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around the world

2003 Annual Report

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

SERVICE COMMITTEE

Buildingcommunity . . .

and at home

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A message for our members and supporters

For more than 60 years, the Unitarian Uni-versalist Service Committee has dedicateditself to building a world community thatprotects and promotes justice and humanrights for all people. During the past year,as civil liberties at home and cooperationthrough international institutions werethreatened by intolerance and unilater-alism, we renewed our commitment to thismission.

As the international community wasbeing transformed by new alliances andshifting relationships, our own communityfaced change at the close of the fiscal yearwith changes in our executive leadershipand the approval of new bylaws governingthe organization.

With change comes challenge – andopportunity. Bolstered by the support ofour 25,000 members and supporters, weare more energized than ever to carry outthe work of social transformation.

The transition period provided UUSCwith an opportunity to review ourstrengths and weaknesses, and to evaluatehow our organizational structure affects ourability to fulfill our mission. With supportfrom the Unitarian Universalist Congrega-tion at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, N.Y.,and the services of an outside consultant,an external assessment of our capacity tomeet our goals and objectives was com-pleted. And we are implementing steps thatwill make UUSC more organizationallysound and stronger financially so that wecan hone existing programs and developdynamic new ones that protect advancesocial justice.

An action agendaDuring the past year, we worked hand inhand with our program partners in theUnited States and around the world tobuild communities which promote a cul-ture of respect for the rights of all people,especially women, children, and oppressedracial, ethnic and indigenous groups.

At the same time, we have worked handin hand with you, our members and sup-porters, to rebuild a community of trust,openness and civility in the United States.We have heard your requests for tools andstrategies that will allow you to be evenmore active participants with UUSC in thepursuit of social justice. And we have devel-oped ways for you to sound the call forliberty and justice in communities through-out the United States.

Renewed commitmentAfter a year-long search for a new president,we are excited to introduce you to Dr.Charlie Clements, a veteran human rightsactivist and former director of human rightseducation at UUSC. As our new presidentand chief executive officer, Charlie brings alifetime of experience furthering the causeof social justice, human rights and compas-sion throughout the world.

With Charlie’s leadership, that of ourdedicated board of trustees, our committedstaff and with the guidance of you, ourmembers, we will continue to build bridgesbetween communities, making manifest themessage of our seventh Unitarian Universal-ist principle. For it is only by respecting theinterdependent web of all existence that ourcommunities will survive and thrive.

Table of contents

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Building community aroundthe world and at home

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Honor roll of annual fundmajor donors

9

Named endowment funds

11

Flaming Chalice Circle andAmbassadors Council

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Honor UUSC congregations

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Supporting a commitment tohumanity: Fund raising 2003

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Financial statements

Nancy MooreUUSC Interim Executive Director2002-2003

Reinhardt Van Dyke, CSWChair, Board of Trustees

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2003 Annual Report(for the period from July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003)

As UUSC’s 2002-2003 yearopened, communitiesaround the world were stillreeling from the aftershocksof the tragic events of 2001.U.S. policy-makers shiftedattention and resourcestoward the war on terrorismand away from other press-ing priorities, whether childpoverty in the United Statesor a United Nations-backedpeace process in the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo.

At the Unitarian Univer-salist Service Committee, weredoubled our efforts in theface of an escalating crisis toprotect and promote humanrights and human rightsdefenders throughout theworld. We realize facilitatingour partners’ work today isan investment in conflictresolution and justice to-morrow in an increasinglyinterdependent world.

Buildingcommunityaround the worldand at home

Immaculée Birhaheka knows firsthand the effects that ongoingconflicts have had on the people of Goma, a city in the easternDemocratic Republic of Congo. As founder and director ofUUSC partner, Promotion and Support for Women’s Initia-tives (PAIF), she has helped countless women build commu-nity. “Women’s initiatives are not only economic initiatives,”said Immaculée. “We support women trying to speak up. Weencourage women to organize themselves to fight against theviolations of their rights.”

This year, we workedwith program partner orga-nizations in Central Africa,Latin America and the Car-ibbean, South and SoutheastAsia, and the United Statesto help them develop andimplement peaceful solu-tions to conflict. Our sup-port also aided partners inexposing human rights vio-lations at the national orinternational level in areaswhere their work for justicewas thwarted – either bybrutal or unresponsive gov-ernments, antagonistic ele-ments within their commu-nities or inattention by theinternational community.We also expanded our reachto provide humanitarianrelief to women and chil-dren in Iraq and Afghani-stan, and to victims ofHindu-Muslim violence inGujarat, India.

As the new fiscal year emerged, theboard named veteran human rightsand public health activist CharlieClements (r) as president and CEO. Asthe former director of human rightseducation at UUSC, he is committedto increase member involvement andcitizen action. Here he is seen on aJanuary 2003 fact-finding mission toIraq with the Brooklyn-based Centerfor Economic and Social Rightsexamining the family food rations of ayoung boy in Mosul, Iraq. Othermembers of the fact-finding teamincluded Elisabeth Benjamin, left, andRon Waldman.

Eastern Congolese women at awomen’s rights workshop.Participants signed a petitionand resolution on issues facedby Congolese women.

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Putting our values into action

Before participating in UUSC’s Justice in the Fields workcampin North Carolina, Mimi Gingold of Cincinnati, Ohio, had ageneral understanding of the oppressive working conditions andterrible health hazards many migrant farm workers faced.However, as she put it, “I told my co-traveler that I had onlythis much room [indicating with two fingers almost touching]left in my capacity for empathy.” Her plate was just too full.But then she met the families. “[I] discovered again that one’splate can become a platter and one’s heart can always grow. Irediscovered that awareness and knowledge and contact arepowerful means to grow the spirit and motivate action.”

Using multiple tools to achieve social change

The people of Manipur and Assam, small states in NortheastIndia, have endured relentless armed conflict for decades.“They don’t know what it is to live without fear,” said AnnaPinto, secretary and director of gender and children’s programsat the Center for Organization Research and Education(CORE), a UUSC partner based in the region. CORE worksdirectly with the indigenous community. However, CORE’s staffsees the international advocacy work they do before such bodiesas the United Nations as equally important. “At the UnitedNations, we batter the door down,” said Anna. “We can’tchange it on the ground by working on the ground. It’s impor-tant that we be at the table when the negotiations are going on.”

Attacking the same issuesfrom many different anglesis the only way to bringabout lasting change.UUSC helps our partnersbring the unvarnished factson intimidation, humanrights abuse, forced labor,trafficking in humans andtorture to the United Na-

tions and other interna-tional bodies. For manycombating repressive orineffective governments, thisis the only way to imple-ment policy changes thatimpact the daily lives ofpeople in Manipur orBurma or Guatemala.

As we build our homes, ourschools or our local institu-tions brick by brick, so mustwe build our communities.But the building blocks ofUUSC are not only the com-munity groups with whomwe partner. They are also theU.S. human rights defendersthat support our work.

This year, these membersand supporters played a cen-tral role in bringing UUSC’smessage and mission to localU.S. communities. Theyused advocacy tools learnedat UUSC workcamps orthrough other UUSC activi-ties to keep human rightsissues on decision makers’radar screens through intenseand sustained advocacy.

UUSC Annual Report 2003

Our members and supportersattending a UUSC workcamp in

July used tools they learned at theworkcamp to advocate in support

of migrant farm workers.

As part of the UUSC Coffee Project,UUSC members and supportersparticipated in an interfaithdelegation that visited coffeecooperatives in Nicaragua.

UUSC combines working with grassroots organizations and advocating beforeU.S. policy-makers to promote human rights for oppressed people such as theBurmese woman shown here.

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Women are essential tobuilding community, butthey often lack the toolsthey need to fully realize theinfluence they can have inrebuilding communitiesdevastated by war and con-flict. UUSC partnersaround the world work withwomen to provide essentialtraining and skills buildingto help them promote andprotect human rights.

