2009 Annual Report - UUSC

2009 Annual ReportAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights

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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.

Argentina

Bolivia

Ecuador

El SalvadorGuatemala Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Peru

United States

Egypt

Kenya

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Afghanistan ChinaGaza Iraq

Pakistan

GLOBAL REACH OF UUSC‘S HUMAN RIGHTS WORK62 organizations in 23 countries

PhilippinesMyanmar

THE AMERICASArgentinaBoliviaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemala HondurasMexicoNicaraguaPeruUnited States

AFRICAEgyptKenyaSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaUganda

ASIAAfghanistanChina GazaIraqMyanmarPakistanPhilippines

Dear Members and Supporters,

When the fledgling United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), on December 10, 1948, the occasion was barely noticed by anyone. Today the Guinness Book of World Records declares the UDHR the most translated document in the world. Last year at celebrations marking its 60th anniversary, it was called “one of the most influential documents in human history.” What a remarkable journey this collection of thirty simple articles has taken. But many of us would say that it has barely begun to fulfill its promise.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one of UUSC’s partners asked, “How do you measure hope?” We at UUSC believe it is measured in part by the growth in the number of people who know about their rights and act on them. Such education and action can only be fostered through the kind of determined and courageous struggle you’ll see reflected in these pages.

Imagine what it means to a young woman in Afghanistan to learn to read and write and, soon after, cast an election ballot for the first time. Imagine the joy and hope felt by parents, in Ecuador, whose children got sick from drinking contaminated tap water in their schools, when they voted — and helped to adopt — a new constitution enshrining the human right to clean, sufficient accessible water.

Imagine the difference to a single mother in Kansas City earning a minimum wage of $2.65 per hour last July and then, a month later, more than doubling her hourly wage to $6.55.

Supporting human rights, whether through donations of money or time, is a way to live our values, support people in creating social justice, and make long-term investments in hope. We know that in the midst of the economic downturn many of you made sacrifices to continue supporting UUSC, enabling us to protect our core programs. Our partners and their communities in the United States and around the world were the beneficiaries, and we thank you on their behalf.

Charlie Clements William SchulzPresident and CEO Chair, Board of Trustees

PS. It has been my enormous privilege to serve on the UUSC Board of Trustees for the past six years, the last three as Chair. I cannot tell you how gratifying it has been to see the difference UUSC makes in the world. All of you have my gratitude for making that difference a reality. – Bill

Bill Schulz (left) and Charlie Clements


Water JusticeClean drinking water is necessary for the health and development of all individuals and communities, yet over 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to this precious resource. UUSC, recognizing the inherent link between human dignity and water access, stands with local communities in defending the human right to water.

Guaranteeing the human right to water in California

What if Americans adopted the human right to water state by state, starting with a political powerhouse, like California? Could we get all 50? Could we make this a national right? This year, UUSC and the UU Legislative Ministry of California teamed up with local residents, environmentalists, and human-rights activists across California to push for passage of AB 1242, the Human Right to Water Act of 2009. If passed,* AB 1242 would amend California’s State Water Code with a clear guarantee:

Every human being has the right to clean, affordable, and accessible water.

This legislation would be a first step toward establishing the human right to water for all Americans, tipping the scale in favor of guaranteed human rights.

Nurturing “Water and Life” coalitions in Peru

In countries around the world, privatization of water services most often spells increased prices and worse service, threatening the health and well-being of society’s most vulnerable people. In Peru, the government’s decision to privatize water catalyzed the rise of a grassroots opposition movement, led by the Federation of Water and Sanitation Workers of Peru (FENTAP), a UUSC partner. Made up of environmental groups, unions, consumers, and faith communities, these coalitions have successfully turned back the tide of privatization in two cities: Chiclayo and Huancayo. To build support at the community level, FENTAP printed educational comic books, recertified local unions, and organized with water workers in other Andean countries. It also presented plans for a responsible modernization of Peru’s public infrastructure, providing a viable alternative to privatization.

Millions win Pepsi Challenge, as PepsiCo adopts new water policy

In March 2009 (on World Water Day), the beverage giant PepsiCo ad-opted a human-right-to-water policy for its domestic and overseas opera-tions. The statement’s opening words affirm our universal understanding, “Water is critical to life.” Laying the groundwork for this development, UUSC worked with NorthStar, a socially responsible investment brokerage firm in Boston, Mass., to bring forward a human-right-to-water shareholder resolution in 2008. Although the resolution did not pass, it clearly garnered the attention of PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Under her leadership, PepsiCo is now the first publically traded multinational corporation to adopt such a policy.*Ed.’s note: Shortly before this Annual Report went to press, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 1242. While the veto was disappointing, the effort to pass the bill galvanized the human right to water movement in California, laying the groundwork for future efforts to ensure everyone’s access.

Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services.

We look at water as something that needs to be taken care of and revered, and never sold or commodified. It’s something that needs to be available for everyone.

— Mark Franco, UUSC Water Ally and Headman, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Mount Shasta, Calif.

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Fair Trade and a Living WageAround the world, we are facing a moment of profound challenge — and opportunity. People are looking for options other than business as usual. At UUSC, we support people in helping each other build strong partnerships that serve real human needs before profit.

Churches mix coffee hour with social action

Through the UUSC Coffee Project, UUs link with small farmers, producers, and their families by buying fairly traded coffee, tea, cocoa, pecans, and other products in their congregations. In 2008 alone, UUs purchased 45.3 tons of fairly traded products, representing the highest participation rate of any denomination in Equal Exchange’s Interfaith Program.

“Something as simple as the cup of coffee we drink at our social hour becomes an opportunity to put into practice UU principles,” explained Michael Arnott, member, First Unitarian Society, Newton, Mass.

For every pound of fair trade products sold through the UUSC Coffee Project, a contribution is made to the Small Farmer Fund.

Harvesting social justice in Southwest Georgia

UUSC used its Small Farmer Fund this year to partner with a fair-trade cooperative here in the United States, the Southern Alternatives Agricultural Co-operative. This co-op is the sole supplier of pecans to the well-known fair-trade group Equal Exchange. For Carrie Thomas and her pecan team at Southern Alternatives the benefits of fair trade are clear. When they started their co-op back in 2004, they knew next to nothing about pecan processing or building sales systems. But they knew that their community needed an economic anchor to provide living-wage jobs for local residents and after-school programs for neighborhood kids. Today, Southern Alternatives is the only African American-owned pecan-shelling facility in the United States — and it is run by women. UUSC supports co-op members to develop their business skills and reach a wider customer base.

Moving America closer to a living wage

Raising the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour over the past three years has helped millions of low-income families cope with the rising cost of food, housing, and other basic needs; but it has lifted few out of poverty. The value of today’s minimum wage is lower in real dollars than it was in 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated while supporting Memphis sanitation workers organizing for a living wage. In fact, the new minimum wage is worth less than it was when Eisenhower was president. This is why UUSC has partnered with Let Justice Roll, a national coalition of faith, community, labor, and business groups, in the “$10 in 2010” campaign to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour by 2010. Raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage would ensure that a weekly paycheck keeps workers out of poverty, not in it.

Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 23: (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and protection against unemployment. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his [or her] interests.


Rebuilding LivesIn places as far apart as Myanmar, Uganda, and the Gulf Coast, inequalities arising from race, class, and gender difference are intensified after a disaster, determining who will have the chance to recover and who won’t. UUSC works with local communities to ensure that all people affected by major disaster have the chance to rebuild their lives.

Supporting women business owners in post-cyclone Myanmar

When the government of Myanmar refused to accept international aid or launch an effective emergency response after Cyclone Nargis, local volunteers became survivors’ only lifeline. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, in need of support and recovery funds. To connect women with aid and economic resources, UUSC and partner MBEAN supported over 600 women in remote villages to start new businesses. They are now raising pigs and chickens, buying fishing boats, and opening small food shops. The goal is to ensure that women have the same opportunity as men to rebuild their lives. Today, MBEAN is recognized as one of the first groups to look at early recovery of livelihoods for Cyclone Nargis’s most vulnerable survivors.

