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2012 Annual Report of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
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UUSC 2012 Annual Report
Engagement,Innovation,and Impact
UUSC advances human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world. UUSC envisions a world
free from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human rights.
Global reach of UUSC’s human rights work48 partner organizations in 21 countries
UUSC works with a wide range of partner organizations throughout the world — bolstering workers’ rights, promoting the human right to water, defending civil liberties, and protecting rights in the midst of humanitarian crises.
Want a comprehensive look at UUSC’s grassroots partners on the ground? Visit uusc.org/program_partners.
THE AMERICAS ArgentinaBoliviaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaiti
AFRICAKenyaSomaliaTanzaniaUganda
MIDDLE EASTEgyptTunisia
ASIAJapanMyanmarPakistanPhilippines
HondurasMexicoNicaraguaPeruUnited States
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Dear Friends,
When an organization has a huge budget, it can afford to waste a few dollars here and there without worrying that that profligacy will have a substantial impact on its mission. For an organization of UUSC’s size, however, every penny counts.
That’s why we’re so proud we spend 87 cents of every dollar on programs. And it’s why we take the three themes of this annual report so seriously.
First, engagement. We’re eager to use the people power at our disposal to optimize our effectiveness. Our members, most of whom are associated with Unitarian Universalist congregations, are natural born activists. They’re itching to get their hands dirty, be it on their computer keyboards taking online actions or by building an eco-village in Haiti. UUSC is committed to helping our members do justice because a modest investment in activism can bring enormous dividends to everyone.
Second, innovation. Wherever we go in the world, we ask ourselves, “Who’s been forgotten and who is doing the most creative, groundbreaking work to transform and empower those forgotten populations?” By finding the most innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to problems and crises, we accomplish several things at once: we support the risk takers, those on the cutting edge, who governments or more traditional agencies may have overlooked or shunned; we encourage new solutions to old quandaries; we engage with communities, often of women or ethnic minorities, too often marginalized in their societies; and we do all this at a modest cost.
But how do we know whether what we, our activists, and our partners are doing is truly making a difference, accomplishing our objectives? That brings us to our third theme, impact. Over the past year UUSC has begun a groundbreaking process of establishing measurements of project success and accountability, doing an honest assessment of impact, and learning from our achievements and perhaps even more often from when we fall short of our goals. It’s not always easy to measure social change. Not everything we do is by any means quantifiable. But we’re experimenting with different approaches to measuring impact because we know that at the end of the day the only thing that really counts is how many lives we’ve actually changed.
You’ll find in this report many examples of our engagement with activists, our commitment to innovation, and our determination to make an identifiable impact on the world. You’ll also find the voices and names of many of those who make our work possible; who know that UUSC is smart, nimble, and relentless; who want to see the cause of justice flourish; and who are convinced that UUSC is one of best means to make it so.
UUSC — there’s no better investment.
To all of you who have made that investment, be it in time, energy, or money, our warmest, deepest thanks. Happy reading!
William F. SchulzPresident and CEO
Chuck SpenceChair of the Board of Trustees
William F. Schulz
Chuck Spence
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As you read stories of this work in the following pages, notice the hallmarks of UUSC’s approach: a deep grounding in eye-to-eye partnerships and a focus on people who are traditionally overlooked and suffer the effects of human rights violations due to their gender, race, class, and other aspects of who they are. The work UUSC does with partner organizations in the United States and throughout the world is informed by a deep respect for the strength, autonomy, and wisdom of the people being served. First and foremost, UUSC listens to its partners and has a thorough understanding that it learns as much from those partners as they might learn from UUSC in the process of seeking justice.
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UUSC may be a small organization for its scope — but with 40,000 members and supporters backing it up, its impact is not to be underestimated. UUSC does its best to strategically maximize the resources that its generous donors provide. It does so by engaging dedicated members to take stands against injustice and make daily decisions that move human rights forward. It does so by exploring new on-the-ground models of social change that prove successful and forge a clear path for others. It does so by delivering true results.
This report highlights just a few of many examples of the amazing positive changes that your donations have made possible. The past year has been full of great learning, great growth, and great success — and your support is essential as we continue to make a true and meaningful impact.
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Engaging members as compassionate consumers
On September 11, 2001, Fekkak Mamdouh lost 73 of his coworkers at Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center’s north tower, and he lost his livelihood, too. When the restaurant reopened and refused to hire back Mamdouh and hundreds of other workers who had lost their jobs, he helped start the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York, which has now grown into a nationwide network dedicated to improving conditions for restaurant workers and addressing rights violations. UUSC partners with the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) to support workers in the food chain by engaging the people who make the industry possible — diners and consumers.
UUSC recognizes the immense power that people hold as consumers and works with its members to put their values into action through the Choose Compassionate Consumption (CCC) initiative, which launched in October 2011. As Saru Jayaraman, ROC-United cofounder, says, “When individuals come together, there is nothing that they can’t do.” And there’s plenty to do in the growing restaurant industry, which employs nearly 10 million workers — 7 of the 10 lowest-paid occupations in the United States are in restaurants and servers are almost 3 times more likely to be paid below the poverty line than the general workforce.
A growing grassroots network of UU consumer advocates is advancing workers’ rights, living wages, and fair trade. Their actions have included calling legislators to demand an increase in the federal minimum wage, utilizing the ROC-United National Diners’ Guide to facilitate dialogue with the restaurants they patronize about the importance of taking the high road to success by supporting their workers, and more. And this is only the beginning!
Read more about UUSC’s work with ROC-United at uusc.org/rocstory.
• Morethan1,700peoplesignedtheCCCpledgeatuusc.org/cccpledge.
• Over3,300membersandsupportersaccessedROC-United’sNational Diners’ Guideat uusc.org/dinersguide.
• UUSCactivistssentmorethan1,700messagestodemandthatHersheyendchildlaborinitssupplychains.
• Morethan2,600peoplesupportedastatementonFairTradeUSA’sbreakfromthefair-tradebodyFairtradeInternational(FLO);theyreaffirmedtheimportanceofsmallfarmersandaskedFairTradeUSAtostopweakeningfair-tradestandards.
• UUSCmembersboughtover$15,500worthofpecansproducedbytheSouthernAlternativesAgriculturalCooperative,aUUSCpartner.
• BoostinglivelihoodsthroughtheSmallFarmerFund,nearlytwothirdsofUUcongregationsparticipatedintheUUSCCoffeeprojectbypurchasingabout37tonsofcoffee,tea,chocolate,andotherfairlytradedproducts.
• UUSCmemberspersonallycalled16ofthelegislatorswhosignedonasoriginalcosponsorsoftheFairMinimumWageActof2012.
Choose compassionate consumption! Join this growing movement at uusc.org/ccc! And if you’re looking for a place you can trust to buy ethically sourced products, visit UUSC’s online store at shop.uusc.org.
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HIGHLIGHTSWorking to end gender-based violence in Darfur
Ahlam, an elementary-school teacher in Darfur, was skeptical at first. Was this training just a ploy to further characterize Darfur as violent? By the end of the two-day training about domestic and gender-based violence (GBV), Ahlam’s fears were allayed. She found that the training was solid education about topics that touch every family in Darfur. The January 2012 workshop was part of UUSC’s latest work on the ground in Darfur, which builds on an innovative partnership with Darfurian imams and women community leaders to put an end to GBV there.
Through this project, UUSC and the Peaceful Families Project engage religious and community leaders as change agents to reduce domestic and gender-based violence by drawing on time-honored Islamic values. This work is possible because of deep collaboration with 300 imams (initiated by the imams themselves) that began with a groundbreaking training with 30 imams in 2010 led by Imam Mohamed Magid, a respected U.S. Islamic religious leader and the son of a Sudanese Islamic scholar. Imam Magid led the 2012 trainings alongside Salma Abugideiri, the codirector of the Peaceful Families Project.
“The role of the imam is critical: without the imam’s endorsement of an attempt at change, people will resist it,” Abugideiri says. “But people are willing to reconsider cultural values if compelled by their religious teachings.” And, at the same time, she highlights the importance of including women leaders in the process. “Women are actually the most influential people in a society because, as mothers, they’re passing down the social norms. The work can’t be effective without a partnership between women leaders and imams,” Abugideiri shares.
After Ahlam learned more about the dynamics of GBV and how Islamic religious teachings can be used to prevent it, she was enthusiastic to continue the work. She resolved to take the workshop materials to two local imams. “With few resources and a few new tools — tools they already had, they just didn’t know it — [people are] willing to do huge things,” Abugideiri says. “They have such determination, passion, and optimism and are taking on really huge cultural changes.”
