanentlyUnrestricted restricted restricted Total Total

PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE 6,890791 831,890 23,100 7,745,781 6,627,976 Net assets released from restrictions 1,300,520 (1,304,960) 4,440 0 0 Total public support and revenue and net assets

released from restriction8,191,311 (473,070) 27,540 7,745,781 6,627,976

EXPENSES Program services 5,132,434 5,132,434 4,142,056 Management 787,838 787,838 867,151 Fundraising 398,290 398,290 288,946 Total expenses 6,318,562 6,318,562 5,298,153

INCOME/(LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS (a) 1,872,749 (473,070) 27,540 1,427,219 1,329,823

NET NONOPERATING ACTIVITIES (b) (182,529) (56,168) (238,697) 152,945

NET ASSETS Change in net assets (a+b) 1,690,220 (529,238) 27,540 1,188,522 1,482,768 Beginning of the year 10,406,100 2,254,597 2,545,828 15,206,525 13,723,757

End of year 12,090,320 1,725,359 2,573,368 16,395,047 15,206,525

Year ended June 30, 2006 (with comparative totals for June 30, 2005)

Environmental justice nEconomic justice n

Civil liberties nRights in humanitarian crises n

Fundraising nManagement n

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UUSC JustWorks participants and other volunteers and aid workers at a food and supply distribution center in New Orleans, La.Nikki Rivera/UUSC

Staff*

Charlie Clements Atema EclaiMaxine Hart Mark McPeakNancy MooreKevin MurrayRobert SnowMichael Zouzoua

Ethan AdamsGretchen AltherJohn AndersonXenia BarahonaAnna BartlettSeanna BerryLaurie BrunnerDick CampbellAiesha CummingsJayme DonnellyEric GrignolPatricia JonesRachel JordanColleen Kelly Eric KreilickJackie LaddKomar ManbodhKim McDonaldSusan MosherShelley MoskowitzQuang NguyenJeremy NickelSarah PeckShayla ReidDavid RileyJohanna Chao RittenburgSofia RomeroMarty ScherstuhlMark SimonWayne SmithMartha ThompsonNguyen WeeksShari YeatonMohamed Zine abidine

UUSC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

UUSC employees are represented by Human Rights Workers Local 2�� UNITE HERE!

*Personnel as of January �, 200�

Board of Trustees*

William F. SchulzKatherine Hall-Martinez Stanley L. CorfmanPriscilla OsgoodTom Andrews John E. GibbonsBarclay HudsonTodd Jones Charlotte Jones-CarrollDavid LysyDiane Miller Susan C. Scrimshaw Charles Spence Fasaha M. Traylor

EditorSofia T. Romero

Design and Production Mark Simon and Eric Grignol

A publication of the UUSC Department of Advocacy and Communications.

© 200� All rights reserved.

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PresidentDirector of Programs

Human Resources ManagerDeputy Director

Executive Liaison for the Denomination and CongregationsDirector of Advocacy and Communications

Director of Institutional AdvancementChief Financial Officer

Associate for OperationsAssociate for Rights in Humanitarian Crises

Gift Processing AssistantAssociate for Travel Seminars

Administrative Assistant for Programs Executive Assistant

Administrative Assistant for Institutional AdvancementSenior Associate for Communications

Operations AssistantSenior Associate for IT

Associate for Graphic/Print ProductionProgram Manager for Environmental Justice

Associate for Member DevelopmentGift Processing Assistant

Senior Associate for Major Gifts and FoundationsAssociate for Statewide Networks

Senior AccountantSenior Associate for Education and Action

Associate for Donor ServicesWashington, D.C. Representative

Executive Administrative AssistantEvents Coordinator

Communications AssistantProgram Assistant for JustWorks

Senior Associate for Donor Relations and Charitable PlanningProgram Manager for Economic Justice

Editor/WriterAssociate for Development

Associate for Graphic and Print DesignProgram Manager for Civil Liberties

Program Manager for Rights in Humanitarian CrisesAssociate for Youth

Senior Operations AssistantAccountant

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