Aisha Hauser (she, her) is an accomplished religious educator, facilitator, author, curriculum developer and anti-racism advocate, she is currently serving our faith as President of the Liberal Religious Educators Association.

While Aisha started her professional career in the field of social work after earning a MSW from Hunter College in NYC, she quickly became involved in the religious education program in the first Unitarian Universalist congregation she attended and there found her love of religious education.  Her experience includes serving three UU congregations on both the east and west coast and working for the Unitarian Universalist Association serving as Children and Families Program Director as part of the team that developed the Tapestry of Faith comprehensive curriculum. Aisha is a trainer for the Our Whole Lives comprehensive sexuality education program for all age levels.

Aisha, along with Christina Rivera and Kenny Wiley, co-created the UU White Supremacy Teach In movement.  She worked with Christina and Kenny to lead a group of religious educators from all over the country to curate resources for congregations to utilize in learning about how we are all impacted by racism. The UU White Supremacy Teach In resulted in two thirds (almost 700) of our UU congregations making time to understand how institutional racism and white supremacy was playing out in a liberal faith community. This proved both exciting and challenging. Exciting because we were finally having a conversation about critical race theory and naming that we are socialized for a preference for white leadership. The only way to change that dominant paradigm is to acknowledge its existence. The UU Teach In continues to offer resources to congregations through a website that is staffed by volunteers to continue the work of dismantling institutional racism.  Aisha’s writings are featured in collections published by Skinner House most notably, she is one of the authors in the groundbreaking book, Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity and Power in Ministry.  Aisha is the recipient of the 2018 Angus H. MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education and is a Credentialed Religious Educator at the Master Level.

Christina Rivera (she, her) is a religious educator and administrator serving Unitarian Universalism through her consulting group Called to Justice (CTJ.) CTJ’s focus is impactful anti-racist leadership development for UUs committed to justice ministries. She is a sought after anti-racism trainer, facilitator, and social media campaign developer. She was the first Latina and religious educator elected to the UUA Board of Trustees, serving as Trustee, Financial Secretary, and Secretary of the Association. In 2017 she received national news coverage for exposing racism in hiring decisions at the UUA. Later that year, along with Aisha Hauser and Kenny Wiley, she co-founded the #UUWhiteSupremacyTeachIn, a grassroots organization which organized and supported over 700 congregations in their efforts at identifying and addressing white supremacy culture within their structures. In 2020, Christina was selected as the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Angus MacLean Award recipient for Excellence in Religious Education. Chris has the faith and support of her husband and twin sons who, along with her ancestors, form the foundation for her calling to Unitarian Universalist ministry.

Michael Tino (they/them) is a minister with over 20 years experience in congregational and denominational work. Michael has served the UU Fellowship of Northern Westchester as its minister since 2007, and before that served six years as the UUA Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry. Before becoming a UU religious professional, Michael was a cell biologist; they hold a Ph.D. from Duke University in that field. Michael’s service to our faith has included a term on the UUA Board of Trustees, where they led the Board’s work to have our Association repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, and leadership roles in Allies for Racial Equity, the Southeast UU Summer Institute, the Ohio River Group minister’s study group, and the Ministerial Fellowship Committee, on which they currently serve. Originally from New York City, Michael now lives in Peekskill, NY, with their husband Eric and their seven-year-old daughter, Nora.