At UUSC, we are com-mitted to the idea thatwomen can play a uniquerole in the construction andreconstruction of all com-

munities. We believe thatwhen women are at risk, theentire community will suf-fer. Groups such as PAIFhelp strengthen women’sroles in their communities.Sustaining community isalso an important outcomeof the work of UUSC part-ners in Cuba which providevital HIV/AIDS preventioneducation for Cubanwomen, and in India wherethe Durbar MahilaSamanwaya Committee,provides essential supportfor sex workers in Calcutta.

In Afghanistan, womenare an essential element increating a just civil societyafter decades of inhumanetreatment. Thanks to anoutpouring of support afterSept. 11, 2001, UUSC wasable to select severalwomen’s organizations inAfghanistan to provide hu-manitarian assistance forAfghan women and chil-dren. One recipient, theAfghan Women’s EducationCenter, provided leadershipskills training, skills devel-opment and computertraining.

Women building civil society

Groups such as Promotion and Support for Women’s Initiatives(PAIF) are acutely aware of how important it is to empowerwomen by teaching them about their own rights and how toclaim them. “We are training women to take care of defendingtheir own human rights,” said Immaculée Birhaheka. “Womenhave to participate.”

UUSC Annual Report 2003

The coordinator of a health clinic in Calcuttashows sex workers a book about preventingsexually transmitted diseases.

UUSC HIGHLIGHTS

SOCIAL ACTION

LEADERS

Samuel Perryman,pictured here delivering aspeech at UUSC’s AnnualMeeting, received the Mary-Ella Holst Youth ActivistAward. He is a student atSan Francisco City Collegeand a UUSC local represen-tative at the First UnitarianUniversalist Society of SanFrancisco.

Al Benford of Manchester,Conn., was awarded theSocial Action LeadershipAward for demonstrating apassion for social justiceand a dedication to socialactivism throughout theyear.

Rev. Darcey Laine wasawarded the 2003 Vision ofJustice Sermon Award forher sermon, “To Act Justly.”She is the minister ofreligious education at theUnitarian UniversalistChurch in Palo Alto, Calif.

The awards were presentedJune 28 at the ServiceCommittee’s AnnualMeeting and VolunteerRecognition Luncheon, heldin Boston as part of theannual General Assembly ofthe Unitarian UniversalistAssociation.

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Building bridges to oppressed communities

UUSC partners like the Center for Organization Research andEducation have helped indigenous communities assert theirhuman rights at local, national and international levels.CORE promotes solutions to human rights issues within thenortheast Indian community, and are also frequent participantsto the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

tary presence, the women ofChiapas have come togetherunder MIMC to develop aplan to promote peace in theregion. They are also tack-ling a host of other prob-lems, including severe eco-nomic inequities.

In the United States,UUSC members and sup-porters have joined us inreaching out to individualsand groups that have facedoppression. Workcamp par-ticipants explored the socialjustice concerns of North

Carolina farm workers,including health concernsand farm workers’ struggleto earn a living wage. Byparticipating in UUSC’snew initiative, What’s YourProfile?, youth from UUcongregations worked withyouth from local commu-nity-based organizations toexplore the effects of racismwithin our society and theirroles in helping to promoteracial understanding.

Youth reaching out to youth

For the staff at CORE, investing in children’s rights is investingin the future of Northeast India. In addition to providingcounseling on issues such as drug addiction, HIV/AIDS andtrauma, the staff at CORE also trains youth to document childrights violations. But Anna Pinto also sees that just providing asafe place for the children and youth of Manipur to go has anenormous impact. “They’re less stressed, more willing to talk toadults, they have confidence in the world and in their ability todeal with it,” she explained.

By working with organiza-tions like CORE, UUSCstrengthened its commit-ment to protecting andpromoting the rights ofchildren and youth this year.We remained especiallycommitted to defending therights of children living inconflict situations. Anotherpartner organization, the

People’s Group for the Sup-port and Advancement ofWomen’s and Children’sRights (HADEFE), workswith child soldiers in thewar-torn communities inthe Democratic Republic ofCongo.

In the United States, wepromoted activities thatenabled youth to reach out

to build community withother youth. Youth partici-pated in several existing pro-grams, such as the What’sYour Profile? program orworkcamps that focus onyouth empowerment. UUyouth also worked withUUSC to advocate for anend to the Cuban embargoand to bring peace to Cen-tral Africa.

The women of Chiapas, Mexico, joinedtogether to protest violence against

women. The march was organized byUUSC partner, the Independent

Movement of Women of Chiapas.

Young boys like the one pictured arevulnerable targets for forced

recruitment into armed militia groupsfighting a deadly war in the Congo

since 1998. UUSC partner, thePeople’s Group for the Support and

Advancement of Women’s andChildren’s Rights (HADEFE), works to

educate the local population on therights of children.

UUSC has long been com-mitted to supporting thestruggles of oppressed racial,ethnic and indigenousgroups in the United Statesand around the world. InMexico, indigenous womeninvolved in the work of ourpartner, the IndependentMovement of Women ofChiapas (MIMC), are mak-ing a difference for indig-enous people throughoutthe region. In response tocontinuing human rightsoffenses and the large mili-

UUSC Annual Report 2003

Children in Central Africa are shownon their way to school.

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Our growing international community

During a multiweek, UUSC-sponsored visit to the UnitedStates, Immaculée Birhaheka raised awareness about thehuman rights situation in the Congo among UUSC members,UU congregations, opinion leaders and human rights activistsacross the nation. UUSC Washington Office staff also arrangedfor Immaculée to meet with key U.S. policy-makers, includingstaff of the U.S. House of Representatives Africa subcommittee,the Congressional Research Service, and officials in the humanrights and Africa bureaus at the U.S. State Department.

UUSC continued to addresskey public policy issues thisyear such as ending the U.S.embargo on Cuba, whichhas a particularly negativeimpact on the lives andhealth of Cuban women. Asthe principal actors in do-mestic life, they must copewith the shortage of sup-plies, such as medicines,personal hygiene products,some foodstuffs and diapers.We also addressed the ongo-ing threats faced by humanrights defenders in Mexico.

IRAQ RELIEF FUND

ASSISTS VULNERABLE

POPULATIONS

In response to the recentwar in Iraq, UUSC createdan Iraq Relief Fund to helpease the suffering in thatcountry. Although UUSCdoes not have any programsin Iraq, we have a history ofresponding to emergencieswhere human rights arejeopardized and also havethe resources to find thoseagencies best equipped tohelp vulnerable and ne-glected populations during aconflict or disaster.

UUSC conducted a thor-ough process to findcolleague organizations withthe resources to overcomethe many obstacles presentin Iraq and deliver our giftsefficiently and safely.Donations from UUSCmembers and supportershave been used to supportthe work of Women forWomen International, anorganization intimately tiedto UUSC and the UnitarianUniversalist movement, andAll Our Children, a coalitionof experienced providers ofhumanitarian aid.

Women for Women hasfocused its work in Iraq ondelivery of direct aid, rightsawareness, and leadershipeducation and incomegeneration for thousands ofIraqi women. Donations forAll Our Children arehelping Iraqi children, whohave been separated fromtheir families or whoseneed has been exacerbatedby the recent conflict.

UUSC and the National Council of Churches collaborated in arranging meetingsin Washington, D.C., for the president of the Council of Churches of Cuba, Rev.Reinerio Arce. UUSC supports a project of the Cuban Council’s MedicalCommission in Camaguey, Cuba. Pictured are (l-r) UUSC ambassador andformer board president Dorothy Smith Patterson; Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.;Rev. Arce; and Dr. Patricia Ares.

Making connectionsFor our partners, facilitatingcontact is one of the impor-tant ways in which UUSCcan help advance their workto defend and promotehuman rights. Last fall, theUUSC Washington Officeco-facilitated a visit fromthe president and otherrepresentatives from theCuban Council ofChurches. UUSC’s supportenables this group to ad-dress, among other issues,chronic shortages affectedby the embargo.

We also urged our mem-bers and supporters to takeactive roles in our work topromote policy changes atnational and internationallevels. To commemorateInternational Human RightsDay 2002, UUSC support-ers urged the U.S. StateDepartment to take a moreforceful role in bringingpeace to the DemocraticRepublic of Congo. Wecollected more than 500signatures and petitions,and more than 125 peoplewrote letters to Secretary ofState Colin Powell urging amore proactive diplomacyin the African-led Congo-lese peace process. Interna-tional engagement is crucialto strengthening the U.N.presence in the Congo andpreventing further atrocities.

