GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF UUSCS HUMAN RIGHT WORK

On the front cover: For many girls and women in Afghanistan, attending specialized schools, like those organized by UUSC program partner Barakat, is the ony way to develop literacy skills and complete their education. With UUSC funding, teachers in Barakat schools have been trained in human rights so they can introduce these subjects in their classrooms.

65 organizations in 27 countries:

THE AMERICAS
Argentina Bolivia Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Peru United States

AFRICA
Egypt Ghana Kenya South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda

ASIA
Afghanistan China India Indonesia Iraq Myanmar Philippines Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand

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

Dear UUSC members and supporters, Our partner-based strategy is designed to achieve a long-term impact on the causes of justice and human rights by building civic activism. Firstly, we support the efforts of our domestic and international partners by providing seed grants and technical support and by facilitating their collaboration in broader social movements. Secondly, we influence public and private institutional policies and monitor their implementation. Thirdly, we link the work of our program partners with our constituents, providing issue-related information and skills that make our human-rights advocates even more effective. Over the last year, UUSC worked with the Technical Development Corporation (TDC), one of Bostons oldest not-for-profits, on a midcourse evaluation of our Strategic Plan (2005-2010). As part of this work, TDC spoke with UUSC board members, staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders and randomly chose a sample of UUSC partners for in-depth interviews. The feedback from our partners was overwhelmingly positive. According to TDCs summary, UUSC partners consistently reported their partnershiphad been very positive and had brought about numerous tangible and intangible benefits. TDC concluded, In working with hundreds of nonprofit organizations, it is rare to find grantees and funders so closely aligned in mission and purpose and that clearly hold one another in such high esteem. We hope you appreciate reading the perspectives of several of our partners in this annual report. These brave individuals take daily risks as they confront unjust power structures and are the ones with whom we stand when we mobilize to challenge oppressive policies. We are grateful for your support, which makes these partnerships this joining of many hands possible. Sincerely,

Charlie Clements

William Schulz

William F. Schulz Chair, Board of Trustees

Charlie Clements President and CEO

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UUSCs response to the Kenya crisis was a shining moment for the organization, testing its strength as a forward-looking crisis responder and magnifying the value of its long-term partnerships with grassroots groups. Under the leadership of an emergency response task force, UUSC staff, partners, allies, members, and supporters came together to support the people of Kenya and demand fair and open elections. UUSCs work to alleviate the hardship of those caught in the post-election violence is ongoing. The immediate response began with a rapid mobilization to assess the causes of the crisis and the needs of those most affected.

Located on the former Eldoret Show Grounds, this tent city grew quickly, with more than 25,000, mostly Kikuyu, inhabitants and 300 new daily arrivals. Ten-year-old Walter was separated from his family during the violence.

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Crisis Response Timeline

December 27, 2007 Citing gross irregularities, national and international monitoring groups call Kenyas general elections flawed. Demonstrations by opposition supporters and others meet excessive use of force by Kenyan police and security forces. Over 1,500 die and hundreds of thousands are displaced as a political and humanitarian crisis grips the country. January 4, 2008 UUSC calls on the Kenyan government to take steps to create conditions for free and fair elections and the U.S. government to support that process. January 9, 2008 Believing UUSC could play a unique role in raising awareness of the situation, given its partnerships and long-term experience in Kenya, UUSC forms an interdepartmental Emergency Task Force. The group maintains round-the-clock contact with UUSCs Kenyan partners the Rock Women Group and KENASVIT who immediately set to work with survivors of the violence, of all ethnic groups. January 15, 2008 UUSC, in collaboration with the UUA, launches the Kenya Crisis Fund to give concerned individuals a way to support and stand in solidarity with Kenyans. Donations reach over $75,000. January 17, 2008 UUSC members and supporters call and write to President George W. Bush, urging him to support the demands by civil-society organizations in Kenya for an independent audit of the election results and press for a fair election result. January 1925, 2008 A three-person UUSC Emergency Assessment Mission visits the country to investigate the humanitarian implications of the crisis and meet with program partners, civil society leaders, and displaced persons. The delegation includes UUSC President Charlie Clements, UUSC Program
Director and native Kenyan Atema Eclai, and UU Minister Rosemary Bray McNatt. In most areas, they are the first representatives of an international organization on the scene.

January 30, 2008 The Boston Globe website publishes an article by Clements titled, Kenya on the edge of a precipice. With situation reports from UUSCs Programs Department and daily blogs by Clements posted from Kenya, visits to UUSCs website reach a record high of 6,003 for January. February 6, 2008 UUSC staff submit testimony to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health and reports to congressional staff, the State Department, and the World Bank. They report that those hardest hit by the violence are low-income families and members of marginalized groups, who were already among Kenyas most vulnerable populations. February 28, 2008 Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga come to a powersharing agreement, bringing an end to the violence. But for millions of Kenyans, who have lost their homes, their businesses, their jobs, and their trust in their neighbors, the crisis continues. March 214, 2008 UUSC sends a second mission to Kenya, composed of Martha Thompson, manager of UUSCs Rights in Humanitarian Crises Program, and, again, Eclai. They make a deeper needs assessment and develop a long-term response. MarchJune, 2008 Strengthening existing partnerships and building new partnerships, UUSC reaches out to those who are being overlooked by mainstream recovery efforts, in particular women, children, and members of low-income and other marginalized communities.


UUSC has a strong ideological bent. HAMSA shares that. We are not looking for government to provide solutions. Its important to build coalitions across lines of different groups UUSC understands the importance of grassroots struggle, which is rare, much appreciated, and gives us encouragement in the face of great odds. Nasser Weddady, Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance

Since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, a war that has now lasted longer than WWII, we have seen more than 4,000 Americans killed and tens of thousands wounded. We have also heard reports of hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqi citizens and an estimated 5 million Iraqis displaced from their homes. In financial terms, the staggering cost of this war could exceed $3 trillion dollars, with no end in sight. In June 2008, UUSCs efforts to responsibly end the Iraq war took center stage at the UUA General Assembly, under the banner Who Pays the Price for the Iraq War? UUSC put a human face on the war, with dynamic speakers who have all paid a personal price for this conflict. We brought together military veterans, families of veterans, Muslim Americans, and peace activists for powerful workshops, training programs, and discussions. Together, we explored

possible paths to justice, peace, and a stronger democracy. We also shed light on how the current administration is bypassing national and international laws as a shortsighted means of confronting the challenges that the international community now faces. In an interactive display at GA, UUSC used life-size cutouts of real people and personal quotes to raise awareness about some of the hidden costs of the war. One cutout was of human-rights activist Nasser Weddady, of Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA), a UUSC program partner. Weddady shared his experience of discrimination and racial profiling after 9/11: Here in the United States there has been a clear rise in anti-Muslim sentiment. As Muslim Americans...our positions and our motivations are always questioned.

During Justice Sunday events in March 2008, UUSC challenged people around the country to examine the full cost of the war not just in terms of human costs, but also in terms of the cost to our vision of creating a free and just world. UUSC has consistently stood for civil liberties, peace, and justice. With our program partners Appeal for Redress, Iraq Veterans Against the War, HAMSA, Military Families Speak Out, Muslim Advocates, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Veterans for Peace, the Win Without War Coalition, and others we work in defense of civil liberties and democratic processes, nationally and internationally.
Opposite page: AIC-Egypt Director Dalia Ziada (second from left) poses with HAMSAs Director of Outreach Nasser Weddady (left) and Civil Liberties Program Manager Wayne Smith and Associate Fatema Haji-Taki (right), after leading a discussion at UUSC about the struggle for womens rights in Egypt.

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Let Justice Rolls relationship with UUSC is critical to our success. They are one of our most, if not the most, significant partner... They are a unique funder because they have other resources to provide. A UUSC staff member is on our board of directors. We need their continued support going forward. Rev. Jennifer Kottler, Let Justice Roll

UUSC Program Partner Profile: Let Justice Roll

Raising the minimum wage above poverty level is perhaps the most effective way to combat poverty and support the human rights of children, women, and people of color in the United States. No other single issue or movement can so directly improve the lives of the working poor in this country. Let Justice Roll is an alliance of 80 grassroots, faith-based, labor, and community organizations that have put the right to a living wage back on the map as an issue that unites people across wide divides religious and secular, labor and business, liberal and conservative.

