Eastridge Presbyterian Church

Rev. Thomas Dummermuth is originally from Switzerland, where he earned a Master of Theology from the University of Bern. After two years in West Virginia, he joined Eastridge Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, as Associate Pastor in 2013. Thomas has a deep passion for fostering understanding and community across faiths and cultures. His migrant story enriches his commitment to building bridges in “the in-between spaces” of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. Thomas and his wife, Jenn, a Nebraska native, have three children—Micah, Jonah, and Vienna—and a lively yellow lab named Leo.

South Gate United Methodist Church

Rev. Amy Slater has served as pastor of South Gate United Methodist Church in Lincoln since 2019. Originally from the St. Louis area, she earned her Master of Divinity from Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City and has served congregations in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Throughout her ministry, Amy has been passionate about helping people put their faith into action. While acts of charity and mercy are essential, she recognizes that addressing systemic injustice requires people working together to create change. Justice in Action offers a way for faith communities to accomplish together what none could do alone.

Amy and her husband, also a United Methodist pastor, have two sons. She is an avid reader and science fiction fan, particularly Star Trek, whose hopeful vision of humanity’s future resonates with her. She also loves public libraries and has a bucket list of libraries across the country she hopes to visit.

Christ United Methodist Church

Andy will try anything once: 

-waxing his head (long before he'd go bald the old fashioned way)

-skydiving (he'd highly recommend)

In this pursuit of life experience and meaning, Andy stumbled into some things he'd try more than once:

-dating his wife, Katherine (amazingly, one very awkward first date over a McDonald's breakfast 17 years ago wasn't a dealbreaker for her)

-having kids with her (they're up to 3 beautiful, squirrely kids so far)

-working on pursuing his lifelong calling to be a pastor (he started saying "I want to be a pastor when I grow up" when he was 4 or 5)

13 years into full time pastoral ministry, he's still pursuing that call daily, and a big part of that pursuit is his work with Justice in Action.

Interestingly, Andy's initial involvement in justice work started more out of his commitment to try anything once (so he thought), but it soon became clear that this was among the most important, faithful works he'd been invited to join.

Andy is honored to serve as the Vice President of Justice in Action.

First Mennonite Church

Kathy Haake is a member of First Mennonite Church. Originally from Beatrice, she earned a degree in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a book publishing certificate from New York University. Kathy worked as a book editor for over twenty years. She was also the associate director of a nonprofit organization, where for over a decade she partnered with faith communities to help keep children safe. She now works as the executive assistant for a philanthropic foundation. Kathy and her husband, Kevin, raised their three children—Kaspar, Kadin, and El—in Lincoln, a city they are happy to call home. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve with Justice in Action to help create positive change across Lincoln and beyond.

St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church

Mark Musick spent his early years in Blair, Nebraska, graduating from Dana College with a degree in mathematics. He married his college sweetheart, Susan, and immediately entered the Air Force spending the next eight years stationed at various locations in the United States and Europe. He earned an MBA Degree at the University of Utah while in the military.

They returned to Lincoln to raise their two children, while Mark worked at Brunswick Manufacturing and was a part-time member of the Nebraska Air Guard. In 1994 he became the Wing Commander for the Nebraska Air Guard, in which he spent the next four years. Mark then worked for a non-profit organization for 10 years and a venture company in Omaha for five years.

He is the author of the book “Boxes: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes,” and has done speaking presentations throughout the nation. He retired from the military in 2008 at the rank of Major General.

First Lutheran Church

Barb had the good fortune of growing up on a family farm in the bountiful, rolling hills near Stanton, Iowa. Family members, folks at Mamrelund Lutheran Church, teachers and friends were clear examples of what it means to care-- for the land, for neighbors and for the well-being of the community.  Her mom taught her how important it is to be a learner, curious, a noticer of what was needed, one who remembers people who are facing challenges. Barb's dad gave her a sense of humor and his smile, an understanding that having the biggest farm or the fanciest equipment was not his goal, and a reminder from our Swedish heritage that humility is a good thing.

After college, a "for practice" interview with the Lincoln Public Schools led to a 25 career as an elementary teacher and staff developer in the city's most diverse neighborhoods. These schools were and are places where students and families bring varied cultures, languages and lived experiences to the classroom doors.  One's heart never leaves places like this.

Barb's family includes Alan Frank (a member of South Street Temple), 2 daughters who are teachers, two patient sons-in-law and five loving and spunky grandchildren. Extended family includes friends who arrived in Lincoln from Liberia, South Sudan and Iraq.

The timing of family responsibilities in Minneapolis in 2020 after George Floyd's death and in 2026 during Metro Surge meant that Barb experienced firsthand what it looks like when faith communities and neighborhoods are well-organized and show up for one another in bold and creative ways. She is committed to fostering dialog across differences and to faith-based community organizing.

Lincoln Friends Meeting (Quakers)

Roy found his way back to the Friend’s Meeting after joining the School Committee (Board of Trustees) of Scattergood Friends School, an independent Quaker middle and high school with grades from 6-12.

Since his return to the meeting, Roy has become involved in various committees and is currently the clerk of Lincoln friends Meeting. As the structure of worship is unprogrammed, the role of clerk is to act as a facilitator and to attempt to gather the “sense of the meeting” when working through Quaker Process.

After emigrating to Lincoln from eastern Iowa, Roy began work doing track maintenance for then Burlington Northern Railroad as a means to earn some money in order to attend college however, he moved on to being a brakeman, then conductor and finally a locomotive engineer, which is the position he held after retiring from a forty-two year career and never did save that money to go to college. It was during the time of being a locomotive engineer that Roy became heavily involved in union activities, becoming an employee representative, local president, assisted in preparing discipline cases for arbitration and a six-year stint as a full-time safety coordinator, being the liaison between labor and management in developing safety training and programs for the transportation work group of BNSF Railway.

This involvement in union activism affirmed Roy’s long held values of equality, justice and empathy that are instilled in him because of his Quaker upbringing and roots. These values, in addition to the belief that there is that of the spirit in each of us, resonate with the work that Justice In Action does. One of the things that Roy appreciates most about this organization is the bringing together of various congregations with differing ideas or beliefs to work together for our shared and common goals for the betterment of our community and compassion for those in need of support.

Roy lives in Lincoln with his wife of over twenty years and their adorable corgi, who will soon be joined by a puppy in the very near future.