UUSC Annual Report 2003

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Building a human rights community

“What an incredible coalition of resources and what tremen-dously inspiring people you have provided for us,” wrote UUSCworkcamp participant Mimi Gingold. This workcamp, whereparticipants learned about issues facing migrant farm workers,was one of three sponsored by UUSC last year.

As our global communitiesbecome more intercon-nected, UUSC members areincreasingly an integral partof building community,both in the United Statesand around the world.Through hands-on learningexperiences, our membersand supporters are gaining

effective social change skillsand gaining a life-long com-mitment to human rightsadvocacy.

Ten student volunteersfrom Villanova University inPennsylvania spent theirspring break 2003 workingon the La Jolla Indian Res-ervation in San Diego

County, Calif. This was thesixth year UUSC sponsoreda workcamp on a NativeAmerican reservation. “If Ihad two words to describethis experience they are‘awesome’ and ‘eye-open-ing’,” said Dan Gulick ofPennsylvania. “This trip,listening to those on thereservation speak about theculture and their daily liveswas very interesting. Thiswill be what I take back andnever forget.”

Villanova Universitystudents chose

volunteering for theUUSC Alternative

Spring BreakWorkcamp over

traditional spring breakactivities. Junior BrianCullen works with 12-

year-old Skye on anafter-school craft

project of the La JollaIndian Reservation in

San Diego County,Calif.

For a number of years,UUSC has cofiled share-holder resolutions callingfor the U.S. companyUnocal to stop supportinggovernments, like theBurmese military junta,that participate in forcedlabor of their citizens.Together with the Amal-gamated Bank LongViewCollective InvestmentFund and the MaryknollFathers and Brothers, wecofiled a shareholder

resolution with Unocal, andthe results were phenomenal– 32.8 percent of sharehold-ers voted for the resolution.

UUSC is able to use its roleas an investor to presscertain businesses toimprove their records onsocial responsibility. We arecareful to invest in compa-nies that fit a sociallyresponsible profile. But wealso use limited amounts ofinvestment funds to enableus, as shareholders, to

influence other corporationsto improve their human rightsrecords.

Members of thisUU youth groupparticipated in theBurma BannerProject by makingposters urging theU.S. companyUnocal to stopsupportingBurma’s militaryjunta.

UUSC INVESTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS

UUSC Annual Report 2003

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Martha and WaitstillSharp Society($50,000 and over)

Martha and Waitstill Sharpled the first relief efforts ofthe Service Committeeaimed at lending assistanceto refugees in Czechoslova-kia and those fleeing theSudetenland. They laterserved as “ambassadorsextraordinary” for theService Committee’s workin France.

Norma and Murray CosseyLaurence EggersC. Lee Small

Eleanor ClarkFrench Society($25,000 to $49,999)

Eleanor Clark French wasdirector of the ServiceCommittee’s post-WWIIrest home at Monnetier,France, which served theneed of refugees for a placewhere comradeship, extrafood, rest and nature couldencourage recovery fromterrors they had experi-enced.

Kathryn and John GreenbergLorella and Todd HessAlfred and Ellen Trumpler

Those who contribute significant financial resources to thework of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee deservespecial mention and appreciation. Recognition is given to bothunrestricted gifts and to gifts for a designated purpose.Irrevocable planned gifts are also included.

Rev. CarletonFisher Society($10,000 to $24,999)

Carleton Fisher served asthe first executive director ofthe Universalist ServiceCommittee and supervisedpost-WWII relief efforts inthe Netherlands. He wasinstrumental in coordinat-ing early cooperative effortsbetween the Unitarian andUniversalist Service Com-mittees.

Nancy AndersonAlba and Doyle BortnerEvelyn ChidesterElizabeth and Carl ClarkClaire Ernhart and Ed PsottaEleanor HelperRuth Knauper

Hans Deutch Society($1,000 to $9,999)

Hans Deutch was an Aus-trian artist who drew car-toons critical of AdolphHitler while living in Parisin the 1930s. When theNazis invaded Paris, heabandoned all he had andfled to Portugal where hewas assisted by the ServiceCommittee’s early reliefefforts. He later became anagent of the Service Com-mittee and designed itslogo, the flaming chalice.

Jeanne and Nicholas AldrichJoan and Paul ArmstrongDale ArninkSusannah and Howard ArnouldJoyce and Gordon AsselstineBeverly and George AugustMelba and Cornelis BakkerGale BarlowLisa and Craig Bartholomew

Nancy Bartlett and Dave HammondElizabeth and Gordon BawdenBeverley V. BaxterLois and Avery BeerNancy and Reinier BeeuwkesBradford BinghamChristine Bishop and Paul ArkemaThomas BliffertStephen Boelter and Karen CombsLinda BonkNancy BrachHelen BrownEileene and William ButlerLeonard CampbellDavid CanzlerVelaine CarnallElaine and Steve CastlesBarbara and Richard CheathamDaniel CheeverEsther ClarkPhyllis and Robert ClementThomas CleweSherrill ClineKim and Stanley CorfmanShirley and Roger CunninghamAnn and Harry DavidsonErnest DieterichEileen and Alvin DrutzMartha Easter-WellsLynn and Greg EastwoodMartha and Richard EnglandCarol and Richard FenclGayle FogelsonMargery and A. Irving ForbesBonnie and Frederick ForteKathy FosnaughBarbara FrenchAlberta GardnerFred GraftonNancy and Allen GreenleafStanley Griffith and Ann SchaufflerJames Gunning and Ellen EwingReed and Elizabeth HallockSarah and Aaron HamburgerHelen HansmaMarjorie and Gordon HartWarner and Barbara HendersonJohn HickeyBeth and William HilligDeborah and William HoldenMary-Ella Holst and Guy QuinlanHanna HoppAddison and Deborah IgleheartM. Barbara and J. D. JacksonRoberta and Robert JohansenHenriette JohnsenHarold JohnsonTodd and Allison JonesKathryn and Michael KamiCarol and Douglas Kerr

Ardith and Fred KerstHeather Kindem and Mark BackusJohn LampertiLee LawrenceDoris LinderKyong and Harold LischnerIngeborg LockSharon and Neal LockwoodRichard LoescherJohn LongHeloise LynnJanet and Dusan LysyMona and Nicholas MagnisJudith and John ManocherianAnne and Ben ManvelKathleen and Curtis MarbleHarry McAndrewMartha and Michael McCoyDonald McLarenKathryn MedinaEllen and Roy MellenJanet Mitchell and Jerry CromwellAnne and George MosesMargaret and John NorrisRené OehlerAbe and Gloria OhanianFelicia OldfatherPhyllis and James OlinTom OwensCharlotte and Merrill PalmerJon PetersonElizabeth and Robert PhelpsShelley Powsner and Steve SkrovanLettice and Thomas RhodesPaula Riggert and Thomas GrismerIrene RogersCarol and Bruce RossJacqueline RussellJohn RussellBetty SandersDoris SegarPatricia and John SeubertPatricia SilverJane SmithAnne and J. Randall SpringerAnne and Walter St. GoarMartha and Joseph SteeleJeanne SwenMartin TeitelJanet TitusCynthia and Aubrey TobeyThomas Townsend

and Dorothy WavrekHelen and John TryonGail and Richard UllmanNancy and Rick Van DykeWendy Vander HeuvelMary Vedder

(continued)

Honor roll of annual fund major donors

This Annual Report covers the period July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003. The compilers of this report have carefully reviewed the names that are included. However, errors and omissions may haveoccurred. If your name has been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact the Institutional AdvancementDepartment, Annual Report Listings, UUSC, 130 Prospect Street, Cambridge MA 02139-1845, e-mail [email protected] or call 800 766-5236.

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UUSC support enables groups suchas the Durbar Mahila SamanwayaCommittee to train communitymembers on issues like AIDSprevention.

