{"id":11913,"date":"2025-05-21T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?p=11913"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:17:51","slug":"resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear UUMFE Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is with sadness and grace that we announce the resignation of our Executive Director, Mary Ellen Morgan. Mary Ellen&#8217;s time with us was brief, but meaningful. UUMFE is grateful for Mary Ellen&#8217;s passion for Earth Justice and her alignment with UUMFE&#8217;s vision to care for people and the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While any leadership change brings challenges, we celebrate that this decision was amicable and handled with deep, relational care. We have faith that UUMFE will continue to chart a new way forward with love at the center, as our Shared UU Values inspire us to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where do we go from here? Many of you might be wondering what our hiring plan will be. Our board is holding this decision mindfully, and with the care that it deserves. If you feel you might be a good fit for our team\u2014whether it be as a board member, a contractor for a specific project, or in a more substantial leadership position\u2014we welcome you to reach out to us with a resume and letter of interest. While we have not yet established a hiring timeline, we are leaning into trust, and welcome you to connect with us if you believe there might be alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More immediately, come find us this June at our booth at the GA in Baltimore and during the Hill Day in D.C.! We hope to connect with you there. UUMFE is joining forces with the UU Service Committee (UUSC) and Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) for Hill Day. We will be offering Movement Chaplaincy to provide support and care as activists navigate conversations with representatives and the political realities we each face. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uusc.org\/love-and-justice-for-all\/\">You can learn more about the 2025 Hill Day here.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the words of climate activist and author Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: &#8220;Giving up on our future is not an option. We all have a stake in the well-being of our planet. Now, more than ever, we need everyone doing something, anything, to protect as much life on Earth as we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I look forward to the future of UUMFE, and to your part in it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With kindness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Lauren Spivey Levwood, they\/she<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Board Chair, UU Ministry for Earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UUMFE Community, It is with sadness and grace that we announce the resignation of our Executive Director, Mary Ellen Morgan. Mary Ellen&#8217;s time with us was brief, but meaningful. UUMFE is grateful for Mary Ellen&#8217;s passion for Earth Justice and her alignment with UUMFE&#8217;s vision to care for people and the planet. While any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear UUMFE Community, It is with sadness and grace that we announce the resignation of our Executive Director, Mary Ellen Morgan. Mary Ellen&#8217;s time with us was brief, but meaningful. UUMFE is grateful for Mary Ellen&#8217;s passion for Earth Justice and her alignment with UUMFE&#8217;s vision to care for people and the planet. While any [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uuministryforearth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-21T17:16:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-09T17:17:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RoseGallogly_PCM-119-copy-e1509543580724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UU Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UUMFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UUMFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UU Ministry for Earth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UU Ministry for Earth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03\"},\"headline\":\"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-21T17:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-09T17:17:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/\",\"name\":\"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-21T17:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-09T17:17:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\",\"description\":\"Respect Life. Restore Earth. Renew Spirit.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/UUMFE_logo-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/UUMFE_logo-01.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uuministryforearth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/UUMFE\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03\",\"name\":\"UU Ministry for Earth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"UU Ministry for Earth\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uumfe.org\\\/author\\\/uumfe-comms\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","og_description":"Dear UUMFE Community, It is with sadness and grace that we announce the resignation of our Executive Director, Mary Ellen Morgan. Mary Ellen&#8217;s time with us was brief, but meaningful. UUMFE is grateful for Mary Ellen&#8217;s passion for Earth Justice and her alignment with UUMFE&#8217;s vision to care for people and the planet. While any [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/","og_site_name":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uuministryforearth\/","article_published_time":"2025-05-21T17:16:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-09T17:17:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":4201,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RoseGallogly_PCM-119-copy-e1509543580724.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"UU Ministry for Earth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UUMFE","twitter_site":"@UUMFE","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UU Ministry for Earth","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/"},"author":{"name":"UU Ministry for Earth","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03"},"headline":"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan","datePublished":"2025-05-21T17:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-09T17:17:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/"},"wordCount":379,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/","name":"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-05-21T17:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-09T17:17:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/resignation-of-mary-ellen-morgan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resignation of Mary Ellen Morgan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/","name":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","description":"Respect Life. Restore Earth. Renew Spirit.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#organization","name":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UUMFE_logo-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/UUMFE_logo-01.png","width":400,"height":120,"caption":"Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uuministryforearth\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UUMFE"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b502cf084f9f0633cd27991d727c8a03","name":"UU Ministry for Earth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3727180526091e612b655679faaf0494e337b64e62a73a92cd41f47a052b3ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UU Ministry for Earth"},"url":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/author\/uumfe-comms\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11914,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11913\/revisions\/11914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}