2007 — The Work of Many Joining Hands

The Work of Many Joining Hands

2007 annual report unitarian universalist service committee

our vision

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.

The Unitarian Universalist Service

Committee envisions a world free

from oppression and injustice, where

all can realize their full human rights.

Young Darfurian boys and girls head off to collect water. (Photo courtesy of Erin Boyd)

Front cover: UUSC program partner Bedari meets with women in earthquake-affected Pakistan. (2007 Gretchen Alther/UUSC)

UUSC founders Martha and Waitstill Sharp plunged headlong into what would become known as the Holocaust not once but twice. They didn’t think they alone could stem the tide of Nazism, but they were motivated by a fierce determination to do what they could to rescue Jews and anti-Nazi dissidents. They understood that not to act would amount to acquiescence and threaten qualities in their own heart and spirit.

In the past year, thousands of Unitarian Universalists and others around the country have watched Heroes of the Spirit, the documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Deborah Shaffer, which explores our founders’ work in Europe at the beginning of World War II and relates it to the genocide happening today in Darfur. Several congregations hosted screening events, which served both as a celebration and a call for action on Darfur.

Our campaign to end the genocide — Drumbeat for Darfur — has consumed much of our energy and resources this past year. The theme of all of our workshops at the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly 2007 (G.A.), held in Portland, Ore, was what we can do to stop the genocide. We presented a full day of training prior to G.A. to empower 75 congregational leaders to take action on Darfur. Given the interest it generated, we decided to make such advocacy trainings a regular feature of our G.A. programs.

We also played an active role in campaigns that led financial giants, such as Fidelity Investments and Berkshire Hathaway, to divest their shares in Chinese petroleum companies. Chinese petro-dollars aid and abet the genocide, making it possible for the Sudanese government to equip its military with deadly aircraft and arm Janjaweed militias.

“Protest that endures... is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one’s own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.”

— Wendell Berry, environmentalist, essayist and poet

William F. Schulz (above) and Charlie Clements.

Dear members and supporters,

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Women collect firewood outside an IDP camp in Darfur, Sudan, where they are vulnerable to attacks and rape. (Photo courtesy of Erin Boyd)

As we go to press in December, we are preparing for three intensive days of education, protests, and advocacy in Washington, D.C., to urge the U.S. Senate to pass the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act. This law would permit state and local governments to divest from companies doing business with Sudan. It would also protect them against lawsuits from entities that place a higher premium on financial returns than on ending genocide.

We will not acquiesce. We will not yield to the sense of powerlessness that leads people to believe they cannot make a difference.

Your values, your support, and your activism ensure that UUSC’s efforts, and those of our partners, will endure. Together, we can make a difference, as we protect civil liberties, promote economic and environmental justice, and restore dignity and well-being in the midst of humanitarian crises.

Thank you for all you do for us and for the cause of justice in the world.

William F. Schulz Charlie ClementsChair, Board of Trustees President and CEO

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uusc unveils new look

With our new logo and our new home,

UUSC has entered the next phase of

our history.

Our new logo features two outstretched

hands joining together, with a stylized

version of the UUSC chalice connecting

them. The open hands, universal

symbols of welcome and fellowship,

represent our active engagement with

individuals and organizations committed

to human rights. The chalice honors

our origins in Unitarian Universalism,

whose principles affirm the inherent

worth and dignity of all persons. With

its natural energy and vitality, our new

logo symbolizes our dynamic efforts to

shape human rights internationally.

UUSC’s decision to move to our new

headquarters at 689 Massachusetts

Avenue, Cambridge, was prompted by our

growing success. As we engage the world

in more effective ways, our staff has

grown... and we plan to grow even more.

While our space at 1�0 Prospect Street

served us well for many years, the offices

proved too small to accommodate the

new and expanded scope of our work.

Highlights of the Year

This report attests to what a productive year it has been at UUSC. Among the many highlights:

w In conjunction with the UUA, we placed more than a thousand volunteers in New Orleans to help rebuild homes and communities.

w UUSC founders Martha and Waitstill Sharp were honored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for their work to rescue Jews and Nazi dissidents during World War II. Their names are now inscribed on the Rescuers’ Wall at the museum. Thanks to U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA), the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, and U.S. Rep. James McGovern (D-MA), the House also passed a resolution honoring the work of the Sharps.

w We continued to support the work of UU statewide advocacy networks, through which local activists can be agents for change and bearers of a powerful, progressive religious voice.

w We incorporated Just Democracy, Inc., as a 501(c)(4) entity, with the goal of creating opportunities for UU advocacy networks and members of other progressive faiths to engage more directly in the electoral process. Just Democracy launched a pilot project in New Hampshire as a first step towards realizing this vision.

w We created materials for small-group reflections. These curricula will help members and supporters explore the qualities of their hearts and spirits that compel them to make a difference year after year, even when the prospect of public success seems distant.

w Through UUSC’s nomination, Camilo Mejía, the first Iraqi combat veteran to refuse to return to Iraq, was awarded the Adin Ballou Peace Award. The UU Peace Fellowship presents this prestigious award to honor individuals and organizations for their deep commitment to peace and justice.

w We adopted a new logo and purchased a historic building in Cambridge to serve as our new headquarters.


“I gave birth to this baby. I used to want to kill myself and my baby,” says Suad, an 18 year old who lives in

an IDP camp in Darfur. “I then discovered this [women’s] center, and I found I was not the only one who went

through a bad experience. I am now being helped to love this child, and although it is really hard, I know it’s

not the child’s fault. At this center, I’ve also been receiving training that helps me make money.”

The eyes of the world are watching the growing crisis in Darfur, where 300,000 men, women, and children have died and millions more have been displaced to camps in Darfur and across the border into Chad.

This year, UUSC joined the struggle to bring peace and justice to Darfur by launching Drumbeat for Darfur, a campaign to put pressure on governments and major financial institutions to help end the genocide. Drumbeat for Darfur builds on and is informed by the efforts of our Rights in Humanitarian Crises Program, which has worked to establish women’s centers in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Darfur. From Justice Sunday to the UUA General Assembly, we aligned our major outreach and mobilization activities around this effort, using a powerful combination of partnership, advocacy, and education.

Justice SundayIn March 2007, Unitarian Universalist churches around the country devoted Justice Sunday services to raising awareness of the crisis. The momentum continued through April’s Global Day for Darfur, with Drumbeat for Darfur activists taking direct part in events along the eastern seaboard and as far away as Denver, Colo.

UUA General AssemblyFrom advocacy workshops to a re-creation of living quarters in an IDP camp, our work to end the genocide served as the thematic focus of UUSC’s presence at the UUA General Assembly 2007 (G.A.), in Portland, Ore. For the first time, we presented an all-day activists’ training to equip UUSC members and supporters with the tools and knowledge they need to return to their communities to continue pushing for an end to the genocide. Drumbeat for Darfur’s G.A. activities culminated in a march and rally, which was organized in partnership with Portland-area antigenocide activities.

Sudan divestment and Chinese petro-dollarsOur work over the past year helped achieve significant victories, like the passage of a Massachusetts law authorizing the state to divest pension-fund holdings from companies doing business with Sudan. The momentum for divestment reached the federal government, with the U.S. Congress taking up legislation to protect states that have enacted divestment laws similar to those of Massachusetts. With one of Sudan’s major trading partners, China, set to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, the campaign geared up to place increased pressure on the Chinese government, whose purchase of Sudanese oil and sale of military weapons to the Khartoum regime abets the genocide.

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An estimated 2 million Darfurians have been forced to flee their homes since violence erupted in 2003, among them these two young residents of an internally displaced persons camp. (Photo courtesy of Erin Boyd)

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Decent work is stable and safe and pays wages sufficient for the worker’s family to stay out of poverty. As such, it is a human right critical to achieving economic justice. Yet, across the globe, these kinds of jobs are getting harder to come by. UUSC’s Economic Justice Program works to reverse this trend by supporting innovative solutions already underway. UUSC’s Economic Justice Program works to reverse this trend and supports innovative solutions already underway.

