Patrick Murfin

Current

• Executive Director at Diversity Day Festival, Organized by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Woodstock
• Communications Manager & Non-profit Consultant at Oaktree Capital Corp

Past

• Director of Development at Congregational Unitarian Church

Education

• Columbia College Chicago
• Shimer College

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• Diversity Day

Patrick Murfin’s Experience

• Executive Director

  Diversity Day Festival, Organized by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Woodstock

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Produce, publisize, host the annual Diversity Day Festival held on the Square in Woodstock, Illinois every October to promote the values of diversity, peace and justice in McHenry County. Founded festival in 1995 and worked as volunteer until position was created and funded by the Congregational Unitarian Chuch in 2007. Part time, 3,200 hours per year

• Communications Manager & Non-profit Consultant

  Oaktree Capital Corp

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

  December 2005 — Present (4 years )

  Registered Financial Advisor, Robert S. Jackson, Principal

• Director of Development

  Congregational Unitarian Church

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  March 2005 — September 2005 (7 months)

  Promote the Congregegational Unitarian Church, press and public relations, advertising and marketing, edit public newsletter, fund raising.
  20 hours per week. Position funded by a grant, grant expired.

Patrick Murfin’s Education

• Columbia College Chicago

  Creative Writing 1969 — 1971

• Shimer College

  Concentration in Humanities 1967 — 1968

Additional Information

Patrick Murfin’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• Diversity Day

Patrick Murfin’s Interests:

wrtiting, poetry, history, current affairs, community activism, peace movement, civil liberties, social justice, Unitarian Universalism, politics

Patrick Murfin’s Groups:

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Woodstock, McHenry County Democratic Party, Unitarian Universalist Historical Society, UUPoets, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, MoveOn

•    UU Group

Patrick Murfin’s Honors:

McHenry County Democratic Party Secretary 2008--Present, Vice Chair 1998-2002, Chair 2000
Robert McGarry Award for Community Service from McHenry County Democratic Party 2008
Congregational Unitarian Church of Woodstock, Illinois, Moderator 1999-2001, Church Council Member, Peace and Justice Chair, Church Historian
Interfaith Council for Social Justice, President, 2002--Present
Un-sung UU Award with the Peace and Justice Committee of the Congregational Unitarian Church from the Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council (CAUUC), 1997
Author, WE BUILD TEMPLES IN THE HEART, Poetry, Skinner House Books, Boston, 2004
Logans Square Neighborhood Association, Senator (member of the board) 1983
Co-Author with Fred W. Thompson, THE IWW: ITS FIRST 50 YEARS 1905-1975, Labor History, IWW, Chicago 1977
Industrial Workers of the World, General Secretary-Treasurer 1971, Editor INDUSTRIAL WORKER through most of 1970's

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