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Hans Deutch Society($1,000 to $9,999)(continued)

Gerry VeederMoritz WagnerElizabeth and Robert WeinstockJane and James WhiteM. Jane Williamson

and Stephen WinthropOliver and Helen WolcottMargaret WoodwardMargaret and A. Lee ZeiglerElizabeth Zimmermann

Compass Club*($500 to $999)The Compass Club wasestablished some years agoto recognize donors whohave supported UUSC witha gift of $500 or more in asingle fiscal year.S. James and Mary AdelsteinNancy AkinWinifred and David AlcornPeter and Susan AldenWilliam AndersonDeanne and Jonathan AterMartha and Robert AthertonRichard and Arlynne BailThomas BamonteJanet and Gordon BartelsJoan and Daniel BechtelMrs. Alan BeerbowerBarbara BinderAnne BlackRebecca and Timothy BlodgettGertrude BockAnita and Barney BrannenCarol and Paul BrodyJared BrownJeffrey and Jane BruneJohn BrushBruce BuchananR. Rae BuckleyJoann Buonomano and Thomas

ReichheldBarbara BurnimJohn and Irene BushDianne and James CampbellVirginia Carver and Henry RaichleJoanne ChaseBarbara Clutter and Betty HestersDeirdre Cochran and Daniel CouchHarvey CohenLaura and Barnett CookAlan and Liz CooperW.E. CossumFred CoxJames CrawfordHarriet DannJoan DarlingtonLynn Davis

Susan DelaneyAlice and Pete DewellWilliam DockerGail and William DonkinMargaret and James DuesenberryLois and Joe DunnePatricia EckelsJack and Emilie EllardAngie Ellis and Mary CroupNancy and Lowell EricssonCarol and Robert EvansMarie and John FergusonLucia and Bruce FieldEllen and W. Burns FisherLaura FisherJohn FlanaganRuth FleckDavid FlitcroftElizabeth FullerMargaret and John GibsonIrmgard and William GimbyTracy Gipson and Bernard BloomC. Richard GossMelissa Graf-EvansFrances GrahamMadeline GrantRoxanne and Michael GreensteinCheryl GrossKaren and Asko HamalainenLucie and James HangsteferKatherine HannafordAnne HardingJune and James HartJill HartmanGary Hartz and Teri WissMary HatchFreddie HeitmanFrank Helman and Martha PeakWilliam Hively and Helen SkeistCharles HolzweissigBernice and Frank HomanDiantha and William HortonJohn and Elizabeth HowellLouise HuddlestonBarclay and Kerstin HudsonHillary HutchinsonJudith InnesWayne ItanoEdward and Myrna JenkinsJustine and John JohnsonMary Jones and S. Kingsley MacOmberGloria and Roger JonesKatherine and John KaufmannJoanne and David KelleherAlan and Ann KingJohn KooikerNancy and Andrew KosseffMarian and Harm KraaiFrederick LandmannShirlie LassarJulie and Brock LeachMary and David LeonardJane and Thomas LightEric LloydGrace and Einar LorentzenThomas LouisDiane and John Lovitt

Kenneth MacLeanMarjorie MainKatherine Manker and Bruce GardnerSusan Mann and G. William SkinnerLinda and Daniel MarquardtElliot and Jean MarvellJoyce and Warren MathewsCarol and John MathisMargaret McCueNancy and Raymond McKinleyLynn McLaughlinSusan and Douglas McLeodMarvin MercerSusan Miracle and Gene PusateriMr. and Mrs. Felix Mitchell, Jr.Donna and Robert MohrRussell MorrisChristine MossKirsten Mueller and David HunterLenore and John MungerDavid MunroD. Joan and Franklin NeffLori Neumann and James SinclairMichael NimkoffWilliam NissGrady NunnDoris and Charles O’KaneMary Ann and Godfrey OakleyFrancene and G. OrrokAndrew OsgoodKathleen and James PattonLouis PaulKaren and Robert PeakeDonald PearsonAndrea Pease and Frank BasichStephen PolmarLauren PooleLaura and Richard PrattSonya Prestridge and Arvid StraubeDeborah PulliamCatherine Queener and David NolinRay RamseyerRussell RaneyKimberly and Mark RayCaroline RaynerShelby RectorSandra and Thomas ReeceDoris ReedMarylou and Glenn Reed-QuinnChuck ReeseMichelina RizzoKristin RobertsonRonald RoederRuth and Kenneth RossSarita and Arlin RoyDavid RubinDavid Rush and Tamis NordlingElizabeth and Fred RustMillicent and John RutherfordCornelia Saltus and John SmithAlfred SchwendtnerMr. and Mrs. John SchwobElizabeth and Robert ScottBarbara and Louis SemrauJohn and Elinor SeveringhausElizabeth and B. Warner ShippeeRebecca and John Shockley

Barbara SimonettiMrs. Livingston SmithKathleen Smith-DiJulio

and Donald DiJulioLenore SnodeyJoyce and James SpainRobert and K. Ann StebbinsDee StegmanDouglas StewartElizabeth StorerFrances StoreyDorothy SwerdloveElizabeth SwopeLeonard and Martha TaylorRachel and David TedescoLucile ThomeeBetty and Chester ThompsonMadelon TimmonsElizabeth ToppingJerry Trammell and Katherine HoffmanLinda and Jonathan TuckE. Michelle ValentineJohn van AlstyneDale and Alice Van WormerSuzanne ViemeisterSally and Rick WattsDorle and Fred WeilMargaret WeiriGertrude and Robert WendtDeborah and Steve WentworthLois and Robert WhealeyVirginia and Farley WheelwrightRobert WhiteCatherine WilliamsMary Faith WilsonJanet and Andrew WilsonJordan Wood and David LeppikRebecca Young and Mark MarquardtMary and Robert Zimmer

To honor individualswhose realized estatebequests exceeded$25,000 or more in theperiod July 1, 2002 -June 30, 2003.Doris AlburnLouis BowenWilliam CampbellBarbara Jean JungeFlora H. LutzRuth O’Shea

Honor roll of annual fund major donors

UUSC Annual Report 2003

* This is the last year that UUSC will be listing Compass Club donors in our annual report. In the future, only Society-level donors will be listed.

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Named endowment funds

Arlene A. BartlowEndowment FundEstablished in 1997 byArlene A. Bartlow, the in-come from the fund may beused only for UUSC pro-grams of service, advocacyand education which im-prove the lives of womenand girls.

Beverley V. BaxterEndowment FundThis endowment honorsBeverley Baxter who servedon the UUSC Board ofDirectors from 1985 to1991 and co-chaired the50th Anniversary CapitalCampaign. The campaignenabled the purchase ofUUSC’s current headquar-ters in Cambridge, Mass.

Rev. Shannon BernardMemorial FundDuring her rich life, theRev. Shannon Bernard was ahousewife, cab driver,trucker and psychologist,experiences that providedexcellent training for theUnitarian Universalist min-istry. During her 13 years inWhite Plains, N.Y., Rev.Bernard’s Community Uni-tarian Church experiencedconsiderable growth andtoday is one the strongestchurches in the Metropoli-tan New York District.

Mildred K. BickelEndowment FundDuring her lifetime,Mildred K. Bickel estab-lished the Charitable Re-mainder Unitrust of

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 the funds provides an important source of revenue to UUSC for general sup-port or specific programs, as designated by the donors. Unless otherwise indicated, the funds arenot restricted. In 1998, the minimum required balance for a named endowment fund was set at$25,000. All named endowment funds established prior to that date were required to meet theoriginal minimum required balance of $10,000. To learn how you may participate in thisprogram, please call the UUSC Institutional Advancement Department at 800 766-5236.

Mildred K. Bickel. It washer instruction that at herdeath one-third of the resi-due of the trust be used toestablish a named endow-ment at the Service Com-mittee, to be used by UUSCat its discretion.

Domitila Barrios deChungara EndowmentFundDomitila Barrios deChungara is honored byanonymous donors for herlife of courageous socialactivism on behalf of the tinminers of Bolivia, and of theoppressed poor everywhere.