Under the slogan, A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it, the coalition helped to win minimum-wage increases in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and Ohio. These cumulative victories helped to gain congressional and presidential approval in 2007 for the first raise in the federal minimum wage in 10 years! According to The Nation, No group was more fundamental to the effort of linking the minimum wage to morality and mobilizing these values voters than Let Justice Roll. As a proud member of the Let Justice Roll Living Wage campaign,

UUSC and its volunteers were integral to the success of these statewide and national grassroots campaigns. Let Justice Roll, with strong UUSC support, is continuing the fight for living wages by promoting $10 by 2010, an important, reasonable step toward bringing the federal minimum wage closer to a living wage and winning back losses in consumer buying power since the 1960s.

Opposite page: Georgia Minimum Wage Coalition organizer speaks in support of raising the minimum wage at a January 2008 press conference at the Georgia State Capitol.

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Photo 2008 Georgia Minimum Wage Coalition

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The right to water is a fundamental and inalienable human right. It is a strategic national heritage of public use, inalienable, imprescriptible, unattachable and essential to life. Art. 12, Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador 2008
Translated by UUSCs Environmental Justice Program Manager, Patricia Jones

Only in a handful of countries is access to water legally protected by their constitutions. But UUSC, through its Environmental Justice Program, partners with two grassroots groups that are working to guarantee the human right to water for all citizens through the adoption of constitutional amendments and challenges where the human right to water is being violated. These groups El Movimiento Mi Cometa, in Ecuador, and the Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP), in South Africa have built local water-justice movements that are impacting the development of water justice globally.

inalienable human right in Ecuador when Ecuadorians vote in September 2008 to approve the new constitution.

Coalition Against Water Privatisation

South Africas 1996 constitution enshrines the human right to water for all South Africans. Yet in 2003, the corporatized public water utility Johannesburg Water began installing prepaid water meters in low-income black townships in Soweto, but not in white areas. Set up in the front yard of each house, the meters automatically shut off when a family hits the monthly limit, which is less than the 25 liters per person per day established by the World Health Organization as the minimum necessary for human survival. With UUSCs support, the Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP) helped local residents file a successful lawsuit against Johannesburg Water in the High Court of South Africa, charging violations of their constitutional rights to water and equality. In a landmark decision, the court found that Johannesburg Water had violated citizens constitutional and human right to water and ordered the utility to increase the free basic water allotment to low-income families, remove the prepaid meters, and end its discriminatory policies in Soweto.

El Movimiento Mi Cometa (My Kite Movement)

With UUSCs support, Mi Cometa played an active role in pushing through draft provisions that enshrine the human right to water and makes privatization of water services illegal under Ecuadors new constitution. Over the last year, a democratically elected body in Ecuador called the Constituent Assembly has rewritten the national constitution. Community organizers and leaders from Mi Cometa and its auxiliary organization, Los Observatorios Ciudadano de Servicios Publicos, lobbied as private citizens to shape the outcome of this process. They educated the public on water issues, involved youth, and lobbied those who were drafting water provisions. Thanks in part to the strong leadership of Mi Cometa, water could become a fundamental and

Opposite page: El Movimiento Mi Cometa Director Csar Crdenas Ramrez speaks at a rally in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in support of the human right to water provision to be included in Ecuadors new draft constitution.

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UUSC Sidebar keeps faith in human rights above everything else. They are politically aware people. They are not just donors. We have a friendship, a relationship, working together gives us confidence. Saleem Malik, BEDARI We are growing stronger and stronger. UUSC put us in the public eye on the Internet, showed us how to write grants, and helped us get volunteers from Unitarian churches. They gave us a solid foundation to work from. They respected what we were doing and wanted to enhance itThey based our relationship on the needs of the people here. Rev. Tyrone Edwards, Zion Travelers Cooperative Center
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Over the last year, UUSC has strategically allocated funds donated by thousands of supporters in the wake of major disasters to help redraw the balance of power in favor of marginalized groups.

for complete details on UUSCs emergency response.

Genocide in Darfur
After five years of violence in Darfur, more than 300,000 Darfurians have been killed and two million displaced. UUSC works to weave a web of protection for Darfurian women and girls, who are particularly vulnerable to violence. Through its partners, UUSC established womens centers in two camps in Darfur to train women in rights, leadership, and income generation inside the camp. UUSC also trained male camp leaders in 10 camps to increase their sensitivity to womens safety issues. As a result, leaders have established gender protection groups in three camps. For information on UUSCs Drumbeat for Darfur campaign, please see page 15.

Coast Relief fund grants to support community mental-health work and strengthen grassroots activism where communities have returned to face a struggle for their rights.

Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar

Though the UUSC-UUA Cyclone Nargis Relief Fund, UUSC is partnering with grassroots organizations in Myanmar (formerly Burma), including local Buddhist monasteries and nunneries, to support cyclone survivors. Despite all obstacles, these groups are steadily moving aid in the form of food, water-treatment supplies, and health care to affected villages in the Irrawaddy River Delta, an area hard hit by the cyclone. UUSC is also supporting assistance for unaccompanied children, and livelihoods for women widowed by the cyclone.

Indian Ocean tsunami and South Asia earthquake

In November 2007, UUSC brought members of BEDARI, a Pakistani earthquake program partner, to Aceh, Indonesia, to meet Indonesian tsunami partners to share strategies and experiences on their common work to help widows assert their right to their husbands lands. UUSC disbursed the final monies from the UUSC-UUA Tsunami Relief fund to empower and support Burmese migrants affected by the tsunami in Thailand and women tsunami survivors organizations in eastern Sri Lanka. This grant also supports a new international womens network of tsunami survivors to address common challenges of women tsunami survivors.
Opposite page: In Myanmars southern delta region, devastated by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, Ma Moe Moe Khine, 32, sells water. Widowed by the cyclone and with four children, Ma Khine began this small business with the guidance of a local UUSC partner, which supports recovery projects for widows and other vulnerable women.

Kenya crisis
Through the UUSC-UUA Kenya Crisis Fund, UUSC has supported current and new partners to promote community reconciliation and assist families who were driven out of their communities by violence. Please see pages 45

Gulf Coast relief

On the second anniversary of Katrina, UUSC joined with partner organizations in the Gulf Coast in a campaign called 29 homes in 29 days, helping hurricane survivors return to New Orleans. This year, UUSC distributed the final Gulf

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JustJourneys are unique educational travel experiences that focus on human-rights and social-justice issues related to UUSCs four program focus areas. During the course of a typical seven-to-ten-day JustJourney, participants meet UUSC program partners and allies in their communities in order to learn about the struggle for human rights firsthand.
Reflection by Carol Wilsey, of Lakewood, Colo., during a June 2008 JustJourney to Mexico exploring the negative impcat of NAFTA on Mexican workers:

JustWorks camps are a powerful way for people of all ages and backgrounds to put their values into action. Since 1996, UUSC has operated dozens of JustWorks camps in the United States and around the world, providing hands-on learning for more than 2,000 participants. Each summer, the JustWorks Program organizes a week-long Civil Rights Journey through the south, tracing historic events from the U.S. civil rights movement.
Reflection by Camilo Meja, chair of the board of directors of Iraq Veterans Against the War:

Luca and I both got tears in our eyes when she told me that her son had migrated to New York with his wife and her grandchild. Her pain of being separated from them was palpable. We were eating lunch together after meeting in Lucas home with a group of workers and union delegates from the maquila [or factory] where she works. (Her maquila produces t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel for export.) She has a good job, with benefits, and holds a position in her union. For now, she is fairly secure, with a nice little house and stable employment; but it was not so for her son. When I asked Luca why her son immigrated she said it was because there was no work for him. This is a familiar story for so many families in Mexico. Share in the enduring hopes, struggles, and successes of human-rights defenders in the United States and around the world. Come on a JustJourney!

JustJourneyer Susan Skaer (left) with a member of SITEMEX, one of the few truly worker-led unions in Mexico, during a May 2008 JustJourney exploring the effects of NAFTA on Mexican workers.