Finding cause for hope in Northern Uganda

Thousands of people in northern Uganda are demonstrating their

great desire for peace by returning home after 20 years of civil war. They are filled with hope, joy, and some apprehension, with many challenges ahead. A key concern for our partner Caritas Pader is easing the burden on returning women. Back in their villages, women again take up the responsibilities of fetching water, milling grains, grinding foods, and seeking fuel. These tasks take up most of their day, keeping them too busy to benefit from economic opportunities. They also keep girls out of school. UUSC is working with residents in two large transition camps, with the help of MIT’s D-Lab, to develop low-cost, time-saving technologies that will make day-to-day life easier.

Gazan youth renew their communities

The situation in Gaza remains precarious after Israel’s 22-day offensive last winter. But in a spirit of hope and renewal, teams of young volunteers (aged 14-20) are taking a lead role in fostering a just and peaceful recovery. With support from AFSC, UUSC, and YouthBank,

youth are coordinating repairs that prioritize projects according to community needs. At the top of their list are single-parent families, elderly and ill neighbors, and families with injured breadwinners. After receiving training as trauma counselors, young women and men have returned to their neighborhoods to hold recovery and healing workshops for youth and mothers.

Gulf Coast and Tsunami relief funds

The 2004 Tsunami and 2005 Gulf Coast Relief Funds are the two largest relief efforts in UUA-UUSC history. Together, they brought in more than $5.5 million in donations, supporting the growth of vibrant networks of community groups. All monies have now been disbursed as long-term investments in human rights. But the work to ensure a just recovery for all communities continues through local partners. Thank you to those who showed their solidarity by giving to these funds. DVDs telling the story of these two historic relief funds will be available in late 2009 and early 2010.

Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, birth or other status.


Getting Out the VoteThis was a historic year for elections in many parts of the world. In Iraq, Afghanistan, the United States, and other countries, hundreds of millions of people waited in line at polling stations to cast their ballots. UUSC understands that nurturing democratic values is critical to empowering people at all levels of society.

Training Iraqi women on how to run for political office

This spring in Iraqi Kurdistan, UUSC worked with Asuda for Combating Violence Against Women to train women on how to vote and run for public office ahead of regional elections. Voters geared up to elect women to 37 open parliament seats, filling a government-set quota of 30 percent women members. This represents a higher percentage than in any other country in the Middle East or most of Europe. It is nearly twice the percentage of women in U.S. Congress (17%), showing that we still have a long way to go. Leading up to the vote, Asuda held five election workshops to familiarize women with the election process, reaching over 150 potential candidates. Workshops helped women ask important questions, like what do the candidates say that resonates with me? What can I add to the debate?

Voting rights are women’s rights in Afghanistan

Women in Bamyan Province learned about their rights as citizens in this momentous election year for Afghanistan. UUSC funded human-rights classes that encouraged women to become more actively involved in shaping their country’s future through the ballot box. Reports show that Afghan women support economic growth, education, and electing women to key positions to promote women’s rights. Classes let women know that they can follow their own inclinations when voting, rather than following the recommendations of their husband, father, or village elders. Still, there is another obstacle to women’s suffrage in Bamyan Province: limited transportation. Dirt mountain roads can make attending a human-rights class — or casting a ballot — a challenge for anyone.

America sees change from a change in guard

Here in the United States, the election of Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency in November 2008 led to the reversal of some of the worst Bush-era affronts to civil liberties. Aware of the moral stain on the United States created by both Guantánamo and torture, two of Obama’s first executive orders were hailed as major victories for human rights: the plan to close Guantánamo by February 2010 and the ban on U.S. torture. As an active member of the National Religious Coalition Against Torture, UUSC continues to call for full disclosure of torture abuses and accountability for those at the highest level of government who approved and ordered the use of torture against detainees. We are cautiously optimistic that the United States has turned a new page in respecting the rule of law and restoring our nation’s standing in the world.

Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 21: (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his [or her] country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his [or her] country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suf frage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Study after study has shown that when a mother is educated her daughters are more likely to become educated, then the grandchildren, and so the seed grows...from individual to family, to village, to nation.

— Humanitarian Assistance to Women and Children in Afghanistan


Security and Peace O Spinner, Weaver, of our lives, Your loom is love. May we who are gathered here be empowered by that love to weave new patterns of Truth and Justice into a web of life that is strong, beautiful, and everlasting. — Rev. Barbara Wells

Weaving a web of protection in Darfur

Of all Darfurians displaced by violence, women and girls are among the most vulnerable. Each time they leave their camps to look for work, firewood, or water, they risk being attacked by armed groups. But through five new women’s centers in camps in South Darfur, UUSC is helping women reduce their vulnerability. Together, women are starting small businesses, developing leadership skills, and coping with the traumas of war.

Behind the scenes, UUSC is providing leadership on gender-based violence. In meetings with U.S. policymakers, UUSC has shared real-life examples of how concrete actions, like training police in gender sensitivity, can improve protections for women and girls. UUSC has already trained women to be community police in 10 camps and established a successful model for firewood patrolling.

To engage Americans at the community level, this year UUSC encouraged UU churches and families to take part in Tents of Hope. In November 2008, over 300 tents decorated with colorful designs and hopeful messages were erected on the Mall, in Washington, D.C. And in Boston, UUSC held its first annual Rights Night, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by honoring the Rev. Gloria White-Hammond with the first UUSC Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for her work to end the genocide in Darfur.

Gathering the fruits of peace in El Salvador

UUSC’s primary role in El Salvador ended soon after the signing of the 1992 Peace Accords, where our staff were special guests. UUSC’s efforts during the 12-year civil war were not forgotten, when in 2009 UUSC was invited to the inauguration

of the new president, Mauricio Funes, who at last gives voice to El Salvador’s disenfranchised. After his victory, Funes declared, “We will no longer have a government that creates an economy of privileges for the privileged.” In 1977, when over 1,000 Salvadorans were being killed or disappeared each month by state security forces, Archbishop Oscar Romero urged UUSC to make the American people aware of the situation.

Before the brutal civil war ended, UUSC led 17 delegations to El Salvador, helping our elected leaders understand the brutality abetted by American tax dollars. UUSC produced a study guide that assisted many UU churches to reach their difficult decision to defy U.S. law and give sanc-tuary to Central American refugees. UUSC also brought opposition leaders to Cambridge, Mass., for negotiations training. Today, we are seeing the fruits of these long-term investments in peace and justice.

Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of person.

You are Harwah, a mother of nine living in a camp in South Darfur. Because your family has not been processed as displaced persons yet, you do not have an assigned shelter or food ration card. The four sticks and collection of rags that you sleep under is a shelter in name only. To provide for your family, you and three of your children work for a farmer in a nearby field. Today is payday, but people tell you not to go to work because there are armed men in the area. You check to see if there is a patrol leaving in the direction of the fields...

From UUSC’s Darfur roleplay discussion

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A Journey to Hope and Opportunity

UUSC led its first JustJourney to Africa in March 2009. Eight participants from across the United States met in Nairobi, then traveled by bus through Kenya to witness first-hand the work of UUSC’s four program partners there. The experien-tial-learning trip highlighted the remarkable cross-fertil-ization and synergy among our partners — and our program areas — particu-larly after last year’s post-election violence.

Reaching youth at risk in Nairobi through job-skills training

JustJourneyers spent a well-timed International Women’s Day (March 8) with the Rock Women Group in Nairobi. Aptly named, these rock-solid teacher-organizers support youth at risk in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, providing job training and alternative-school programs. Since the post-election crisis, the group has expanded its programs to reach not only girls and women, but also boys and men. As one mother told the group, “After the skirmishes, our property was destroyed. But through the Rock Women Group, we were organized and empowered. We started businesses that became a good source of family income.” Hundreds have now benefited from training in sustainable occupations, such as hairdressing, photography, and auto mechanics.

