Wednesday Jun 17, 2026
Bill Sinkford
This interview with Bill Sinkford was the most anticipated interview we conducted.
The reason we wanted Bill to be interviewed was because he was the president of the Unitarian Universalists Association when the decision to defund YRUU took place. But what you will get from this interview is a deeper understanding of the life Bill had growing up and growing into leadership.
We met him in Portland, Oregon where the 2022 Unitarian Universalists General Assembly was taking place. Our hotel/studio offered us a quiet place to chat.
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15 days ago
the lesson Bill Sinkford and YRUU is this: you cannot change an organic, democratic organization from the top down without fundamentally altering it or destroying it. Sinkford learned too much from his time with corporate management, and not enough from his LRY mentors. I hope he leaves the ministry so he can rethink his approach to leadership.
15 days ago
”I’m very sorry i made the decision to try” TALK ABOUT A NON-APOLOGY APOLOGY
15 days ago
so he admits how vital YRUU was to his own empowerment and education as a leader, and then decided to ignore and disempower them when he was in charge. ”i didn’t have enough time” is such .