Informal workersSome of the workers most in need of a living wage and labor-rights protections are those in the informal economy. In Kenya, UUSC has partnered with KENASVIT and the Rock Women Group to support and organize street vendors and child workers and change policy to recognize their rights and contributions.

Organizing maquila and poultry workersWith CEPRODEHL in Mexico’s Yucatan and the Commission for Human and Labor Rights in Tehuacan, UUSC has continued to support maquila (or factory) workers as they demand safer working conditions, advocate for wage and gender equity, and build bridges of solidarity across borders.

Our partners in Mississippi and Arkansas, MPOWER and the Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center, organize workers in poultry-processing, one of America’s most abusive and dangerous industries. UUSC continued to support workers at these centers to organize in the struggle against widespread worker injuries and wage theft.

Living-wage campaignThroughout the United States, an astonishing 30 million residents are employed in jobs that pay poverty wages and provide minimal or no benefits. In the run-up to the November 2006 midterm elections, UUSC joined forces with Let

Justice Roll, the nation’s only interfaith coalition speaking out on the need for a just minimum wage. We launched a full media campaign, blanketing airwaves and op-ed pages to garner support from businesses and mobilize people of faith. The hard work paid off when Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, Montana, and Ohio voted to raise their minimum-wage rates, catalyzing in July 2007 the first increase in the federal minimum wage in 10 years.

Worker-led cooperativesBuilding on the UUSC Coffee Project and our partnership with Equal Exchange, UUSC backed Porvenir Financiero, a financial-literacy program that trains women, young adults, and indigenous farmers to better manage their worker-led cooperatives.

Exposing unfair corporate policiesWith partner Global Labor Strategies, we began to support research and muckraking journalism that sheds light on how U.S. corporations are undermining the creation of new labor policy and protections in China.

Protecting the rights anD Dignity of workers

KENASVIT members help launch a major organizing effort in Nairobi, Kenya. (2006 Johanna Chao Kreilick/UUSC)


The signs of a global fresh water crisis are everywhere: melting glaciers and devastating droughts caused by climate change, polluted reservoirs, and crumbling infrastructure. Water scarcity contributes to humanitarian crises around the world, while 5 million people die each year from waterborne diseases — 10 times the number of war casualties. Access to safe, clean, affordable water is a basic human right; yet, billions of people — most often women, children, low-income people, and communities of color — do not get enough to meet their basic needs. For this reason, UUSC focuses on the human right to water as the cornerstone of our commitment to environmental justice.

Water apartheidSouth Africa has one of the few constitutions that guarantees the right to water. But in Johannesburg, a privatized water utility installed prepaid meters in poor black neighborhoods, limiting supplies to an average of 25 liters, or 6.6 gallons, of water per person per day. This is far below World Health Organization standards, which sets 50 liters per person per day as the minimum amount necessary to meet basic human needs. With UUSC’s help, the Coalition against Water Privatisation (CAWP) pursued a legal challenge to this system. As the world, including the United Nations, watches this case closely, we are also building international support to challenge this new form of inequality, “water apartheid.”

Holding corporations accountableIn Guayaquil, Ecuador, UUSC program partner El Movimiento Mi Cometa (the My Kite Movement) is seeking to hold InterAgua, a subsidiary of U.S.-based corporation Bechtel, accountable for poorly managed water services that resulted in an outbreak of hepatitis A in 2005. With support from UUSC, the group received pro bono legal assistance to press their case. In spring 2007, a UUSC delegation traveled to Ecuador to help investigate the outbreak’s causes and train youth leaders on advocacy to protect the human right to water.

Advancing the right to water in the United StatesIn the United States, UUSC is supporting municipal and regional attempts to establish the human right to water. We began working with Boston-based Mass Global Ac-

tion to launch a program called The Color of Water, which organizes Boston communities around the human right to water. UUSC helped the group challenge the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, which has been denying requests for information about water shutoffs. In addition, UUSC helped the Religious Working Group on Water shape its national legislative strategy, which encompassed appro-priations for the World Bank, the Water for the Poor Act (USAID), and the Water for the World Resolution (the U.S. Congress’s endorsement of the human right to water).

Two years ago, 1�-year-old Alexis was one of 1�� chil-

dren who contracted hepatitis A from drinking water

supplied to a school in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Today,

Alexis still has trouble concentrating in school and

cannot play soccer or eat his favorite foods. The $�8

per month needed for his ongoing treatment is too

much for his family to afford. But justice for Alexis and

others is on the horizon. With help from UUSC, El Mov-

imiento Mi Cometa (the My Kite Movement) has put

legal and public pressure on InterAgua, the Bechtel

subsidiary that runs the local water system. The com-

pany was fined $1.� million for its failure to uphold its

contractual obligations, and the government, at last, is

covering some medical costs for those affected.

Protecting the right to water

Grandmother and grandson in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines, show that privatized water services do not reach their home. (2006 Patricia Jones/UUSC)


UUSC has found creative and effective ways to fight the erosion of civil liberties, such as freedom of expression, the right to privacy, and due process. UUSC carries on the struggle against torture in the United States and abroad. Underlying these efforts is our steadfast belief in the power of conscience and collective action to overcome abuses of power and achieve equality for all.

Cross-cultural, interfaith cooperationRecognizing that one consequence of the so-called Global War on Terror is widespread resentment towards the United States, UUSC has sought innovative ways to reach across cultures and generations.We funded the translation of a comic book about the U.S. civil rights movement into Arabic and Farsi. This project was undertaken by Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA), an international civil-rights initiative that builds bridges through cross-cultural, interfaith cooperation. It aims to promote civil liberties and human rights across the Middle East. Now people in Middle Eastern countries — both young and old — can grasp the power of how individuals, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, when inspired and organized, can spark a movement for change.

Campaign against tortureUUSC adopted a multifaceted approach to ending torture and its effects. Building on the success of our STOP (Stop Torture Permanently) Campaign, UUSC co-founded the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). In 2006, UUSC served on NRCAT’s coordinating committee and chaired its outreach and action subcommittee. We also worked with the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC), which mobilizes on every continent to end the practice of torture. Our support helped TASSC provide torture survivors with medical and psychological recovery services. It also enabled TASSC members to testify before national and international bodies — from the U.S. Congress to the United Nations — about the devastating consequences of torture.

Opposing the Iraq warGearing up to end the war in Iraq, UUSC began to engage with groups like Appeal for Redress, an anti-Iraq war organization founded by former and current U.S. military personnel who served in the conflict. Appeal for Redress is a vehicle for individuals with unique standing — men and women in uniform who have served in Iraq — to speak out against the war while exercising their most basic civil liberty — the fundamental right to express dissent.

DefenDing civil liberties, builDing briDges for Peace

UUSC program partner HAMSA visits UUSC. From left: Charlie Clements, Mohammed Zine abadine, Nasser Weddady (HAMSA), Atema Aclai, Zehra Hirji (HAMSA), Wayne Smith. (200� Eric Grignol/UUSC)

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Viola and her family left their flooded home in New

Orleans for a grueling journey to another town. But

Viola’s heart remained in New Orleans. “There was work

to be done,” she said. “But where do you start when it’s

all gone?” A longtime activist and director of the Welfare

Rights Organization, Viola found a way. “I thought, ‘Well,

I have myself.’” Viola got to work helping others stranded

by the disaster. She rebuilt her organization and locates

temporary housing and aid so others can return.

By now, the major disasters of recent years — hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the earthquake in South Asia — have slipped out of the public’s consciousness. For UUSC, these tragedies remain key focal points of our work, as we direct our efforts toward the most vulnerable survivors — women, children, and minority and low-income groups — who continue to face obstacles to reclaiming their lives.

Gulf Coast relief In the Gulf Coast region, the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund worked with grassroots organizations to support the efforts of low-income communities and communities of color to return and rebuild after the hurricanes. We sought to lift up the voices of these communities so they could reach the ears of city, state, and federal officials. We provided support to community organizations to rebuild houses, help low-income women organize low-cost, quality daycare for returnees, organize the Ninth Ward homeowners block by block, defend undocumented workers from labor abuse, and improve antiracism training among organizers.