Read more about this work in an interview with Abugideiri and watch her speak at uusc.org/salma.
• 80imamsandwomenleadersweretrainedtousetheQur’anicbasisfortheprotectionofwomen.
• UUSChelpedpublishanddistributeahostofeducationmaterials,includingthebookChange From Withinandagraphicbookletondomesticviolence.
• WithUUSCsupport,womenleadersandimamsformedateamtoaddressgender-basedviolence(GBV)intheircommunities.
• 25imamssignedadeclarationagainstdomesticviolence,committingtopubliclystandagainstGBV.
• Agroupofmidwivesvowedtoworkagainstfemalegenitalcutting.
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Making the human right to water a legal reality
In the town of Ampliacion Tres de Mayo, Mexico, Lidia Velazquez Reynoso and her fellow residents were forced for years to rely on the severely polluted Colotepec River for water. The only alternative for the low-income families there was to spend an average of $285 a month on bottled water for cooking, bathing, and drinking. The local XoChitepec water utility constructed a water network that cut off their town but delivered municipal water to their affluent neighbors — and their swimming pools and golf courses — in Sante Fe. But things have recently changed for Reynoso and her community, thanks to work by the Habitat International Coalition of Latin America (HIC-AL) and UUSC.
With support from UUSC, HIC-AL and Reynosa won an appeal — after years in court — that recognized not only that Ampliacion Tres de Mayo was denied access to safe water but also that Mexico must live up to its international obligations to ensure the human right to water. Reynoso and HIC-AL also won outside the courts: the utility established water lines to Ampliacion Tres de Mayo and began service for four hours each week. With lines in place and the appeal won, the utility will have to step up service — especially now that the human right to water is also guaranteed by Mexico’s new constitutional amendment.
UUSC is also celebrating a victory for the human right to water here in the United States. After years of work in California with the Safe Water Alliance, UUSC joined partners there this past year in a huge push for A.B. 685, a landmark bill. The work paid off in September 2012 when Governor Jerry Brown signed the law, which affirms the human right to water and mandates that state agencies consider it as they develop policy.
Read a personal reflection on that victory from Maria Herrera, community advocacy director of the Community Water Center, a UUSC partner, at uusc.org/mariapost.
• UUSChelpedHIC-ALwinalegalappealthatrecognizedMexico’sinternationalobligationsonthehumanrighttowater.ThenMexicopassedaconstitutionalamendmentguaranteeingtheright!
• UUSCworkedcloselywiththeUULegislativeMinistryofCaliforniaandtheCommunityWaterCentertocoordinateagroundswellofactionthatledtothepassageofA.B.685,ahistorichuman-right-to-waterbill.
• InGuatemala,UUSCandthePastoralCommissionforPeaceandEcologypressuredtheGoldCorpminetocommit$27millionforreclamationatasitethathascontaminatedlocalwatersources.AndUUSCassistedtheAssociationofIndigenousPeoplesoftheAmericasofSipakapainacasewiththeInter-AmericanCommissionforHumanRights,whichorderedtheGuatemalangovernmenttoguaranteethehumanrighttowaterfortheindigenouspeopleaffectedbythemine.
• Peruadoptednewnationalpolicythatincludesthehumanrighttowaterandprohibitsprivatizationofwaterresources—andtheycreditedtheFederationofUnionsofWaterWorkersofPeru,aUUSCpartner.
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Increasing online engagement
Creating models for recovery in Haiti
Helping youth process trauma and earn a living through art
Since the 2010 earthquake, UUSC has worked with the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) to create an eco-village as a model for the sustainable relocation of displaced survivors. Ten families moved into the first completed village in December 2011. Presbyterians saw the model and funded four more in-progress villages. UUSC will be fundraising for a sixth village. Learn more about the eco-village at uusc.org/ecovillage.
MPP uses organic, sustainable agriculture, including raised tire gardens that recycle used tires, require little water and space, and can feed a family and provide them with produce to sell at market. This model has proven so successful in the countryside that it’s now being piloted by UUSC and Bright Educators of Delmas in a disadvantaged neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.
Over the past year, UUSC has successfully expanded its online relationships with members and supporters — and significantly increased the amount of online action taken.
Also in Haiti, UUSC has supported the Association for the Promotion of Integral Family Healthcare (APROSIFA), a Port-au-Prince health clinic, in pioneering art therapy for youth recovering from the earthquake. Through the program, 150 at-risk and orphaned teens are successfully processing their experiences and some are even earning a living from selling their art. Read and view more about this work and APROSIFA’s founder, Rose Anne Auguste, at uusc.org/roseanne.
FacebookPagelikesincreasedfrom4,474to7,315betweenJuly
1,2011,andJune30,2012 Tweet clickthroughs increased from 288 in FY11 to 871 in FY12
That’s approxi-mately a 202% increase!
UUSC @UUSC
UUSC @UUSC
Advocacy actions taken increased
approx. 63.5% increase
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Creating environmental sustainability and making change in Kenya
UUSC works with the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC) to, among other things, help torture survivors apply for political asylum — a critical ingredient needed for healing and recovery. This past year, through training volunteers and developing a guide to navigate the process, TASSC reduced the time it takes their survivors to receive asylum. Previously, TASSC reported the average length of time (with denial rates that range from 80 percent in Georgia to 30 percent in Washington, D.C.) as 1–2 years; now, TASSC survivors average 3–6 months with 100 percent positive outcome.
Muungano, a UUSC partner through the Small Farmer Fund, provides youth on the border of Kenya and Uganda an alternative to dangerous exploitative work. UUSC supports Muungano in offering livelihood training to at-risk youth — including vulnerable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth who have been targeted because of their sexual orientation. Youth learn how to run sustainable businesses that involve planting traditional crops and preparing meals for the community. Their recent successes:
In Kenya’s Kakamega province, UUSC partners with the SoilFarm Multi-Culture Group on Hope in Crops (a project that ameliorates damage to the rain forest ecosystem and watershed, and provides food and livelihoods) and Women Making Change (a project that reduces female genital mutilation, a.k.a. FGM). Check out their achievements this past year:
• Leased five additional acres of land to grow traditional vegetables
• 80,000 trees planted in watershed along with organic food crops to save rain forest
• 60 girls saved from female genital mutilation (FGM)
Reducing forced labor and trafficking of youth on Kenya-Uganda border
Decreasing the time torture survivors spend in U.S. asylum limbo
• 10,000 children in 30 schools participate in environmental education
• 30 women earn livelihoods through new skills
• 500 students saved from absenteeism through food program
• 10 practitioners of FGM abandon practice
• Recruited an additional 30 girls and 10 boys to the program
• Educated the community about nutrition and the potential risks of genetically modified food
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Martha and Wait-still Sharp Society($50,000 and over)UUSC founders Martha and Waitstill Sharp led the first Unitarian relief efforts, aimed at helping victims of persecution and genocide in WWII Europe. They later served as extraordinary ambassadors for the Unitarian Service Committee’s work in France.Anonymous (1)Brad and Julie BradburdPriscilla and David GainesTodd and Lorella HessBetty SandersMike Shonsey
Eleanor ClarkFrench Society($25,000–$49,000)Eleanor Clark French was director of the Unitarian Service Committee’s post-WWII rest home at Monnetier, France, which served refugees as a place for comradeship, food, and rest to helpin their recovery.Anonymous (1)James Gunning and Ellen EwingMakanah and Bob MorrissJohn and Aline Schwob
Rev. Carleton Fisher Society ($10,000–$24,999)Carleton Fisher served as the first executive director of the Unitarian Service Committee and supervised post-WWII relief efforts in the Netherlands. He was instrumental in coordinating early cooperation between the Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Service Committee.Anonymous (2)Nancy AndersonDave and Mary ColtonHarriet DenisonCharles and Barbara Du MondMartha Easter-WellsPatricia FlynnPeter HendeeHolly KerrDr. and Mrs. Harold Lischner Janet Mitchell and Jerry CromwellVictoria and John RizziClarence Lee SmallSusan Weaver and Eric IsaacsonRichard and Barbara WeissEric Wojcikiewicz and Jamie Berndt
Dr. Ary Bordes Society($5,000–$9,999)For more than a decade, Ary Bordes worked with UUSC to establish progressive health-care programs for the people of Haiti. His vision helped thousands of children with food and medical services.Anonymous (2)Nancy AndersonReinier and Nancy BeeuwkesJohn and Johanna Boynton
Wayne and Cynthia BullaugheyJohn and Irene BushWilliam and Eileene ButlerKen and Lois CarpenterThomas CleweVirginia deLimaCarol and Richard FenclDanah and Paul FisherOscar and Dell GersterRay GoodmanKen and Bonnie GrossBenjamin and Ruth HammettJudithann Hartman and Craig BeylerJohn HickeyJohn and Kathy KaufmannJeffery Keffer and Suzanne CostelloRamanujachary Kumanduri and Cristina
RomeroLarry LaBonté and Kathryn ShawNeil and Patricia LichtmanCurtis and Kathleen MarbleMelanie and James MilnerNancy and Leonard NowakJon Peterson and Hertha Sweet WongCarolyn Raia-Holstein and David HolsteinJohn and Betty RichardsKaren SchneiderDarien SmithCharles Spence and Burt PeachyJeffrey Stocker and Mary SpyropoulosArline and Jeffrey SutherlandDr. and Mrs. Richard VeletaPhilippe and Katherine VillersTeri WissNigel Wright
Hans Deutsch Society ($1,000–$4,999)When the Nazis invaded Paris, Austrian artist Hans Deutsch abandonded 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 (7)Charity AlkerMr. and Mrs. Bruce AmbuelCushman and Karen AnthonyPaul and Joan ArmstrongSarah ArmstrongSeth ArmstrongDale ArninkSusan AshleyKathleen AspinMartha AthertonHolly Atkinson and Galen GuengerichEric and Amy AyersAlan and Gail BallMartha BanGeorge BauerJohn and Astrid BaumgardnerGordon and Elizabeth BawdenBeverley BaxterDavid Beach and Carmen RigauSusan and Thomas BeckHolly Bell and Matthew KaufmannChristine Bishop and Paul ArkemaJoani BlankJohn BlatzSaul Bloom and Celia HinrichsFrank BlumenthalJames and Deanne BonnarRobert BonnerLinda Borth and Cindy GreathouseMichael BoydVictoria and Thomas BroadieHelen BrownRichard Brown and Linda Jean BonkWillard BrownLinda Brundage and Ralph KronJohn BuehrensMargaret BurchinalMichael BurkholderRita Butterfield and Chris BellCarol Byrne and
R. Bruce WilliamsJames and Dorothy CaldieroElaine and Steve CastlesJoanne ChaseStanley and Elin ChristiansonHelena Chui and Nancy Nielsen-BrownEarl and Marlene ClairmontLinda Clark and Peter MierswaPhyllis and Robert ClementMayre Lee and Kelly CliftonMr. Robert Cobb, Jr.