So many well-qualified people are dedicating their lives to creating a more just Mexico. I am humbled because there is so much I dont know but also energized, recognizing that lots of work has been accomplished, and its my job to continue the struggle. Holly Williams, of Lancaster, Penn., who participated in the 2008 JustJourney to Mexico

Day 3 of our Civil Rights Journey started at 7 a.m. in Montgomery, Ala. with a traditional southern breakfast at the Capitol Inns caf. By 8 a.m., we were well on our way to Selma, Ala. The 45-minute bus ride to Selma wasnt long enough to finish the episode of Eyes on the Prize: Americas Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1985 on the battle against segregation in the lunch counters and downtown stores of Nashville, Tenn. Still, it was a great introduction to a day that would take us down the path of resistance to segregation in two historic marches: Bloody Sunday and Selma-to-Montgomery. Sam Walker, our guide at The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, gave us a lively presentation about the main events that launched the two historic marches, the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson and the shutting down of registration centers in order to prevent African-American citizens from voting. We learned how the two marches, initially viewed as setbacks by some, were organized and carried out. They led to two crucial victories in the movement: a federal judges decision to uphold the protesters right to march and the governments decision to provide protection for marchers.

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Standing alongside our partners, the brave women and men with whom we collaborate to confront unjust power structures, are the dedicated members and supporters of UUSC. Their efforts your efforts were inspired, organized, and sustained by UUSCs newest department: Outreach and Mobilization. UUSC is strategic in organizing advocacy actions. Sometimes, we mobilize UUSC activists to join larger movements, and at other times, UUSC takes the lead. What drives all of UUSCs efforts is a shared commitment to raising our voice for justice and maximizing the impact of that collective voice. Here are a few of our achievements this past year: Through our Drumbeat for Darfur campaign, UUSC activists helped to win congressional approval of over $700 million to support the joint United Nations/ African Union Darfur Peacekeeping Force (UNAMID). UUSC activists also helped win passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, which permits state and local governments to divest from companies doing business with Sudan and protects them against lawsuits. In addition, UUSC and our supporters are urging the House and Senate human rights subcommittees to provide oversight of the UNAMID mandate to protect women and girls from violence. Through our partnership with The KatrinaRitaVille Express (KRV), a national road show featuring one of FEMAs toxic trailers, UUSC pushed for the passage of the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act. We held lobbying events in Hartford, Conn., and Birmingham, Ala., at the district offices of Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the chair and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Banking Committee, where the bill had stalled. The

Sam Walker, of The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, in Selma, Ala., helped to bring the civil rights movement alive for Civil Rights Journeyers.

It became apparent to me that what Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, the Congress of Racial Equality, and others were fighting for was not just civil rights. These men and women were engaged in a struggle for human rights; They were fighting for a common dignity. Giles Holt, UUSC JustWorks intern and participant in Freedom Summer: A Civil Rights Journey 2008

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to see the KatrinaRitaVille Express trailer with UUSCs Outreach and Mobilization staff. Experiences like this keep the Gulf Coast disaster at the top of the mind. Its easy to forget that even now people are still living in these FEMA trailers. Carrie Wittenstein, UUSC-UUA Gulf Coast Volunteer Program alumna and member of the Unitarian Church in Westport, Conn.
pressure culminated in Congresss approving $146 million for housing on the Gulf Coast.

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Honor Roll of Annual Fund Major Donors

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 Committees work in France.
Gordon and Elizabeth Bawden Doyle Bortner Nancy Marsh Kriss Wells and Martha Easter-Wells Alan and Leanne Zeppa

UUSC recognizes and thanks those who donated planned gifts, unrestricted gifts, and gifts for a designated purpose during the fiscal year July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008.

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

For more than a decade, Ary Bordes worked with UUSC to establish progressive health care programs for the people of Haiti. His vision helped provide thousands of children with food and medical services.
Anonymous (2) Holly Bell and Matthew Kaufmann Sue Bielawski Derry Bortner-Ryder R. Ken and Lois Carpenter Thomas Clewe David and Mary Colton Richard and Carol Fencl Maria Geigel and Stephen Weyer James Gunning and Ellen Ewing Benjamin and Ruth Hammett Ruth Harris Gary Hartz and Teri Wiss Jeffery Keffer and Suzanne Costello Curtis and Kathleen Marble Janet Mitchell and Jerry Cromwell Makanah and Robert Morriss Robert Phelps Shelley Powsner and Stephen Skrovan Homaune Razavi and Christine Shearer Robert Schuessler Susan Shane Mary Ann Stanley Sarah Stevens-Miles Al and Ellen Trumpler Peter and Carolyn Woodbury Elizabeth Zimmermann

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

Eleanor Clark French was director of the Unitarian Service Committees 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) Richard and Mildred Eberle Henry and Marjorie Harvey Todd and Lorella Hess Gilbert and Mina Perlow James Ross John and Aline Schwob

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 cooperation between the Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Service Committee.
Anonymous (3) Helen Brown Thomas Crane and Susan Shaw Harriet Denison Lyda Dicus and Robert Hanson Anne and Julius Goldin Beth Graham and William Schulz Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett Wesla Kerr Sy and Linda Mack Cathryn Mann Christian Peterson Lois and Robert Whealey A. Lee and Margaret Zeigler

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 Committees early relief efforts. He later became an agent of the USC and designed its logo, the flaming chalice.
Anonymous (5) S. James and Mary Adelstein Peter Aitken and Maxine Okazaki Nicholas and Jeanne Aldrich Linda Allen Suzanne and Roger Ames Nancy Anderson Paul and Joan Armstrong Howard and Susannah Arnould Gordon Asselstine Jonathan and Deanne Ater Reed Auerbach Gale Zander Barlow Judith Barnet Karen Bartley and Nicole Berrey George Bauer John and Astrid Baumgardner Beverley Baxter

Diana Bennett Sally Benson and Stephen Nichols Reuben Bergan Ralph and Gretchen Berggren Christine Bishop and Paul Arkema Janet Blanchfeld Tom Bliffert Beverly Blum Frank Blumenthal Stephen Boelter and Karen Combs Gay Boylston Bonnie Brae Bruce and Junelle Brandt Daniel and Julia Brody Paul and Carol Brody Richard Brown and Linda Jean Bonk Robert Brown R. Rae Buckley Wayne and Cynthia Bullaughey Michael Burkholder John and Irene Bush Leonard Campbell Rozlind Carroll Larry and Christine Carsman Elaine and Steve Castles Robert and Phyllis Clement Charles Clements and Gigi Wizowaty Mayre Lee and Kelly Clifton Sherry Cline Stanley and Kim Corfman Lisa Cottrell George Cowgill Clarice Cox Fred Cox Joan Cummiskey Linda Cunningham George Dale and Stefanie Etzbach-Bace Harriet Dann Martha Davis Wayne and Barbara Derrick Julian and Alice Dewell Ernest Dieterich William and Jean Dill David and Robin Ditzler Keith and Anne Dixon Doyle Dobbins John and Sheryl Downing Alvin and Eileen Drutz Erica Eddy and Stuart Hansen Leroy and Patricia Egenberger Donna Ekstrand Jane Engle Smith Duane and Marjorie Erway David Fenner and Pauline Leukhardt Bruce Field and Lucia Santini-Field W. Burns and Ellen Fisher John Flanagan A. Irving and Margery Forbes Frederick and Bonnie Forte Kathy Fosnaugh Harrison and Anne Frahn Jason Frankel Stephanie Garber and David Collins Paula Gerden John Gibbons and Sue Baldauf John and Margaret Gibson Kathleen Gilmore Bill and Irmgard Gimby David and Irma Goldknopf Laura Good Debra Lopez Gottesman Melissa Graf-Evans and Jonathan Evans Frederick Grafton

Frances Graham Shoshanna Green Allen Greenleaf Gay Ann Gustafson W. Mark and Marian Gutowski Richard and Denise Haight Katherine Hall Karen Hamalainen Sylvia Hampton Margaret Hargrove William and Connie Harper Richard and Catharine Harris Thomas Hartl Joan Hay Josefine Heim-Hall Jean Helz and Wayne Zimmermann Warner and Barbara Henderson Lawrence and Suzanne Hess Herbert Hethcote and Leslie Marshall John Hickey William and Beth Hillig William and Deborah Holden Mary-Ella Holst and Guy Quinlan Bill and Diantha Horton Louise Huddleston Barclay and Kerstin Hudson Daniel and Kathleen Huxley Dr. Beal B. Hyde Mary Ruth Idso Addison and Deborah Igleheart Wayne Itano and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano John and M. Barbara Jackson Laura Jackson Vernon and Dorrit Jacob Janice Jacobson-Cooper Lyssa Jenkens and Patricia Houck Charlotte Jones-Carroll Robert Jones Roger and Gloria Jones Todd and Allison Jones John and Katherine Kaufmann David and Joanne Kelleher Douglas and Carol Kerr James Kitendaugh and Lynne Cavanaugh Gordon Klauber Judith Kleen and Robert Mills Fiona Knox A. Lawrence and Ruth Kolbe George and Edwynne Krumme Larry La Bonte and Kathryn Shaw Gisela Lachnitt and Uwe Greife Jeff and Sonya Lamiare Tony Larsen E. C. Louise Larson Brock and Julie Leach Philip and Elsa Lichtenberg John and Janice Limb Harold and Kyong Lischner Ruth Little Ingeborg Lock Sharon and Neal Lockwood John Long Adelma LoPrest David Lysy Dusan and Janet Lysy Frank and June MacArtor Hunter MacWilliams and Diane Baillie Nicholas and Mona Magnis Harold and Caroline Malde Susan Mann and G. William Skinner Bennet and Anne Manvel A. William and Margaret March Richard Mark and Ellis Robinson