Martha Sharp CoganChildren’s EndowmentFundEstablished to honorMartha Sharp Cogan’s life-long commitment to chil-dren, the income from theChildren’s Fund may beused only for UUSC pro-grams that improve the livesof poor and oppressed chil-dren around the world.

Warren H. CudworthEndowment FundEstablished by the UnitarianChurch in East Boston,Mass., this fund honorsWarren Cudworth who wasits minister and served as achaplain with Union troopsfrom Massachusetts duringthe Civil War.

Rev. John W. CyrusEndowment FundThis endowment was estab-lished to honor John Cyrus,

a much-loved and admiredparish minister of severalchurches, including the FirstUnitarian Church of Mil-waukee, Wis. In an editorialin the Milwaukee Journalfollowing his death in 1981,Rev. Cyrus was rememberedas “a preacher of rare poeticgrace.”

William EmersonEndowment FundThis endowment honorsWilliam Emerson, the firstpresident of the UnitarianService Committee at theoutbreak of World War II.He led a program of hu-manitarian relief and reha-bilitation unrestricted bynationality or religion.

Anne Sharples FrantzEndowment FundThe Anne Sharples FrantzFund was established by Ms.Frantz to support the gen-eral mission of UUSC. Ms.Frantz was born inBelmont, Mass., of Unitar-ian parents. After leavingMassachusetts, she attendedthe Unitarian Church ofMontclair in New Jersey.She is one of the foundingmembers of the UnitarianUniversalist Congregationof Central Nassau in Gar-den City, N.Y. Ms. Frantznow resides inPetersborough, N.H.

Eleanor Clark FrenchLibrary EndowmentFundNamed in honor of EleanorClark French, the director

of the Service Committee’spost-WWII rest home atMonnetier, France, the li-brary fund assists the ServiceCommittee in preservingthe unique history of itsefforts to advance justice.The fund was establishedthrough a generous bequestfrom the estate of LouisBowen.

Robert GoodmanEndowment FundMrs. Ruth Goodman, aformer social worker andmember of Unitarian Uni-versalist congregations inOrange, N.J., and BocaRaton, Fla., established theendowment in honor of herhusband, Robert Goodman.

Johanna HennEndowment FundUnitarian UniversalistJohanna Henn establishedthis endowment specificallyto support programs thatbenefit Native Americans.

Mary-Ella Holst andGuy C. QuinlanEndowment FundThe Unitarian Church ofAll Souls in New York Cityhonored two longtimemembers and activists in1996 with this endowmentfund. The husband and wifeteam have been loyal mem-bers, volunteers and sup-porters of UUSC since the1970s. Mary-Ella is aformer member of theUUSC Board of Directorsand Guy is a past boardpresident.

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Hu Endowment FundThe Hu Endowment Fundwas established in lovingmemory and in celebrationof the lives of Henry andMabel Hu. The Hus’ chil-dren, Helen and Howard,together with Howard’swife Sudha Kotha-Hu,established the endowmentto provide general supportfor the human rights workof UUSC, particularly inAsia. Henry Hu, who emi-grated to the United Statesfrom China in 1947, was apassionate believer in hu-man rights and equality.Mabel had a passion forvolunteer work. Both be-came Unitarian Universal-ists.

Dorothy BakerJohnson EndowmentFundDr. John C. Baker estab-lished this endowment inhonor of his sister, DorothyBaker Johnson, a distin-guished social worker andfamily service administratorin Princeton, N.J.

Mary KornblauEndowment FundBorn in Birmingham, Ala.,in 1922, Mary Kornblauwas deeply concerned withhuman rights and advanc-ing justice for all. A con-tributor to UUSC for manyyears, she also supportedthe North Shore UnitarianChurch in the Chicago areaand the Unitarian Congre-gation of Fairfax inOakton, Va. Ms. Kornblauwas an avid gardener andwas an accomplished artistwho won numerous prizesfor her paintings and draw-ings.

Rev. Donald W.McKinney EndowmentFundJames R. Gunning, a UUSCboard member and memberof the First Unitarian Soci-ety in Brooklyn, N.Y., estab-lished this endowment tohonor the ministry of Rev.Donald W. McKinney at theBrooklyn congregation.

Alexander McNeilEndowment FundThis endowment was estab-lished in honor of AlexanderMcNeil, a prominent lay-person in the East BostonUnitarian Church, by hiswidow. Income from thefund is restricted to sup-porting the needs of chil-dren.

Katharine L.MorningstarEndowment FundLiving in Germany whenthe Nazis came to powerand a career as a schoolteacher influencedKatharine L. Morningstar toestablish an endowmentwith UUSC.

William U. NissEndowment FundThis endowment was estab-lished by William U. Niss, aresident of Maine and acommitted Unitarian Uni-versalist and supporter ofthe Service Committee.

Rev. Carolyn Owen-Towle EndowmentFundThis endowment was estab-lished by friends of Rev.Owen-Towle and her hus-band and cominister, Tom,to honor her lifelong contri-butions to Unitarian Uni-versalism and the Unitarian

Universalist Service Com-mittee. Rev. Owen-Towleserved as UUSC boardpresident from 1983-1985and helped revise UUSC’smission statement in 1983.

Dorothy SmithPatterson EndowmentFundDorothy Patterson, a resi-dent of Berkeley, Calif., is aformer UUSC board presi-dent. Ms. Patterson alsoserved on the AmericanCivil Liberities Union ofNorthern California andwas on former Gov.Edmund G. Brown, Jr.’sAdvisory Council on Voca-tional Education. Ms.Patterson representedUUSC at the 1995 WorldConference on Women inBeijing and on a fact-find-ing mission to Haiti in1994.

Dr. Richard S. ScobieEndowment FundThis endowment was estab-lished to honor Dr. RichardS. Scobie, UUSC’s executivedirector for 27 years. Uponretirement in 1998, Dr.Scobie had tripled the sizeof the staff and financialresources, and chartedUUSC’s evolution from adevelopment to humanrights agency. Income fromthe fund provides unre-stricted support for UUSCprograms.

Waitstill H. SharpEndowment FundThis endowment honorsUnitarian minister WaitstillH. Sharp who, with hiswife, Martha, served as theUnitarian Service Commis-sioner to Prague, Czechoslo-

vakia, during the Nazi inva-sion in 1939. Waitstill alsoworked for a number ofrelief and social serviceagencies after World War II.

Mary TrumplerEndowment FundEstablished by AlfredTrumpler to honor his latewife, the Mary TrumplerEndowment helps empowerwomen and childrenthroughout the world. Mr.Trumpler plans to give tothe endowment each yearfor the rest of his life andinvites others to join him insupporting UUSC’s workfor these underserved popu-lations.

50th AnniversaryProgram EndowmentFundIn honor of UUSC’s 50thanniversary in 1989, fundswere contributed to thisendowment by many hun-dreds of members and sup-porters. Income from thefund is restricted to programservices.

60th AnniversaryProgram EndowmentFundMany loyal members,friends and supporters ofthe Service Committee do-nated gifts to UUSC tocommemorate theorganization’s 60th anniver-sary in 1999. All contribu-tions were counted towardUUSC’s Endowing theStruggle for JusticeCampaign.

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We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.