Donald and Helen CohenRoger ColeKaren CombsWilliam and Katherine ConnorDavalene CooperClarice CoxFred CoxGrace CreceliusDenton Crews and Katherine GermanThomas CrowellDonna CurtisJoy DaleMarjorie DavisSara DeshlerAlice and Julian DewellDavid and Robin DitzlerRichard and Bonnie DlottDoyle DobbinsSally DonnerAlvin and Eileen DrutzMonroe Duboise and Gail FletcherCharles Eby and Lisa RossErica Eddy and Stuart HansenSue Edelstein and Bill SpenceDonna EkstrandMary and Allen EngRichard and Martha EnglandJane Engle-SmithDavid Etherington and Jeff DunnMark EveyGarold and Joyce FaberGary and Jane FacenteTracy Fearnside and Joseph MargeviciusRoger FeinthelSusan FetzerW. Burns and Ellen FisherJohn FlanaganRobin and Martha FletcherPaul and Bonnie FloydHarold and Marilyn FogelquistMargery ForbesJill FormanElizabeth FortinKathy FosnaughPeter FraserJohn Gibbons and Sue BaldaufBarbara GlickUrsula Goebels-Ellis and George EllisAnn GoryckiMelissa Graf-Evans and Jonathan EvansBeth Graham and William SchulzShoshanna GreenAllison GreeneAllen GreenleafAlan and Margaret GrometsteinMelba GulickGay Ann GustafsonJohn Hain and Jennifer AllenBruce HansenRichard and Catharine HarrisThomas HartlJill HartmanKevan Hartshorn and Ruth KandelJosefine Heim-HallMichael HendersonLawrence and Suzanne HessCynthia Hiatt and R. Thompson ArrisonCharlotte HillWilliam and Beth HilligValmai HiltonErnest and Shirley HodasNancy HoeckerMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanDonald and Valerie HoltonEric Holtz and Dorothy GuthBill and Diantha HortonBetty HoskinsRobert and Ruth HucksThomas and Mary Alice HungerfordJonathan HustonDaniel and Kathleen HuxleyDr. Beal B. HydeHeather Hyde and Bruce StowellMary Ruth IdsoJohn and Marilyn JacksonLaura JacksonVernon and Dorrit JacobKenneth JasperJudith Jesiolowski and David ThompsonGary JohnsonCharlotte Jones-CarrollJeffrey Jones and Carol BuffumRobert JonesRoger and Gloria JonesTodd and Allison JonesNelson KadingVinayak KamathConstance KaneVirginia KarstaedtLouise Katzman-KurabiDavid and Joanne KelleherPeter Kellerman and Maria BenottiAndrew KemperRobert and Judith KendallJohn Kirwin and Kathryn KmitJames Kitendaugh and Lynne CavanaughJudith Kleen and Robert MillsAndrew Klein
Fiona KnoxPeter Kramer and Hannah FriedmanKevin Kroeker and Lynn MiyamotoGeorge and Edwynne KrummeAudrey KulwinJames and Mary LandfriedCecill LarsonBrock and Julie LeachJohn LeesCatherine LessKatrina Leung and Jim SmithDavid LewisNeal LockwoodAdelma LoPrestFrancis and Victoria LowellJoanne LymanDusan and Janet LysyFrank and June MacArtorMona MagnisBennet and Anne ManvelTerry and Constance MarbachGordon and Stephanie MartinThomas and Eva MarxHugh MathesonKeith and Joan MathewsJohn and Carol MathisJohn McCloskeyMichael and Martha McCoyKevin McCuskerMichael and Bonnie McDanielPatrick McDermottLinda McKim-Bell and Curt BellHugh and Alice McLellanDouglas and Susan McLeodTeresa McShaneBarbara MeislinEllen MellenJason Merrill and Elizabeth HunterJohn MetzgerLori MichaelsonRobert and Donna MohrRonald and Barbara MolineAmy MorgensternJoy MorgensternJohn and Barbara MoschnerShanna Mosher-HoortWilliam R. MuensterDorothy MulliganHarry and Laura NagelJerry and Janis NeffMaxine and Neville NeilThomas and Johannah NewmanRichard and Cheryl Nikonovich-KahnEric and Elizabeth NordgrenRichard and Nancy NorlingMary OlchPhyllis OlinAnita OrlikoffG. Timothy and Francene OrrokPriscilla and Franklin OsgoodJudith and Richard OttmanLaurence Paxson EggersRobert and Karen PeakePeek-Ehlinger FamilyJohn PepperRaymond PerryMary PiaDiane PinkhamJohn PlutaSusan and Leslie PolgarCarol PooleShelley Powsner and Stephen SkrovanJan PridmoreSusan RanneyCaroline RaynerThomas and Sandra ReeceAlice ReillyJean ReillyMary RichardsLori and Bob RittleMark and Cynthia RobinsonRobert and Margaret RobinsonTom RocklinNelson RoseAnne RossBruce and Carol RossWilliam and Kathleen RousseauRandy and Renee RuchotzkeJacqueline Russell and Jane MillerJohn and Maggie RussellLiz and Stan SalettCharles Sandmel and Barbara SimonettiLucia Santini Field and Bruce FieldJon and Margie SaphierAlbert SchlueterAdrian and Carol SchmidhauserDavid Schoenfeld and
Ellen Schoenfeld-BeeksChip Sharpe and Celestine ArmentaEdward SimmonsElizabeth Simpson and John WurrLisa SinclairRebecca SindenJohn and Susan SmithKathryn Smith and FamilyMrs. Livingston SmithNancy SmithMary Sorensen
William Spears and Robin MacIlroyAnne St. GoarW. Lowell and Janice SteinbrennerBill and Nancy StephensDr. Saul SternbergJames and Stefanie StevensonDavid StewartFrances and Robert StoreyRev. Karen StoyanoffDavid Suehsdorf and Janet MuirLee SullivanWoodruff and Jennifer SuttonBarbara SwanDiane Teichert and Donald MiltonWilliam Theimer, Jr.Mary Ann ThompsonAnn ThroopBill TobeyKurt TopikJoan and John TornowThomas TreuenfelsHelen TryonAlice Van WormerPatricia Vanderlaan-Post and Martin VanderlaanGerry VeederSuzanne ViemeisterKaren WaddellMoritz WagnerCelia WardJoel and Linda WatsonSandra WelshSteven and Deborah WentworthRalph Whaley and
Carole WomeldorfCarl and Masako WinklerJulia and W. Rex WithersRuth WodockOliver and Helen WolcottLorle and Bert WolfsonRobert and Carol WoolfsonMarvin and Elaine WunderlichRobert and Lynn YoungA. Lee and Margaret ZeiglerElizabeth ZimmermannMartin Zonligt
Compass Club ($500–$999)The Compass Club was established to recognize donors who have supported UUSC with a gift of$500 or more.
