Rev. Emily Conger

Rev. Emily Conger (she/they) is a queer, white, middle class, abled, middle-aged, nonbinary woman. She is a Unitarian Universalist Minister and co-founder of Nourish. Rev. Emily is a nearly lifelong UU called to innovate the ways Unitarian Universalists find meaning and purpose in community.

Rev. Emily is also a founding director of Tandem Cooperative which builds a village of care by providing childcare, co-working, and community building. 

She has served for many years as a leader in Unitarian Universalist youth and young adult communities. She served as the minister of the Longmont UU Presence (The LUUP), a Colorado-based emerging ministry invested in food justice through dinner church and garden church. 

She is committed to working toward intersectional justice, especially racial justice and queer justice.

Rev. Emily lives in Salem, MA with her partner Ted and their two young children. They enjoy biking, going for walks, playing cooperative board games, and eating homemade bread together.

Rev. Aisha Ansano

Rev. Aisha Ansano (she/her) is a queer, cis, small fat, abled, middle class, multiracial Afro-Caribbean woman. She is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and co-founder of Nourish, called to serve as a prophetic and pastoral presence to those seeking spiritual community and connection. Rev. Aisha believes that gathering at the table is one of the best ways to build and strengthen community and work for justice in the world.

Rev. Aisha is the affiliated community minister at First Parish in Malden, where she is deeply involved in the justice and community work of the congregation. She is also the Denominational Counselor to UU students at Harvard Divinity School, supporting students in their academic, vocational, and spiritual discernment. She has served on the Board of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, our UU congregation without walls, and is a strong advocate of their ministry to those on the margins.

Rev. Aisha lives in Malden, MA, with her partner Matt and their puppy Bramble. She enjoys cooking and baking for friends, learning aerial silks and ballet, and reading lots of romance novels.