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Susan and Peter AldenJohn and Barbara BaileyDarce BaragerBeverley V. BaxterPeggy and George BellI. Inka BentonLaurel BlossomAnn BoothAlba and Doyle BortnerNancy BrachIrma and Paul BraunsteinBetty BrothersHelen BrownFrances and Laurence

BrundallHelen BurkeEvelyn ChidesterElizabeth and Carl ClarkDeirdre Cochran and

Daniel CouchBruce CornishMildred and Walter CourtleyJoan Cudhea and Tomas FirleJan CurtisCarol DavisL. Patton DavisTheadora Davitt-CornynFrances DewAlice and Pete DewellLyda Dicus

and Robert HansonRuth and John DonnellCarol and William DonovanLaurence EggersMary Ann ElyClaire Ernhart and Ed PsottaMartha and John FergerElizabeth Ford

Anne ForsythRichard and Hillary FuhrmanJean FultonCarrie Gillespie

and Kris KaushikAnne and Julius GoldinMichael GoodmanBetty GorsheSara GrindlayJames Gunning

and Ellen EwingEileen and John HamlinYvonne and Joseph

HammerquistStephen HartMarjorie and Henry HarveyJean and William HellmuthWarner and Barbara

HendersonMary-Ella Holst and Guy

QuinlanHanna HoppLucille HornerMartha JewettBarry and Ellen Johnson-FayAlex KarterCorinne Le BovitJack LepoffPhyllis and Justin LewisDoris LinderSharon and Neal LockwoodAimee LykesMitchell LymanRuth MannEleanor MayCatherine and Leonard

McConkiePhyllis and Gordon

McKeeman

Alice and Hugh McLellanBarbara McMahonAudrey and Donald

MicklewrightHarriet and Maurice MillerMalcolm MitchellVirginia MooreLeigh and Thomas MundhenkWilliam NissV. NossiterMary Ann and Godfrey

OakleyRené OehlerFrancene and G. OrrokCharles OttoCharlotte and Merrill PalmerBrydie and Erdman PalmoreJanice ParkDorothy PattersonEdgar and Phyllis PearaAlan and A. Diana PetersWilliam and Sandra PrattLillis RaboinRay RamseyerVerna RenfroJudy and Lee ReynardDavid RileyMary Rose andLeonard PellettiriDavid RubinHilda RushJohn RussellMillicent and John RutherfordBetty SandersFia and J. David ScheyerRobert SchuesslerDick and Jill ScobieNeil and Lillie Shadle

UUSC Flaming Chalice Circle

Recognizes those who include the Service Committee in their estate plans orwho have made a planned gift to UUSC as of June 30, 2003.

UUSC Ambassadors Council

UUSC Ambassadors Council members from across the United States put apositive voice and personal face to the domestic and international humanrights work of the Service Committee. Ambassadors assist UUSC staff andboard with resource development and communicating UUSC’s mission andvalues to key constituents.

Theadora Davitt-Cornyn*Rev. Kim Crawford HarvieAlice and Pete DewellSayre DixonLaurence Paxson Eggers*Elizabeth Ellis*Marylou Faris*Richard Fuhrman*Anne and William Furtick*Irmgard and William Gimby*Elaine GonsalvesJames R. GunningSarah and Aaron Hamburger*Barbara HendersonRev. John HickeyDeborah HoldenMary-Ella HolstRev. Leon Hopper*Rev. William Hough*

Patrick Hughes*Rev. Yielbonzie JohnsonLiz Jones*Todd JonesSarah Karstaedt*Mary Ann and Richard Kelley*Fiona KnoxBill Lakin*Madeleine LeFebvre*Rev. Ken MacLeanKitty and Leonard McConkie*Jim McCorkel*Margi McCue*Melanie Milner*David Mohler*Stephen Murphy*Dr. Winifred L. Norman*Nancy Nowak*Mary Ann Oakley

Kris OckershauserAbe and Gloria OhanianDiane Olson*Lee PardeeDorothy PattersonLaura Pederson*Diana and Alan PetersMaggie and Ernie Pipes*Roberta and Charlie ReedMayra Rodriguez-Howard*Lucile and Warren RossJohn RussellWarren SalingerMargaret H. Sanstad*Richard Scobie*Rev. Marilyn Sewell*Ruth and Ted ShapinLarry ShaferEdward A. Simmons*

Margot Adler*Susannah and Howard

Arnould*Holly Atkinson and

Rev. Galen Guengerich*Nancy BartlettBeverly and George August*Beverley BaxterLarry BeckWilliam BrachHelen Brown*Jim and Dorothy Caldiero*John Carragee*Virginia Carver*Rev. Barbara CheathamDaniel CheeverRev. Ken Collier*Davalene CooperFred Cox*

Rev. Donald SouthworthLawrence Stevens-MilesDavid SuehsdorfAnn Taylor*Betty ThompsonAlfred O. TrumplerNancy Van Dyke*Rev. Frances WestSylvester Whitaker*Constance Williams*Colin and Latifa WoodhouseElizabeth Zimmerman*

*Honorary Ambassador

Sulochana Sherman and EdCossum

Joan and Don ShkolnikPaul SieglerC. Lee SmallShirley and Thornton SmithLenore SnodeyGloria SnyderMarion StearnsMary and James StephensonJoseph SternNancy and Jack StiefelSally and Robert StoddardEllen StuddifordMatilde and James TaguchiMary ThompsonGeorge ThorntonEllida and Fred TopikJanette and Elsie TrachselHelen and John TryonArliss and Arthur UngarMary VedderKeven VirgilioAlice WallaceErnest WellerSusan and Robert WhitneyVera WidderMargaret WoodwardElizabeth Zimmermann

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“Like a lot of UUs,I support manydifferentorganizations. ButI’ve chosen to givemy major gifts toUUSC because I’mconvinced that adollar given to theService Committeedoes more tochange people’slives and theircommunities than adollar givenanywhere else.”– Beverley Baxter,

UUSC member

Board of Trustees 2002-2003Rick Van Dyke, Jr., ChairFeelie Lee, Vice ChairJim Gunning, TreasurerNancy Nowak, SecretaryArnold W. BradburdStanley CorfmanGalen Guengerich

Barclay HudsonTodd JonesMargi McCueMarty TeitelIone Dugger VargusLois Deimel Whealey

We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.

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UUSC honor congregations for fiscal year 2003

ILLINOISAltonCarbondaleChicago

Third Unitarian ChurchDeerfieldRockford

INDIANABloomington

IOWADavenport

LOUISIANANew Orleans

Community Church, UUMAINE

CastineMARYLAND

AnnapolisBethesda

Cedar Lane UU ChurchColumbiaCumberlandRockville

MASSACHUSETTSAshbyBoltonBraintreeCarlisleDanversEasthamHarvardLittletonNantucketNewburyportNorwell

First Parish ChurchPalmerSterlingSudburySwampscottWatertownWaylandWeston

WinchendonMICHIGAN

Ann ArborAnn Arbor Unitarian Fellowship

FlintMINNESOTA

FridleyGrand RapidsSt. CloudWayzata

MISSOURISt. Louis

NEVADAReno

NEW HAMPSHIRENashua

NEW JERSEYLincroftMorristownPlainfieldTitusville

NEW YORKBellportCentral SquareCroton-on-HudsonHuntingtonJamestownNew York

Unitarian Church of All SoulsCommunity Church

OneontaRochester

First Unitarian ChurchStony BrookSyracuse

May Memorial UU SocietyNORTH CAROLINA

DurhamEno River UU Fellowship

OHIOAkronBerea

Awards for congregational corporate giving

These gifts institutionalize a congregation’s deep commitment to justice and humanrights through the work of UUSC.

Helen Fogg Chalice AwardRecognizes congregations for their generous line-item contribution of a gift from theirannual budget equal to at least $25 per member.

First Church, Sterling, Massachusetts First Parish, United Church, Westwood, Massachusetts

UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset, New York

James Luther Adams AwardRecognizes congregations that support UUSC through a line-item gift from their annualbudgets equal to at least $1 per member.ALASKA

AnchorageARIZONA

Green ValleyPrescott

Granite Peak UU ChurchSurprise

ARKANSASFayettevilleHot Springs Village

CALIFORNIACosta MesaFresnoFullertonLong BeachPalo AltoSan Diego

First UU ChurchSan RafaelSunnyvaleThousand OaksVentura

COLORADOBoulder

UU FellowshipCONNECTICUT

MadisonStorrsWest Hartford

DELAWAREWilmington

FLORIDAClearwaterKey WestLakelandOcalaSarasotaVero Beach

GEORGIAAtlanta

Northwest UU Congregation

OUTSTANDING

UUSC LOCAL

REPRESENTATIVES

Local Representativesare among UUSC’s mostvaluable resources,serving as catalysts formembership growth andfinancial support as wellas generating volunteersupport for our advo-cacy work and hands-onsocial justice projects

This year, the ServiceCommittee honored thefollowing local represen-tatives for their work inbuilding support forUUSC and its programsin their UU congrega-tions around thecountry. This year’soutstanding LocalRepresentatives are Donand Ruth Ann Ferris ofthe Unitarian Universal-ist Church of Lafayette,Ind.; Linda Harris of theFirst Unitarian Univer-salist Society of SanFrancisco, Calif.; andMolly Canan of theUnitarian UniversalistFellowship of Corvallis,Ore.

