Rev. Addae Ama Kraba is an ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister serving the Unitarian Universalist New Braunfels congregation. She earned an MDiv from the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA immediately after receiving a BS in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. Prior to ministry, Rev. Kraba spent over twenty years in the field of mental health that led to employment in Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, and the Hawaiian Islands.
She has served at all levels of the Unitarian Universalist denomination, beginning with the Committee for Antiracism, Anti-Oppression and Multiculturalism of the UUA, trustee on the board of the Murray Grove Retreat and Conference Center in Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, and also on the board of the Joseph Priestly District. Rev. Kraba was called to be present as Chaplain providing Pastoral Care in New Orleans, LA after hurricane Katrina, and again to the Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church shooting in Tennessee. She is a member of DRUUM (Diverse, Revolutionary, and Unitarian Universalist Ministers), a former Co-Convener of Unitarian Universalist Women and Religion, and is currently president of the Unitarian Universalist International Women’s Convocation (IWC). A Texas resident she lives in the Hill Country community of Boerne.
The Rev. Kraba writes: Celebrating the achievements and contributions of African Americans only provides a passing glance into the story, because our roots began in Africa. It’s like story telling without the true beginning of the story. Imagine telling the history of Unitarian Universalism and omitting the Edict of Torda and King Sigismund, the first … Continue reading Africans in America
