I am a person in Service, and it is my joy to officiate ceremonies of life’s important moments. Baby blessings, weddings, and memorial services are sacred experiences. Deeply personal and sacred.
It is important that EVERYONE – regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, or faith – has the opportunity to experience ceremony and celebration without fear or reprisal.
Officiating is meant to create a safe space for you, so that you and your family and friends can be fully present and open to the Love that is ceremony.
My role is to guide and support you in creating your ceremony, and this often requires I learn more.
For example, my nondenominational wedding ceremonies have included beautiful and powerful symbols of the Jewish faith (Chuppah, Breaking the Glass); Black heritage (Jumping the Broom); Persian culture (the Sofreh Aghd); and support of Chinese tradition (offering the ‘Western’ ceremony after the morning Chinese Tea Ceremony), to name a few; or crafting language appropriately to honor same-sex couples.
I have been an activist since I was a teenager, canvassing for presidential campaigns even before I could vote. My activism has been more focused in some years than others.
As a white, hetero, cisgender woman, I recognize my responsibility to do the challenging inner work of rejecting the story I was given – the story of white supremacy and privilege. I reject that story and look to working with social justice leaders and community in crafting a beautiful society where all are truly equal, all feel heard and seen, all feel like their country is indeed a place to call home.
My commitment is to continue to actively do the inner work so that I can truly stand as an ally deeply committed to activism promoting equality for all.
I continue to learn, and I will always listen.
These are just a few of the organizations I support, either through donations, volunteer work, reading, or simply spreading the word:
Black Lives Matter blacklivesmatter.com
Movement for Black Lives m4bl.org
Life After Hate lifeafterhate.org
The Equality Institute theequalityinstitute.com
SURJ showingupforracialjustice.org
ACLU aclu.org
Just Imagine Love: Weddings & Ceremonies Blog 
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