Rev. Nathan is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister who is affiliated as a Community Minister at the Unitarian Church in Charleston. He moved to South Carolina from Denver, Colorado in 2021 after his wife, Ruth Woodliff-Stanley, was elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina (one of two Episcopal dioceses in the state). Nathan was the founder of a statewide association of nonprofit organizations in Mississippi, and he served for eight years in social justice ministry in Colorado before becoming Executive Director of the ACLU of Colorado for nearly eight more years. He is committed to a model of social justice centering the voices of people experiencing injustice and rooted in Unitarian Universalist values.

Rev. Dr. Jean is a UU community minister and member of Aiken UU Church. She co-founded SCUUJA with the Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker in 2021. She served for 17 years as Director of Service Learning at Hastings College, NE and has extensive experience in advocacy and community social justice work. She also led social justice classes/work in Guatemala, Mexico and the Caribbean. As a South Carolina native, Heriot has an intimate knowledge of the legacy of racism in SC and a theological commitment to the see-think-act model of transformative development.  

Anna is a seasoned community organizer who is dedicated to investing in people and communities across their native Southeast. They spent six years working as a congregation-based community organizer in the DART Network, including two years as the Co-Lead Organizer of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry where they led campaigns to increase access to primary healthcare and to save Gadsden Creek, one of the last tidal creeks on the Charleston Peninsula. In addition to their role at SCUUJA, Anna currently works as the Program Director for Be The Ones. Anna graduated from Seattle University with a BA in History and French Language, and from the School for International Training with an MA in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation. In their free time, you can find Anna making art out of found objects, wandering along the beach collecting treasures, or in the kitchen cooking up a tasty meal.