Anonymous (8)Eric AagaardJan AbbottLois AbbottMeredith AckleyJohn Acton and Jane JacksonHoward AibelPeter Aitken and Maxine OkazakiAlvin AldrichNicholas and Jeanne AldrichElizabeth Alexander and Lawrence
MetzgerEric and Nancy AlmquistBill AndersonMargaret AndrecovichAnna AntosElizabeth and James ArmourJudith ArmstrongPlatt and Dave ArnoldJames Auler and Paula MurphyDaniel BabcockPhillip and Ruth BackupDale and Jane BaconRobert and Michele BaderMike and Marta BainumEwa BajKaren Barlow and David ReeseRoger and Margaret BaronJanet BartelsKaren Bartley and Nicole BerreyKathryn BatesMarian BeddillNan BeerGeorge and Phyllis BelseyDiana BennettSarah BergstromSylvia BerkeFrances BicknellKara Black and Kurt YandellChristopher BlaisMr. and Mrs. Peter BlickensderferTom BliffertRebecca and Timothy BlodgettThomas and Heli BlumElspeth BobbsElisabeth BondyMary BorchertGary and Sharon BorgRalph Bowden
Richard and Claire BradleyGreg Brail and Linda HeniginKenneth Brame and Judith MattoxGeorge and Ellen BrandenburgBruce and Junelle BrandtGlenn BrewerJ. Alan and Linda BrewsterCathie and Richard BriscoeEric Broadbent and Susan MacraeDaniel and Julia BrodyPaul and Carol BrodyAlice BrownDavid and Linda BrownDeborah BrownMegan BrownTim BrownScott and Mary Ellen BrownellCliff and Jean BruceNorma BrunsJames and Mary Jane BrustmanLarry BucherScott BuddePaul Buehrens and Ann SimonsFrank Buffum and Kathy GehlkenBeverly BuhrHelen Burke ThomasLarry BurkhalterCharles and Joan BurleighJohn and Cynthia BurrellMarcia BystromJim CadwellLaurence and Katherine CampbellLynne and Barney CapehartKenneth and Evelyn CarlsonVelaine CarnallGeorge and Fanny CarrollKaren CarruthersMarjorie CarsenLarry and Christine CarsmanAlan and Janan CarterBeverly CaseDonald CavanaughGerald and Elizabeth CavanaughKatherine CaveCarolyn ChambersCathy Chapman and George Woodbury, Jr.Betty ChessinJohn ChurchillRobert and Suzannah CierniaJudith ClockEdward and Connie CluffRenee CoatesGail CobeMary CocaineOwen and Esther ColliflowerSusanne Colten-CareyThomas Corbett and Mary RiderElinor CottsCatherine CoultMichael and Kathy CranmerJames CrawfordJohn CrowleySusan CumminsJoan CummiskeyMichael and Joanne CurtisPeter DanburyStephen DanielKaren DaviesRobert DavisDick and Ellie DawsonOctavio and Kathleen De Los ReyesSteven and Donna DeaconMichael Dean and Margaret LazzariMargaret DeckerKenneth Degen and Carol UlmerStanley DeglerSusan DelaneyKurt and Jennifer DenlingerWayne and Barbara DerrickRichard DeutschmannDonald DiJulio and
Kathleen Smith-DiJulioPamela DiLavoreJane and Joshua DitelbergJanet DixonJames and Jean DoaneGordon DoerferKevin DoganLinda DoveDuane and Vera DowellLeland DudekRichard Dum and Donna HoffmanAllen and Janet DuncanTyler Dylan-HydeGlenn EarlElizabeth and Clifford EarleGregory and Lynn EastwoodPatricia EckelsStephen and Irene EckstrandJ. Wilbert and Marianna EdgertonJay EichelbergerMary EliotTony and Marjorie ElsonBrad EngdahlLee and Inge EnglerJohn EnnisDuane and Marjorie ErwayEllen Erway
Honor Roll of Annual Fund Major DonorsUUSC recognizes and thanks those who have contributed unrestricted and restricted support during the fiscal year July 1, 2011–June 30, 2012.
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Gail FairburnMichael FallonDavid Fenner and Pauline LeukhardtMartha and John FergerJudith FincherTomas Firle and Joan CudheaVerena FjermestadGisela FlemingPaul FletcherJane FlueckigerFrederick and Bonnie ForteShirley FossSylvia FosterMarcie FowlerHarrison and Anne FrahnAndrew and Cynthia FrantzBarney and Eileen Freiberg-DaleEdward and Marilyn FremouwBarbara FrenchLuanne Frey and Mark LukowStanley FriedmanKaren FryeChristopher and Kathleen GaffneyJames and Robin GageEliza GalaherElsa Garmire and Robert RussellGerald and Lucille GarmonJames R. GarnerScott GaskinsJohn GatesKevin GeistJindy GelowMichael and Janet GershStephen and Marguerite GieseHelen GillesPan GodchauxGary and Karen GonzalezLaura GoodDavid GordonShari GoreMarilyn and Hilary GrahamPaul GrahamTodd and Jennifer GrahamGeorgina GregoryUwe Greife and Gisela LachnittHarry Griswold and Stephanie WebberRalph GroveJohn and Segar GuyDavid HafnerHenry HallKaren HamalainenAnne HardingLarry Hardy and Suzanne BouvierBert and Val HarropJames and June HartPaul Hartloff and Linda WiseMarlene and Brian HartzlerHenry and Marjorie HarveyTodd HayneDavid and Karen HeddenLloyd HeidgerdWilliam and Andrea HeierHelen HelsonJane Henderson and Harry LancasterThomas and Elizabeth HendersonWarren and Barbara HendersonJoan Hendy-KlineLyn HerronRichard E. HessJohn and Darlene HicksSara HilesSandra and Robert HochelKimberley HoffTheresa HollowellCarlton Hommel and Patricia LynneAnders Hörnblad and Emily MelcherJohn and Elizabeth HowellRobert HowellBradley and Andrea Hubbard-NelsonGlenda HubbardJames and Betty HulseDavid Hunter and Kirsten MuellerHoward and Doris HunterHillary HutchinsonKarl and Beth IrikuraLydia and William JacobsJanice Jacobson-CooperGertrude JacobyJames and Karen JaegerLyssa Jenkens and Patricia HouckEdward and Myrna JenkinsRalph and Patricia JohnsEdward and Cathy JohnsonJohn Johnson and Cynthia White-JohnsonMary Jones and S. Kingsley MacomberStephen and Alice JosephsRobert JoyceMelissa KarasDouglas and Risa KeeneNathan KernsMarina KieserPaul KimballQuentin KingPaul and Rembert KingsleyJerry and Sherry KircusMrs. Hayden KiserJim and Ruth KleinScott and Heather Kleiner
Richard and Barbara KohlhaasA. Lawrence and Ruth KolbeKarin KolstromGerald and Ruth KorteHarm and Marian KraaiCarolina Krawarik and James GrahamRobert and Jenny KropfEmily KunreutherChris Kupper and Linda Van BlaricomNancy KyleBrian LagoChristine LallyJohn LampertiJohn and Nancy LaPannElizabeth LarsenVerner LarsenThomas Larson and Janine LelandWilliam and Martha LattaPatricia LeeThomas and Janet LeverseeMrs. M. William LevyJames and Paula LiebSusan LioCarroll LisleAlice LittonHyman and Verna LivingstonIngeborg LockDavid LocklingJohn LongEinar and Grace LorentzenStephen and Hilary LoringJoseph LoveShirley LucasStephen and Audrey LykeStewart MacaulayElizabeth MacGowanRobert and Ann MacPhersonSally MadsenRichard Mains and Elizabeth EipperEdward Malone and Kristina EntnerLaura MaltbyKatherine Manker and Bruce GardnerCraig and Lynn MankoffLouise and Luke MarkveJeffrey Marsh and Monica Miller-MarshCharles MartinJane MartinMarie Martinez-WolcottEdward Martoglio and Barbara Havlik-