Promoting microenterprise in every market

In Machakos and Nakuru, JustJourney-ers heard from informal traders about how they used an innovative revolving-loan fund to restart their businesses after the post-election crisis. The fund, organized by members of the Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT), is self-replenishing: it bundles payments on loans to issue loans to other members. As JustJourneyers quickly learned — and saw firsthand in the busy outdoor markets — the fund has been a lifeline for street vendors and traders. Together vendors have strengthened their alliance by helping each other rebuild and by holding peace-building workshops in their communities. “The members them-selves reflected a deep understanding that only together could they improve their common welfare. The phrase ‘We are one’ was spoken again and again,” commented JustJourneyer Mary Russell.

Women share stories of courage, resiliencyOver a meal of sweet potatoes, toasted sesame seeds, and chapatti bread, women of the Kakamega Grassroots Initiative (KGI) shared their stories of being displaced in the violence. Having fled to Kakamega, the ancestral homeland of many of the women, they were struggling to make ends meet when KGI reached out to them, providing revolving-loan funds of $70-200 for members to start new businesses. The women are now raising poultry, farming, and trading, while earning a sustainable income. “It was amazing to see the impact that what to us is a small amount of money was able to make,” said JustJourneyer Martha Easter-Wells (pictured top photo, on right). “It allowed people to start their businesses, get them going, and they’re paying them back so others can benefit.”

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A Journey to Hope and Opportunity

Sowing ‘Hope in Crops’

Deep in the Kakamega Rainforest, participants visited the SoilFarm Multi-culture Group (SMG) to learn about its innovative Hope in Crops project. Hope in Crops trains children and teachers in ten schools to plant native tree species to help preserve the rainforest and mitigate climate change, while producing food and livelihoods in a sustainable way. Walking around their collectively tended tree nurseries and gardens, SMG members showed JustJourneyers how their model of agroforestry and organic farming, with traditional seeds, restores the environment and strengthens the community. A high point of the journey for many was meeting the children touched by the project.

To our UUSC partners through Rock Women Group,

I thank you for your sponsorship. I am very much happy and grateful for your help. Although I was in the dark, but now I can see the light coming to my future through your sponsorship.

I raise my voice to give thanks to you, because you have boosted me from where I was and the opportunity you give me to escape from the poverty which is hindering me.

It has made a difference in my life.

Yours faithfully, Oscar

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Honor Roll of Annual Fund Major DonorsUUSC recognizes and thanks those who have contributed unrestricted and restricted support during the fiscal year July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009.

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.Doyle Bortner

Eleanor Clark French Society ($25,000 to $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, food, and rest to help in their recovery.Anonymous (1)Rozlind CarrollJohn and Kathryn GreenbergTodd and Lorella HessJohn and Aline SchwobAlan and Leanne Zeppa

Rev. Carleton Fisher Society ($10,000 to $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 cooperation between the Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Service Committee.Anonymous (2)Nancy AndersonDorothy CinquemaniDavid and Mary ColtonMartha Easter-WellsMarylou FarisBenjamin and Ruth HammettBarry and Ellen Johnson-FayCecill LarsonEmily PalmerTheodore and Ruth ShapinHugo and Barbara SwanPhilippe and Katherine Villers

Dr. Ary Bordes Society ($5,000 to $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 (1)Beverly BaxterArnold and Julia BradburdCheryl BuskirkDoyle DobbinsJames and Joyce EvansRichard and Carol FenclJames Gunning and Ellen EwingGary Hartz and Teri WissBen and Carol KjelshusFiona KnoxHarold and Kyong LischnerCurtis and Kathleen Marble

James and Melanie MilnerJanet Mitchell and Jerry CromwellPatricia NewnhamShelley Powsner and Stephen SkrovanMichael ShonseySarah Stevens-MilesLoren and Claire WrightElizabeth Zimmermann

Hans Deutsch Society ($1,000 to $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 (5)Jim and Mary AdelsteinPeter Aitken and Maxine OkazakiNicholas and Jeanne AldrichMr. and Mrs. Bruce AmbuelPaul and Joan ArmstrongHoward and Susannah ArnouldJonathan and Deanne AterReed AuerbachJames Auler and Paula MurphyRachael BailMike and Marta BainumGale Zander BarlowKaren Bartley and Nicole BerreyGeorge BauerGordon and Elizabeth BawdenDavid Beach and Carmen RigauSue BielawskiChristine Bishop and Paul ArkemaChristopher BlaisFrank BlumenthalStephen Boelter and Karen CombsBarbara BrachtlBonnie BraeVictoria BroadieHelen BrownRichard Brown and Linda Jean BonkWillard and Dorothy BrownScott BuddeWayne and Cynthia BullaugheyMichael BurkholderJohn and Irene BushWilliam and Eileene ButlerElaine and Steve CastlesLisa CayousCathy Chapman and George Woodbury, Jr.Susan ClarkCharles Clements and Gigi WizowatyThomas CleweMayre Lee and Kelly CliftonClarice CoxFred CoxHarriet DannMartha DavisSteven and Donna DeaconHarriet DenisonWayne and Barbara DerrickKurt and Diana DeWeeseJulian and Alice DewellErnest DieterichDonald DiJulio and Kathleen Smith-DiJulioDavid and Robin DitzlerSally DonnerJohn and Sheryl DowningAlvin and Eileen DrutzDonna EkstrandJane Engle SmithDavid Fenner and Pauline LeukhardtDavid and Sarah FischellW. Burns and Ellen FisherA. Irving and Margery ForbesKathy FosnaughStephanie Garber and David CollinsMaria Geigel and Stephen WeyerJohn Gibbons and Sue BaldaufJohn and Margaret GibsonBill and Irmgard GimbyBarbara GlickDavid and Irma GoldknopfDavid GordonMelissa Graf-Evans and Jonathan Evans

Beth Graham and William SchulzLinda Marie Gretsch and Curtis BellGay Ann GustafsonW. Mark and Marian GutowskiKatherine HallKaren HamalainenRichard and Catharine HarrisThomas HartlJill HartmanPeter Hartzell and Elizabeth HarrisonDavid and Karen HeddenJosefine Heim-HallWarner and Barbara HendersonLawrence and Suzanne HessHerbert HethcoteJohn HickeyWilliam and Beth HilligMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanBill and Diantha HortonDaniel and Kathleen HuxleyMary Ruth IdsoAddison and Deborah IgleheartJohn and Marilyn JacksonLaura JacksonVernon and Dorrit JacobGertrude JacobyCharlotte Jones-CarrollStephen and Alice JosephsNelson KadingMary KeaneDavid and Joanne KelleherJohn and Rebecca KellerDon and Judy KillingbeckJohn Kirwin and Kathryn KmitJames Kitendaugh and Lynne CavanaughJudith Kleen and Robert MillsA. Lawrence and Ruth KolbeRamanujachary Kumanduri and Cristina RomeroSteve LaudemanLee Perry LawrenceBrock and Julie LeachPhilip and Elsa LichtenbergIngeborg LockNeal and Sharon LockwoodRichard LoescherAdelma LoPrestDusan and Janet LysyNicholas and Mona MagnisBennet and Anne ManvelRichard Mark and Ellis RobinsonKeith and Joan MathewsJohn and Carol MathisWade MayberryHarry McAndrewPatrick McDermottAdelaide McDowellJames McGuireDonald McLarenHugh and Alice McLellanDouglas and Susan McLeodJames Michaud and Barbara Shane-MichaudDiane MillerRobert and Donna MohrRonald and Barbara MolineMakanah and Robert MorrissJohn and Barbara MoschnerSara MoserConstance MurrayHarry and Laura NagelFranklin and D. Joan NeffJerry and Janis NeffAndrew and Linda NeherSuzanne NewtonSally Benson and Steve NicholsCharles Nims and Peggy Ulrich-NimsNancy and Leonard NowakFelicia OldfatherPhyllis OlinRobert and Elizabeth OppitzAnita OrlikoffWilliam OthersenJudith and Richard OttmanHanna and Gustav PapanekRobert and Karen PeakeJohn PepperJon PetersonRobert PhelpsWilliam and Mary PiezDiane PinkhamPaul RatzlaffCaroline RaynerThomas and Sandra ReeceKaren RemsbergMyriam RenaudMark and Cynthia Robinson

