Janice Marie Johnson was a member of the Ministries and Faith Development staff group from January 2019 through January 2026. She supported, sustained, and advanced multicultural, anti-oppressive, justice-centered, and innovative Unitarian Universalist lay and professional leadership and ministry for all ages. Janice supported the professional lives of religious professionals, especially those of color, those from the trans community, and other marginalized groups.

Since joining the UUA in 2009, Janice served as Director of Racial and Ethnic Concerns, Multicultural Growth Director, and Multicultural Ministries and Leadership Director in the former Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group.

Janice was deeply engaged in the UUA’s commitment to dismantling white supremacy culture and building the Beloved Community.* Committed to making multiculturalism “real,” Janice is Jamaican, a New Yorker, an internationalist, and a “third-culture kid” who grew up all over the world. She worked with UU congregations worldwide.

As an educator, she previously served for many years as Director of Lifespan Religious Education at the Community Church of New York.

As an educator. she previously served as Director of Lifespan Religious Education at the Community Church of New York for many years.

Janice—mother, grandmother, aunt, sibling, and so much more—treasured a unique relationship with her twin sister, Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson.

*Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. popularized the notion of the “Beloved Community,” a term coined by philosopher Josiah Royce. King envisioned the Beloved Community as a society based on justice, equity, and love of others.