MartoglioElliot and Jean MarvellSusan Mathews and Christopher GilkersonRichard and Mary Ellen MatthiesDorothy MaxcyMargaret MayerElaine McAnellyVirginia McAninchRoger McCainRichard and Debra McChaneLisa McDermottAmanda McGeeJoan McInnesCatherine McKegneyRaymond and Nancy McKinleyCarolyn Sue McLaughlinEugene McNayCarol McOwenAnn McPhailAlfred and Margaret MelloMarjorie MeyermannNancy and Chad MichaelisDonald and Mary MilesBirthe MillerJanet MindenBruce Miner and Elaine DemersTimothy and Cecilia MinerRebecca MonsonKatherine MontiCraig MooreMark MordecaiAllen and Mary MossmanDavid Munro and Eileen HoffmanRay and Lauri NandyalPaul and Joanne NayFranklin and D. Joan NeffRobert and Nancy NeffMaxine NeilAlan and Ellen NewbergSally Benson and Steve NicholsRobert Nimmo and Linda JensenVivian NuhnCecily O’NeilKevin and Linda O’NeillMary Ann OakleyKristin OckershauserMaria Ohrn and Derek BentleyH. James OsbornAnne OsborneMiriam OstroffWilliam OthersenCharles and Ruth OverbyRachel and Bob OzretichMeda Lou PaddenDavid and Patricia PagePaul PageEmily PardeeBonney ParkerDavid and Holly Parker
Lynnette ParrishEileen PeckHolger PedersenEleanor PelcygerJean PetersonXavier and Penelope Pi-SunyerAnne PierceEric and Jacqueline PiercePaul and Nancy PinsonCraig Piquette and
Nancy Vander SluisStephen PolmarBobbie Poole and Stanley KidderPaul PopenoeAllan Powers and Ann MoweryRobert and Jane PricerRose ProvanStephen and Mary PuckettSteven Pueppke and Gabriele MayerLouis and Kathleen PutnamRichard and Page RailsbackSandra Ramage-PeelAlan and Ruth RamseyPaul RandelRussell RaneyAlvin and Carolyn RaschMark and Kimberly RayRoberta RayDavid and Vicki ReedDoris ReedRobert ReidRoger and Carol ReimersMyriam RenaudAlbert and Peggy RichardsonKathryn RickeyJudith Riley and Odin TonessWarren Riley and Margery AbelThomas and Martha RimmerBarbara RobertsKathleen Robin RobinsonKaren Robison and Karl BucholzG. Jane and Gill RockKathryn RohdeMary RomeoJ. Arlene RondaDeborah RothschildNancy RussellPaul Rust and Sue SchlafmannJohn and Millicent RutherfordCornelia Saltus and John SmithDavid and Janis SammonsTimothy SandeeEthel SapicoLouis and Nadine SapirmanCraig SavageJames and Donna SavickiHugh and Georgia SchallJames SchlegelEvelyn SchneirsohnAlfred SchwendtnerMichael and Kelly ScottPeter and Faith ScottRobert and Elizabeth ScottSusan ScrimshawJudy SeamanPerry and Dianne SeiffertSharon SeiverLouis and Barbara SemrauJohn and Elinor SeveringhausRobert and Caryl SewellMarion SeymourRobert and Melinda ShayDavid ShehEdie Shepard and
Thomas BillingsleyNeal ShepardStephen Shick and Jo Ann Mulready-ShickJames Shillaber and Ellen BlaneyJohn and Rebecca ShockleyMadeline SimonMarion SinclairMarjorie SingletonSherry and Thornton SmithLenore SnodeyMrs. Mary SpeareDeborah SpicerLaurel SpriggDaidee Springer and Steven HollingsworthSusan St. Croix and David QuimbyDonald StagerScott StarinMarion StearnsDee StegmanBarbara StenstromDaniel StephensonEdward Sternick and Andrea QuigleyMargaret StevensonCynthia StiehlArnold and Emily StoperSusan Strakosch and John GlasheenRobert and Ruth StrausGeorge and Elsa StrubleJoan SuchomelDorothy SwerdloveCharles SzaboChristine Tanner and Lisa ChickadonzAlan Taylor and Angelica Taylor-CortesZoe Taylor
Gordon and Amy TeelAnn TerwilligerBarbara ThomasLee ThomasErling ThoresenRobert ThornburyAnne and Thomas ThorwardPam Thul-ImmlerA. Frances TibbitsMadelon Timmons and Bill MillerPeter and Nancy TorpeyRobert and Alice Jane TownsendThomas Townsend and Dorothy WavrekRobert Treitman and Leslie FisherJ. Loch TriminghamDale and Vickie TrottAl and Ellen TrumplerJonathan and Linda TuckJohn and Carolyn TuckerTheodore and Lynn TurnerPeggy TwohigPhyllis ValentineRuth Van CleveNancy and Rick Van DykeEric and Laurie Van LoonDavid and Linda Van OckerDon VandeWalleMarcia VeldmanRobert Versluis and Jeanne DeShazoChrissie VidasThomas and Martha Sue Villa-LovozThomas and Jeanette Von AltenJoan Vondra and Thomas ChangAlexander WalkerRobert and Karen WamstadGarvin Warner and Margaret WheelerPatricia Webb and Dean DubofskyMichael Weeda and Joanne MichalskiHans and Laura WeinbergerSharon WelchRebecca WemhoffScott Wendorf and Andrea HamiltonTrudy and Bob WendtGerald Whalin and Nancy BowenDorothy WheelerKenneth Hill and Regina WhitakerDavid and Alice WhiteHenry O. WhitesideCarolyn WielandEdward WightAlan WilcoxCatherine WilliamsElizabeth WilliamsRobert Williams and Karen UhlenbeckCarol WillisTeresa WilmotAlexander WilsonAndrew and Janet WilsonNeil WilsonSusan WiltshireJohn WinemillerGalen and Peggy WolfRobert and Betsy WonesJordan Wood and David LeppikGrace WoodingFrank and Sandra WoolleyLarry Yarak and Brenda BlairAnn Zawaski and Helena LeeClaire ZimmermanRev. Dr. Sara ZimmermanWilliam Zinn
Estate donorsUUSC honors individuals whose realized estate bequests exceeded $25,000 or more.Leonard C. Brown, Jr.Charles W. BrownRobert R. Mullen, IIINathalie and Theodore Jones Bernice H. Jacobsen
FoundationsThe following foundations made grants to UUSC of $1,000 or more.Community Foundation for Greater
New HavenE. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter
FoundationEmmons-Bradlee Family FoundationFoundation Beyond BeliefHouck FoundationLutheran Community FoundationMaine Community FoundationThe Papanek Family FoundationThe Boston Foundation (Cholerton Fund)The Peierls Foundation, Inc.The Santreece FoundationUU Veatch Program at Shelter RockWallace Global Fund
“The Peierls Foundation has supported many UUSC programs over the years, particularly those that improve human rights and/or empower those who have been economically deprived to reach their full potential on a more level playing field. These programs mirror both the principles of Unitarian Universalism and the philanthropic objectives of our foundation.”
—Jeff Peierls, UUSC supporter
“It is hard to find ways to make a real difference. UUSC does. It digs, gets messy, and supports fighters for justice and builders of stronger communities. I am thrilled to support UUSC.”
—Mike Shonsey, UUSC member
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“Bruce and I support UUSC because the organization does critical human rights and justice-seeking work in a way that respects the dignity and worth of all humankind. UUSC empowers those in need to build a better tomorrow for themselves.”
—Lucia Santini Field, member of the
UUSC Board of Trustees
Flaming Chalice CircleThe Flaming Chalice Circle recognizes supporters who include UUSC in their estate plans or who have made a planned gift to UUSC.
Stewardship CircleMore than 140 highly generous individual donors participated in UUSC’s Stewardship Circle — a core of committed supporters who share their insights and ideas to provide and expand support for UUSC.