Jacqueline Russell and Jane MillerJohn and Maggie RussellBetty SandersCharles Sandmel and Barbara SimonettiAvu Sankaralingam and Christiann LisyRobert Schaibly and Steven StorlaCandace SchmidtRobert SchuesslerSusan ScrimshawMarilyn SewellGeorge and Paula ShawRobert Lee and Regina ShirleyCharlotte Shivvers and Robert BakerElizabeth Simpson and John WurrLisa SinclairMarjorie SingletonKathryn Smith and FamilyMrs. Livingston SmithLenore SnodeyMary SorensenCharles Spence and Burt PeachyMartha SteeleJeffrey StockerDavid and Charlotte StoutamireRev. Karen StoyanoffDavid Suehsdorf and Janet MuirWoodruff and Jennifer SuttonAubrey TobeyWayne and Lynn TrenbeathAl and Ellen TrumplerJohn and Helen TryonPatricia Vanderlaan-Post and Martin VanderlaanGerry VeederKenneth and Jerusha VogelMoritz WagnerTrudy and Bob WendtRalph Whaley and Carole WomeldorfOliver and Helen WolcottRobert and Carol WoolfsonA. Lee and Margaret ZeiglerMartin and Margaret Zonligt

Compass Club ($500 to $999)The Compass Club was established to recognize donors who have supported UUSC with a gift of $500 or more.Anonymous (9)Mardi AbuzaEric and Nancy AlmquistHerbert Altholz and Emalee AndreRoger and Suzanne AmesStuart AndersonWilliam AndersonThomas AndrewsJeffrey and Ellen AngleyNorman and Anna ArnheimSusan AshleyKathleen AspinDale and Jane BaconNorman and Jane BannorBarbara BanusSandy BardsleyDaniel and Geraldine BarisKaren Barlow and David ReeseJune BarrettGordon and Janet BartelsJohn and Astrid BaumgardnerGracie BeachDiana BennettDan Berg and Welcome JerdeD. Pazums BhotumEllen BishopJane BishopAnne BlackPeter and Mary BlickensderferJared Block and Margaret Heimburger-BlockDonald and Patricia BloughDavid and Debra BogashSteven and Mary BoltonConnie BoyerDavid and Eva BradfordChristine Bremer and Raleigh LittleMargaret BrewerDavid and Judy Brija-ToweryEric Broadbent and Susan MacraeDeborah BrownRobert BrownJeffrey and Jane BruneJohn BuehrensFred and Barbara Bunger

Jennifer BungerPhilip and Micheline BurgerJae Lyn Burke and Barbara ReedMartin and Nancy BussDavid CaccamoRobert Cameron and Barbara StuebingAlice CarlsonErnest and Marion CarlsonMarvin CarlsonVelaine CarnallGeorge and Fanny CarrollLarry and Christine CarsmanRichard and Phyllis CasselKatherine CaveHelen ChapellJoanne ChaseCatherine ChvanyRobert and Suzannah CierniaSarah ClarkRenee CoatesGail CobeRoger ColePhilip Coonley and Marilyn MullaneCatherine CoultDarrell and Mary CourtleyElisabeth Crawford and George WilsonJames CrawfordMargaret CronkKevin and Barbara CrottyThomas CrowellDan Cryer and Dixie GossWilliam CunninghameRaymond and Barbara DalioBarbara DeCosterNancy DelandSusan DelaneyRichard DeutschmannPamela DiLavoreDuane and Arline DillmanRichard and Joanne DirienzoKeith and Anne DixonCharles Dulaney and Donna OlsenRichard Dum and Donna HoffmanJean DunlapMary DunnA. Elaine DurbinLarry and Judith EastCharles Eby and Lisa RossPatricia EckelsEmmons EllisJosephine ElosuaMargaret and Carl EngelhartRichard and Martha EnglandDuane and Marjorie ErwayGretchen FaulstichGertrude FfolliottH. Kenneth and Imogene FishPaul FletcherWalter and Jane FoggFrederick and Bonnie ForteHarrison and Anne FrahnElizabeth FullerStephen Gabeler and Carolyn LeeDavid Gaynor and Bernice GoldmanRichard and Nan GeerMartin and Janneane GentJoel Godbey and Kelly MorrowUrsula Goebels-Ellis and George EllisMalcolm and Susan GoeklerKenneth Goggins and L. Gerald ParchmanLaura GoodDaniel Goodman and Jody McVittieFranklin and Mary GouldMichael Grady and Ellen GrimmMadeleine GrantRoger GrapeWalter and Patricia GrayAllan GreenbergGeorgina GregoryUwe Greife and Gisela LachnittNorbert and Vivian GuimondJohn and Segar GuyRichard and Denise HaightJohn Hain and Jennifer AllenSally and Aaron HamburgerMargaret HandAnne HardingMargaret HargroveKenneth and Jan HarperValarie HarrisonJames and June HartKevan Hartshorn and Ruth KandelThomas Healy and Erin ColcannonCarrie HedgesHelen Helson

Jennifer BungerPhilip and Micheline BurgerJae Lyn Burke and Barbara ReedMartin and Nancy BussDavid CaccamoRobert Cameron and Barbara StuebingAlice CarlsonErnest and Marion CarlsonMarvin CarlsonVelaine CarnallGeorge and Fanny CarrollLarry and Christine CarsmanRichard and Phyllis CasselKatherine CaveHelen ChapellJoanne ChaseCatherine ChvanyRobert and Suzannah CierniaSarah ClarkRenee CoatesGail CobeRoger ColePhilip Coonley and Marilyn MullaneCatherine CoultDarrell and Mary CourtleyElisabeth Crawford and George WilsonJames CrawfordMargaret CronkKevin and Barbara CrottyThomas CrowellDan Cryer and Dixie GossWilliam CunninghameRaymond and Barbara DalioBarbara DeCosterNancy DelandSusan DelaneyRichard DeutschmannPamela DiLavoreDuane and Arline DillmanRichard and Joanne DirienzoKeith and Anne DixonCharles Dulaney and Donna OlsenRichard Dum and Donna HoffmanJean DunlapMary DunnA. Elaine DurbinLarry and Judith EastCharles Eby and Lisa RossPatricia EckelsEmmons EllisJosephine ElosuaMargaret and Carl EngelhartRichard and Martha EnglandDuane and Marjorie ErwayGretchen FaulstichGertrude FfolliottH. Kenneth and Imogene FishPaul FletcherWalter and Jane FoggFrederick and Bonnie ForteHarrison and Anne FrahnElizabeth FullerStephen Gabeler and Carolyn LeeDavid Gaynor and Bernice GoldmanRichard and Nan GeerMartin and Janneane GentJoel Godbey and Kelly MorrowUrsula Goebels-Ellis and George EllisMalcolm and Susan GoeklerKenneth Goggins and L. Gerald ParchmanLaura GoodDaniel Goodman and Jody McVittieFranklin and Mary GouldMichael Grady and Ellen GrimmMadeleine GrantRoger GrapeWalter and Patricia GrayAllan GreenbergGeorgina GregoryUwe Greife and Gisela LachnittNorbert and Vivian GuimondJohn and Segar GuyRichard and Denise HaightJohn Hain and Jennifer AllenSally and Aaron HamburgerMargaret HandAnne HardingMargaret HargroveKenneth and Jan HarperValarie HarrisonJames and June HartKevan Hartshorn and Ruth KandelThomas Healy and Erin ColcannonCarrie HedgesHelen Helson