Thomas and Eva Marx Hugh Matheson Keith and Joan Mathews Carol and John Mathis Dorothy McConnell Martha and Michael McCoy Patrick McDermott Donald McLaren Douglas and Susan McLeod Teresa McShane Walter Roy and Ellen Mellen James Michaud and Barbara Shane-Michaud Diane Miller Paul and Laura Milne James and Melanie Milner V.J. and Shantha Mohan Robert and Donna Mohr Ronald and Barbara Moline Craig and Madelyn Moore Gay and Betty Morrow Sara Moser H. Joseph and Ann Myers Laura and Harry Nagel Franklin and D. Joan Neff Linda and Andrew Neher Louise Noble Nancy and Leonard Nowak Felicia Oldfather Phyllis Olin Anita Orlikoff Franklin and Priscilla Osgood William Othersen John and Susan Owicki Emily Palmer Richard and Marjorie Park Elsie Paull Eleanor Pelcyger Phyllis Pennell Jon Peterson Xavier and Penelope Pi-Sunyer Eric and Jacqueline Pierce William and Mary Piez Stephen Polmar Paul Popenoe Sally Popper Richard and Laura Pratt Sonya Prestridge and Arvid Straube June Pulcini Geraldine Quinlan Caroline Rayner Doris Reed Mary Richards Sharon Richards Warren Riley and Margery Abel Mark and Cynthia Robinson Tom Rocklin and Kimberly Ephgrave Peter and Sally Rosenberg Jacqueline Russell and Jane Miller John and Maggie Russell Betty Sanders Fannette Sawyer Hugh and Georgia Schall John and Patricia Seubert Marilyn Sewell Robert Lee and Regina Shirley Michael Shonsey Barbara Simonetti and Charles Sandmel Elizabeth Simpson and John Wurr Lisa Sinclair Aubrey and Billye Smith Kathryn Smith and Family Mrs. Livingston Smith Mary Sorensen

Don and Kathleen Southworth William Spears and Robin MacIlroy Charles Spence and Burt Peachy Anne St. Goar Jimmy Stanley Martha Steele Jeffrey Stocker Robert and Ruth Straus Hugo and Barbara Swan Charles Szabo Alan Taylor and Angelica Taylor-Cortes Diane Teichert and Donald Milton Raymond Thomas Erling Thoresen Aubrey Tobey Howard and Nina Tolley Thomas Townsend and Dorothy Wavrek Wayne and Lynn Trenbeath Alice Trexler and Downing Cless John and Helen Tryon Gail and Richard Ullman Patricia Vanderlaan-Post and Martin Vanderlaan Gerry Veeder Chrissie Vidas Suzanne Viemeister Kenneth and Jerusha Vogel Beverly Volicer Moritz Wagner Brooke Walker and Forrest Conrath Richard and Barbara Weiss Trudy and Bob Wendt Ralph Whaley and Carole Womeldorf Andrew and Janet Wilson Oliver and Helen Wolcott Margaret Woodward Robert and Carol Woolfson Robert and Lynn Young Margaret and Martin Zonligt

Compass Club ($500 to $999)

Anonymous (14) Roxie AUno Avis Adee Eric and Nancy Almquist Herbert Altholz and Emalee Andre Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ambuel Godfrey and Janet Amphlett William Anderson Walter and Melinda Andrews Ellen and Jeffrey Angley Daniel and Harriet Aten James Auler and Paula Murphy Susan Avery and Joseph Holmes Phillip and Ruth Backup John and Audrey Ball Norman and Jane Bannor John Barga and Susan ODell Karen Barlow and David Reese June Barrett Gordon and Janet Bartels Nancy Bartlett and John Hammond Douglas Becknell and Carol Fitzgerald Frederick and Mary Bellamy Alan Benford M. Bruce Berberich Joan Berna Georgia Bertcher Lizabeth Anne Bitner and Gregg Brown

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Anne Black Brenda Blair and Larry Yarak Benton Blee Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blickensderfer Donald and Patricia Blough David and Debra Bogash Steven and Mary Bolton Michael Boston Stephen Boyd David and Eva Bradford Ellis Bradford and Clara Golay Steven Breckler Emil Britt and Bobbi Berman Eric Broadbent and Susan Macrae David and Linda Brown Deborah Brown Jeffrey and Jane Brune Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brunner John Buehrens William and Jean Bullivant Jennifer Bunger Philip and Micheline Burger James and Dorothy Caldiero Ernest and Marion Carlson Victor and Catherine Carpenter George and Fanny Carroll Richard and Phyllis Cassel Katherine Cave Helen Chapell Joanne Chase Janet Childs Stanley and Elin Christianson Robert and Suzannah Ciernia Ruth Clark Pattie Jean Cluck Renee Coates Gail Cobe Roger Cole Laurel Garcia Colvin and Helio Fred Garcia William and Katherine Connor Anne Copeland and James Womack Richard and Laurel Corelle Deane and David Corliss James Crawford Grace Crecelius Kevin and Barbara Crotty Thomas Crowell John and Jo Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. David Curl Margaret Curry and Julie Gill Mary Rose Curtis Russell Curtis and Joanne Giannino Cynthia Davidson Karen Davies Theadora Davitt-Cornyn Raymond I. Dawson, Jr. Steven and Donna Deacon Stanley and June Dean Franklin and Suzanne deBeers Nancy Deland Susan Delaney Peter and Shirley Denison Kurt and Diana DeWeese Pamela DiLavore Richard and Joanne Dirienzo Janet Dixon James and Jean Doane Peter and Marian Downs Jean Dunlap Gregory and Lynn Eastwood Charles Eby and Lisa Ross Patricia Eckels Josephine Elosua

Barbara Elrod Margaret and Carl Engelhart Richard and Martha England Claire Ernhart and Edward Psotta Carol Evans Mark and Deborah Ferrenz Theodore and Jane Fetter Gary Firldman Hilarey Findeisen Ruth Fleck Paul Fletcher Jane and Walter Fogg Kristen Fowks Joanne Fraser Luanne Frey and Mark Lukow Richard and Diane Frey Richard Friedberg Elizabeth Fuller Margaret Fuller James Gage Martin and Janneane Gent Oscar and Dell Gerster Ronald and Ann Gilbert John Glasson and Victoria Smith Kenneth Goggins and L. Gerald Parchman Carol Goldstein Neil Goldstein and Jean Wallace Franklin and Mary Gould Michael Grady and Ellen Grimm Madeleine Grant Walter and Patricia Gray Georgina Gregory Mary Grigsby Patricia Haff John Hain and Jennifer Allen Richard Hale Charles and Ann Halsted Sally and Aaron Hamburger Anne Harding Robert Harding Kenneth and Jan Harper Bert and Val Harrop James and June Hart Robert and Lisa Hartman Peter Hartzell and Elizabeth Harrison William and Kimberly Hayes James and Anne Hays Thomas Healy and Erin Colcannon Carrie Hedges Linda Heffner Cynthia Heinicke Helen Helson Orrin Helstad Kurt Hemr Thomas and Elizabeth Henderson Kirsten Henrickson Peter and Mary Hepokoski Cynthia Hiatt and R. Thompson Arrison Chip and Susie Hider Jennie Hobson and Frederick Crimi G. June Hoch David Hoffman Donna Hoffman and Richard Dum Eileen Hoffman and David Munro Patricia Hok Douglas and Barbara Holdridge Lu Horner Terence and Margaret Hosken William and Patricia Houff Celeste Howard Jane Howard John and Elizabeth Howell Hal and Maureen Hoyt