Anonymous (2)Lois AbbottPeter and Susan AldenWalter and Melinda AndrewsGordon AsselstineRachael BalyeatArlene BartlowBeverley BaxterHolly and Margaret BeckerPeggy and George BellI. Inka BentonLaurel BlossomMichael BoblettRebecca BontempoPaul BraunsteinHelen BrownHelen Burke ThomasJohn and Irene BushMarjorie CarsenRichard and Phyllis CasselLinda Chadwick and William ByrnPete and Lydia ChadwickEvelyn ChidesterDorothy CinquemaniElizabeth ClarkDeirdre Cochran and Daniel CouchBruce CornishMildred CourtleyMary Ellen CovertMrs. Anne M. CowanCarol DavisTheadora Davitt-CornynRodney and Jeannette DebsFrances DewAlice and Julian DewellLyda Dicus and Robert Hanson
Imogene DraperJohn DurrMartha Easter-WellsClaire Ernhart and Edward PsottaMarylou and Herb FarisGretchen FaulstichCarol and Richard FenclMartha and John FergerTomas Firle and Joan CudheaElizabeth FordAnne and David ForsythEdward and Marilyn FremouwPeggy FrenchRichard and Hillary FuhrmanLois GilbertCarrie Gillespie and Krishna KaushikLaura GoodMichael GoodmanBeth Graham and William SchulzDavid Gray and Nancy BatemanSara GrindlayJames Gunning and Ellen EwingNan Guptill-Crain and Robert CrainCatherine GutmannJohn and Eileen HamlinJoseph and Yvonne HammerquistCharles HarshbargerHenry and Marjorie HarveyWilliam and Jean HellmuthWarner and Barbara HendersonErnest and Shirley HodasMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanHanna HoppLu Horner and Jim MillerJohn and Marilyn JacksonBarry and Ellen Johnson-Fay
Todd and Allison JonesAlex KarterHolly KerrWesla KerrFiona KnoxPeter LandeckerJames and Mary LandfriedE. C. Louise LarsonWilliam and Martha LattaGretchen LeavittCorinne LeBovitJack LepoffDiana Ruth LevitanJustin and Phyllis LewisMargaret A. LloydNeal LockwoodEunice LovejoyMs. Mitchell LymanNancy MarshThomas and Eva MarxEleanor MayCatherine McConkieGordon and Phyllis McKeemanHugh and Alice McLellanBarbara McMahon and Eric SpelmanDonald and Audrey MicklewrightRee and Maurice MillerVirginia MooreLeigh and Thomas MundhenkRobert and Elsa NewVivian NossiterMary Ann OakleyRene OehlerVernon OlsonG. Timothy and Francene OrrokCarolyn and Thomas Owen-Towle
Emily PalmerBrydie and Erdman PalmoreJanice ParkDorothy and Tracy PattersonLaurence Paxson EggersEdgar PearaDiana PetersEleanor PetersonPaul and Jane PfeifferWilliam PrattWilliam and Lillis RaboinVerna RenfroJudith ReynardJohn and Betty RichardsDavid RileyMary Rose and Leonard PellettiriSteven Rosen and Carolyn HayekJean RoxburghDavid RubinHilda RushJohn and Maggie RussellJohn and Millicent RutherfordWarren and Martha SalingerBetty SandersJeanne SaundersJ. David and Fia ScheyerRaymond and Leola SchreursRobert SchuesslerJohn and Aline SchwobDick and Jill ScobieNeil and Lillie ShadleTheodore and Ruth ShapinSulochana ShermanJoan ShkolnikPaul Siegler and Ruth BoomanElizabeth Simpson and John Wurr
Clarence Lee SmallSherry and Thornton SmithLenore SnodeyGloria SnyderLloyd and Joanne SorensenCharles Spence and Burt PeachyMarion StearnsJames and Mary StephensonR. Rhoads StephensonJoseph SternJack and Nancy StiefelJoan StockfordSally and Robert StoddardLee SullivanBarbara SwanJames and Matilde TaguchiAimee TattersallAnne and Thomas ThorwardMaralyn TomanHelen TrueHelen TryonArthur and Arliss UngarMary VedderDr. and Mrs. Richard VeletaPhilippe and Katherine VillersSpike and Marion VrushoLeslie Ann WeinbergErnest WellerHerbert and Myrna WestLois and Robert WhealeyRobert and Susan WhitneyEdward WightHoward WoodhamElizabeth Zimmermann
Anonymous (4)David and Melinda AndersonCasey AspinBeverley BaxterDavid Beach and Carmen RigauJohn and Johanna BoyntonBrad and Julie BradburdWayne and Cynthia BullaugheyJohn and Irene BushWilliam and Eileene ButlerKen and Lois CarpenterHelena Chui and
Nancy Nielsen-BrownDave and Mary ColtonHarriet DenisonDoyle DobbinsCharles and Barbara Du MondMartha Easter-Wells
Ebe EmmonsCarol and Richard FenclDanah and Paul FisherPatricia FlynnPriscilla and David GainesOscar and Dell GersterRev. John Gibbons and
Sue BaldaufRay GoodmanKen and Bonnie GrossJames Gunning and
Ellen EwingBenjamin and Ruth HammettBert and Val HarropJudithann Hartman and
Craig BeylerPeter HendeeTodd and Lorella Hess
John HickeyBarbara HodasLyssa Jenkens and Patricia HouckJudith Jesiolowski and
David ThompsonRobert Johnson andLinda KleinJohn and Kathy KaufmannJeffery Keffer and
Suzanne CostelloHolly KerrDr. Carol Kraemer and
Captain John ChenowethKevin Kroeker and
Lynn MiyamotoRamanujachary Kumanduri and
Cristina RomeroBrock and Julie Leach
David LewisNeil and Patricia LichtmanDr. and Mrs. Harold LischnerCurtis and Kathleen MarbleThomas and Eva MarxBruce Mickey and Barbara SchultzPaul and Laura MilneMelanie and James MilnerJanet Mitchell and
Jerry CromwellMakanah and Bob MorrissNancy and Leonard NowakRaymond PerryJon Peterson and
Hertha Sweet WongCarolyn Raia-Holstein and
David HolsteinBob and Amy Rands
Honor Roll (continued)
Our Deep Thanks to the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock
The UU Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, N.Y., has been funding UUSC’s work on human rights and social justice for more than three decades.
We couldn’t be more thankful that this generosity continued in fiscal year 2012. And we are excited to report that one project piloted by this generosity four years ago was finally realized when Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law California bill A.B. 685,
affirming the human right to water.
For their consistent investment in this work, UUSC extends heartfelt gratitude to our friends at the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock from the board, staff, and the many individuals around the world who are the beneficiaries of this outstanding support.
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Thomas and Sandra ReeceJohn and Betty RichardsVictoria and John RizziBetty SandersLucia Santini Field and
Bruce FieldKaren SchneiderKatherine SchneiderJohn and Aline SchwobMike ShonseyClarence Lee SmallDarien SmithAubrey and Billye SmithJames SmithCharles Spence and
Burt PeachyBetty and Tom StaplefordSarah Stevens-Miles
Jeffrey Stocker andMary Spyropoulos
Rev. Karen StoyanoffArline and Jeffrey SutherlandPatricia Vanderlaan-Post and
Martin VanderlaanPhilippe and Katherine VillersAlexander WalkerSusan Weaver and
Eric IsaacsonRichard and Barbara WeissScott and Charla WeissTeri WissEric Wojcikiewicz and
Jamie BerndtNigel WrightA. Lee and Margaret Zeigler
DesignatedFundsEstablishedinFY12
The Arnold and Julia Bradburd Fund for the UU College of Social Justice and Other SupportThe Carpenter Foundation Fund for the UU College of Social JusticeThe Sarah (Sally) Connolly Fund for the UU College of Social Justice
The Martha Easter-Wells Fund for General SupportThe Priscilla and David Gaines Fund for the UU College of Social Justice
The Hodas Family Fund for General SupportThe Norma Lewis Memorial Fund for Economic Justice
The Eva and Thomas Marx Fund for Economic Justice and General SupportThe Amy and Robert Rands Fund for the UU College of Social Justice
The Mike Shonsey Fund for General SupportThe Betty and Hardy Sanders Fund for the UU College of Social Justice
Mary-EllaHolstYouthActivistAwardsEach year, UUSC recognizes the achievement of a youth or youth group who advances human rights through activism and leadership.
MeredithMedlinFirst UU Church of NashvilleNashville, Tenn.
Social Justice Congregation AwardEach year, UUSC recognizes an exemplary congregation for its efforts to advance human rights work. MainLineUnitarianChurchDevon, Penn.
OutstandingLocalRepresentativeAwardsEach year, UUSC honors local volunteers who have shined in their work to promote UUSC and engage their congregation in UUSC’s work and mission.
LanaHensonFirst Unitarian Church of Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Okla.
PaulKonkolyandMollyRossowSecond Unitarian ChurchChicago, Ill.
EvelynSheridanFirst Unitarian Church of OaklandOakland, Calif.
JackStiefelUU Fellowship of Vero Beach Vero Beach, Fla.
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Membership Awards
Honor Roll (continued)
These awards recognize congregations whose members support human rights and social justice through exemplary levels of UUSC membership.
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Spirit of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 100 percent of the membership are UUSC members.
ArkansasJonesboro
UU Fellowship of Jonesboro
FloridaVenice
UU Congregation of Venice
Vero Beach UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, Inc.