Orrin HelstadKurt HemrPeter HendeeMichael HendersonThomas and Elizabeth HendersonKirsten HenricksonMary HepokoskiCynthia Hiatt and R. Thompson ArrisonKimberly HillValmai HiltonConnie HineG. June HochErnest and Shirley HodasNancy HoeckerDouglas and Barbara HoldridgeAnders Hornblad and Emily MelcherJane HowardJohn and Elizabeth HowellCharles and Geraldine HoweyGerald and Frances HoxworthLouise HuddlestonThomas and Mary Alice HungerfordJames HuntDavid Hunter and Kirsten MuellerDebrah HunterRaymond and Joanne HurstDr. Beal B. HydeHeather Hyde and Bruce StowellLisa IceWayne Itano and Christine

Yoshinaga-ItanoEric Jacobs and Jean ShapiroLydia JacobsJanice Jacobson-CooperKenneth JasperEdward and Myrna JenkinsJohn Johnson and Cynthia White-JohnsonAndrew Johnson and Priscilla RaughleyDouglas and Meg JonesMary Jones and S. Kingsley MacomberRobert JonesJohn and Katherine KaufmannRoxanne Kellam and Leslie BrandtRichard Kern and Nancy WanglerAlan and Ann KingSandra KinneyJeanne KisselPierre and Nancy KleiberMary and Leon KoziarHarm and Marian KraaiEric and Johanna KreilickWilliam Kules and Julia WashburnEmily KunreutherNancy KyleJohn LampertiFrederick and Constance LandmannJohn and Nancy LaPannBetty McCluer LeePatricia LeeRichard and Patricia LeggatJoanne Leovy and Kurt RegnerThomas and Janet LeverseeJames and Paula LiebKenneth and Carolina LofgrenJeffrey and Wendy LottFrancis and Victoria LowellElwyn LudingtonStephen and Audrey LykeLorraine LymanDonald MackJohn MaiselClaus MakowkaJack and Sandra ManiloffKatherine Manker and Bruce GardnerAlan and Marie-Paule MartyElliot and Jean MarvellOwen Masters and Jocelyn ButlerHugh MathesonBrenda MazzocchiVirginia McAninchMarilyn McClellanDaisy Cox McCoyMichael and Martha McCoyR. Michael McKinlayRaymond and Nancy McKinleyDavid McNeelyBarbara MeislinDavid and Beth MeshkeJeffrey MeyerDeborah MielkeMerrill and Patricia MillerSuzan MillerJohn and Sarah MillsDonald Milton and Diane TeichertReba Montera

Gerald Montie and Mary AndroffAvis Moore-OgilvyJoan MooreJoy MorgensternEric and Dorys MuellerJohn and Lenore MungerDavid Munro and Eileen HoffmanJames Munroe and Nancy GroverMichael NimkoffEric and Elizabeth NordgrenDoris May O’KaneMary Ann OakleyKristin OckershauserDonald OrdwayG. Timothy and Francene OrrokLowell and Marjorie OwensMeda Lou PaddenEmily PardeeMilton and Phyllis ParsonsJennifer PaukKathleen Paulson and Jeffrey HeathDonald PearsonEleanor PeckhamHolger PedersenGerald PeetRosetta PervanBarbara PetersonJean PetersonLois Pettinger and Dianne EricksonRalph and Ernestine PhippsEric and Jacqueline PierceRichard Pokorny and Ellen WehrlePaul PopenoeRobert and Jane PricerArthur Protin and Barbara HoweStephen and Mary PuckettSteven Pueppke and Gabriele MayerGeraldine QuinlanLurma RackleyRichard and Page RailsbackFred and Jane RamseyJohn RayMark and Kimberly RayDavid and Vicki ReedRoger and Carol ReimersHope RiceJohn and Elizabeth RichardsSharon RichardsLori and Bob RittleMichelina RizzoChristine Robinson and William BakerG. Jane and Gill RockKathryn RohdeNancy RomanElspeth RootBruce and Carol RossMark Rowley and Lucinda Gille-RowleyLiz and Stan SalettCornelia SaltusLouis and Nadine SapirmanCharles ScholppNancy SchrollAlfred SchwendtnerMarysol ScottRobert and Elizabeth ScottSanjeev Seereeram and Cecilia MercadoLouis and Barbara SemrauJohn and Elinor SeveringhausSandra ShroyerWalter and Ruth ShurSandy SigalAubrey and Billye SmithNancy SmithSherry and Thornton SmithWayne SmithLisa SnellingsRichard and Natalie SomerMary SpearePamela SpurdonJimmy StanleyRobert and K. Ann StebbinsSidney Stein and Eleanor ReynoldsAndrew SwansonDorothy SwerdloveSidney and Wieslawa SytsmaMichael TaranowskiAlan Taylor and Angelica Taylor-CortesLeonard and Martha TaylorGordon and Amy TeelJoseph TestaTheodore TheofrastousMichael and Kelly ThomeMartin Thomson and Katherine ChauretteSuzanne ThouvenelleAnn Throop

Jonathan and Cathi TiedemanDavid and Nancy TilfordMadelon TimmonsChankey and Mary Lou TouartThomas Townsend and Dorothy WavrekJerry Trammell and Katherine HoffmanNorris TruittJonathan and Linda TuckPeggy TwohigSteven and Susan UrbatschNancy and Rick Van DykePriscilla VelentgasChrissie VidasSuzanne ViemeisterThomas and Jeanette Von AltenRuth WalkerPhyllis WebsterMichael Weeda and Joanne MichalskiElizabeth WeinstockMary Lou WernerLois and Robert WhealeyFarley and Virginia WheelwrightHenry O. WhitesideCatherine WilliamsJay and Karen WilliamsRobert Williams and Karen UhlenbeckSamuel and Cassandra WilliamsonAlexander WilsonAndrew and Janet WilsonEdward and Merida WilsonNeil WilsonPatricia Wilson and Roald SchrackStanley and Susan WintersSteven WirthGalen and Peggy WolfShane WolfsmithRobert and Betsy WonesJohn and Geraldine WoodJordan Wood and David LeppikMargaret WoodwardWilliam and Barbara WymerLarry Yarak and Brenda BlairAnn Zawaski and Helena Lee

Estate donors UUSC honors individuals whose realized estate bequests exceeded $25,000 or more.Maureen BradfordMay L. BrookMary Butters BrownMargaret J. FreyEdna J. HilbergNathalie and Theodore JonesCharles N. Mason, Jr.Margaret OdellWilliam T. OsborneElizabeth B. Storer

FoundationsThe following foundations made grants to UUSC of $1,000 or more.Anonymous (2)Calvert FoundationGreater Cincinnati FoundationJoukowsky Family FoundationMaine Community FoundationNamaste FoundationOregon Community FoundationRighteous Persons FoundationSchwab Fund for Charitable GivingThe Columbus FoundationThe Minneapolis FoundationVanguard Charitable Endowment Program

This list covers the period July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009. 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.

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 these funds provides an important source of revenue for UUSC, both for its larger mission and specific programs, as designated by donors.

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

For more information about named endowment funds, visit our website, www.uusc.org.

