Sunday (she/her) is a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, environmental stewardship, and widening access to equitable learning spaces. Whether she’s organizing, teaching, or simply showing up where she’s needed, Sunday brings a mix of passion, practicality, and just enough mischief to keep things interesting.
Sunday Shae (Angleton) Parker was, ironically, born on a Monday in the border town of Del Rio, Texas. After earning degrees from the University of New Orleans and Loyola, she collected careers the way some people collect coffee mugs: researcher, writer, teacher, event organizer, and founder of an academic learning center that in partnership with Tulane and Loyola universities continues to offer free tutoring for middle and high school students.
Sunday spent more than a decade with the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival coordinating student events, coaxing writers into speaking engagements at Le Petite Theatre, judging fiction and poetry contests, and working hard to ensure folks of different colors and diverse backgrounds were able to participate and feel welcomed.
Sunday co-founded the New Orleans Ernest Hemingway-lookalike Contest, helped orchestrate the city’s famous Running of the Bulls (the one with roller derby skaters, not actual bulls), and served as lead research assistant for the PBS documentary Lindy Boggs: Steel and Velvet. She’s also held an assortment of odd jobs—from selling art in the French Quarter to corralling musicians at the House of Blues to waiting tables and bartending on St. Charles Avenue.
At the heart of Sunday’s work is a long-standing commitment to social justice and education reform, driven by a belief that communities thrive when all people, especially young people, are supported and empowered.
For our UU Fellowship, Sunday directs the Family Ministry program, supports a staff of 3 teachers, and writes, designs, and posts content on the UUFH website and social media.
Sunday currently lives in Hendersonville with her husband David Parker (a professor, novelist, ghostwriter and musician), their two kids, Clyde Kelly (12) and Chloe Kae (9), and their hound-dog mix, Dorothy Parker, who insists she was named after the Dorothy Parker.
Contact Sunday at sundayshaeparker@uufhnc.org.