IowaClinton
UU Fellowship of Clinton
TexasBrownsville
All Souls UU Church Wisconsin
MilwaukeeUnitarian Fellowship of Milwaukee
Beacon of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 75–99 percent of the membership are UUSC members.
CaliforniaRedondo BeachSunnyvale
MissouriRolla
New JerseyNewton
New MexicoAlbuquerque
Albuquerque UU Fellowship
TexasSan MarcosTyler
WashingtonFriday Harbor
Vision of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 50–74 percent of the membership are UUSC members.
ArizonaPrescott
Prescott UU Fellowship
ArkansasHot Springs Village
CaliforniaAuburnBerkeleyLa CrescentaPalo AltoPetalumaRancho MirageSan Rafael
ColoradoBoulderCarbondaleGreeleyLoveland
ConnecticutBrooklynMeriden
FloridaNorth Palm BeachSt. Petersburg
UU United FellowshipTampa
UU Church of Tampa, Inc.
GeorgiaEllijayValdosta
MissouriJefferson City
New YorkHamburg
OhioAthensDelawareNew Madison
OregonFlorenceWest Linn
PennsylvaniaAthensDevonWest Chester
TexasHuntsvilleLongviewNew Braunfels
VermontBrattleboro
WashingtonBellinghamEllensburgPasco
WisconsinRice Lake
FRANCEParis
UU Fellowship of Paris
Creating Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 25–49 percent of the membership are UUSC members.
AlabamaHuntsville
AlaskaFairbanksJuneau
ArizonaAmadoChandlerPrescott
Granite Peak UU Congregation
Sierra VistaSurpriseTucson
UU Congregation of NW Tucson
ArkansasEureka Springs
CaliforniaAnaheimBakersfieldBaysideCanoga ParkChicoCosta MesaFremontFullertonGrass ValleyHaywardLaguna BeachLivermoreNapaNorth HillsRancho Palos VerdesSan DiegoSan MateoSanta ClaritaStudio CityVisaliaWalnut CreekWhittier
ColoradoDenver
First Unitarian Society of Denver
DillonGoldenLittleton
ConnecticutMadisonNew HavenStamfordStorrs MansfieldWoodbury
DelawareWilmington
FloridaBradentonCocoaDavieDelandGainesvilleLakelandOrange ParkOrlando
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
Panama CityPensacolaPort CharlotteRockledgeSaint Petersburg
UU Church of St. Petersburg
SarasotaStuartTarpon SpringsWest Melbourne
GeorgiaBrunswick
IdahoCoeur d’AlenePocatelloTwin Falls
IllinoisAltonDeerfieldDeKalbPalatine
IndianaColumbusHobart
IowaDavenportMason CitySioux City
KentuckyBowling Green
MaineBangorBrunswickCastineNorwayPortland
Allen Avenue UU Church
SangervilleWaterville
MarylandBaltimoreCamp SpringsColumbiaCumberlandFinksburgLeonardtownLutherville
MassachusettsAndoverAtholAttleboroBedfordBillericaBridgewaterCambridgeDanversDuxburyEasthamHudsonKingstonMedfieldMelroseNewburyportNewtonNorwell
First Parish ChurchPlymouthQuincyRockportSudburyWatertownWest RoxburyWestwoodWeymouth
MichiganAnn Arbor
Ann Arbor Unitarian FellowshipFirst UU Congrega-tion of Ann Arbor
DetroitFarmington HillsMount PleasantMuskegonTroy
MinnesotaArden HillsBloomingtonHanskaMahtomediPine RiverSt CloudVirginiaWayzata
MontanaKalispell
New HampshireConcordDurhamKeeneManchesterNew LondonPlymouthTamworth
New JerseyOrangeParamusPomonaToms River
New MexicoAlbuquerque
First Unitarian Church
of AlbuquerqueLas CrucesLos AlamosRio RanchoSanta FeSilver City
NevadaReno
New YorkBay ShoreCentral SquareFredoniaHastings on HudsonHuntingtonJamestownKingstonManhassetMiddletownSaratoga SpringsSyracuse
May Memorial UU Society
UticaNorth Carolina
BrevardFranklinGreenville
North DakotaBismarck
OhioBellaireCincinnati
First Unitarian Church
ColumbusDayton
Miami Valley UU Fellowship
FairlawnFindlayLewis CenterNorth RoyaltonOberlinToledoWarren
OklahomaEdmondLawtonNorman
Norman UU Fellowship
Oklahoma CityOregon
AshlandAstoriaPortland
First Unitarian Church
Roseburg
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PennsylvaniaBethlehemCollegevilleLewisburgPhiladelphia
UU Church of the Restoration
PittsburghAllegheny UU ChurchUU Church of the North HillsUU Church of the South Hills
SmithtonState CollegeStroudsburgTowandaWilkes Barre
Rhode IslandWakefield
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach
South DakotaRapid City
TennesseeNashville
Greater Nashville UU Congregation
TexasAbileneAustin
UU Fellowship of Austin
DentonHouston
Unitarian Fellowship of Houston
KerrvilleUU Church of the Hill Country
MidlandVictoria
VermontBenningtonBurlingtonMiddleburyNorwichSouth Strafford
VirginiaBlacksburgHarrisonburgLynchburg
WashingtonBainbridge IslandBellevueBlaineEast WenatcheeMount VernonOlympiaTacomaWoodinville
West VirginiaCharleston
WisconsinFond du LacKenoshaMarshfieldRiponRiver FallsSister BayWoodruff
WyomingLaramieSheridan
Congregation
InstitutionalGiving Awards
Helen Fogg Society AwardHonors congregations for their generous gift from their annual budget of at least $25 per church member.
MassachusettsBerlinEasthamWestwood
New YorkManhasset
James Luther Adams AwardHonors congregations for their generous gift from their annual budget of at least $1 per church member.
AlabamaFlorence
AlaskaAnchorage
ArkansasHot Springs Village
CaliforniaKensingtonLa CrescentaPalo AltoSalidaSan JoseSan RafaelStudio CityVentura
ColoradoDurangoGolden
ConnecticutHamdenWestport
FloridaClearwaterGainesvilleSt. AugustineSt. Petersburg
UU Church of St. PetersburgUU United Fellowship
TallahasseeVeniceVero Beach
GeorgiaAthensAtlanta
UU Congregation of Atlanta
IllinoisAltonChicago
Beverly Unitarian Church
Oak ParkThird Unitarian Church of Chicago
PalatineIndiana
BloomingtonIowa
DavenportDes Moines
KansasManhattan
KentuckyLouisville
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church
LouisianaBaton Rouge
MaineCastine
MarylandBethesda
Cedar Lane UU ChurchRiver Road UU Congregation
FrederickSalisbury
MassachusettsBelmontBrooklineDuxburyHingham
Old Ship Church First Parish in Hingham
LittletonNorth AndoverReadingSudburyVineyard HavenWatertownWayland
For more information on how your congregation can play a critical role in supporting UUSC, call 800-766-5236, e-mail [email protected], or visit our website at uusc.org.
UUSC membership awards are calculated by church size, as reported by the UUA for that fiscal year. 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, accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact Volunteer Services, UUSC, 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-3302; e-mail [email protected]; or call 800-766-5236.
WestonMichigan
Ann ArborMinnesota
MankatoPine RiverSaint Cloud
NevadaLas Vegas
New HampshireMilford
New JerseyEast BrunswickOrangeTitusville
New YorkFredoniaHuntingtonNew York
Community Church of New York UU
OneontaRochester
First Unitarian Church
SyracuseMay Memorial UU Society
North CarolinaChapel HillHillsboroughRaleigh
UU Fellowship of Raleigh
OhioCincinnati
St. John’s Unitarian Church
Cleveland HeightsColumbusYellow Springs
OklahomaOklahoma City
OregonGrants PassWaldport
PennsylvaniaLewisburg
Rhode IslandNewport
TennesseeNashville
First UU Church of Nashville
TullahomaTexas
El PasoGalvestonHouston
Emerson UU ChurchUnitarian Fellowship of Houston
OdessaSan Antonio
First UU Church of San Antonio
UtahSalt Lake City
First Unitarian Church
VermontMontpelier
VirginiaBurkeFredericksburg
WashingtonBellinghamEdmondsMarysvilleOlympia
Olympia UU Congregation
SeattleUniversity Unitarian ChurchWestside Seattle UU Fellowship
TacomaWisconsin
KenoshaMilwaukeeSister BayWoodruff
MEXICOSan Miguel de Allende
Guest at Your Table Special RecognitionThrough Guest at Your Table, the members of these congregations con-tributed a total of $5,000 or more to UUSC’s work for justice.