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Honor Roll (continued)

Anonymous (3)Lois AbbottPeter and Susan AldenGordon AsselstineDr. John BaileyRachael BalyeatLiz and Gordon BawdenBeverley BaxterPeggy and George BellI. Inka BentonLaurel BlossomMichael BoblettAnn BoothDoyle BortnerPaul and Irma BraunsteinHelen BrownEvelyn ChidesterElizabeth ClarkDeirdre Cochran and Daniel CouchBruce CornishMildred CourtleyCarol DavisTheadora Davitt-CornynFrances DewJulian and Alice DewellLyda Dicus and Robert HansonImogene DraperMartha Easter-Wells

Mary Ann ElyClaire Ernhart and Edward PsottaMay Lou FarisMartha and John FergerTomas Firle and Joan CudheaElizabeth FordAnne ForsythRichard and Hillary FuhrmanCarrie Gillespie and Krishna KaushikAnne and Julius GoldinLaura GoodMichael GoodmanSara GrindlayJames Gunning and Ellen EwingJohn and Eileen HamlinJoseph and Yvonne HammerquistHenry and Marjorie HarveyWilliam and Jean HellmuthWarner and Barbara HendersonMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanHanna HoppLu HornerMartha JewettBarry and Ellen

Johnson-FayAlex KarterWesla KerrPeter Landecker

Corinne LeBovitJack LepoffDiana Ruth LevitanJustin and Phyllis LewisNeal and Sharon LockwoodAimee LykesNancy MarshMs. Mitchell LymanLinda and Seymour MackEleanor MayCatherine McConkieGordon and Phyllis McKeemanHugh and Alice McLellanBarbara McMahon and Eric SpelmanDonald and Audrey MicklewrightRee and Maurice MillerMalcolm MitchellVirginia MooreRev. Makanah Morris and Rev. Robert J. MorrisLeigh and Thomas MundhenkRobert and Elsa NewVivian NossiterMary Ann OakleyRene OehlerVernon OlsonG. Timothy and Francene OrrokCharlotte PalmerEmily Palmer

Brydie and Erdman PalmoreJanice ParkDorothy and Tracy PattersonLaurence Paxson EggersEdgar and Phyllis PearaDiana PetersChristian PetersonWilliam PrattWilliam and Lillis RaboinVerna RenfroJudith ReynardDavid RileyMary Rose and Leonard PellettieriJean RoxburghDavid RubinHilda RushJohn and Maggie RussellJohn and Millicent RutherfordBetty SandersJ. David and Fia ScheyerRobert SchuesslerDick and Jill ScobieNeil and Lillie ShadleSulochana ShermanJoan ShkolnikPaul Siegler and Ruth BoomanElizabeth Simpson and John WurrClarence Lee Small

Sherry and Thornton SmithLenore SnodeyGloria SnyderCharles Spence and Burt PeachyRobert and Marion StearnsR. Rhodes StephensonJames and Mary StephensonJoseph SternJack and Nancy StiefelJoan StockfordSally and Robert StoddardJames and Matilde TaguchiWilliam Thomas and Helen Burke ThomasFred TopikHelen TrueJohn and Helen TryonArthur and Arliss UngarMary VedderSpike and Marion VrushoLeslie Ann WeinbergErnest WellerHerbert and Myrna WestLois and Robert WhealeyRobert and Susan WhitneyEdward WightMargaret WoodwardElizabeth Zimmermann

Anonymous (5)Nancy AndersonBeverly BaxterDoyle BortnerArnold and Julia BradburdRozlind CarrollDorothy CinquemaniDavid and Mary Colton

Doyle DobbinsMartha Easter-WellsJames and Joyce EvansRichard and Carol FenclJames Gunning and Ellen EwingBenjamin and Ruth HammettLouis and Jeanne HamoverGary Hartz and Teri Wiss

Todd and Lorella HessBarry and Ellen Johnson-FayBen and Carol KjelshusFiona KnoxCecill LarsonHarold and Kyong LischnerCurtis and Kathleen MarbleJames and Melanie Milner

Janet Mitchell and Jerry CromwellPatricia NewnhamEmily PalmerShelley Powsner and Stephen SkrovanJohn and Aline SchwobTheodore and Ruth ShapinMichael ShonseySarah Stevens-Miles

Hugo and Barbara SwanMark and Anne VeldmanPhilippe and Katherine VillersWilliam and Wendy WreanLoren and Claire WrightAlan and Leanne ZeppaElizabeth Zimmermann

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

Partners CouncilMore than 50 individual donors participated in the 2009 Partners Council. Their cumulative support totaled more than $400,000.

Outstanding Local RepresentativesEach year UUSC honors local volunteers who have shined in their work to promote UUSC and engage their congregation in UUSC’s work and mission.

Mary-Ella Holst Youth Activist AwardEach year UUSC recognizes the achievement of a youth who advances human rights through activism and leadership.

Phyllis Morales Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, Colo.

Sulochana “Sue” ShermanUU Church of Sarasota, Sarasota, Fla.

Giles HoltFirst Parish of Watertown Unitarian Universalist, Watertown, Mass.

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Thomas “Tom” H. AndrewsDavid ColtonJohn GibbonsKatherine C. HallCharlotte Jones-CarrollDiane MillerLurma RackleyCharlse SandmelRev. Dr. William SchulzSusan ScrimshawCharles “Chuck” C. Spence

Trustee Annual Fund The members of the UUSC Board of Trustees take seriously their fiduciary responsibility, showing their support for our work not only in the board room, but also financially.

We congratulate the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, N.Y., for its 50-year commitment to funding social justice initiatives through its UU Veatch Program. For nearly 30 of those years, the Veatch Program has included UUSC in its giving, extending tens of millions of dollars in matching grants to support our human-rights and social-justice initiatives.

The congregation’s support of UUSC has always been critical, but during these difficult economic times, its unparalleled generosity has been exceptional.

Supporting human rights work

at home and around the world is the heartbeat of

our UU faith. Through

UUSC, we feel connected

with sisters and brothers

everywhere who are struggling

for their rights, as named

in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

UUSC’s justice work gives us hope for

peace in this world.— Nancy and Leonard Nowak

Margot Adler*Joan Armstrong Davis*Howard and Susannah Arnould*George and Beverly August*Nancy Bartlett and John HammondBeverley BaxterLarry Beck and Danielle DiBonaTom Bliffert*Helen Brown*James and Dorothy Caldiero*Richard and Barbara CheathamDan CheeverDavalene Cooper*Fred Cox*Kim Crawford Harvie and Kem

Morehead*Theadora Davitt-CornynSuzanne and Franklin deBeers*Alice and Julian DewellDavid Dierdorff and Madeleine

Lefebvre*

Sayre DixonFranklin EvansRichard and Hillary Fuhrman*Annella Furtick*Bill and Irmgard Gimby*James Gunning and Ellen Ewing*Sally and Aaron Hamburger*Robert HardiesJohn HickeyWilliam and Deborah HoldenMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanC. Leon and Dorothy Hopper*Bill and Diantha HortonBarry and Ellen Johnson-FaySarah Karstaedt and Bruce

Hockaday*Fiona KnoxKenneth MacLeanDaniel and Linda Marquardt*Jim McCorkel*Phyllis and Peter Morales

Stephen Murphy*Sally Benson and Steve Nichols*Richard and Cheryl Nikonovich-

KahnWinnie Norman*Mary Ann OakleyKristin OckershauserGloria OhanianCarolyn and Thomas Owen-TowleEmily Pardee*Dorothy and Tracy PattersonLaurence Paxson Eggers*Laura Pedersen*Ernie and Maggie PipesJune Pulcini*Thomas and Lettice RhodesChristine Robinson and William

BakerWarren and Lucile RossWarren and Martha SalingerDick and Jill Scobie*

Marilyn Sewell*Neil and Lillie ShadleLawrence and Alice Shafer*Theodore and Ruth ShapinDon and Kathleen SouthworthBetty and Tom StaplefordDavid Suehsdorf and Janet MuirAnn Taylor *Betty ThompsonAl and Ellen TrumplerNancy and Rick Van Dyke*P.D. Wadler and Richard BrownRichard and Barbara Weiss*Lois and Robert Whealey*Thomas WintleColin and Latifa WoodhouseElizabeth Zimmermann*

*Honorary Ambassador

Ambassadors CouncilThrough their leadership, Ambassadors Council members assist UUSC staff and board members advancing UUSC’s resource development and promoting organizational efforts.

