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ned her commitment to Unitarian Universalist congregational and community ministry through the Our Whole Lives program becoming a facilitator and a trainer of facilitators. Sandra attended Widener University where she received her Master’s in Sexuality Education and did post doc work on the intersection of sexuality and spirituality. Her community engagement in Restorative Justice includes Planned Parenthood, Victims’ Voices Heard (empathy training for incarcerated offenders), and as an advocate for victims of sexual assault on college campuses. Sandra owns her own business as an Officiant, serving families and couples with deeply personal rites of passage.
“In order to empathize with someone’s experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it, and not how you imagine their experience to be.” ~Brene Brown
Specialties
- Healthy Congregations
- Strategic Visioning and Planning
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Multigenerational Faith Formation
- Congregational and Community OWL Ministries
- Restorative Justice
- Staff Startups
- Storytelling and Collaborative Worship
Delights and Diversions
- Last book read: “Not Light, But Fire: How To Lead Meaningful Race Conversations In The Classroom” Kay, M. (2018)
- Currently reading: “The Spell of The Sensuous,” Abram, D. (1996)
- Currently watching: The Umbrella Academy
- Will be watching: The British Baking Show
- Recently listened to: Nighbirde
- Restoring My Spirit: Full-body immersion in nature