carla joy bergman is an independent scholar, writer, podcaster, and mom. She has spent the past two decades working in her community to create collaborative multi-media platforms that range from print to films. carla loves to zoom in on the in-between happenings and issues and to bust binaries....

Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author or co-editor of several previous books, including The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to...

Dr. Mary Frances Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania....

Michael Berube is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature at Pennsylvania State University.

Michael Bess is the Chancellor’s Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He has received major fellowships from the J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and...

Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay, described by the New York Times as “refreshing” and “exciting.” She has received the Ezra Jack Keats New...

Duane R. Bidwell, PhD, is professor of practical theology, spiritual care, and counseling at Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California. A clinical fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Duane has been a chaplain, pastor, counselor, and nonprofit director....

Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs (they/them) is a Queer, BIPOC, non-binary seminarian and aspiring Public Theologian.

Taylor Bills is a freelance illustrator originating from Tennessee. Taylor has developed his brand of illustration and concept art for publishing, product promotions, advertising and media entertainment content for a variety of clients for the last 25 years. Taylor lives with his wife and kids in...

Remica Bingham-Risher is a Cave Canem fellow and Affrilachian Poet. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the Writer’s Chronicle, New Letters, Callaloo,/i>, and Essence, among other journals, She is the author of three volumes of her own poetry: Conversion, winner of the Naomi Long...

anastasia birosh (ze/zir/zirs) is a Worship Associate at SouthWest Unitarian Universalist Church, a small but mighty congregation in Northeast Ohio. Ze is a co-chair of the Antiracism Taskforce at the church and a member of Allies for Racial Equity.

Helen Bishop looked after around 80 UU congregations in the Midwest as District Executive. She served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, is a Credentialed Religious Educator at the Master level, has master’s degrees in genetics, medieval and Renaissance music, and distance learning, and has a...

Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian, professor, and writer. She is currently an associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, the president of the African American Intellectual History Society, and an editor for The Washington Post‘s “Made by History” section. Her...

Gabrielle Stanley Blair is the founder of Alt Summit, the blockbuster biannual conference for lifestyle bloggers and creative entrepreneurs, currently in its twelfth year. She is also the founder of DesignMom.com....

Lynette Blake is a painter and member of First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York.

Eliza Blanchard is the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Grafton and Upton, Massachusetts. She began her ministry in 1996, as a part-time director of religious education at the Melrose Unitarian Universalist church....

Cody Blattner is an Youth Representative for the Unitarian Universalist Organization at the United Nations. Cody finished his first year at Lehigh University, and is committed to fighting for LGBTQ justice at the United Nations.

Yaba Blay is a scholar-activist and cultural creative whose work centers the lived experiences of Black women and girls. She has launched viral campaigns including #PrettyPeriod and #ProfessionalBlackGirl and has appeared on CNN, BET, MSNBC, and NPR. Dr. Blay’s work has been featured in the New...

Jenn Blosser (she/her) is the Director of Religious Education at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers in very sunny and very humid Florida which she has served since 2015. She is often assisted in her work—be it setting up the Sanctuary before worship or making videos for digital...

Betty Bobo Seiden is a member of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California. She was active in BAWA (Black and White Action) from its formation in 1968, and later served on the Meadville Lombard Theological School Board of Trustees and on the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee.

Alexandra Boiger was born in Munich, Germany, and studied graphic design. Her work as an animation assistant brought her initially to England, and then to DreamworksSKG in the United States. The first picture book she illustrated, While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat, was written by Amy Reichert,...

Rev. Di Bona has served Unitarian Universalism for 30 years, and is the 2018 recipient of the Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Unitarian Universalism. In her retirement, she serves as the Palliative Care chaplain at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA....

Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno is a contributing editor at the American Poetry Review and the author of Slamming Open the Door. She is a member of the Unitarian Society of Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.