Minister. Activist. Musician. Educator.
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Greetings and welcome, beloveds!
My name is Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, and I am an ordained and fellowshipped minister serving the Unitarian Universalist tradition. Raised by Muslim parents who immigrated to and met in the US as graduate students, my religious background is deeply rooted in the richly diverse and often misunderstood Islamic traditions. While my journey with my Muslim religious identity contained empowering ups and painful downs, I have come to embrace the liberationist strands woven throughout the traditions, and integrate them into my identity and ministry, identifying publicly as a Unitarian Universalist-Muslim. |
Raised in the suburbs of Maryland, I was blessed with a public school education that was well-funded, inclusive of the arts, and academically rigorous. My childhood summers were often spent visiting family in Egypt and Lebanon - my parents' homelands - and draw upon my "Arab/Middle Eastern" cultural heritage to fuel my commitment to community and liberation. The economic and educational privileges I experienced in my childhood are not lost on me, and I recognize the ways in which they have granted me access to opportunities others in our world are too often and unjustly denied.
I attended St. Mary's College of Maryland for my undergraduate studies, and received my B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Vocal Performance. While there, I Sentence or two there about what was learned, tie to ministry.
MPH at UMD, direction towards justice and advocacy due to S-CHIP, health disparities, and SLAO experience.
Started at law school, but then felt pulled to ministry. Attended UU church as part of choir, drawn into community, work, healing, etc.
Seminary at Union, interreligious, liberationist, anti-oppression, etc.
Since seminary, engaged in congregational and community ministry. Work with MDUUC and then as chaplain. Currently a chaplain in OAK (community), also engaging in justice ministries and POC-centered ministries.
Pastoral is Prophetic and vice versa
Healthy sense of play and creativity
Cats and family.
I attended St. Mary's College of Maryland for my undergraduate studies, and received my B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Vocal Performance. While there, I Sentence or two there about what was learned, tie to ministry.
MPH at UMD, direction towards justice and advocacy due to S-CHIP, health disparities, and SLAO experience.
Started at law school, but then felt pulled to ministry. Attended UU church as part of choir, drawn into community, work, healing, etc.
Seminary at Union, interreligious, liberationist, anti-oppression, etc.
Since seminary, engaged in congregational and community ministry. Work with MDUUC and then as chaplain. Currently a chaplain in OAK (community), also engaging in justice ministries and POC-centered ministries.
Pastoral is Prophetic and vice versa
Healthy sense of play and creativity
Cats and family.
With Fellow Members of the 2015-2016 DRUUMM Steering Committee
