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Michelle Rockwell 2nd Year Dual Degree M.Div. and M.A.S.C. Student What inspired you to become a religious leader? I think what really sparked the change in my life was when my mom passed away eight years ago. During the last two weeks of her life, my family and I stayed with her. And despite the

Jamie Krovontka Special Assistant to the President Operations Director Why did you decide to work for Starr King?  I decided to work for Starr King when my friend, who is a graduate of the school, told me about the position being open. At the time, the position was to be the assistant to The Rev.

The Rev. Lindi Ramsden Acting Dean of Students & Community Life Visiting Asst. Professor of Faith & Public Life What inspired you to become a religious leader? Well, I was actually raised in an unchurched family, but it was a family with a lot of ethical depth. I ended up going to look for a spiritual

Watch The Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini, Dean of Faculty, Ex-Officio Trustee, and Professor of Theological Ethics at Starr King School for the Ministry, speak about her experience at Starr King. Why did you decide to become a religious leader? I grew up in a Waldensian family in Italy and being part of a small religious

Terra Collier-Young Vice President of the Student Body 2nd Year M. Div. Student What inspired you to become a religious leader?  My time as a lay leader at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County has been one of the most informative teaching and learning experiences of my adult life. I began as the

Dear Ones— I am writing with the sad news of the death of The Rev. Dan Kane, a 2008 Starr King graduate, Acting President of the Starr King Graduates Association, and a member of our Board of Trustees as well as the First Unitarian Church of Oakland, CA. Dan died at home on Tuesday, October

Lincoln Statler 2nd Year MASC Student What inspired you to become a religious leader?  My religious leadership happened because God wouldn’t give up on me. I just kept getting pulled into positions of leadership. I would be at protests where I would somehow end up in the full circle of organizing. I would be at

The Rev. Chris Long Graduate of SKSM, Class of 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor of Prophetic Practice Administrative Program Specialist at the University of Wisconsin   What inspired you to become a religious leader? The longer story is that I was born on April 24, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee—20 days after Dr. King was killed. I

Watch The Rev. Barbara Meyers, graduate of Starr King (Class of 2004) and annual donor, speak on what Starr King has meant to her and what inspires her to support the school. How did you come to be a student at Starr King? When I was in my early 30s I suffered from a severe postpartum

Jan Hutslar 2nd Year M. Div. Student   What inspired you to become a religious leader?  I wouldn’t exactly say that when I started out on this path I was inspired. It was more like it opened up and I fell into it. I started out working as a Director of Religious Education and that