Indian Ocean tsunami Two years after the tsunami, survivors continue to rebuild their lives and find hope in the wake of their

rights in humanitarian crises

Viola Washington, of the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund, attends a Regional Coordinator Conference in New Orleans, La. (200� Rachel Jordan/UUSC)

tragedy. In Aceh, Indonesia, UUSC partnered with HIVOS to distribute $200,000 to 11 community organizations working on survivors’ rights, widows’ legal and inheritance rights, and income generation and empowerment for women survivors. We also supported capacity building for our partners to help them with the challenges of tsunami recovery. In Sri Lanka, UUSC continued to work with the Sewa Lanka Foundation, supporting livelihood restoration of rural women left out of the tsunami-recovery process. In Thailand, UUSC supported Grassroots Human Rights Education, an organization run by Burmese immigrants that provides legal aid, documentation, and leadership training for undocumented Burmese workers in tsunami-affected areas.

South Asia earthquakeIn partnership with the UUA, UUSC provided support for survivors of the South Asia earthquake, particularly the most vulnerable, who have not received government relief. We worked with a local consultant to support the organization of Pakistani NGOs around earthquake response, to provide relief to remote areas cut off by winter weather conditions, to support displaced widows, and to reintegrate orphans and survivor children into school in Kashmir. The illness, injury, or death of a husband or father leaves women and girls particularly vulnerable under the current interpretation of sharia (Islamic) law and local custom in Kashmir. Currently UUSC works with our partner in 30 earthquake-affected villages in remote conflict-affected areas to support widows and women to overcome these barriers, educate their children and claim guardianship and other legal rights, including land-inheritance rights.


At a JustWorks camp, you and other volunteers gutted a house ravaged by hurricanes, picked coffee beans in Guatemala, painted a fence surrounding sacred Native American burial space, or tutored a child in the United States.

On a JustJourney, you witnessed what a maquila (or factory) actually looks like, invited not by management, but by the independent workers’ union SITEMEX. In the lunchroom, you listened to women workers discuss their gains in the daily struggle for higher pay and safer working conditions and heard their call for U.S. consumers to use their power to support their struggle and that of all workers.

There are many ways to learn, but we have found that when you smell the chemicals in a Mexican factory or literally dig in with a Gulf Coast partner, the experience is deeper, richer, even profound. The transformative power of experiential learning makes these programs critical to engaging our members and supporters, the moral levers through which UUSC moves the world.

JustWorksWith this transformative quality in mind, JustWorks roots each experience, from leader-ship training for youths on Mohawk and Lakota reservations to rehabilitating houses on the Gulf Coast, in our human-rights objectives.

This year, we linked our JustWorks camps to our work on the Gulf Coast, sending volunteers back to Mississippi and Louisiana to help rebuild homes and repair a battered women’s shelter.

JustJourneysUUSC’s JustJourneys program grew out of our fact-finding missions to Central America in the 1980s. It offers participants the opportunity to meet directly with UUSC’s partners, who are on the frontlines of confronting unjust power

engaging human rights DefenDers for justice

JustWorks camp volunteers lend a hand in Gulf Coast recovery. (2007 Shayla Reid/UUSC)

structures. Far from tourism, these hands-on experiences provide participants with a unique depth of understanding.

JustJourneys also opens doors for UU congregations to engage in international advocacy work. In April, Jefferson Unitarian Church, of Golden, Colo., inspired by the work of our partner the Association for the Holistic Development of the Maya-Achi people (ADIVIMA), decided to return to Guatemala to strengthen their connections. Participants visited Pacux, where victims of the Rio Negro massacre were relocated, and met with ADIVIMA to learn more about grassroots organizing.

Freedom Summer: A Civil Rights JourneyFor the fourth year in a row, an intergenerational, interracial, and interfaith group of lay activists joined in Freedom Summer: A Civil Rights Journey. Participants listened to accounts of living witnesses to the U.S. civil rights movement and visited some of the historic sites in the struggle. Afterwards, they volunteered at various social-action organizations in Montgomery, Ala.


honor roll of annual funD major Donors

Dr. Ary Bordes Society ($5,000 – $9,999)

For more than a decade, Dr. Bordes worked with UUSC to establish progressive health care programs for the people of Haiti. His vision resulted in thousands of children gaining access to medical and nutritional services.Anonymous (2)Beth and James HaessigErnest and Shirley HodasLouise Hornor and Sean WelshRomeo KassarjianCurtis and Kathleen MarbleJanet Mitchell and Jerry CromwellJon PetersonRobert PhelpsShelley Powsner and Stephen

SkrovanSarah Stevens-MilesRev. Karen Stoyanoff

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 (6)Nicholas and Jeanne AldrichSuzanne and Roger AmesCelestine Armenta and Chip

SharpePaul and Joan ArmstrongSusannah and Howard ArnouldJoyce and Gordon AsselstineDeanne and Jonathan AterKaren Bartley and Nicole BerreyElizabeth and Gordon BawdenBeverley BaxterSally Benson and Stephen NicholsRalph and Gretchen BerggrenJoani BlankFrank BlumenthalStephen Boelter and Karen CombsLinda Jean Bonk and Richard

BrownDeborah BrittanBetty BrothersJohn BuehrensJohn and Irene BushEileene and William ButlerLeonard CampbellTimothy and Rosa CampbellRozlind CarrollChristine and Larry CarsmanElaine and Steve CastlesMayre Lee and Kelly Clifton

Martha and Waitstill 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 “ambassadors extraordinary” for the Unitarian Service Committee’s work in France.Anonymous (2)Doyle Bortner Arnold and Julia Bradburd Kathryn and John Greenberg Yolande Jurzykowski Alan and Leanne Zeppa

Eleanor Clark French Society ($25,000 – $49,999)

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, extra food, rest, and nature to encourage their recovery.Lois AbbottTodd and Lorella Hess

Rev. Carleton Fisher Society ($10,000 – $24,999)

Carleton Fisher served as the first executive director of the Universalist Service Committee and supervised post-WWII relief efforts in the Netherlands. He was instrumental in coordinating early cooperative efforts between the Unitarian and Universalist Service Committees.Anonymous (3)Nancy Anderson Beverly and George August Richard and Lisa Cashin Harriet Denison Barbara French Ashley Garrett and Alan Jones Gail Goo Cecill Larson Sandra and Thomas Reece Alfred Trumpler and Ellen Trumpler Katherine and Philippe Villers

Sherry ClineDavid and Mary ColtonKim and Stanley CorfmanFred CoxJudith CrozierJoan Cudhea and Tomas FirleLinda CunninghamMartha DavisBarbara DeCosterAlice and Julian DewellErnest DieterichPamela DiLavoreBetsy Dokken and Michael

BurkholderUlf DollingSally DonnerJohn and Sheryl DowningAlvin and Eileen DrutzCharles and Barbara DumondMs. Martha Easter-WellsRichard EastonLynn and Gregory EastwoodDonna EkstrandAmy and Lee EllsworthMary and Allen EngMartha and Richard EnglandJane Engle SmithPatricia and James EphgraveMarjorie and Duane ErwayPaul and Colleen FarrellRichard and Carol FenclDavid Fenner and Pauline

LeukhardtMartha and John FergerLucia Santini-Field and Bruce

FieldGary FieldmanEllen and W. Burns FisherJohn FlanaganGayle FogelsonA. Irving and Margery ForbesFrederick and Bonnie ForteKathy FosnaughPaula GerdenMargaret and John GibsonUrsula Goebels-Ellis and George

EllisMelissa Graf-Evans and Jonathan

EvansBeth Graham and William

SchulzAllen GreenleafJames Gunning and Ellen EwingGay Ann GustafsonW. Mark and Marian GutowskiKatherine HallSylvia HamptonHelen and Paul HansmaMarian HardinHelga and Kenneth HardyWilliam and Barbara HarrisThomas HartlGary Hartz and Teri WissJames HeidellWarner and Barbara HendersonLawrence and Suzanne HessChip and Susie HiderChristi HoginMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanDiantha and Bill HortonBarclay and Kerstin HudsonKathleen and Daniel HuxleyMary Ruth IdsoLaura JacksonM. Barbara and J. D. JacksonMr. and Mrs. Vernon JacobJudith Jesiolowski and David

