Fran reflects on their experience as a UU and a community organizer across two cities, their hometown of Louisville and their chosen city of Chicago. What is special about First U? What is special about Louisville? What have they learned in Chicago? What can these places teach us as UUs?

 

While Fran does not dream of work, they are happily employed as a Montessori guide. Besides Montessori, the great loves of their life are their son and their hope for a better life for everyone. Fran’s life has largely revolved around volunteer-led orgs and projects in service to liberatory causes. They have been a UU since 2015. Fran’s drive to encourage human connection and understanding has been the undercurrent invigorating their teaching and advocacy work, across projects.