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Spirit of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 100 percent of congregants are UUSC members.Florida

Vero BeachWashington

Friday Harbor

Beacon of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 75 to 99 percent of congregants are UUSC members.Arkansas

Hot Springs VillageCalifornia

SunnyvaleFlorida

BrooksvilleNew Jersey

NewtonOregon

West LinnPennsylvania

AthensTexas

BrownsvilleNew BraunfelsSan Marcos

WisconsinMilwaukee

Unitarian Fellowship of Milwaukee

Vision of Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 50 to 74 percent of congregants are UUSC members.Arizona

Glendale Prescott

Prescott UU FellowshipSierra VistaTucson

UU Congregation of NW Tucson

ArkansasJonesboro

CaliforniaBerkeleyFullertonLa CrescentaPetalumaRedondo BeachSan RafaelWhittier

ColoradoBoulder

Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

ConnecticutBrooklynMeridenNorwichStorrs

FloridaCocoaNorth Palm BeachPort CharlotteVenice

IdahoTwin Falls

Maryland Great Mills

MassachusettsBillerica

MichiganAnn Arbor

Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship

DetroitMissouri

RollaNew Jersey

ParamusNew Mexico

AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque UU Fellowship

Los AlamosNew York

HamburgOhio

AthensDelawareFindlayNew Madison

OklahomaTulsa

Church of Restoration UUPennsylvania

West ChesterTexas

AbileneAustin

UU Fellowship of AustinLufkinTyler

WashingtonBlaineEllensburg

WisconsinRice Lake Woodruff

FRANCE Paris

Creating Justice Banner SocietiesHonors congregations in which 25 to 49 percent of congregants are UUSC members.Alabama

AuburnFairhope

AlaskaFairbanksJuneau

ArizonaChandlerGreen ValleyPrescott

Granite Peak UU Congregation

SurpriseYuma

ArkansasEureka Springs

CaliforniaAptosAuburnBaysideCanoga ParkCarmelChicoCosta MesaFremontGrass ValleyHaywardLaguna BeachLivermoreLos AngelesMission ViejoNapaNewhallNorth HillsPalo AltoRancho MirageRancho Palos VerdesSacramento

UU Community ChurchSan FranciscoSan Luis ObispoSan MateoStudio CityVenturaVisaliaWalnut Creek

ColoradoGlenwood Springs GoldenGreeleyLittletonLoveland

ConnecticutMadisonNew HavenNew LondonStamford

FloridaBradentonCitrus Springs DelandLakelandPensacolaPlantationRockledgeSarasotaSt. Petersburg

UU United FellowshipTampaTarpon SpringsWest Melbourne

GeorgiaAtlanta

Northwest UU Congregation

BrunswickEllijayStatesboroValdosta

HawaiiHonolulu

IdahoCoeur D’AleneIdaho FallsPocatello

IlliniosAltonCarbondaleDeKalbPalatine

IndianaColumbus

IowaCedar RapidsClintonDavenportIowa CityMason CitySioux City

KentuckyBowling Green

MaineBangorBrunswickCastineDexterKennebunkPortland

The First Parish in PortlandAllen Avenue UU Church

WatervilleMaryland

ChurchvilleColumbiaCumberlandFinksburgLutherville

MassachusettsAndoverAtholAttleboroBraintreeBridgewaterDanversDuxburyGloucesterHingham

Second Parish UU in Hingham

HudsonKingstonLittletonMedfieldNewtonNorwell

First Parish ChurchOrangeOrleansPittsfieldPlymouthQuincySudburyWatertownWest RoxburyWestwoodWeymouth

MichiganBrightonFarmington HillsMarquetteMount PleasantMuskegonPortageRochesterTroy

MinnesotaBloomingtonBrainerdMahtomediSaint CloudVirginiaWayzata

MissouriEllisvilleJefferson City

MontanaKalispell

NevadaReno

New HampshireAndoverDurhamExeterKeenePeterboroughTamworth

New JerseyAbseconBranchburgMontclairOrangeRidgewood

New MexicoAlbuquerque

First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque

Las CrucesRio RanchoSilver City

New YorkBay ShoreBig FlatsBridgehamptonCanandaiguaCentral SquareFlushingFredoniaHastings on HudsonJamestown

UU Congregation of Jamestown

KingstonManhassetMuttontownNiagara FallsSyracuse

May Memorial UU SocietyNorth Carolina

BrevardFranklinGreenvilleHendersonvilleMorehead CityRaleigh

UU Fellowship of RaleighNorth Dakota

BismarckFargoGrand Forks

OhioBellaireBereaCantonCincinnati

First Unitarian ChurchDaytonFairlawnLewis CenterOberlinToledoWoosterYellow Springs

OklahomaEdmondLawtonNorman

Norman UU FellowshipOregon

AshlandAstoriaFlorence

PortlandFirst Unitarian ChurchWy’east UU Congregation

RoseburgPennsylvania

BethlehemCollegevilleDevonLigonierPhiladelphia

UU Church of the Restoration

PittsburghFirst Unitarian Church

of PittsburghUU Church of the

South HillsSmithtonState CollegeStroudsburg

South CarolinaBluffton

TennesseeNashville

Greater Nashville UU Congregation

TullahomaTexas

AmarilloHouston

Unitarian Fellowship of Houston

KerrvilleUU Church of the

Hill CountryMidlandSan Antonio

Community UU ChurchSan JuanWaco

VermontBenningtonBrattleboroChesterMiddleburyNorwichSouth Strafford

VirginiaBlacksburgHarrisonburgLynchburgWilliamsburg

WashingtonBellinghamMarysvilleOlympiaPascoWoodinville

WisconsinAppletonEau ClaireKenoshaRiponSister Bay

WyomingLaramie

Honor Roll (continued)

Membership AwardsThese awards recognize congregations whose members support human rights and social justice through exemplary levels of UUSC membership.

Helen Fogg Chalice Society Honors congre-gations for their generous line-item contribution from their annual budget of at least $25 per church member.Massachusetts

BerlinEasthamSterlingWestwood

New YorkManhasset

PennsylvaniaLewisburg

James Luther Adams AwardHonors congre-gations for their generous line-item contribution from their annual budget of at least $1 per church member.Alaska

AnchorageArizona

PrescottGranite Peak UU

CongregationSurprise

ArkansasFayettevilleHot Springs Village

CaliforniaAuburnClovisLa CrescentaModestoMontclairPalo AltoRedondo BeachSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan Luis ObispoSan MateoSan RafaelStudio CityVenturaWalnut Creek

ColoradoGoldenLafayetteLittleton

ConnecticutStorrsWestport

FloridaClearwaterGainesvilleMiamiPlantationSarasota

VeniceVero Beach

GeorgiaEllijayMacon

IllinoisChicago

First Unitarian Society of Chicago

Third Unitarian Church of Chicago

DeKalbPalatine

IndianaBloomington

IowaDavenportDes Moines

KansasManhattan

KentuckyLouisville

Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church

MarylandBaltimoreBethesda

Cedar Lane UU Church

River Road UU Congregation

Camp SpringsColumbia

MassachusettsAmherstBelmontBerlinBrooklineCambridgeCarlisleDuxburyEasthamLittletonNorwell

First Parish ChurchReadingSterlingSwampscottWatertownWellesley HillsWestonWestwoodWinchester

MinnesotaMankatoSaint CloudWinona

NevadaLas VegasReno

New HampshireMilford

New JerseyOrange

New MexicoLos Alamos

New YorkBrooklyn

First Unitarian Congregational Society

HuntingtonNew York

Community Church of New York UU

Unitarian Church of All Souls

OneontaRochester

First Unitarian Church

SyracuseMay Memorial

UU SocietyNorth Carolina

Chapel HillDurham

Eno River UU Fellowship

HillsboroughRaleigh

UU Fellowship of Raleigh

OhioBereaCincinnati

First Unitarian Church

Cleveland HeightsLewis CenterWoosterYellow Springs

OklahomaOklahoma City

OregonHillsboro

PennsylvaniaLewisburg

TennesseeOak RidgeTullahoma

TexasEl PasoFort Worth

Westside UU Church

GalvestonHouston

Unitarian Fellowship of Houston

OdessaSan Antonio

First UU Church of San Antonio

VermontChester

VirginiaBurkeFredericksburg

WashingtonBellinghamEdmondsMarysvilleOlympiaSeattle

University Unitarian Church

TacomaWisconsin

MilwaukeeFirst Unitarian Society

of MilwaukeeSister BayWoodruff

Guest at Your Table Special Recognition Special thanks goes to the UU congregations listed below for their outstanding support of UUSC through Guest at Your Table, with members contributing $5,000 or more to UUSC’s work for justice.California

SunnyvaleFlorida

Vero BeachMinnesota

MahtomediMinneapolis

First Universalist Church

North CarolinaHendersonville

TexasDallasFirst Unitarian Church of Dallas

For more informa-tion on how your congregation can play a critical role in supporting UUSC, contact UUSC Volunteer Services 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 with the church size as reported by the UUA this fiscal year. These awards cover the period July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009. The compilers have carefully reviewed the names that are included. If your congregation has been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention.

