Our Minister

Meet Our Minister

Reverend Sangye Hawke's journey weaves through diverse paths of education, motherhood, spirituality, and activism. A graduate of the progressive UnitarianUniversalist Seminary, Starr King School for the Ministry in Oakland, Sangye began her academic journey at UC Berkeley, graduating at an impressive age of 20. While raising her two daughters as a stay-at-home mother, Sangye also received the Bodhisattva Vow in Karma Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism, became a Martial Arts instructor, and a historic cemetery preservationist in the city of Santa Cruz, California.

It was in Santa Cruz that Sangye's call to Unitarian Universalist ministry emerged, uncovering hidden narratives of Unitarian ancestry and activism in California's past. After earning her Master of Divinity in early 2021, she was ordained by two historically significant congregations in California— the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County. Sangye proudly identifies as BIPOC and is an active chaplain and member of Diverse & Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM), contributing to the spiritual diversity and social transformation within her community.

Reverend Sangye Hawke is a graduate of both UC Berkeley and Starr King School for the Ministry. Californian historian, Tibetan Buddhist, ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister, and mother and grandmother, Sangye brings what she calls "Unitarian Universalist Dharma" to her ministry, sharing practices and insights to navigate today's challenges and awaken the Emergent Buddha within to transform and liberate our world. 

Here is Rev. Sangye’s Contact information:

ministersangye@mysfuu.org
cell (530) 297-8532