SarahforHousing

My Experience

Education and Work Experience:

I have worked in a variety of settings:

a hospital librarian at Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, MA;
a library consultant at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners;
a Special Education Teacher's Aide in a Medfield, MA elementary school;
an assistant minister at the Unitarian Universalist church in Weston, MA; an associate minister at the Universalist Church in West Hartford, CT; and the settled minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleborough from 2012 to 2022.

I have also been trained in board orientation and development as part of my volunteer activities with community agencies and denominational leadership.

I have degrees from Northwestern University (BA), Simmons College (MS in Library Science), and Boston University (MDIV School of Theology).

Community Service Experience:

Middleborough Affordable Housing Committee.
Board of Governors, Old Colony Y Middleborough Branch
Middleborough Area Assistance Coalition (MAAC) - a community of practice supporting almost forty agencies, nonprofits and congregations serving folks in need from four communities. The UU Middleborough congregation generously supports a church fund to help people needing assistance from these agencies.
Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding - representatives of nine different faiths who sponsor joint educational and interfaith events in and around Hartford.
Board of Trustees, Medfield Public Library - elected to two terms.
Board of Directors, Boston Community Services - a community mental health center.

Sarah's Remarks on Candidates Night

COA 3-25-2026

Hello Everyone,

Sorry I couldn’t be here with you in person, and many thanks to Christina Hughes for volunteering to deliver my message!

If you have any questions for me, please email them to sarahforhousing@gmail.com

Why am I running?

The Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority is a good place for me to make a contribution.

I want to support and strengthen our ability to carry out the responsibilities of the MHA.

I want to help build and maintain the trust that effort requires between tenants, commissioners, administrators and staff.

Who am I?

I am a retired minister, married with two children, and have lived in Middleborough since 2012.

I care deeply about the quality of life we offer each other in our home town.

By 2012, I had been serving a couple of large congregations as an assistant and then associate minister and was ready for my own church with generous people, good food and great music. I found it here at the First Unitarian Universalist Society.

In my years in Middleborough, I have served on the Board of the Y, the Affordable Housing Committee and worked with the Middleborough Area Assistance Coalition of nonprofit agencies helping those at risk of losing access to food, housing, health care and more. Before coming to Middleborough, I’ve had more than twenty years of experience on boards of nonprofits – including an urban community mental health center, and two elected terms at my public library in Medfield, MA.

I care deeply about our town’s capacity to make safe and comfortable housing available to those who are eligible for our help. If, down the road, there is a chance for the MHA to do more, I want to be a part of that, too.

Please give me your vote in the town election on Saturday, April 4th!