ThompsonRoberta and Robert JohansenCharlotte Jones-Carroll

Roger and Gloria JonesTodd and Allison JonesStephen and Alice JosephsNelson KadingKatherine and John KaufmannMary KeaneJeffery KefferDavid and Joanne KelleherDouglas and Carol KerrJames Kitendaugh and Lynne

CavanaughGordon KlauberFiona KnoxRuth and A. Lawrence KolbeStuart Kuhlman and Teri Thomas-

KuhlmanGisela Lachnitt and Uwe GreifeTony LarsenLee Perry LawrenceDoris H. LinderLaurie LisleSharon and Neal LockwoodAdelma LoPrestDavid G. LysyJanet and Dusan LysyRobin MacIlroy and William

SpearsMona and Nicholas MagnisMarjorie MainCaroline and Harold MaldeKatherine Manker and Bruce

GardnerSusan Mann and G. William

SkinnerAnne and Bennet ManvelA. William and Margaret MarchAlan and Marie-Paule MartyKeith and Joan MathewsHarry McAndrewMartha and Michael McCoyPatrick McDermottDonald McLarenTeresa McShaneWalter Roy and Ellen MellenMarvin MercerVirginia MerrittDiane MillerRobert and Donna MohrCarolyn Moller and David SmithMakanah and Robert MorrissBetty and Gay MorrowSara MoserFranklin and D. Joan NeffLinda and Andrew NeherCheryl and Richard Nikonovich-

KahnDoris May O’KaneAbe and Gloria OhanianPhyllis OlinEmily PalmerHanna and Gustav PapanekWilliam and Betty ParkerElsie PaullMargaret and Thomas PayneRobert and Karen PeakeJacqueline and Eric PierceMary and William PiezPatricia PogueStephen PolmarSally PopperSonya Prestridge and Arvid

StraubeGeraldine QuinlanKenneth and Nancy RaglandCarolyn Raia-Holstein and David

HolsteinNancy S.M. RedpathMary RichardsWarren Riley and Margery AbelJohn Robbins

Ellis Robinson and Richard Mark

Leonard RobockElizabeth RogersJohn and Maggie RussellHugh and Georgia SchallElizabeth Schmitt and Eric

RichardsJohn and Elinor SeveringhausFrederick SeykoraDeborah ShafferKathryn Shaw and Larry La

BonteChristine Shearer and Homaune

RazaviMike ShonseyElizabeth Simpson and John

WurrLisa SinclairJulius and Marjorie SingletonRuth SkramuskyKenneth SmurzynskiLenore SnodeyArthur SnyderVivian and Harry SnyderMary SorensenCharles Spence and Burt

PeachyMary and Alex SproulAnne St. GoarMary Ann StanleyMartha SteeleAndrew SvarreHugo and Barbara SwanCharles SzaboGordon and Amy TeelErling ThoresenSuzanne ThouvenelleJon TiedemanAubrey TobeyAbbas TorabiThomas Townsend and Dorothy

WavrekWayne and Lynn TrenbeathJohn and Helen TryonGail and Richard UllmanGerry VeederSuzanne ViemeisterMargaret and Carl Von DreeleMoritz WagnerLinda and Joel WatsonJane and James WhiteM. Jane Williamson and

Stephen WinthropJohn WinsbroOliver and Helen WolcottCarolyn and Peter WoodburyA. Lee and Margaret 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 (10)Roxie A’Uno Francis and Priscilla

Abercrombie Elizabeth Adams Peter Aitken and Maxine

Okazaki

Elizabeth Alexander and Lawrence Jackson

Charlotte Anderson-Petrikin Sylvia and Webster Anderson William Anderson Melinda and Walter Andrews Amy Armstrong and Robert

Cape Anna and Norman Arnheim Daniel and Harriet Aten Ruth and Phillip Backup Frank and Annliv Bacon Thomas Ball Jane and Norman Bannor Geraldine and Daniel Baris Karen Barlow and David Reese Judith Barnet Janet and Gordon Bartels Nancy Bartlett and Dave

Hammond John and Astrid Baumgardner Kristin Bedell and Vincent

Depillis Lucia and Samuel Beer Arthur Belanger Diana Bennett Frances Bicknell Barbara Binder Anne Black Brenda Blair and Larry Yarak Mr. and Mrs. Peter

Blickensderfer Debra and David Bogash James and Deanne Bonnar Dorothy W. Boothe Angela Boswell Thomas Botsford Eva and David Bradford Bonnie Brae Steven Breckler David and Judy Brija-Towery Carol and Paul Brody Julia and Daniel Brody Deborah Brown Jeffrey and Jane Brune Jean and William Bullivant Jennifer Bunger Micheline and Philip Burger Annelore and Henry Butler Carol Byrne and R. Bruce

Williams David Canzler Paula Carmona and Frederick

Conway Virginia Carver and Henry

Raichle Katherine Cave Helen Chapell Joanne Chase Rita Cherubini Catherine Chvany Suzannah and Robert Ciernia Ruth Clark Phyllis and Victor Clausen Wallace Cleland Phyllis and Robert Clement Laurel Garcia Colvin and Helio

Fred Garcia John Conley Deane and David Corliss James Crawford Nancy and Paul Crochiere Jo and John Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. David Curl Arthur Curtis George Dale and Stefanie

Etzbach-Dale William and Joy Dale Ann Davidson

Those 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-gift donors are also listed.


Cynthia Davidson Theadora Davitt-Cornyn Raymond Dawson Tom DeBuse Nancy Deland Susan Delaney Justin Despot Gertrude and Robert Deyle Mallory Digges Jean and William Dill Janet Dixon Doyle Dobbins Jean Dunlap Susanne and Jonathan

Dunmore Leah Dusett Lisa and Charles Eby Patricia Eckels Mary Jane Elam and Beverly

Erwin Linda and Steven Eppert Claire Ernhart and Ed Psotta Carol and Robert Evans Sally Fisk Carol Fitzgerald and Douglas

Becknell Judith and Michael Flaherty Paul Fletcher Robert Forcey William and Gwen Fornia Sandy and Mary Foutz Anne and Harrison Frahn Luanne Frey and Mark Lukow Greta and Paul Fryxell Elizabeth Fuller Gwendolyn and James Fyke Laura Gardner Joyce and Richard Gilbert Ronald and Ann Gilbert Kathleen Gilmore rmgard and William Gimby John Glasson and Victoria

Smith Irma and David Goldknopf Laura Good Catherine Gormley and Bruce

Berg C. Richard Goss Debra Lopez Gottesman Daniel and Karen Gottovi Mary and Franklin Gould Michael Grady and Ellen

Grimm Frances Graham Todd and Jennifer Graham Madeleine Grant David and Lucia Greenhouse David Gregerson Mary Grigsby John Hain and Jennifer Allen Sally and Aaron Hamburger Dorothy Hammett and Bradley

Kosiba Bruce Hammond Anne Harding Mr. Joseph H. Harris, Jr. Ms. Beverly Harrison Elizabeth Harrison and Peter

Hartzell June and James Hart Jill Hartman Judith Hartman and Craig

Beyler Michael Hassett and Ilene

Karpf Thomas Healy and Erin

Colcannon Carrie Hedges Linda Heffner

Helen Helson Kurt Hemr Kirsten Henrickson Barry and Connie Hershey Cynthia Hiatt and R.

Thompson Arrison Elbert and Marion Hill Eileen Hiney and Frank

Yeatman G. June Hoch Sandra Lou Hochel Patricia Hok William and Deborah Holden Barbara and Douglas

Holdridge Joseph Holmes Margaret and Terence Hosken Patricia Houck Wendy and James House Jane Howard Barbara Howe and Arthur

Protin John and Elizabeth Howell Robert Howell Ruth and Robert Hucks Louise Huddleston Mary Alice and Thomas W.