CaliforniaSunnyvale
FloridaVero Beach
MinnesotaMahtomedi
PennsylvaniaDevon
Unrestricted
5,422,934 1,887,815
7,310,749
6,293,116 664,050 270,174
7,227,340
83,409
(867,651)
(784,242)9,677,537 8,893,295
Temporarily restricted
2,248,723 (1,887,815)
360,908
360,908
989,132
1,350,040 3,515,082 4,865,122
Permanentlyrestricted
550
550
550
0
550 3,621,336 3,621,886
Total
7,672,207 0
7,672,207
6,293,116 664,050 270,174
7,227,340
444,867
121,481
566,348 16,813,955 17,380,303
Total
6,449,9480
6,449,948
5,488,667 592,007 261,380
6,342,054
107,894
517,422
625,316 16,188,637 16,813,953
Financial StatementsFor the year ended June 30, 2012(with comparative totals for June 30, 2011)
Statement of financial position for the years ended June 30
Statement of activitiesfor the years ended June 30
2012 2011
AssetsCash and equivalents
Cash Money market fund
InvestmentsAccounts and interest receivablePledges receivable, netPrepaid expenses and other assetsCash — escrowProperty and equipment, net
Total Assets
LiabilitiesAccounts payable and accrued expensesAccrued compensationPooled income deferred revenueBond payableDonor advance — promissory notesPlanned giving obligations:
Gift annuitiesTrust agreementsPooled income
Net AssetsUnrestrictedTemporarily restrictedPermanently restricted
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
2012 2011
2,135,430 85,866
2,221,296 12,220,253
110,545 2,775,114
123,646 78,644
5,522,284
23,051,782
459,455 222,705 182,583
3,093,658 375,000
1,264,664 69,596
3,818 5,671,479
8,893,295 4,865,122 3,621,886
17,380,303
23,051,782
2,807,093 85,857
2,892,950 12,511,655
110,561 1,001,547
91,174 78,977
5,670,263
22,357,127
247,096 190,322 201,265
3,180,272 375,000
1,269,370 73,816
6,031 5,543,172
9,677,537 3,515,082 3,621,336
16,813,955
22,357,127
Public support and revenueNet assets released from restrictions Total public support and revenue and net assets released from restriction
Expenses Program services Fundraising Management Total expenses
Income/(loss) from operations (a)
Net nonoperating activities (b)
Net assets Change in net assets (a+b) Beginning of the year End of year
Total expenses by three major areas: $7,227 (in thousands)
Program Services Management Fund Raising Program Services $6,293 87%
9%
4%
100%
Management
$664Fundraising
$270
$7,227
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Total expenses $7,227 (in thousands)
Allocation of program services $6,293 (in thousands)
UUSC is blessed to have incredibly loyal and passionate supporters who care about our country and the world, and who take action to make a difference. But because of giving to political campaigns this year, we’ve seen a downward trend in some areas of giving. We need your support now more than ever. Please go online and make a gift today at uusc.org. Or contact Maxine Neil, UUSC’s director of institutional advancement, to discuss other ways of giving; you may reach her directly at 617-301-4313 or by e-mail at [email protected].
UUSC Needs You More Than Ever
UUSC fulfills its mission in three principal ways: through our partnerships with other human rights advocates around the world; through our pursuit of policy changes in the United States and internationally; and through mobilization of our members. Each of our four principal program areas — environmental justice, economic justice, civil liberties, and rights in humanitarian crises — employ all three strategies in an integrated fashion. The UU College of Social Justice, a new collaboration of UUSC and the Unitarian Universalist Association, is focused on providing opportunities to make a direct difference in the world through service learning. UUSC makes grants to partners but we are not fundamentally a grant-making organization; we are an activist organization, and grants are one element of our tactics. Our eye-to-eye partnerships entail far more than the transfer of money; they include training, educating, building local and national networks, and organizing for social change. UUSC and our partners are co-strategists in designing ways to build a better world.
Environmental Justice
Rights in Humanitarian Crises
$1,359 22%
$1,408 22%
Economic Justice
UU College of Social Justice
$961 15%
$478 8%
Civil Liberties
Partner Grants
Relief Grants
$844 13%
$565 9%
$678
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Environmental Justice
Rights in Humanitarian Crises
$1,359 19%
$1,408 19%
Economic Justice
UU College of Social Justice
$961 13%
$478 7%
Civil Liberties
Partner Grants
Relief Grants
Management
Fundraising
$844 12%
$565 8%
$678
$664
$270
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What says engagement more than hands-on service learning with grassroots human rights organizations around the world? The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) — a collaboration of UUSC and the Unitarian Universalist Association that successfully launched this past year — offers that and more!
As Kathleen McTigue, UUCSJ’s new director, puts it, “I think the greatest service that we can offer people is creating clear pathways for them to put their values to work.” UUCSJ provides experiences grounded in UU theology and practice, and designed to support participants in sustained involvement with global justice issues.
Last year, program participants on five separate trips to Haiti worked with the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) to help construct — and complete! — the 10 homes of the first eco-village. People dug ditches, hauled rocks, poured cement, learned about the history of Haiti and the innovative work of MPP, and made meaningful connections with MPP members. And they came back home invigorated and ready to move justice forward not only for Haiti but also for their own local communities.
Under McTigue’s leadership, UUCSJ is embarking on an exciting new year. UUCSJ is moving forward with a vision of deepening and broadening service-learning offerings, increasing opportunities for justice education, and tailoring more experiences for youth and young adults. As it proceeds, UUCSJ is fueled by the power of faith to inform justice work and make it sustainable. “It grounds people in community, helps us remember that we are connected to something vaster than our own small efforts, and offers a greater possibility of keeping us humble and keeping things in perspective,” McTigue says.
Curious about UUCSJ, service learning, and justice education? To learn more and register for upcoming programs — including trips to New Orleans, the U.S.-Mexico border, Haiti, and more — visit uucsj.org.
Increasing the capacity of Unitarian Universaliststo catalyze justice
Current UUSC Staff and BoardExecutiveRev. Dr. William F. Schulz President and CEOConstance Kane Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerRev. Brock Leach Vice President for Mission, Strategy, and InnovationQuang Nguyen Director of Human ResourcesAdelaide Vonleh Human Resources AssistantBobbi Woodward Executive Assistant
UU College of Social JusticeRev. Kathleen McTigue Director of the UU College of Social JusticeSam Jones Associate for Marketing and EnrollmentEvan Seitz Senior Associate for Service-Learning Programs
CommunicationsPaul Twitchell Director of CommunicationsJessica Atcheson Writer/EditorDick Campbell Senior Associate for Media and Public AffairsEric Grignol Marketing and Multimedia ManagerReid Haithcock Production Coordinator and Graphic DesignerShelby Meyerhoff Senior Associate for Online AdvocacySteven Nutter Associate Director of Communications for IT & Online ServicesMark Simon Senior Associate for Web Administration
Finance and OperationsMichael Zouzoua Chief Financial OfficerEthan Adams Facility and Operations ManagerCarol Cahalane Associate Director of FinanceJean Marc Tchazou Staff AccountantShari Yeaton Operations AssociateMohamed Zine abidine Senior Accountant
Institutional AdvancementMaxine Neil Director of Institutional AdvancementLaurie Brunner Prospect Research AssistantRita Butterfield Senior Associate for Major Gifts West CoastSusan Mosher Associate for Donor ServicesCassandra Ryan Senior Advisor for Major GiftsMolly O’Sullivan Direct Marketing OfficerLauralyn Smith Senior Associate for Member Development
Programs, Advocacy, and ActionAtema Eclai Director of Programs, Advocacy, and ActionAnna Bartlett Associate for Civil LibertiesAiesha Cummings Senior Administrative AssistantWendy Flick Haiti Emergency Response ManagerAriel Jacobson Senior Associate for Economic JusticePatricia Jones Program Manager for Environmental JusticeShelley Moskowitz Manager for Public Policy and MobilizationKara Smith Associate for Grassroots MobilizationMartha Thompson Program Manager for Rights in Humanitarian Crises
Board of TrusteesChuck Spence ChairDave Madan Vice ChairCharles Sandmel TreasurerLucia Santini Field SecretaryRev. John A. Buehrens Martha Easter-Wells Ebe Emmons Patricia A. Flynn Karen Kell Hartman Roy KingRama KumanduriConrad Pinnock Karen Schneider Rev. Wendy Williams
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
689 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
uusc.org • 617-868-6600 • [email protected]
Increasing the capacity of Unitarian Universaliststo catalyze justice
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
689 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
uusc.org • 617-868-6600 • [email protected]
