Vanessa Southern
Encyclopedia
Vanessa Rush Southern is an American
Unitarian
minister in New Jersey
notable for being a progressive liberal advocate of issues such as reproductive health care options for women, diversity and racial tolerance, affordable housing including projects for Habitat for Humanity, human rights, and remembrance of civil rights
leaders such as Martin Luther King. She is minister of the Unitarian Church
in Summit
and has presided over high-profile weddings as well as local community discussions on topics such as diversity and tolerance and the "achievement gap" between low–income and high–income families. Her father was the director of an acting school in New York City
called the School for Film and Television
and her mother was a hematology
technologist at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
. She was married in 1999 to Rohit Menzes. She wrote a book entitled, This Piece of Eden.
United States
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Unitarian
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
minister in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
notable for being a progressive liberal advocate of issues such as reproductive health care options for women, diversity and racial tolerance, affordable housing including projects for Habitat for Humanity, human rights, and remembrance of civil rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
leaders such as Martin Luther King. She is minister of the Unitarian Church
Unitarian Church in Summit
The Unitarian Church in Summit is a Unitarian Universalist church in Summit, New Jersey notable for being "one of the country's premier Unitarian churches" which features a "top–notch music program and a string of renowned preachers," according to one report...
in Summit
Summit, New Jersey
Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 21,457. Summit had the 16th-highest per capita income in the state as of the 2000 Census....
and has presided over high-profile weddings as well as local community discussions on topics such as diversity and tolerance and the "achievement gap" between low–income and high–income families. Her father was the director of an acting school in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
called the School for Film and Television
School for Film and Television
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts , is a professional acting training conservatory in New York City for actors focusing on acting for film and television and the stage, including television dramas, commercials, motion pictures, internet serials, and voice overs...
and her mother was a hematology
Hematology
Hematology, also spelled haematology , is the branch of biology physiology, internal medicine, pathology, clinical laboratory work, and pediatrics that is concerned with the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases...
technologist at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital...
. She was married in 1999 to Rohit Menzes. She wrote a book entitled, This Piece of Eden.