Hungerford Nathan Hunt Dr. Beal B. Hyde Heather Hyde and Bruce

Stowell Carol Ireland Eric Jacobs and Jean Shapiro Janice Jacobson-Cooper Linda Jensen and Robert

Nimmo Patricia and Ralph Johns Henriette Johnsen Timothy Johnson and Jo Wiese

Johnson Laura Jane Johnston Douglas and Meg Jones Mary Jones and S. Kingsley

Macomber Robert Jones Ruth Kandel and Kevan

Hartshorn Douglas and Risa Keene Elizabeth Kells Theresa Kempker and Neil

Kirby Alan and Ann King Gary Kleiman and Kristina

Nelson Frederick and Ann Knight Marian and Harm Kraai Ramanujachary Kumanduri

and Cristina Romero Emily Kunreuther Nancy Kyle John Lamperti Mary and James Landfried Frederick and Constance

Landmann John and Nancy LaPann Daniel Larsen Lynne and Craig Latham Julie and Brock Leach Carolyn Lee and Stephen

Gabeler Richard and Patricia Leggat Robert Leidy and Faye Baker Lisa Lenon Janet and Thomas Leversee Annmarie Levins and Linda

Severin Virginia Lew Paula and James Lieb

Thomas Lieb Eugene Link and Ann Marie

Hirsch Carroll and Robert Lisle Vera and Richard Love Victoria and Francis Lowell Joan Lund and Eugene Pizzo Lorraine Lyman David Lysy Frank and June MacArtor Louise Machinist Constance and Terry Marbach Rollo Marchant Janet and John Martin Elliot and Jean Marvell Eugenia and Richard Masland oyce and Warren Mathews Elizabeth May Virginia McAninch Debra and Richard McChane William and Mary McFeely James McGuire Catherine McKegney Dolores McKellar Nancy and Raymond McKinley David McNeely Kathryn Medina Cathy and Ron Menendez Robert Menze Joanne Michalski and Michael

Weeda Patricia and Merrill Miller Melanie and James Milner Susan Miracle and Gene

Pusateri John and Karen Mize Sonya Montana Patricia and Arthur Morrill Ian and Julia Morrison Christine Moss Kirsten Mueller and David

Hunter Paula Murphy and James Auler Susan and Ronald Musick Jerry and Janis Neff Sally Newcomb Michael Nimkoff Elizabeth Nixon and Bud

Markhart Louise Noble Judith Noonan and James

Shortt Jason Norbury Richard Norling Joseph L. Norton Susan O’Dell and John Barga Francene and G. Timothy

Orrok Celia and Neal Ortenberg Priscilla and Franklin Osgood William Othersen Alyson Owen and Craig

Oliner Meda Lou Padden Emily Pardee Marje and Richard Park Dina Pasalis Donald Pearson Eleanor Peckham Elisabeth Perrier and George

Wilson Rosetta Pervan Lois Pettinger and Dianne

Erickson Georgie Phillips Patricia Pickford Carol and Mel Pine Diane Pinkham

Balaram Puligandla and Linda Okahara

Susan and Henry Rauch Kimberly and Mark Ray Dixon Redditt Marylou and Glenn Reed-

Quinn Joyce Reese Karen Reever Eva Regnier Carol and Roger Reimers Elizabeth and John Richards Lori and Bob Rittle Michelina Rizzo Jane Rock Nancy Roman Elspeth Root Carol and Bruce Ross Ann Rothschild William Rusch Nancy Russell Millicent and John Rutherford Cornelia Saltus H. Jane and Robert Sarly Ellyn Satter Robert Schaibly and Steven

Storla James Schmidt John and Aline Schwob Elizabeth and Robert Scott Susan Scrimshaw Dianne and Perry Seiffert Barbara and Louis Semrau J. Laverne Sensiba Kimball and Sandra Shaw Robert and Melinda Shay Bruce Sherwood James Shillaber Robert Lee Shirley Richard Sime Susan and John Simon Suzanne Simon and William

Brawley Violeta Smadbeck Kathleen Smith-DiJulio and

Donald DiJulio Joshua Smith Nancy Smith Wayne Smith Wendy Sprout and Renee

Coates Robert and K. Ann Stebbins Patricia Steindler Barbara Sussman Andrew Swanson Dorothy Taylor Leonard and Martha Taylor Betty and Chet Thompson Kelly Thorne Anne and Thomas Thorward Ann Throop Madelon Timmons Nancy and Peter Torpey Robert and Alice Jane

Townsend Linda and Jonathan Tuck Donald Tufts Lindsey Tweed and Claudia

King Lynde Uihlein Peggy Ulrich-Nims and Charles

Nims Patricia Vanderlaan-Post and

Martin Vanderlaan Glenda Vickery Kenneth and Jerusha Vogel Carol and John Walker Stephanie Webber

Elizabeth and Robert Weinstock

Trudy and Bob Wendt Deborah and Steve Wentworth Jean Werts Alice Whealey Virginia and Farley

Wheelwright T. Stanley and Kathryn White Corinna and Dale Whiteaker-

Lewis Henry O. Whiteside Virginia and Jack Wilkerson Catherine Williams Janet Williams and Robert

Spitzer Karen and Jay Williams Robert Williams and Karen

Uhlenbeck Janet and Andrew Wilson Neil Wilson Margaret and Gordon

Winkler Susan and Stanley Winters Anne Wolfgang Robert and Betsy Wones Jerri and John Wood Nigel Wright Katherine and Peter Wyckoff Barbara and William Wymer Mary Zimmer Rev. Sara Zimmerman

Estate donors UUSC honors indi-viduals whose realized estate bequests exceeded $25,000 or more in the period of July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007.Marshall BarbourJan S. CurtisShirley R. OwensMary Acelia TownsendCarl and Grace Zingale

FoundationsThe following founda-tions made grants to UUSC of $1,000 or more in FY07.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

Compass Club (continued)

These lists cover the period July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007. 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, 689 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139-3302, e-mail [email protected], or call 800-766-5236.

We are grateful for

the generosity of the

Unitarian Universalist

Congregation at Shelter

Rock in Manhasset, N.Y.,

for their extraordinary

matching challenge

grant. This year, due to

unparalleled support,

the match resulted in

gifts of over $1,000,000

towards UUSC programs.

UUSC AnnUAl RepoRt 2007 | 1�

Anonymous (2) Lois Abbott Susan and Peter Alden Margaret Allen Phyllis Applegarth Joyce and Gordon Asselstine John and Barbara Bailey Rachael Balyeat Beverley Baxter Peggy and George Bell I. Inka Benton Laurel Blossom Michael Boblett Ann Booth Doyle Bortner Louis Bowen Irma and Paul Braunstein Betty Brothers Edward Brown Helen Brown Robert Brown Frances and Laurence Brundall Helen Burke and William

Thomas Evelyn Chidester Elizabeth Clark Deirdre Cochran and Daniel

Couch Ralph Cook Bruce Cornish Mildred Courtley Joan Cudhea and Tomas Firle Jan Curtis Carol Davis L. Patton Davis Theadora Davitt-Cornyn Frances Dew Alice and Julian Dewell Lyda Dicus and Robert Hanson Ruth Donnell Carol Donovan Imogene Draper Ms. Martha Easter-Wells Mary Ann Ely Claire Ernhart and Ed Psotta Martha and John Ferger Elizabeth Ford Anne Forsyth Richard and Hillary Fuhrman Jean Fulton Arthur Gardner Hildegarde Gignoux Carrie Gillespie and Kris

Kaushik Marguerite Gilstrap Anne and Julius Goldin Laura Good Michael Goodman

Betty Gorshe Sara Grindlay James Gunning and Ellen

Ewing Eileen and John Hamlin Yvonne and Joseph

Hammerquist Stephen Hart Marjorie and Henry Harvey Jean and William Hellmuth Warner and Barbara

Henderson Jeanne Holden Mary-Ella Holst and Guy

Quinlan Hanna Hopp Raymond Hutton Martha Jewett Ellen and Barry Johnson-Fay Alex Karter and Janet

Clemmer Wesla Kerr Annemarie Knopf Peter Landecker Corinne LeBovit Jack Lepoff Diana Ruth Levitan Phyllis and Justin Lewis Doris H. Linder Sharon and Neal Lockwood Aimee Lykes Mitchell Lyman Ruth Mann Eleanor May Leonard and Catherine

