Maine Unitarian Universalist State Advocacy Network Leadership Team
MUUSAN is guided by a dedicated group of social justice activists representing a diversity of Unitarian Universalist congregations from across Maine.
MUUSAN Steering Committee Members
Deborah Crump is a member of the First Universalist Church of Norway, Unitarian Universalist. She is a member of the Social Justice committee at her church and has participated in many activities over the years in support of LGBTQ and women’s rights, environmental, racial, and economic justice. She has been a home hospice nurse for over 30 years and lives with her life partner in the home they built off the grid in the woods of western Maine. She enjoys gardening, playing the ukulele, writing, her 2 cats, her almost three year old grandchild and her connections to the land.
Rev. Elder Diane Fisher is a member of Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick. If you were to ask her to describe herself, she would likely say, “I am a retired (after 30 years) lesbian Christian pastor of Metropolitan Community Church, I am a mother of a fabulous daughter, Karli, and married to Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos, who delights my heart.” Diane is a proudly Canadian queer activist residing in Maine. Diane has been the recipient of many National and International Awards for her Human Rights work. Her passion is working to change systems that encourage or reinforce marginalization of those who have been caught “outside the system.” In her off time, Diane plays with various stringed instruments, creates stained glass pieces, and enjoys camping with her wife Kharma, dog Kady (a Shih-poo), and cat Téa (Maine coon). Along with two beloved “foster-failure kittens,” Annie and Tobert, they all live in Lisbon, Maine.
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Scott Klinger is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Augusta. He enjoys helping with UUCC's Saturday morning breakfasts with the unhoused community of Augusta. Scott has also been actively involved in supporting Wabanaki Sovereignty, and is interested in changing culture and narratives to support people-and community centered economies. Professionally, Scott has worked to counter rising corporate power and was among the first investment professionals to imagine socially responsible investing.
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Michaela Loisel, a 30+ year member of the UUCC of Augusta, co-chairs the Social Justice Committee and serves as a Congregational Legislative Liaison for MUUSAN. She retired from a beloved career in State Government working as a Human Resources Manager with a focus on Equal Opportunity - workplace fairness, equity and accessibility. A native Mainer and long-time resident of Hallowell she has two grown daughters who are also working to make the world a better place. Michaela lives in Hallowell with her wife, Angie Blevins a talented artist and handywoman.
Rev. Marty Pelham is the minister at First Universalist Church in Rockland and the MUUSAN Treasurer. Bio coming soon!
Ted Trainer has been a member of the First Parish UU Church in Kennebunk since early 2001. In addition to holding leadership positions at First Parish he worked at the UU District level, especially in the area of Welcoming Congregations. Ted holds a doctoral degree in Public Health has spent over 50 years working in that field at the international, national, state, regional and community level. He is now retired but actively volunteers at the community, county and state level in various areas particularly related to health planning, aging services and historical preservation. He has been married to Leslie for 55 years. They have two children and four grandchildren, all, sadly, living out of state.
Marylyn Wentworth, MUUSAN Secretary, is a member of the First Parish UU Church of Kennebunk and is a member of the church Board of Directors. She has been an educator in many capacities since 1963. She was a founder of The School Around Us in 1970, a parent run democratic elementary school where all five of her children attended and most of her 9 grandchildren attend to this day. She was also a founding member of The New School, a democratic high school which focuses on social and environmental justice. She was principal of the school for 18 years. She worked with many national educational coalitions engaged in school reform for 20 years. In her first year of retirement she joined MUUSAN and a group that serves immigrants in Biddeford. She lives in Arundel with her husband Stacy of 58 years, two of her children and their families, and a huge, gorgeous garden.
MUUSAN's Administrative Coordinator
Reba Richardson is MUUSAN's part-time Administrative Coordinator. A UU since 2005, Reba is a member of First Universalist Church in Rockland. Before becoming staff for MUUSAN she served as UUR's Board President, on the Ministerial Search Committee, and as the chair of the UUR Membership and Auction Committees. For seventeen years she and her family ran Hatchet Cove Farm, a 250-member CSA with a pick-up in front of the Rockland UU on Sunday mornings. Reba lives in Friendship.
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