Every year, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee honorscongregations that show a special dedication to UUSC’s work forjustice through membership or outstanding gifts. We are pleased toacknowledge congregations this year with the following awards.

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UUSC honor congregations for fiscal year 2003

KirtlandUU Society Western Reserve

Lewis CenterWooster

OKLAHOMAOklahoma CityTulsa

All Souls Unitarian ChurchOREGON

Oregon CityPENNSYLVANIA

PhiladelphiaUU Church of the Restoration

SOUTH CAROLINABeaufortClemson

TENNESSEENashville

First UU Church of NashvilleTullahoma

TEXASDallas

First Unitarian ChurchEl PasoFort Worth

Westside UU Church

NEW YORKHollis-Queens

NORTH CAROLINABrevardMorehead City

NORTH DAKOTABismarck

OHIOAthensDelaware

OREGONRoseburg

PENNSYLVANIAAthens

TEXASAbileneLongviewNew BraunfelsSan MarcosTylerVictoria

WASHINGTONBellinghamFriday HarborMarysville

WISCONSINKenosha

FRANCELa Celle-St. Cloud

UU Fellowship

James Luther Adams Award

ALASKAFairbanks

ARIZONAPrescott

UU FellowshipARKANSAS

Hot Springs VillageJonesboro

CALIFORNIAAuburnNapaSunnyvaleVisaliaWhittier

CONNECTICUTBrooklyn

FLORIDAPort CharlotteVero Beach

IDAHOPocatello

MAINECastine

MASSACHUSETTSMedfieldWeymouth

MICHIGANMuskegon

NEW HAMPSHIREAndover

NEW JERSEYNewtonWayne

GalvestonHouston

Northwest Community UU ChurchUnitarian Fellowship of Houston

HuntsvilleVIRGINIA

FredericksburgOaktonWaynesboro

WASHINGTONBellevueBlaine

SeattleUniversity Unitarian ChurchWest Seattle UU Fellowship

Vashon IslandWEST VIRGINIA

MorgantownWISCONSIN

KenoshaMadison

First Unitarian SocietyWoodruff

Creating Justice Banner SocietyHonors congregations in which 25-49 percent of the membership are UUSC members.ALABAMA

FlorenceARIZONA

GlendaleGreen ValleyPrescott

Granite Peak UU ChurchSurpriseTucson

CALIFORNIAAnaheimAptosBakersfieldBaysideBerkeleyCanoga ParkCarmel

ChicoCoronadoFullertonGrass ValleyHemetLa CrescentaLaguna BeachLos AngelesRancho Palos VerdesRedwood CitySan FranciscoSan RafaelSanta PaulaSanta RosaStudio CityVenturaVista

COLORADOGlenwood SpringsLovelandPueblo

CONNECTICUTMeridenNew BritainNew HavenNew LondonNorwichStamfordStorrsWoodbury

FLORIDABradentonClearwaterDelandLakeland

North Palm BeachSarasotaTampaVenice

GEORGIAAtlanta

Northwest UU CongregationDahlonegaMacon

IDAHOCoeur d’AleneTwin Falls

ILLINOISAltonCarbondaleDeKalb

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Membership awardsThese awards recognize congregations that encourage their members to support human rights and social justice byjoining the Service Committee with an annual membership gift.

Spirit of Justice Chalice SocietyHonors those extraordinary congregations with 100 percent UUSC membership.

UU Congregation of Cocoa, Cocoa, FloridaUU Fellowship of Puna, Pahoa, HawaiiUU Fellowship of Austin, Austin, Texas

Vision of Justice Banner SocietyHonors congregations in which 50-99 percent of the membership are UUSC members.

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Named Endowment Funds

We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.

INDIANAColumbusDanville

IOWACedar RapidsClintonDavenportMason CitySioux City

KANSASPrairie Village

KENTUCKYBowling Green

MAINEBrunswickEdgecombKennebunkPortland

The First Parish in PortlandAllen Avenue UU Church

WatervilleMarylandCamp SpringsColumbiaCumberlandGreat MillsHagerstown

MASSACHUSETTSAtholBraintreeBridgewaterFitchburgGraftonLexington

First Parish in LexingtonLittletonMelroseNewburyport

WatertownWest Roxbury

MICHIGANDetroitFarmington HillsHoughton

MINNESOTAFridleyMahtomediPequot LakesSt. Cloud

MISSOURIRolla

MONTANAKalispellMissoula

NEVADAReno

NEW HAMPSHIREChocuraDurhamKeenePeterborough

NEW JERSEYOrangeParamus

NEW MEXICOLos AlamosRio Rancho

NEW YORKCanandaiguaCentral SquareHastings-on-HudsonJamestownKingstonManhassetMiddletownMohegan Lake

MuttontownNiagara FallsPlattsburghQueensburyRochester

First Universalist ChurchRock TavernWilliamsville

NORTH CAROLINAFranklin

OHIOAkronBereaCantonCleveland HeightsLimaToledoWoosterYoungstown

OKLAHOMALawtonNormanOklahoma City

OREGONAshlandCorvallisPortland

Wy’east UU CongregationPENNSYLVANIA

CollegevilleState CollegeWest Chester

RHODE ISLANDProvidence

Religious Society of Bell StreetChapel

SOUTH CAROLINAHilton Head Island

TENNESSEEKnoxville

Westside UU ChurchMemphis

Peter Cooper UU FellowshipNashville

Greater Nashville UU Congregation

TEXASHouston

Northwest Community UU Church

MidlandVERMONT

NorwichWest BrattleboroWest Burke

VIRGINIABlacksburgGlen AllenLynchburg

WASHINGTONBlaineDes MoinesFreelandHoquiamOlympia

WEST VIRGINIABellaire

WISCONSINAppletonEau ClaireLa CrosseMarshfieldMilwaukee

Unitarian FellowshipMukwonagoRice LakeWoodruff

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Creating Justice Banner Society (continued)

Guest at Your Table special recognitionThrough Guest at Your Table, the members of these congregations contributed a total of $2,000 or more to UUSC’s workfor human rights.

CONNECTICUTNew LondonWestport

FLORIDASarasotaVero Beach

MASSACHUSETTSGrotonLexington

First Parish Follen Church Society

MINNESOTAMahtomedi

Minneapolis First Universalist Church

NEW HAMPSHIRENashua

NEW JERSEYParamus

NEW YORKHastings-on-Hudson

NORTH CAROLINAAshevilleOhioAkronColumbusWooster

OREGONPortland

First Unitarian ChurchPENNSYLVANIA

State CollegeVermontNorwichWest Brattleboro

VIRGINIAGlen Allen

WISCONSINAppletonMadison

First Unitarian Society

CALIFORNIACarmelLong BeachPalo AltoPasadena

Neighborhood UU ChurchSan Francisco

First UU SocietySunnyvale

COLORADOGolden

Special gift recognitionThese congregations contributed $2,000 or more to UUSC’s struggle for human rights through ways of giving such asUUSC Sunday, collections during services and other creative methods.CALIFORNIA

San DiegoFirst UU Church

MARYLANDBethesda

River Road Unitarian Church

MASSACHUSETTSConcordWeston

NEW YORKBrooklyn

First Unitarian Congregational Society

ManhassetUU Congregation at Shelter Rock

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TENNESSEEKnoxville

Westside UU Church Tennessee Valley UU Church

We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.

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Complete UUSC audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2003, were prepared byRobert, Finnegan & Lynah, PC, certified public accountants, Boston, Mass. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available from UUSC.

