We are happy to announce that the Ethical Education Committee and E² youth have unanimously chosen Zola Rosenfeld (she/her) as our new Ethical Education Director. Zola will serve our youth with a wealth of knowledge, skills, and creative ingenuity that echoes the heart of our E² curriculum. Zola will start in mid-August. We look forward to an amazing program year! You can read her full bio below.
At the close of August, Rev. Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper will continue their role of Affiliate Humanist Minister at FUS and return to working behind the scenes of the larger Humanist movement. They will no longer be residing in MN, but they will occasionally offer services to our congregational community and support E² when needed. We thank them for their time and service and we wish them the best in their vocational quest.
Originally from San Francisco, California, Zola settled on Minneapolis as her home in 2021, graduating with her B.S. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Minnesota. At First Unitarian Society, Zola is chiefly responsible for facilitating and supervising all educational programming, including the Ethical Explorers program and the Our Whole Lives human gender and sexuality curriculum. She is also heavily involved in volunteer recruitment and management.
Outside of her role as an educator, administrator, and leader at First Unitarian, Zola is deeply involved in the Minnesota nonprofit arts community; she currently serves on the Board of Directors at Theatre in the Round Players and the Arts Education Panel for the Minnesota State Arts Board. In her free time, Zola can be found visiting local museums and art galleries, songwriting and performing around the Twin Cities, and cheering for the Golden State Warriors.