David and Katharine Hudson Robert and Tracey Hughes Thomas and Mary Alice Hungerford James Hunt David Hunter and Kirsten Mueller Jonathan and Elizabeth Hutchinson Heather Hyde and Bruce Stowell Karl and Beth Irikura Eric Jacobs and Jean Shapiro Gertrude Jacoby Edward and Myrna Jenkins Stephen and Kathy Jens-Rochow Ralph and Patricia Johns Mark Johnson Robert Johnson and Priscilla Raughley Timothy Johnson and Jo Wiese Johnson Douglas and Meg Jones Mary Jones and S. Kingsley Macomber Dan Joslyn Mary Anne Joyce and Catha Loomis Richard and Jocelynn Kaiser Ruth Kandel and Kevan Hartshorn Richard Kark Trudy Karlson and David Weber Romeo Kassarjian Mary Keane Robert and Irene Keim David Keller and Julie Meyers Holly Kerr Scott and Heather Kleiner Richard and Barbara Kohlhaas Andrew and Nancy Kosseff Harm and Marian Kraai Ramanujachary Kumanduri and Cristina Romero George and Sandra Kunkle Emily Kunreuther John Lamperti James and Mary Landfried Frederick and Constance Landmann Daniel Larsen Patricia Lee Richard and Patricia Leggat David and Mary Leonard Catherine Less Thomas and Janet Leversee Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis James and Paula Lieb Judith Litt Richard Loescher Jeffrey and Wendy Lott Francis and Victoria Lowell Philip and Madeleine Lowry Elwyn Ludington Lorraine Lyman Elizabeth MacGowan Robert and Ann MacPherson Jennifer and John Magruder Marjorie Main John Maisel Michael Majewski and Anita Feldman Katherine Manker and Bruce Gardner Rollo Marchant Elliot and Jean Marvell Owen Masters and Jocelyn Butler Susan Mathews and Christopher Gilkerson Virginia McAninch Henry and Yvelyne McCarthy Debra and Richard McChane William and Mary McFeely Patrick McGuire Elinor McKay Catherine McKegney

Dolores McKellar R. Michael McKinlay Raymond and Nancy McKinley Hugh and Alice McLellan Michael and Kok-Heong McNaughton Mark and Jean McPeak Kathryn Medina Barbara Meislin Cathy and Ron Menendez Marvin Mercer Axel and Cecile Meyer Keith and Patricia Mielke Patricia and Merrill Miller Sarah and John Millspaugh Jonathan Moller Christine Moss Uta Mueller Tsai Ronald and Sarah Munson W. Michael Nailor Jerry and Janis Neff Jill Nichols Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren Joseph L. Norton Janet Nussmann and Robert Cary Kevin ONeill William and Marian ORegan Mary Ann Oakley Kristin Ockershauser Mart and Karen Ojamaa Craig Oliner and Alyson Owen Carol Orme-Johnson G. Timothy and Francene Orrok Philip Osborn and Suzanne Rich-Osborn Meda Lou Padden Emily Pardee Kathleen Paulson and Jeffrey Heath Laurence Paxson Eggers Robert and Karen Peake Eleanor Peckham Rosetta Pervan Barbara Pescan and Ann Tyndall Carl and Susan Peterson Jean Peterson Lois Pettinger and Dianne Erickson Janet Pfeffer Patricia Pickford Mel and Carol Pine Diane Pinkham Patricia Pogue Andrew Prokop and Linda Winsor Stephen and Mary Puckett Balaram Puligandla and Linda Okahara Lurma Rackley Beth Rager Henry Raichle and Virginia Carver Paul Randel Henry and Susan Rauch Don and Shirley Rawson Mark and Kimberly Ray Roger and Carol Reimers John and Elizabeth Richards Albert and Peggy Richardson Lori and Bob Rittle Michelina Rizzo Christine Robinson and William Baker G. Jane Rock David and Rachel Rockafellow Elspeth Root Bruce and Carol Ross Arlin and Sarita Roy Nancy Russell John and Millicent Rutherford Philip and Alice Saunders

Peter and Marjorie Schellenberg Nancy Schroll Ruth Schwebke Alfred Schwendtner Robert and Elizabeth Scott Perry and Dianne Seiffert Louis and Barbara Semrau J. Laverne Sensiba John and Elinor Severinghaus Charles and S. Jeanne Shaw Bruce Sherwood Sandy Sigal Robert and Shelley Sitzman Violeta Smadbeck Kathleen Smith-DiJulio and Donald DiJulio Kathryn Smith Nancy Smith Lisa Snellings Lenore Snodey June Snodgrass Laurel Sprigg Alex and Mary Sproul Ruth Sproull Robert and K. Ann Stebbins Douglas Stewart Linda Stoller James Sturm David Suehsdorf and Janet Muir Kathryn Sullivan and Chad Hasson Woodruff and Jennifer Sutton Edith Swallow Dorothy Swerdlove Erik and Kerriann Tavzel Leonard and Martha Taylor Gordon and Amy Teel John Thomas William Thomas and Helen Burke Thomas Michael and Kelly Thome Betty Thompson Ann Throop Frances Tibbits Jonathan and Cathi Tiedeman Charlotte Tompkins Peter and Nancy Torpey May Town Robert and Alice Jane Townsend Jerry Trammell and Katherine Hoffman Jonathan and Linda Tuck Lindsey Tweed and Claudia King Nancy and Rick Van Dyke Alice Van Wormer Francesca Vollaro Robert and Karin Wamstad Joel and Linda Watson Thomas and JoAnne Way Michael Weeda and Joanne Michalski Elizabeth Weinstock Sandra Welsh Steve and Deborah Wentworth Sarah West Farley and Virginia Wheelwright Cynthia White-Johnson and John Johnson Dale and Corinna Whiteaker-Lewis Henry O. Whiteside Edward Wight Catherine Williams Jay and Karen Williams Alexander and Edith Wilson Robert Winsor Stanley and Susan Winters Anne Wolfgang Robert and Betsy Wones John and Geraldine Wood

Jordan Wood and David Leppik Jerry and Nancy Worsham Nigel Wright Peter and Katherine Wyckoff William and Barbara Wymer Frank Wyse and Barbara Trojan Mary and Robert Zimmer Sara Zimmerman Gregory Zupan

Estate donors
UUSC honors individuals whose realized estate bequests exceeded $25,000 or more this fiscal year.
May L. Brook Betty J. Brothers Mark Eisner, Jr. Frances Fucile Edna J. Hilberg Gilbert and Mina Perlow

Foundations
The following foundations made grants to UUSC of $1,000 or more during this fiscal year.
ALMI Foundation, Inc. The Boston Foundation Holthues Trust Joukowsky Family Foundation The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Namaste Foundation Peace Development Fund Sacajawea Foundation The Sister Fund

These lists cover the period July 1, 2007 June 30, 2008. 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 development@ uusc.org, or call 800-766-5236.

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Honor Roll of Annual Fund Major Donors continued

Flaming Chalice Circle
Anonymous (1) Lois Abbott Peter and Susan Alden Gordon Asselstine Dr. John Bailey Rachael Balyeat Beverley Baxter George and Peggy Bell I. Inka Benton Laurel Blossom Michael Boblett Ann Booth Doyle Bortner Paul and Irma Braunstein Helen Brown Frances and Laurence Brundall Evelyn Chidester Elizabeth Clark