In order to maintain itsindependence, UUSC relieson individual members,congregations and founda-tions for most of the sup-port needed to develop andsustain our programs.UUSC does not acceptfunds from any governmentor governmental organiza-tion. The generosity andcommitment of our mem-bers and supporters enablesUUSC to accomplish criti-cal social justice and humanrights work, putting yourvoice into action. Your in-vestments in the ServiceCommittee are transformedinto support for our partnerorganizations around theworld, effective advocacyand social justice education.

Longtime member andmajor donor Al Trumplersaid it best: “I’ve alwaysconsidered UUSC supportas an effective way to raise aliberal voice and put myvalues into action. A gift tothe Service Committee istruly an investment in creat-ing a just, peaceful world.”

Members of the UUSCBoard of Trustees and Vol-unteer Network providedessential leadership in ourfund-raising efforts last year.

The Service Committeeis grateful to the UnitarianUniversalist Congregationat Shelter Rock in Man-hasset, N.Y., which con-tributed $675,000through its matching giftprogram for unrestrictedcontributions from indi-viduals of $60 or more.

Guest at Your Table 2002was the most successful inits history, with more than650 congregations partici-pating, and raising morethan $430,000.

Workplace giving is be-coming more important toUUSC’s fund-raising strate-gies. This year, public em-ployee campaign donorscontributed more than$112,000 through GlobalImpact, a federation of in-ternationally focused orga-nizations. For more infor-mation about how you canparticipate, contact UUSC’s

Supporting a commitment to humanityFund raising 2003

Institutional AdvancementDepartment.

In FY03, 10 new lifeincome planned gifts wereestablished totaling morethan $480,000, both ascharitable gift annuities andgifts to the pooled incomefund.

The following founda-tions made grants to UUSCthis past year:

• Bertha Z. Ellis PrivateFoundation

• California CommunityFoundation

• Next Culture Initiative• Schwab Fund for

Charitable Giving• The Boston Foundation• The Peierls Foundation,

Inc.• The Prudential

Foundation• Verizon Foundation• William D. Snyder

Foundation, Inc.

UUSC worked hand in hand withhuman rights defenders around theworld to protect and promotehuman rights.

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Statement of functional expensesJuly 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003

Emergency Relief – $54,000

Fund Raising$548,000

Management and General$266,000

Children – $96,000

Women – $1,246,000

Oppressed Racial, Ethnicand Indigenous Groups

(OREIG) – $1,412,000

Supporting ServicesProgram Services

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Complete UUSC audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2003, were prepared byRobert, Finnegan & Lynah, PC, certified public accountants, Boston, Mass. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available from UUSC.

Financial statementsStatement of financial position – Year ended June 30, 2003(with comparative totals for June 30, 2002)

June 30, 2003 total June 30, 2002 total

Assets Cash and cash equivalents, unrestricted* $1,345,000 $1,193,000 Investments 9,339,000 8,424,000 Accounts and interest receivable 60,000 91,000 Pledges receivable 1,653,000 1,763,000 Notes receivable 6,000 7,000 Prepaid supplies, expenses and other assets 44,000 40,000 Property and equipment - net 1,740,000 1,795,000

Total assets $14,187,000 $13,313,000

Liabilities Accounts payable $303,000 $409,000 Accrued vacation 76,000 69,000 Accrued benefits 50,000 52,000 Capital lease obligations 5,000 10,000 Income distributable to pooled income beneficiaries 13,000 14,000 Gift annuities payable 801,000 597,000 Liability under trust agreements 146,000 153,000 Pooled income fund deferred revenue 461,000 476,000

Total liabilities 1,855,000 1,780,000

Net assets Unrestricted 8,313,000 7,497,000 Temporarily restricted 1,597,000 1,659,000 Permanently restricted 2,422,000 2,377,000

Total net assets 12,332,000 11,533,000 Total liabilities and net assets $14,187,000 $13,313,000

Statement of activities and change in net assets – Year ended June 30, 2003(with comparative totals for June 30, 2002)

Temporarily Permanently June 30, June 30,Unrestricted restricted restricted 2003 total 2002 total

Public support Contributions $1,805,000 $98,000 $39,000 $1,942,000 $1,899,000 Contributions - Emergency relief 72,000 72,000 1,136,000 Matching grant 675,000 675,000 675,000 Foundations 69,000 45,000 114,000 188,000 Bequests 1,314,000 1,314,000 1,474,000

Total public support 3,188,000 890,000 39,000 4,117,000 5,372,000

Revenue Sales - Cards and merchandise - net 28,000 28,000 21,000 Other fees 4,000 10,000 14,000 19,000 Investment income 155,000 (4,000) 151,000 222,000 Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) 64,000 59,000 123,000 (446,000) Change in value of split interest agreements (24,000) 12,000 (12,000) (30,000)

Total revenue 227,000 77,000 - 304,000 (214,000)

Total net assets released from restrictions 1,023,000 (1,029,000) 6,000 - - Total public support and revenue 4,438,000 (62,000) 45,000 4,421,000 5,158,000

Expenses Program services 2,808,000 2,808,000 3,473,000 Supporting services Fund raising 548,000 548,000 653,000 Management and general 266,000 266,000 851,000

Total expenses 3,622,000 3,622,000 4,977,000

Change in net assets 816,000 (62,000) 45,000 799,000 181,000Net assets, beginning of year 7,497,000 1,659,000 2,377,000 11,533,000 11,352,000

Net assets, end of year $8,313,000 $1,597,000 $2,422,000 $12,332,000 $11,533,000* Cash and cash equivalents totals do not include restricted Money Market accounts. These accounts are reflected in the investment totals.** Included special Sept. 11 Fund and resulting program grants.

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Board of Trustees2003-2004Reinhardt Van Dyke, Jr., ChairNancy Nowak, SecretaryJim Gunning, TreasurerCharlie Clements, ex officioStanley CorfmanBarclay HudsonTodd JonesWilliam F. SchulzSusan SmarttFasaha TraylorLesa Walden-Young

Executive staffCharlie Clements, President/CEONancy Moore, Chief Operating OfficerMichael Zouzoua, Chief Financial Officer

UUSC’s Mission StatementGrounded in Unitarian Universalist principles thataffirm the worth, dignity and human rights of everyperson, and the interdependence of all life, theUnitarian Universalist Service Committee is avoluntary, nonsectarian organization working toadvance justice throughout the world.

Working for the rightsof women and children

AfricaBurundian Association of Women Heads of HouseholdsCenter for Education and Research on Women’s RightsPeople’s Group for the Support and Advancement of

Women’s and Children’s RightsPeople for Peace in AfricaPromotion and Support for Women’s InitiativesWomen’s Solidarity for Peace and Development in Ituri

Latin AmericaCuban Society of Family MedicineIndependent Movement of Women of ChiapasNational Coordination of Indigenous WomenPro Mujer Association of Villa NuevaPromotion of Women’s Rights

South and Southeast AsiaCenter for the Development of Women and ChildrenCenter for Organizational Research and EducationDurbar Mahila Samanwaya CommitteeGlobal Alliance Against Trafficking in WomenKaren Women’s Organization

United StatesPromise Massachusetts Children

Supporting the strugglesof oppressed people

AfricaBurundian Association for the Defense ofPrisoners Rights

Latin AmericaAssociation of Investigation, Training and Rural ExtensionAssociation for Justice and ReconciliationChiapas Media ProjectChristian Action Against TortureCivic Political Forum of Mayan Unity and FraternityCouncil of Indigenous Communities of LalanaFray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights CenterIndependent Commission of Human Rights of MorelosMaya Achi Association of Integral Development of Victims

of ViolenceMiguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights CenterNu’u Ji Kandii Human Rights CenterOaxacan Human Rights Network

South and Southeast AsiaAsian Human Rights CouncilBurma IssuesCenter for Study of Society and SecularismForum for Women’s Rights and DevelopmentGrassroots Human Rights Education and Development

CommitteeKaren Human Rights GroupMae Tao ClinicSahanivasa

United StatesAIDS Treatment Access Cuba U.S.Alianza IndigenaLawrence Teen CoalitionInternational Gay and Lesbian Human Rights

CommissionSeton Asian CenterSTUA Greenville

Partner organizations receiving UUSC grantsfor fiscal year 2003

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