Sarah Oglesby-Dunegan is a seminarian completing her final year of courses to become a candidate for ministry. She has 13 years of experience working in urban community colleges with low-income and first-generation students and students with disabilities. She is married with two daughters and is an active member of the Unitarian Universalist community, having been a member of three UU churches. She has degrees in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Public Administration and has worked in affordable housing advocacy and anti-poverty programs in Latin America.
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1. Sarah Oglesby-DuneganSeminarian at Iliff School of Theology, one more year of courses; applying for Candidacy this Fall! I have worked with the Leap of Faith program for one year.
2. My family: John Dunegan, Allyn (daughter, 9) and Aine (daughter, 2) and me
3. 13 years in urban community colleges, working with low income, first generation college students and students with disabilitiesTRiO Director, GOVT instructor, FYE instructor, Jail Program, FYE Coordinator, Orientation, Student Life Director
4. Ive been a member in three UU churches and been a regular visitor in many more.
5. I have two degrees from UNTone in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and a Masters in Public Administration
6. My first job out of college was working as an organizer in low income HUD housing in Dallas; our goal was to preserve and improve affordable housing though tenant leadership.
7. I have traveled to El Salvador with a group called Results to learn about microcredit programs for women and to Guatemala with UUSC to learn about fair trade coffee. I speak regularly to groups about both of these anti-poverty and empowerment strategies.
8. Last year I became a master composter. This year my kids helped me work with Metro Care Ring to start a community garden that would help them teach about food, gardening and composting and serve as a gathering place for urban dwellers. Next year the whoe lot will be a garden!
9. Spiritual practicesThis summer some UUs in Denver decided to train together for the Denver rock n roll half marathonI joined and we shall see how that goes in October! I am also a trained facilitator for work in Parker Palmers formation retreats through the Center for Formation in Higher Education.
10. Here, HeartGreedy wild abandon:Thievery, kind of.Letting go of authority.Search and loneliness:Loose and wild escape,Find companeros here.Wisdom suggests: listen.Attention everywhere: now, here.Tradition discovered.Lucidity:Attention and discovery,Found lovingkindness.Everywhere,Surfacing and diving.Now:Letting go and moving out,Living out.Here, heart:Out loud,Here.I am also a poet