McConkie Gordon and Phyllis

McKeeman Alice and Hugh McLellan Barbara McMahon and Eric

Spelman Audrey and Donald

Micklewright Ree and Maurice Miller Malcolm Mitchell Virginia Moore Leigh and Thomas Mundhenk Elsa and Robert New Vivian Nossiter Ruth O’Shea Mary Ann Oakley Laverne Oehler Rene Oehler Vernon Olson Francene and G. Timothy

Orrok Charles Otto Charlotte Palmer

Emily Palmer Brydie and Erdman Palmore Janice Park Dorothy and Tracy Patterson Laurence Paxson Eggers Edgar and Phyllis Peara Diana Peters William Pratt Lillis and William Raboin Ray Ramseyer Verna Renfro Judith and Lee Reynard Virginia Richmond David Riley Mary Rose and Leonard

Pellettieri Jean Roxburgh David Rubin Hilda Rush John and Maggie Russell Millicent and John Rutherford Betty Sanders Fia and J. David Scheyer Robert Schuessler Dick and Jill Scobie Neil and Lillie Shadle Sulochana Sherman Joan Shkolnik Paul Siegler and Ruth Booman Elizabeth Simpson and John

Wurr Hilda Skott C. Lee Small, Jr. Sherry and Thornton Smith Lenore Snodey Gloria Snyder Marion and Robert Stearns Mary and James Stephenson Joseph Stern Nancy and Jack Stiefel Joan Stockford Sara and Robert Stoddard Ellen Studdiford Matilde and James Taguchi J. Tate Mary Thompson George Thornton Fred Topik Elsie Trachsel Helen True Helen and John Tryon Arliss and Arthur Ungar Mary Vedder Philippe Villers Keven Virgilio Alice Wallace Leslie Ann Weinberg Ernest Weller

Myrna and Herbert West Lois and Robert Whealey Susan and Robert Whitney Vera Widder Donald Wirtanen Margaret Woodward Elizabeth Zimmermann Pellettieri Jean Roxburgh David Rubin Hilda Rush John and Maggie Russell Millicent and John Rutherford Betty Sanders Fia and J. David Scheyer Robert Schuessler Dick and Jill Scobie Neil and Lillie Shadle Sulochana Sherman Joan Shkolnik Paul Siegler and Ruth Booman Elizabeth Simpson and John

Wurr Hilda Skott C. Lee Small, Jr. Sherry and Thornton Smith Lenore Snodey Gloria Snyder Marion and Robert Stearns Mary and James Stephenson Joseph Stern Nancy and Jack Stiefel Joan Stockford Sara and Robert Stoddard Ellen Studdiford Matilde and James Taguchi J. Tate Mary Thompson George Thornton Fred Topik Elsie Trachsel Helen True Helen and John Tryon Arliss and Arthur Ungar Mary Vedder Philippe Villers Keven Virgilio Alice Wallace Leslie Ann Weinberg Ernest Weller Myrna and Herbert West Lois and Robert Whealey Susan and Robert Whitney Vera Widder Donald Wirtanen Margaret Woodward Elizabeth Zimmermann

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

Margot Adler* Joan Armstrong*Susannah and Howard Arnould*Beverly and George August*Nancy BartlettBeverley BaxterLarry BeckSarah Benson*Thomas Bliffert*Helen Brown*Dorothy and James Caldiero*Barbara CheathamDaniel CheeverDavalene Cooper*Fred Cox*Kim Crawford Harvie*Theadora Davitt-CornynSuzanne deBeers*Alice and Julian DewellDanielle DiBona

Sayre DixonFranklin EvansRichard Fuhrman*Annella Furtick*Irmgard Gimby*James Gunning*Sarah and Aaron Hamburger*Robert HardiesJohn HickeyWilliam HoldenMary-Ella HolstC. Leon Hopper*Diantha HortonEllen Johnson-FaySarah Karstaedt*Fiona KnoxMadeleine Lefebvre*Kenneth MacLeanLinda and Daniel Marquardt*James McCorkel*

Phyllis MoralesStephen Murphy*Cheryl Nikonovich-KahnWinnie Norman*Mary Ann OakleyKris OckershauserAbe and Gloria OhanianCarolyn Owen-TowleLee Pardee*Dorothy PattersonLaurence Paxson Eggers*Laura Pedersen*Diana PetersMargaret and Ernest PipesJune Pulcini*Birdie and Charles M. ReedCharles E. Reed*Lettice RhodesChristine RobinsonLucile and Warren Ross

Warren SalingerDick Scobie*Marilyn Sewell*Neil ShadleLawrence Shafer*Ruth and Ted ShapinDon and Kathleen SouthworthBetty StaplefordDavid SuehsdorfCatherine Taylor*Betty ThompsonAlfred TrumplerNancy Van Dyke*P.D. WadlerBarbara and Richard Weiss*Lois Whealey*Thomas WintleColin and Latifa WoodhouseElizabeth Zimmermann**Honorary Ambassadors

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.

Mary Frances Aldrich Endowment Fund

Arlene A. Bartlow Endowment Fund

Beverley V. Baxter Endowment Fund

Rev. Shannon Bernard Memorial Fund

Arnold and Julia Bradburd Endowment Fund

Mildred K. Bickel Endowment Fund

Domitila Barrios de Chungara Endowment Fund

Doyle and Alba Bortner 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

Howard G. Tucher Endowment Fund

Rev. Charles Vickery Endowment Fund

50th Anniversary Program Endowment Fund

60th Anniversary Program Endowment Fund

HONOR ROLL OF ANNUAL FUND MAJOR DONORS CONTINUED

1� | the woRk of mAny joining hAndS

“The work that UUSC does around the world is very meaningful to me and very impressive, and I think my money could not be used in any better way.”

— Doyle Bortner

Doyle Bortner established an endowment fund as a tribute to his late wife, Alba, in 1994. Later, when he learned about UUSC’s charitable gift annuity program, he thought it would be a good way to leverage his investment in UUSC’s human-rights programs, while also receiving income.

While many are passionate about advancing the work of UUSC, some supporters have chosen unique ways to show how strongly they feel about making this world a better place.

One such couple is Julie and Brad Bradburd. Their passion to help educate the next generation of human-rights activists spurred them to establish the Bradburd Endowment for Social Justice Programs, which provides scholarships for youths to participate in human-rights educational experiences.

From left: Charlie Clements, Julie Bradburd, Rev. Terry Sweetser, Rev. Beth Graham, and Brad Bradburd.

“I support UUSC because I believe in the inherent equality of every individual, and that’s what UUSC’s work is all about.”

— David Lysy

A member of the UUSC Board of Trustees since 2000 (and its youngest member), David Lysy gives his time and expertise, as well as his financial resources, to help continue UUSC’s human-rights work at home and abroad.

Social Justice Activist AwardsUUSC honors 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 AwardRichard Gilbert

First Unitarian Church of Rochester, N.Y.

Mary-Ella Holst Youth Activist AwardSam Bryson-Brockmann

South Nassau UU Congregation in Freeport, N.Y.

Seminarian Award for Excellence in Social JusticeRenee Zimelis Ruchotzke

Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirtland, Ohio

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

Herb AltholzFirst UU Congregation of the Palm Beaches, North Palm Beach, Fla.

Judy BonnerFirst UU Congregation of the Palm Beaches, North Palm Beach, Fla.

Fiona KnoxPacific Unitarian Church, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Sue RobinsonFirst Parish Church, Norwell, Mass.


