New Members 5/24/26

CJ Archer

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Carol Jean "CJ" Archer (she/her)

CJ was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. She moved to Urbana in 2014 with her husband to be closer to kids and grandkids. Retired in 2023, CJ enjoys gardening, writing, creating art and traveling. She is a mother to four daughters and grandmother to four grandsons and four granddaughters. 

Ean Behr

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At 64, Ean has spent 62.5% of his life in Chicago, 15.2% in Milwaukee, 11% in California, 7.3% in an RV and 3.1% on a boat. Despite all this, he finds he is still not good at math. He is predominantly retired and spends the bulk of his unmerited free time in contemplation of beloved communities and the pursuit whimsical knick-knacks. He believes he is largely unannoying to his wife, Jane.

Jane Behr

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Jane loves “home” (including husband and animals), whether it has happened to be anchored, parked, or tucked into a neighborhood of small ranch houses and big trees. She’s a die-hard homebody who nevertheless keeps wandering off in search of hiking trails, dive sites, and dubious adventures (which reliably end with her wishing she were back home). She and her husband moved to Champaign-Urbana and joined UUCUC to BUILD COMMUNITY, SEEK INSPIRATION, PURSUE* JUSTICE, AND FIND PEACE. (*Jane says “PROMOTE” is not exactly right.) They were also looking for good public transportation, decent health care, pizza delivery, and enough arts/culture/lifelong-learning opportunities to get them out of the house occasionally.

Karri Dorsett

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I'm a 67 yr old trans women. Pronouns she/her. On HRT for about 6 months. Retired from the U of I, and National Guard. Motorcycles are my only hobby at the moment. May be getting back into gardening.

Phillip Duling

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Phillip Duling was born and raised in Watseka, Illinois. He and his wife, Anne Newman lived in Paxton, Illinois for nearly thirty years. During that time they raised three children. Somewhere around 2004, their middle daughter, Kaitlyn, asked to visit UUCUC. Since then Phillip and Anne have been coming to the church bringing Kaitlyn and her younger brother Michael. Phillip and Anne have participated in the UUCUC in many ways including teaching our youth in religious education. Phillip has also been an OWL leader for two years. Phillip headed the urgent needs task force and worked on the most recent Visioning Committee.

Marita Gronnvoll

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Marita Gronnvoll lives in Charleston and is a professor of Communication at Eastern Illinois University. She lives with her husband, a retired firefighter and Air Force medic, three cats, and a flock of chickens. Her passion is gardening and keeping food sources local. She's also really into crochet!

Stephanie Johansson

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Kaighla White

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Kaighla White is a poet, author, and journalist, as well as a mother of four. She loves nature, especially trees, and her idea of the perfect day includes long philosophical talks with her loved ones. She and her family live in Danville, where she runs an independent non-profit news media group, The Vermilion Times.