The Flaming Chalice Circle recognizes supporters who have included UUSC in their estate plans or have made a planned gift to UUSC.
Deirdre Cochran and Daniel Couch Bruce Cornish Mildred Courtley Joan Cudhea and Tomas Firle Carol Davis L. Patton Davis Theadora Davitt-Cornyn Frances Dew Julian and Alice Dewell Lyda Dicus and Robert Hanson Ruth Donnell Carol Donovan Imogene Draper Mary Ann Ely Claire Ernhart and Edward Psotta Martha and John Ferger Elizabeth Ford Anne Forsyth Richard and Hillary Fuhrman Carrie Gillespie and Krishna Kaushik Anne and Julius Goldin Laura Good Michael Goodman Sara Grindlay James Gunning and Ellen Ewing John and Eileen Hamlin Joseph and Yvonne Hammerquist Henry and Marjorie Harvey William and Jean Hellmuth Warner and Barbara Henderson Mary-Ella Holst and Guy Quinlan Hanna Hopp Lu Horner Martha Jewett Ellen and Barry Johnson-Fay Alex Karter Wesla Kerr Peter Landecker Corinne LeBovit Jack Lepoff Diana Ruth Levitan Justin and Phyllis Lewis Sharon and Neal Lockwood Aimee Lykes Ms. Mitchell Lyman Eleanor May Catherine McConkie Gordon and Phyllis McKeeman Hugh and Alice McLellan Barbara McMahon and Eric Spelman Audrey and Donald Micklewright Ree and Maurice Miller Malcolm Mitchell Virginia Moore Leigh and Thomas Mundhenk Robert and Elsa New Vivian Nossiter Mary Ann Oakley Rene Oehler Vernon Olson G. Timothy and Francene Orrok Emily Palmer Charlotte Palmer Brydie and Erdman Palmore Janice Park Dorothy and Tracy Patterson Laurence Paxson Eggers Edgar and Phyllis Peara Diana Peters William Pratt William and Lillis Raboin Verna Renfro Lee and Judith Reynard David Riley Mary Rose and Leonard Pellettieri Jean Roxburgh David Rubin Hilda Rush John and Maggie Russell John and Millicent Rutherford Betty Sanders J. David and Fia 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 Clarence Lee Small Sherry and Thornton Smith Lenore Snodey Gloria Snyder Charles S. Spence and Burt Peachy Robert and Marion Stearns James and Mary Stephenson Joseph Stern Jack and Nancy Stiefel Joan Stockford Sally and Robert Stoddard James and Matilde Taguchi William Thomas and Helen Burke Thomas Fred Topik Elsie Trachsel Helen True John and Helen Tryon Arthur and Arliss Ungar Mary Vedder Alice Wallace Leslie Ann Weinberg Ernest Weller Kriss Wells and Martha EasterWells Herbert and Myrna West Lois and Robert Whealey Robert and Susan Whitney Margaret Woodward Elizabeth Zimmermann

Ambassadors Council
Ambassadors Council members assist UUSC staff and board with their leadership, advancing UUSCs resource development and promoting its broader efforts.
Margot Adler * Joan Armstrong Davis * Howard Arnould * Susannah Arnould * George August * Beverly August * William Baker Nancy Bartlett Beverley Baxter Larry Beck Sarah Benson * Thomas Bliffert * Jean Bliffert Helen Brown * Clayton Brown Richard Brown James Caldiero * Dorothy Caldiero * Barbara Cheatham Richard Cheatham Daniel Cheever Davalene Cooper * Fred Cox * Kim Crawford Harvie * Theadora Davitt-Cornyn Suzanne deBeers * Franklin deBeers Julian Dewell Alice Dewell Danielle DiBona David Dierdorff Sayre Dixon Franklin Evans Ellen Ewing Richard Fuhrman * Hillary Fuhrman Annella Furtick * William Furtick Irmgard Gimby * William Gimby James Gunning * Aaron Hamburger * Sarah Hamburger * John Hammond Robert Hardies John Hickey Bruce Hockaday William Holden Deborah Holden Mary-Ella Holst Charles Hopper * Dorothy Hopper William Horton Diantha Horton Ellen Johnson-Fay Barry Johnson-Fay Sarah Karstaedt * Fiona Knox J. Douglas Knox Madeleine Lefebvre * Kenneth MacLean Linda Marquardt * Daniel Marquardt * James McCorkel * Peter Morales Phyllis Morales Kem Morehead Janet Muir Stephen Murphy * Stephen Nichols Cheryl Nikonovich-Kahn Richard Nikonovich-Kahn Winifred Norman * Mary Ann Oakley Kristin Ockershauser Gloria Ohanian Abe Ohanian Carolyn Owen-Towle Thomas Owen-Towle Emily Pardee * Dorothy Patterson Tracy Patterson Laurence Paxson Eggers * Laura Pedersen * Margaret Pipes Ernest Pipes June Pulcini * Guy Quinlan Charles Reed * Charles Reed Roberta Reed Thomas Rhodes Lettice Rhodes Christine Robinson Lucile Ross Warren Ross Warren Salinger Martha Salinger Richard Scobie * Jill Scobie Marilyn Sewell * Neil Shadle Lillie Shadle Lawrence Shafer * Alice Shafer Theodore Shapin Ruth Shapin Donald Southworth Kathleen Southworth Betty Stapleford Thomas Stapleford David Suehsdorf Catherine Taylor * Betty Thompson Chester Thompson Alfred Trumpler Ellen Trumpler Nancy Van Dyke * Reinhardt Van Dyke P.D. Wadler Richard Weiss * Barbara Weiss * Lois Whealey * Robert Whealey Thomas Wintle Colin Woodhouse Latifa Woodhouse Elizabeth Zimmermann * * Honorary Ambassador

Trustee Annual Fund

The members of the UUSCs Board of Trustees take seriously their fiduciary responsibility, showing their support for our work not only in the board room, but also financially, with 100 percent participation.
Thomas H. Andrews Stanley L. Corfman John Gibbons Katherine C. Hall Barclay Hudson Todd Jones Charlotte Jones-Carroll David Lysy Diane Miller Carolyn Purcell Lurma Rackley Rev. Dr. William Schulz Susan Scrimshaw Charles C. Spence Fasaha Traylor

Partners Council
More than 50 individual donors participated in the inaugural year of UUSCs Partners Council. Their cumulative support totaled more than $800,000.
Nancy Anderson George and Beverly August Gordon and Elizabeth Bawden Bevery Baxter and Doyle Dobbins Holly Bell and Matthew Kaufmann Sue Bielawski Doyle Bortner Derry Bortner-Ryder D. Clark Boykin Helen Brown Booker and Janet Bush R. Ken and Lois Carpenter Rozlind Carroll David and Mary Colton Thomas Crane and Susan Shaw Harriet Denison Lyda Dicus and Robert Hanson Richard and Carol Fencl Maria Geigel and Stephen Weyer Anne and Julius Goldin Beth Graham and William Schulz James Gunning and Ellen Ewing Benjamin and Ruth Hammett Henry and Marjorie Harvey Daniel Hausman and Catherine Kautsky Todd and Lorella Hess Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett Jeffery Keffer and Suzanne Costello Wesla Kerr George and Betsey Krusen Sy and Linda Mack Curtis and Kathleen Marble Nancy Marsh Janet Mitchell and Jerry Cromwell Makanah and Robert Morriss Paticia and Frank Osgood Christian Peterson Robert Phelps Stephen and Carolyn Purcell Homaune Razavi and Christine Shearer Robert Schuessler John and Aline Schwob Susan Shane Theodore and Ruth Shapin Sarah Stevens-Miles Rev. Karen Stoyanoff Hugo and Barbara Swan Al and Ellen Trumpler Mark and Anne Veldman Kriss Wells and Martha EasterWells Lois and Robert Whealey Peter and Carolyn Woodbury A. Lee and Margaret Zeigler Alan and Leanne Zeppa Elizabeth Zimmermann

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Named endowment funds

UUSC 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 Childrens 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 Photo: Caroline Joe/CARE

Most people want to do something good, to give back. Through UUSC, each individuals giving is spread by a network of helping hands in partnerships around the world. One of the most rewarding things about contributing to the Trustee Annual Fund at UUSC is the knowledge that the donation is magnified through many organizations that UUSC supports. Lurma Rackley, UUSC Trustee

Social Justice Activist Awards

UUSC honors community organizers and leaders each year with its top three awards for outstanding activism. Social Action Leadership Award Rob Robinson Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, Colo. Mary-Ella Holst Youth Activist Award Raziq George Brown First Jefferson UU Church, Fort Worth, Tex. Seminarian Award for Excellence in Social Justice Seanan Holland Great Lakes Military Ministry Project

Outstanding Local Representatives

Each year, UUSC honors local volunteers who have shined in their work to promote UUSC and connect its mission to UU values and principles. Nancy Doyle Murray UU Church, Attleboro, Mass. Judy Ottman White Bear UU Church, Mahtomedi, Minn. Bobby Robinson First Parish, Wayland, Mass. Patricia Wellington and Rosemary Hagen UU Congregation, Venice, Fla.

