Biography
Darcy Roake is a Unitarian Universalist Minister who is a PhD candidate in history at Tulane University with a focus on the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements. Reverend Roake was formerly the Minister at Community Church Unitarian Universalist, a sanctuary congregation in New Orleans, LA. She has a wide background in social justice and pastoral care in settings as varied as Oxfam America, Amnesty International, the United Nations, the Navajo Nation Public Defender's Office, Massachusetts General Hospital, Planned Parenthood’s National Clergy Advocacy Board, and the Unitarian Universalist Association. Darcy received a B.A. in Religious Studies from Brown University and graduated with a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. She has published essays in Guernica, and The New Orleans Advocate, among other venues; and was named a "Faith Leader to Watch in 2016" by the Center for American Progress. Darcy is a former Mellon fellow and is a current Sawyer and Monroe Fellow. Darcy proudly continues her scholarship and community ministry in Louisiana.