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

Membership Awards

Spirit of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congrega-tions in which 100 percent of congre-gants are UUSC members.FloridaCocoaVero Beach

GeorgiaAtlanta

First Existentialist Congregation

HawaiiKea’au

TexasBrownsville

FRANCEParis

Beacon of Justice Banner SocietiesThis new award honors congrega-tions in which 75 to 99 percent of congregants are UUSC members.ArkansasJonesboro

CaliforniaSunnyvale

ConnecticutNorwich

FloridaPort Charlotte

New JerseyNewton

PennsylvaniaAthens

TexasSan Marcos

WashingtonFriday Harbor

WisconsinMilwaukee

Unitarian Fellowship

Vision of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congrega-tions in which 50 to 74 percent of congregants are UUSC members.AlaskaJuneau Seward

ArizonaPrescott

Prescott UU Fellowship

TucsonUU Congregation

of NW TucsonArkansasHot Springs Village

CaliforniaAuburnBerkeleyFullertonRancho Palos VerdesRedondo BeachSan RafaelVisaliaWhittier

ColoradoGreeley

ConnecticutBrooklynNew HavenStorrs

FloridaDelandLakelandNorth Palm BeachPensacola

IllinoisAltonDe Kalb

MaineCastine

MarylandGreat Mills

MassachusettsFoxboroughMedfieldPlymouthWestwood Weymouth

MissouriJefferson City

New JerseyParamusPomonaWayne

OhioAthensDaytonDelawareWarren

OregonWest Linn

PennsylvaniaWest Chester

TexasAbileneAmarilloAustin

UU FellowshipLongviewLufkinNew BraunfelsTylerVictoria

WashingtonBellinghamMarysville

WisconsinRice LakeWoodruff

Creating Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congrega-tions in which 25 to 49 percent of congregants are UUSC members.AlabamaAuburnHuntsvilleTuscaloosa

AlaskaAnchorageFairbanks

ArizonaChandlerFlagstaffGlendaleGreen ValleyPrescott

Granite Peak UU Congregation

Sierra VistaSurpriseYuma

ArkansasFayetteville

CaliforniaAnaheimAptosBakersfieldBaysideCanoga ParkCarmelChicoFremontGrass ValleyHaywardLa CrescentaLaguna BeachLivermoreLos AngelesLos GatosNapaNorth HillsPalo AltoPetaluma

Rancho MirageSacramento

UU Community Church

San DiegoFirst UU Church

San FranciscoSan JacintoSan Luis ObispoSan MateoSanta PaulaStudio CityVenturaVistaWalnut Creek

ColoradoBoulder

Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

DenverFirst Unitarian Society

Glenwood SpringsLafayetteLittletonLovelandPueblo

ConnecticutDanburyMadisonManchesterMeridenNew LondonStamfordWestport

DelawareWilmington

FloridaBelleviewBradentonJacksonville

Buckman Bridge UU Society

MiamiNew Smyrna BeachPlantationRockledgeSarasotaTampaTarpon SpringsVeniceWest Melbourne

GeorgiaAtlanta

UU CongregationBrunswickMarietta

Emerson UU Congregation

Sandy SpringsValdosta

HawaiiHonolulu

IdahoKimberlyPocatello

IllinoisCarbondaleDeerfieldSpringfield

IndianaColumbusEvansville

IowaCedar FallsCedar RapidsClintonDavenportIowa CityMason City

KentuckyBowling GreenLouisville

Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church

MaineBangorBrunswickDexterEdgecombKennebunkPortland

The First Parish UUAllen Avenue

UU ChurchSanfordWatervilleWest Paris

MarylandCamp SpringsChurchvilleColumbiaCumberlandLutherville

MassachusettsAndoverAtholAttleboroBillericaBoston

Arlington Street Church

BridgewaterBrooklineCantonDanversDuxburyEasthamFitchburgHingham

First Parish in Hingham Old Ship Church

KingstonLittletonMelroseMiddleboroNewburyportNewtonNorth AndoverNorth EastonNortonPetershamPittsfieldQuincyRockportSherbornStowSwampscottWatertownWest Roxbury

MichiganAnn Arbor

Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship

BrightonDetroitEast LansingFarmington HillsHoughtonMarquetteMidlandMount PleasantMuskegonPortageRochesterTroy

MinnesotaFridleyHanskaMahtomediSaint CloudUnderwoodWayzata

MissouriEllisvilleRolla

NevadaReno

New HampshireAndoverDurhamKeeneManchesterPeterboroughPlymouthTamworth

New JerseyBayvilleBranchburgMontclairMorristownOrangePlainfieldRidgewood

New MexicoAlbuquerque

Albuquerque UU Fellowship

First Unitarian ChurchLas CrucesLos AlamosRio RanchoSilver City

New YorkAlbanyBellportBig FlatsBridgehamptonBrooklyn

First Unitarian Congregational Society

Central SquareEast AuroraFredoniaFlushingHamburgHastings-on-HudsonJamesportJamestownKingston

ManhassetMuttontownPomonaQueensburyStony BrookSyracuse

May Memorial UU Society

WilliamsvilleNorth CarolinaBrevardFranklinGreenvilleMorehead CityNew BernWilmington

North DakotaBismarckFargo

OhioBellaireBereaCincinnati

First Unitarian ChurchSt. John’s Unitarian

ChurchCleveland HeightsFairlawnLewis CenterNew MadisonNorth OlmstedOberlinToledoWoosterYoungstown

OklahomaEdmondLawtonNorman

Norman UU Fellowship

Oklahoma CityTulsa

Church of the Restoration, UU

OregonAshlandAstoriaCorvallisNorth BendPortland

First Unitarian ChurchWy’east UU

CongregationRoseburg

PennsylvaniaBeach LakeBethlehemCollegevilleDevonErieLigonierPhiladelphia

UU Church of the Restoration

PittsburghFirst Unitarian Church UU Church of the

South HillsSmithton

State CollegeStroudsburg

Rhode IslandProvidence

Religious Society of Bell Street Chapel

South CarolinaBeaufortHilton Head IslandNewberry

TennesseeCookvilleClarksvilleMemphis

Peter Cooper UU Fellowship

NashvilleGreater Nashville

UU CongregationTexasGalvestonHouston

Unitarian FellowshipMidlandSan Antonio

Community UU Church

San JuanVermontBenningtonBurlingtonChesterMiddleburyNorwichSouth StraffordWest Brattleboro

VirginiaBlacksburgGlen AllenHarrisonburgLynchburgWilliamsburg

WashingtonBainbridge IslandBlaineDes MoinesFreelandHoquiamLaceyPort TownsendRichlandTacomaVashonWoodinville

WisconsinAppletonEau ClaireKenoshaLa CrosseMadison

First Unitarian SocietyPrairie UU Society

MarshfieldRipon

WyomingSheridan

VIRGIN ISLANDSChristiansted

honor congregations of 2007


These awards recognize a congregation’s deep commitment to justice and human rights through institutional giving.

Congregational Corporate-Giving Awards

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

MassachusettsBerlinEasthamSterlingWestwood

New YorkManhasset

VIRGIN ISLANDSChristiansted

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

ArizonaGreen ValleySurprise

ArkansasFayettevilleHot Springs Village

CaliforniaBerkeleyEscondidoFresnoLa CrescentaLong BeachMontclairPalo AltoRedondo BeachSan Diego

First UU ChurchSan Luis ObispoSan MateoSan RafaelSanta BarbaraStudio City

ColoradoGoldenLafayette

ConnecticutHamden

WestportDelawareWilmington

FloridaBoca RatonClearwaterGainesvilleLakelandPlantationSarasotaVeniceVero Beach

GeorgiaAthensEllijay

IllinoisAltonChicago

Third Unitarian Church DeerfieldDe KalbOak ParkRockford

IndianaBloomington

IowaDavenport

KansasManhattan

KentuckyLouisville

First Unitarian ChurchThomas Jefferson

Unitarian ChurchMaineCastine

MarylandBethesda

Cedar Lane UU ChurchCamp SpringsColumbiaCumberlandSalisbury

MassachusettsBoston

Community ChurchFirst Church

CambridgeDuxburyGrotonLittletonNantucketNorth AndoverQuincySalem

First Congregational Society, Unitarian

SharonSherbornSudburySwampscottWatertownWayland

Wellesley HillsWeston

MichiganAnn Arbor

Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship

FlintMinnesotaMankatoSaint CloudWinona

MissouriSt. Louis

First Unitarian Church MontanaBillings

NevadaLas VegasReno

New HampshireMilford

New JerseyLincroftOrangePrinceton

New YorkNew York

Community Church of New York UU

Unitarian Church of All SoulsOneontaRochester

First Unitarian ChurchWatertown

North CarolinaDurham

Eno River UU FellowshipGreenvilleHillsboroughRaleigh

OhioBereaCincinnati

First Unitarian ChurchSt. John’s Unitarian Church

ColumbusLewis CenterWoosterYellow Springs

OklahomaOklahoma CityTulsa

All Souls Unitarian ChurchOregonBendHillsboroOregon City

TennesseeCookevilleTullahoma

TexasAustin

First UU Church

College StationFort Worth

Westside UU ChurchHouston

Bay Area UU ChurchPlano

Community UU ChurchVirginiaBurkeFredericksburg

WashingtonBellevueBellinghamBlaineEdmondsSeattle

University Unitarian ChurchShorelineWoodinville

WisconsinMadison

Prairie UU SocietyMilwaukee

First Unitarian SocietyWoodruff

MEXICOSan Miguel de Allende

Guest At Your Table Special RecognitionThrough Guest at Your Table, the mem-bers of each of these congregations contrib-uted a total of $5,000 or more to UUSC’s work for justice.ArizonaChandler

