Unitarian Universalist Association
Emily Cherry has extensive experience in administrative and support roles within nonprofit and educational settings. Currently serving as Congregational Life Field Staff for the New England Region at the Unitarian Universalist Association since August 2018, Emily has managed the calendars and meetings for co-directors, overseen budgeting processes for multiple sub-departments, and organized significant events such as the annual Service of the Living Tradition. Previous roles include Client Service Manager at HouseWorks LLC, where Emily scheduled caregivers and conducted client assessments, and Teaching Assistant at Walker, focusing on academic facilitation for young students. Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Allegheny College and has actively participated in community service through roles in AmeriCorps and mentoring programs.
Unitarian Universalist Association
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a religious organization that combines two traditions: the Universalists, who organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, who organized in 1825. They consolidated into the UUA in 1961. Both groups trace their roots in North America to the early Massachusetts settlers and to the founders of the Republic. Overseas, their heritages reach back centuries to pioneers in England, Poland, and Transylvania. Each of the 1,000+ congregations in the United States, Canada, and overseas are democratic in polity and operation; they govern themselves. They unite in the Association to provide services that individual congregations cannot provide for themselves. Each congregation is associated with one of the UUA’s 19 districts. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.