Congregational Corporate-Giving AwardsThese awards recognize congregations that demonstrate a strong commitment to justice and human rights through institutional giving.

We support

UUSC because of the

outstanding work it

does to promote peace,

justice, and humanitarian

missions. We believe in

UUSC’s mission, which

advances

the seven UU Principles.

And a charitable gift

annuity helps support

those principles and gives

us a reliable income stream for life.

— Erdman and Brydie Palmore

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Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted restricted restricted Total Total 5,212,072 837,704 2,000 6,051,776 6,823,740 1,146,030 (1,115,882) (30,148) 0 0

6,358,102 (278,178) (28,148) 6,051,776 6,823,740 4,984,878 4,984,878 6,002,880 896,515 896,515 938,291 371,761 371,761 422,410

6,253,154 6,253,154 7,363,581 (a) 104,948 (278,178) (28,148) (201,378) (539,841) (b) (3,816,582) (37,876) 335,752 (3,518,706) (1,338,255) (a+b) (3,711,634) (316,054) 307,604 (3,720,084) (1,878,096) 11,795,816 1,687,061 2,877,826 16,360,703 18,238,799

8,084,182 1,371,007 3,185,430 12,640,619 16,360,703

Financial StatementsFOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR JUNE 30, 2008)

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Activities for the years ended June 302009 2008

Public support & 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

Net non-operating activities

Net Asset Change in net assets Beginning of the year

End of year

June 2008AssetsCash & equivalentsCash Money market fund

InvestmentsNote receivable – program partnerAccounts and Interest ReceivablePledges receivable, netPrepaid expenses and other assetsCash – escrowProperty and equipment, net

Total Assets

LiabilitiesAccounts payable and accrued expensesAccrued compensationPooled income deferred revenueUnearned revenueBond payable Donor advance – promissory notesPlanned giving obligations: Gift annuities Trust agreements Pooled income

Net Assets: Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

Total Liabilities & Net Assets

410,527 464,140

874,667 10,252,041

– 62,682

805,297 97,147

196,423 6,028,069

18,316,326

203,961 204,283 207,561

14,142 3,341,566

375,000

1,239,613 82,289

7,292

5,675,707

8,084,182 1,371,007 3,185,430

12,640,619

18,316,326

423,310 91,497

514,807 13,750,220

91,442 187,232 799,326 113,435 575,717

5,981,680

22,013,859

255,716 203,279 271,318

11,880 3,416,228

-

1,370,850 116,848

7,037

5,653,156

11,795,816 1,687,061 2,877,826

16,360,703

22,013,859

June 2009

My wife, Barbara Simonetti, and I have

supported UUSC for 20

years with our efforts and our funds because contributing to a fearless organization that stands with the dispossessed and forgotten, “offering

a hand up,” enlarges what

we can do to heal the world and

make it more just. UUSC’s partnership model honors the people whose struggles we support through our

volunteer work and

contribution to the Trustee Annual Fund.

— Charles Sandmel, UUSC Trustee and Treasurer

Functional Expenses

Program services n Environmental Justice 27% 1,676,207 n Economic Justice 23% 1,455,039 n Civil Liberties 24% 1,465,135 n Rights in Humanitarian Crises 6% 388,497

Total program services 80% 4,984,878 Supporting services n Fundraising 14% 896,515 n Management 6% 371,761

Total supporting services 20% 1,268,276 Total functional expenses 100% 6,253,154

Staff Executive

Charlie Clements President and Chief Executive Officer Constance Kane Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Linda Lee Executive Assistant Maxine Hart Director of Human Resources Quang Nguyen Compensation and Benefits Specialist

Finance and OperationsMichael Zouzoua Chief Financial OfficerEthan Adams Senior Facilities and Operations AssociateMayckon Gaspar Staff AccountantWai Ng Senior AccountantShari Yeaton Senior Operations AssistantMohamed Zine abidine Accountant

Institutional AdvancementMaxine Neil Director of Institutional AdvancementLaurie Brunner Prospect Research AssistantKenneth Dolbashian Senior Advisor for the Capital Campaign Deborah Fraize Senior Associate for Foundations and Corporations Rachel Jordan Senior Associate for Member Development Eric Chao Kreilick Senior Associate for Major Gifts Susan Mosher Associate for Donor Services Katherine Wallace Program Assistant for Member Development

ProgramsAtema Eclai Director of Programs Gretchen Alther Associate for Rights in Humanitarian Crises Anna Bartlett Senior Administrative Assistant Fatema Haji-Taki Associate for Civil Liberties Ariel Jacobson Associate for Economic JusticeJohanna Chao Kreilick Program Manager, Economic Justice Patricia Jones Program Manager, Environmental Justice Wayne Smith Program Manager, Civil LibertiesMartha Thompson Program Manager, Rights in Humanitarian Crises

Outreach and MobilizationMyrna Greenfield Director of Outreach and MobilizationNichole Cirillo Campaign ManagerAiesha Cummings Administrative Assistant Cristin Martineau Events CoordinatorShelley Moskowitz Manager of Public Policy, Washington, D.C. Kara Smith Campaign Assistant

CommunicationsKi Kim Director of CommunicationsMeredith Barges Editor / WriterDick Campbell Media and Public Affairs CoordinatorEric Grignol Associate for Graphic and Print Production Sarah Peck Multimedia Specialist / Writer Mark Simon Senior Associate, Web Administration and Graphic Design

*As of June 30, 2009

Financial Statements (continued)FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR JUNE 30, 2008)

Staff and Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees*William F. Schulz ChairKatherine C. Hall Vice ChairCharles Sandmel TreasurerCarolyn Purcell SecretaryDavid Colton

John GibbonsCharlotte Jones-CarrollDavid LysyDiane MillerLurma Rackley

Susan C. ScrimshawSelena SermeñoCharles C. SpenceFasaha Traylor Dave Madan Youth / Young Adult Participant

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee689 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139www.uusc.org • 617-868-6600 • [email protected]

EditorsMeredith Barges and Ki Kim

Design and ProductionJulie Decedue, Eric Grignol, and Mark Simon

© 2009 All rights reserved. A publication of the UUSC Communications Department.

Photography

Front, Kenya, 2009 UUSC/Martha ThompsonPage 1, 2009 UUSC/Eric GrignolPage 3, California, 2009 courtesy of Urban SemillasPage 5, Massachusetts, 2008 UUSC/Ariel JacobsonPage 7, Kenya, 2009 UUSC/Martha ThompsonPage 9, Afghanistan, 2009 courtesy of UN Photo/Tim PagePage 11, Darfur, 2007 courtesy of Erin BoydPage 12 left, Kenya, 2009 UUSC/Ariel JacobsonPage 12 right, Kenya, 2009 UUSC/Johanna Chao KreilickPage 13 left, Kenya, 2009 UUSC/Ariel JacobsonPage 13 right, Kenya, 2009 UUSCPage 16 left, courtesy of Phyllis MoralesPage 16 middle, courtesy of Sue ShermanPage 16 right, 2008 UUSC/Meredith BargesPage 17, courtesy of Nancy and Leonard NowakPage 19, courtesy of Erdman and Birdie PalmorePage 20, courtesy of Charles SandmelPage 21, Mississippi, 2008 UUSC/Meredith Barges Back, Uganda, 2009 courtesy of Caritas Pader/Jackie Okanga

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