CaliforniaSunnyvale

MinnesotaMahtomedi

TexasHouston

Emerson UU ChurchWisconsinAppletonMadison

We celebrate these UU

congregations for their

exceptional levels of UUSC

membership and support

during our 2007 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.

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.

Membership awards are calculated by comparing the number of UUSC memberships during the fiscal year with the church size as reported by the UUA for that fiscal year. These lists cover the period July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007. 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, 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-3302, e-mail [email protected], or call 800-766-5236.


Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted restricted restricted Total Total Public support & revenue 5,135,017 985,678 34,448 6,155,143 7,745,781 Net assests released from restrictions 1,015,627 (1,034,450) 18,823 0 0

Total public support and revenue and net 6,150,644 (48,772) 53,271 6,155,143 7,745,781 assets released from restrictions

Expenses Program services 5,288,476 5,288,476 5,132,434 Fundraising 877,807 877,807 787,838 Management 444,419 444,419 398,290

Total expenses 6,610,702 6,610,702 6,318,562 Income/(loss) from operations (a) (460,058) (48,772) 53,271 (455,559) 1,427,219 Net non-operating activities (b) 2,029,823 28,554 240,934 2,299,311 (238,697) Net Assets Change in net assets (a+b) 1,569,765 (20,218) 294,205 1,843,752 1,188,522 Beginning of the year 12,096,320 1,725,359 2,573,368 16,395,047 15,206,525 End of year 13,666,085 1,705,141 2,867,573 18,238,799 16,395,047

financial statementsFOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR JUNE 30, 2006)

June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006

Assets

Cash & equivalents

Cash

Money market fund

Investments

Program-related investments

Accounts and Interest Receivable

Pledges receivable, net

Prepaid expenses and other

assets

Cash – escrow

Property and equipment, net

Total Assets

Liabilities

Accounts payable and

accrued expenses

Accrued compensation

Pooled income deferred revenue

Unearned revenue

Bond payable

Planned giving obligations:

Gift annuities

Trust agreements

Pooled income

Net Assets:

Unrestricted

Temporarily restricted

Permanently restricted

Total Liabilities & Net Assets

385,914 258,817 644,731

15,086,917 122,758 163,619

818,088

118,924 1,650,743 5,026,110

23,631,890

216,236 150,669 287,283

13,409 3,486,696

1,108,900 122,245

7,653 5,393,091

13,666,085 1,705,141

2,867,573 18,238,799

23,631,890

467,007 807,560

1,274,567 14,139,268

136,265 131,122

778,503

214,701 -

1,697,768

18,372,194

364,605 137,105 319,181

- -

1,024,706 123,462

8,088 1,977,147

12,096,320 1,725,359 2,573,368

16,395,047

18,372,194

Statement of Activities

Statement of Financial Position Functional Expenses

2007 2006

Program services n Environmental Justice 25% 1,651,246 n Economic Justice 27% 1,785,074 n Civil Liberties 21% 1,368,144 n Right in Humanitarian Crises 7% 484,012

Total program services 80% 5,288,476

Supporting services n Fundraising 13% 877,807 n Management 7% 444,419

Total supporting services 20% 1,322,226 Total functional expenses 100% 6,610,702

n Environmental justicen Economic justicen Civil libertiesn Rights in humanitarian

crises

n Fundraisingn Management

Complete UUSC financial statements for the year ended June �0, 200� were audited by TOFIAS, PC, certified public accountants, Cambridge, Mass. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available from UUSC.


William F. Schulz ChairKatherine C. Hall Vice ChairStanley L. Corfman TreasurerDavid Lysy SecretaryTom AndrewsJohn E. GibbonsBarclay HudsonTodd Jones Charlotte Jones-CarrollDiane MillerCarolyn PurcellLurma RackleySusan C. Scrimshaw Charles SpenceFasaha M. Traylor

boarD of trusteesexecutiveCharlie Clements President and Chief Executive Officer Mark McPeak Executive DirectorSeanna Berry Executive AssistantMaxine Hart Human Resources ManagerQuang Nguyen Compensation and Benefits Specialist

ProgramsAtema Eclai Director of ProgramsGretchen Alther Associate for Rights in Humanitarian CrisesXenia Barahona Senior Associate, JustJourneysAnna Bartlett Administrative AssistantQuo Vadis Gex Breaux Gulf Coast Response CoordinatorRebecca Brown Associate for Environmental JusticeAriel Jacobson Associate for Economic JusticePatricia Jones Program Manager, Environmental JusticeKim McDonald Senior Associate, Education and ActionPeggy Powell Associate, Gulf Coast Volunteer ProgramJohanna Chao Kreilick Program Manager, Economic JusticeShayla Reid Program Assistant, JustWorks Wayne Smith Program Manager, Civil LibertiesMartha Thompson Program Manager, Rights in

Humanitarian CrisesNguyen Weeks Program Associate, Youth

outreach anD mobilization Myrna Greenfield Director, Outreach and Mobilization Nancy Moore Executive Liaison to the Denomination

and CongregationsCristin Martineau Events Coordinator Shelley Moskowitz Washington, D.C., Representative Kara Smith Administrative Assistant

communicationsKi Kim Director of Communications Meredith Barges Editor/WriterDick Campbell Media and Public Affairs Coordinator Eric Grignol Production Coordinator Sarah Peck Communications Assistant Mark Simon Senior Associate, Web Administration

and Graphic Design

institutional aDvancement Maxine Neil Director of Institutional Advancement John Anderson Gift Processing Assistant Laurie Brunner Prospect Research AssistantKenneth Dolbashian Senior Associate for Planned

and Major GiftsRachel Jordan Senior Associate for Member Development Colleen Kelly Gift Processing Assistant Eric Kreilick Senior Associate for Major Gifts and Foundations Susan Mosher Associate for Donor Services

finance anD oPerationsMichael Zouzoua Chief Financial OfficerEthan Adams Senior Facilities and Operations AssociateAiesha Cummings Operations AssistantJayme Donnelly Senior Associate for Information TechnologyKomar Manbodh Senior AccountantShari Yeaton Senior Operations AssistantMohamed Zine abidine Accountant

staff

This page: A FENTAP activist looks on as a vendor draws water from the Tumbes River in Peru. Water drawn in this fashion is then sold — untreated — to local communities. (200� Patricia Jones/UUSC)

Back cover: JustWorks volunteers at a Gulf Coast Recovery work site in Biloxi, Mississippi. (200� Shayla Reid/UUSC)


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www.uusc.org • 617-868-6600 • [email protected]

UUSC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.UUSC employees are represented by UNITE HERE! Human

Rights Workers Local 2661

Editors: Meredith Barges, Ki H. Kim, and Sofia T. Romero Design and layout: Julie DecedueProduction: Eric Grignol and Mark SimonAdditional photography by Audubon Dougherty, Eric Grignol,

and Sarah M. Peck and courtesy of Doyle Bortner and David Lysy

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