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Honor Congregations of 2008

Membership Awards
Spirit of Justice Banner Societies
Honors congregations in which 100 percent of congregants are UUSC members.
Florida Cocoa UU Congregation of Cocoa Vero Beach UU Fellowship of Vero Beach Inc. Hawaii Keaau UU Fellowship of Puna Maryland Great Mills UU Fellowship of Southern Maryland

These awards recognize congregations whose members support human rights and social justice through exemplary levels of UUSC membership.
Vision of Justice Banner Societies
Honors congregations in which 50 to 74 percent of congregants are UUSC members.
Alaska Juneau Arizona Sierra Vista Tucson UU Congregation of NW Tucson Arkansas Hot Springs Village California Auburn Berkeley Fullerton Grass Valley San Rafael Visalia Colorado Greeley Connecticut Brooklyn Meriden Norwich Storrs Florida Brooksville Lakeland Illinois DeKalb Indiana Columbus Massachusetts Bridgewater Medfield Plymouth Weymouth Missouri Rolla New Jersey Paramus New Mexico Los Alamos New York Hamburg North Carolina Franklin Ohio Athens Bellaire Oklahoma Tulsa Church of Restoration UU Oregon Astoria Pennsylvania Stroudsburg West Chester Texas Abilene Austin UU Fellowship of Austin Lufkin Virginia Blacksburg Washington Hoquiam Wisconsin Woodruff Sacramento UU Community Church San Francisco San Jacinto San Luis Obispo San Mateo Studio City Sunnyvale Ventura Vista Walnut Creek Colorado Boulder UU Church of Boulder Colorado Springs All Souls UU Church Denver First Unitarian Society Lafayette Loveland Pueblo Connecticut Danbury Madison Manchester New Haven New London Stamford Westport Delaware Wilmington Florida Bradenton Deland Gainesville Lecanto Miami Jacksonville Buckman Bridge UU Society Pensacola Plantation Rockledge Sarasota Tampa Tarpon Springs Venice West Melbourne Georgia Atlanta First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta Brunswick UU of Coastal Georgia Marietta Emerson UU Congregation Sandy Springs Statesboro Valdosta Hawaii Honolulu Idaho Boise Coeur D Alene Pocatello Kimberly Illinois Alton Carbondale Deerfield Palatine Springfield Sycamore Indiana Danville Evansville Hobart Iowa Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Iowa City Mason City Kentucky Bowling Green Louisville Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church Maine Bangor Brunswick Castine Dexter Kennebunk Norway Portland The First Parish in Portland Waterville Maryland Camp Springs Churchville Columbia Cumberland Hagerstown Lutherville Massachusetts Andover Athol Attleboro Billerica Danvers Duxbury Eastham Gardner Groton Hingham First Parish in Hingham Old Ship Church Second Parish UU in Hingham Hudson Kingston Littleton Melrose Middleboro Newton North Andover North Easton Norwell First Parish Church Petersham Pittsfield Quincy Rockport Sherborn Stow Sudbury Swampscott Watertown West Roxbury Westwood Michigan Ann Arbor First UU Congregation Brighton Detroit Farmington Hills Houghton Marquette Mount Pleasant Muskegon Portage Rochester Troy Minnesota Bloomington Brainerd Fridley Hanska Mahtomedi Wayzata Missouri Ellisville Jefferson City Montana Kalispell Missoula Nevada Reno New Hampshire Andover Durham Keene Manchester Milford Peterborough Tamworth New Jersey Absecon Branchburg Montclair Morristown Orange Plainfield Ridgewood New Mexico Albuquerque Albuquerque UU Fellowship First Unitarian Church Las Cruces Rio Rancho Silver City New York Albany Big Flats Bridgehampton Canandaigua Central Square Flushing Fredonia Hastings-on-Hudson Jamesport Jamestown Kingston Manhasset Mohegan Lake Oneonta Queensbury Syracuse May Memorial UU Society Williamsville North Carolina Black Mountain Brevard Hillsborough Morehead City North Dakota Bismarck Fargo Ohio Berea Cincinnati First Unitarian Church Dayton Delaware Fairlawn Findlay Lewis Center New Madison Oberlin Toledo Warren Wooster Oklahoma Lawton Oregon Ashland Bend Florence North Bend Portland First Unitarian Church Wyeast UU Congregation Roseburg Pennsylvania Beach Lake Bethlehem Collegeville Devon Erie Indiana Philadelphia UU Church of the Restoration Pittsburgh Allegheny UU Church UU Church of the South Hills Smithton State College Rhode Island Providence Church of the Mediator South Carolina Port Royal Bluffton Tennessee Cookeville Memphis Peter Cooper UU Fellowship Nashville Greater Nashville UU Congregation Texas Amarillo Denton Houston Unitarian Fellowship of Houston Kerrville UU Church of the Hill Country Longview Midland San Antonio Community UU Church Tyler Victoria Waco Vermont Bennington Brattleboro Chester Middlebury Norwich Rutland South Strafford Springfield Virgin Islands Frederiksted Virginia Glen Allen Harrisonburg Lynchburg Williamsburg Washington Bellingham Blaine Kirkland Marysville Richland Tacoma Vashon Woodinville West Virginia Beckley Wisconsin Appleton Eau Claire Kenosha Madison Prairie UU Society Marshfield Rice Lake Ripon

Creating Justice Banner Societies

Honors congregations in which 25 to 49 percent of congregants are UUSC members.
Alabama Auburn Fairhope Alaska Anchorage Fairbanks Arizona Chandler Glendale Green Valley Prescott Prescott UU Fellowship Granite Peak UU Congregation Surprise Yuma Arkansas Eureka Springs Fayetteville California Anaheim Aptos Bakersfield Bayside Canoga Park Carmel Chico Costa Mesa Fremont Grass Valley Hayward La Crescenta Laguna Beach Livermore Los Angeles Los Gatos Napa North Hills Newhall Palo Alto Pasadena Throop UU Church Petaluma Rancho Mirage Rancho Palos Verdes

Beacon of Justice Banner Societies

Honors congregations in which 75 to 99 percent of congregants are UUSC members.
Alaska Seward Arkansas Jonesboro California Redondo Beach Whittier Florida North Palm Beach Port Charlotte New Jersey Newton New York Muttontown Oregon West Linn Pennsylvania Athens Texas Brownsville New Braunfels San Marcos Washington Ellensburg Friday Harbor Wisconsin Milwaukee Unitarian Fellowship of Milwaukee FRANCE (Paris) UU Fellowship of Paris

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Congregational Corporate-Giving Awards

Helen Fogg Chalice Society
Honors congregations for their generous lineitem contribution of a gift from their annual budget of at least $25 per church member.
Maryland Great Mills Massachussets Berlin Eastham Westwood New York Manhasset Fresno Fullerton Modesto Montclair Palo Alto Redondo Beach San Francisco San Jacinto San Luis Obispo San Mateo Studio City Ventura Colorado Golden Grand Junction Loveland Pagosa Springs Connecticut Hamden Hartford Westport Florida Boca Raton Clearwater Gainesville Naples Plantation Sarasota Tampa Vero Beach Illinois Alton Palatine Iowa Davenport Des Moines Kansas Lawrence Manhattan

These awards recognize congregations who demonstrate their strong commitment to justice and human rights through institutional giving.
Kentucky Bowling Green Louisville Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church Maine Castine Maryland Bethesda River Road UU Congregation Cedar Lane UU Church Camp Springs Cumberland Massachusetts Amherst Belmont Boston Community Church of Boston Duxbury Framingham Harvard Hingham Old Ship Church First Parish in Hingham Kingston Littleton Needham Norwell First Parish Church Reading Sterling Watertown Wayland Wellesley Hills Weston Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship Flint Midland Minnesota Mankato Saint Cloud Willmar Winona Nevada Reno New Hampshire Milford New Jersey Titusville New York Fredonia Huntington New York Community Church of New York Unitarian Church of All Souls Oneonta Rochester First Unitarian Church Schenectady Syracuse May Memorial UU Society North Carolina Durham Eno River UU Fellowship Raleigh UU Fellowship of Raleigh North Dakota Bismark Ohio Berea Cincinnati First Unitarian Church Columbus Lewis Center Wooster Oklahoma Oklahoma City Oregon Hillsboro Newport Pennsylvania York South Carolina Clemson Tennessee Cookeville Nashville First UU Church of Nashville Oak Ridge Tullahoma Texas El Paso Houston Unitarian Fellowship of Houston Emerson Unitarian Church Plano San Antonio First UU Church of San Antonio Virginia Burke Fredericksburg Washington Bellingham Edmonds Marysville Seattle University Unitarian Church Spokane Wisconsin Madison First Unitarian Society Milwaukee First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee Sister Bay France (Paris) UU Fellowship of Paris

Guest At Your Table Special Recognition

Honors congregations whose members gave a total of $5,000 or more to UUSC through Guest at Your Table.
Colorado Golden Florida Vero Beach Georgia Atlanta UU Congregation of Atlanta Minnesota Mahtomedi Wisconsin Appleton Milwaukee First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee

UUSC celebrates these honor congregations for their lasting investments in human rights. For more information about how your congregation can play a critical role in supporting UUSC, contact Rachel Jordan at 800-766-5236 or volunteerservices@uusc.org, or visit our website at www.uusc.org.

