Lenna Georgiadis is a UUA Office at the United Nations intern for the 2020-2021 academic year. As an intern for the UU@UN Lenna is learning how to work within an NGO to raise awareness on human rights and to advocate for ways in which civil society can influence international politics. She's a...

Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek is a New York City writer/performer and science nerd.

Paul Alan Bennett has an MA in Greek History from the University of La Verne, Athens, Greece, and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon.

Rev. Taryn Strauss is the Senior Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, where she lives with her spouse James who joins her in the project of raising five-year-old twins, Townes and Langston. Her new survival strategy for the pandemic mental health olympics is literally...

Martha Durkee-Neuman (she/her/hers) is a Unitarian Universalist young adult originally from Washington State, currently serving as the Director of Religious Education at First Parish in Malden, MA....

Ashley Emuka is a UUA Office at the United Nations intern for the 2020-2021 academic year. Currently, Ashley is a second-year graduate student in the Master’s in Public Health and Social Work dual degree program at New York University (NYU). She earned a B.A. in Global Health with a Minor in...

Noorjahan Aktar is a UUA Office at the United Nations intern for the 2020-2021 academic year. Currently, Noorjahan is a senior at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a major in Political Science along with a minor in Studio Arts. She is passionate about fighting for human rights and learning more about...

Melanie DeMore (she/he/them) is a Vocal Activist whose thirty-year career has been dedicated to teaching, lecturing, mentoring, conducting, directing, and inspiring children and adults about the power of song as social and political change. Learn more on Melanie's website.

Shanice L. Bryant is a UUA Office at the United Nations intern for the 2020-2021 academic year. Along with interning, Shanice is a full time Master of Social Work candidate at New York University (NYU) in the one-year advanced standing program. She obtained her Bachelor of Social Work degree from...