Rev. Kathy Huff, Senior Minister Senior Minister - Rev. Kathy Huff
The Reverend Kathy Huff has served our congregation since 2002. She is an accomplished minister with a deep commitment to transformative spiritual growth, religious pluralism and social justice. Raised as a Roman Catholic in the South Pacific islands, Kathy has traveled and lived around the globe and is a life long student of world religions. She was ordained into the Unitarian Universalist ministry in 1998. Prior to coming to Oakland, she served the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Rev. Kathy holds a Masters of Divinity from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University. She has received numerous awards for her dynamic leadership, social justice work and visionary preaching. She was named as the 2007 East Bay Express Readers Poll Favorite for the area's “Most Inspirational Sermons.” As a recognized leader in our movement Rev. Kathy addressed the 6,000 delegates at the opening plenary of our 2003 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in Boston. She spoke about the imperative of giving body and form to our justice centered faith. A sought after public speaker and workshop leader, her writings and quotes frequently appear in magazines and meditation manuals.
Kathy is passionate about our mission to build the beloved community. Her many years of work to end racism and eliminate heterosexism is helping us grow into a more inclusive congregation. With her inspiration we have become a Welcoming Congregation and active in the UUA's Journey Towards Wholeness initiative.
Prior to ordained ministry, Kathy was the founding member and producing artistic director of a New England touring theater company based in Maine. She eventually left the professional theater to work with battered women and children. As the Director of the YWCA Family Violence Project in Cincinnati, Ohio, she became recognized as an expert in the field of domestic violence and was co-founder of the Alliance Against Same Sex Domestic Violence.
Rev. Kathy Huff can be contacted at
(510) 893-6129 Ext. 304, or revkhuff@uuoakland.org. For more about our senior minister, read our Interview with Rev. Kathy