James Luther Adams Award

Honors congregations for their generous lineitem contribution of a gift from their annual budget of at least $1 per church member.
Arizona Prescott Granite Peak UU Congregation Surprise Arkansas Fayetteville Hot Springs Village California Escondido

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, 2007 June 30, 2008. 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 volunteerservices@uusc.org, or call 800-766-5236.

We chose to support UUSC because of its worldwide presence and partnerships with organizations promoting human rights and social justice. Our Charitable Gift Annuity is a winwin deal. We receive an attractive rate of return, plus have the satisfaction of knowing that our contribution will live on beyond our lifetimes. Gordon and Liz Bawden
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Financial Statements For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 (with comparative totals for June 30, 2007)
Functional Expenses
Program services n Environmental Justice n Economic Justice n Civil Liberties n Rights in Humanitarian Crises Total program services Supporting services n Management n Fundraising Total supporting services Total functional expenses
n Environmental justice n Economic justice n Civil liberties n Rights in humanitarian crises

Statement of Financial Position

24% 28% 19% 11% 82% 1,760,256 2,033,241 1,388,358 821,025 6,002,880
Assets Cash & equivalents: Cash Money market fund Total cash and cash equivalents Investments Note receivable program partner Accounts and interest receivable Pledges receivable, net Prepaid expenses and other assets Cash escrow Property and equipment, net Total Assets Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payable and accrued expenses Accrued compensation Pooled income deferred revenue Unearned revenue Bond payable Planned giving obligations: Gift annuities Trust agreements Pooled income Total liabilities Net Assets: Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total net assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets

June 2008
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 2007
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

6% 12% 18% 100%

422,410 938,291 1,360,701 7,363,581

I am glad to support UUSCs Front Lines Campaign because I have a lot of confidence in the organization. It works on vital issues. I like the approach of partnering with organizations around the world. I like the opportunities UUSC provides for supporters to be involved in making a difference. UUSC must have a strong financial base to secure its work for years to come. Martha Easter-Wells

n Management n Fundraising

Statement of Activities
2008
Unrestricted Public support & revenue Net 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 Assets Change in net assets Beginning of the year End of year (a) (b) (a+b) 5,685,093 1,215,608 6,900,701 Temporarily restricted 1,135,397 (1,226,933) (91,536) Permanently restricted 3,250 11,325 14,575 Total 6,823,740 0 6,823,740

2007
Total 6,155,143 0 6,155,143

6,002,880 938,291 422,410 7,363,581 (462,880) (1,407,389) (1,870,269) 13,666,085 11,795,816 (91,536) 73,456 (18,080) 1,705,141 1,687,061 14,575 (4,322) 10,253 2,867,573 2,877,826

6,002,880 938,291 422,410 7,363,581 (539,841) (1,338,255) (1,878,096) 18,238,799 16,360,703

5,288,476 877,807 444,419 6,610,702 (455,559) 2,299,311 1,843,752 16,395,047

18,238,799

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STAFF FISCAL YEAR 2008 Executive

Charlie Clements President and Chief Executive Officer Mark McPeak Executive Director Linda Lee Executive Assistant Maxine Hart Human Resources Manager Quang Nguyen Compensation and Benefits Specialist Atema Eclai Director of Programs Gretchen Alther Associate for Rights in Humanitarian Crises Xenia Barahona Senior Associate for JustJourneys Anna Bartlett Administrative Assistant Rebecca Brown Associate for Environmental Justice Fatema Haji-Taki Associate for Civil Liberties Ariel Jacobson Associate for Economic Justice Patricia Jones Program Manager, Environmental Justice Kim McDonald Senior Associate, Education and Action Johanna Chao Kreilick Program Manager, Economic Justice Wayne Smith Program Manager, Civil Liberties Martha Thompson Program Manager, Rights in Humanitarian Crises Nguyen Weeks Program Associate, Youth Myrna Greenfield Director, Outreach and Mobilization Nancy Moore Executive Liaison to the Denomination and Congregations Cristin Martineau Events Coordinator Shelley Moskowitz Manager of Public Policy, Washington, D.C. Kara Smith Campaign Assistant Ki Kim Director of Communications Meredith Barges Editor/Writer Dick Campbell Media and Public Affairs Coordinator Eric Grignol Production Coordinator Sarah Peck Communications Assistant Mark Simon Senior Associate, Web Administration and Graphic Design Maxine Neil Director of Institutional Advancement John Anderson Gift Processing Assistant Laurie Brunner Prospect Research Assistant Kenneth Dolbashian Capital Campaign Manager Rachel Jordan Senior Associate for Member Development Eric Kreilick Senior Associate, Major Gifts and Foundations Susan Mosher Associate for Donor Services Michael Zouzoua Chief Financial Officer Ethan Adams Senior Facilities and Operations Associate Aiesha Cummings Operations Assistant Jayme Donnelly Senior Associate for Information Technology Mayckon Gaspar Staff Accountant Shari Yeaton Senior Operations Assistant Mohamed Zine abidine Accountant

Programs

Outreach And Mobilization

Communications

Institutional Advancement

UUSC has a new address: 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass. Our decision to move was prompted by our growth and success in leading human-rights movements around the globe. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, this building was constructed in 1904 for the Cambridgeport Savings Bank. True to this history, there are still bank vaults on all the floors! Steps away from the Central Square stop on the MBTA Red Line, our new building provides us with exciting, new ways to engage our neighbors as fellow activists. We are sharing office space with local organizations that advance missions closely aligned with ours, and we plan to refurbish the basement to create a meeting space for community groups. We also hope to use our new space to engage college students, who are more than 200,000 strong in Boston.

Finance and Operations

BOARD FISCAL YEAR 2008

William F. Schulz Chair Katherine C. Hall Vice Chair David Lysy Secretary Stanley Corfman Treasurer Tom Andrews John E. Gibbons Barclay Hudson Todd Jones Charlotte Jones-Carroll Diane Miller Carolyn Purcell Lurma Rackley Susan C. Scrimshaw Charles Spence Fasaha Traylor

| Annual Report 008 | 

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

689 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 www.uusc.org info@uusc.org 617-868-6600

Photography Front cover, 2008 Courtesy of Barakat Page 3 top, 2005 Courtesy of Danielle Sinkford bottom, 2008 Eric Grignol/UUSC Page 4, 2007 Courtesy of Sarah Elliott Page 5 top, 2008 Courtesy of Rock Women Group middle and bottom, Courtesy of Sarah Elliott Page 7, 2008 Meredith Barges/UUSC Page 9, 2008 Courtesy of Georgia Minimum Wage Coalition Page 11, 2007 Courtesy of Mi Cometa Page 13, 2008 Courtesy of MBEAN Page 14, 2008 Meredith Barges/UUSC Page 15 left, 2008 Giles Holt/UUSC right, 2008 Kara Smith/UUSC Page 19, Courtesy of Caroline Joe/CARE Page 21, Courtesy of Gordon and Liz Bawden Page 22, Courtesy of Martha Easter-Wells Page 23, 2007 Sarah Peck/UUSC Back cover, 2008 Gretchen Alther/UUSC

Editor Meredith Barges Design Julie Decedue Production Eric Grignol Layout Julie Decedue and Mark Simon 2008 All rights reserved. A publication of the UUSC Communications Department.

After Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar (Burma) on May 3, 2008, UUSC has channeled relief aid through international Buddhist relief agencies and individuals who have strong relationships with local monastaries and nunneries to support child care and education for orphans and unaccompanied children.