Rev. Sandra J. (Wayne) Campbell, MSM, began studying part-time for the ministry at Unity School in 1994, using some of her vacation time from work to study at Unity Village. After several years, many of the credits she had earned expired. When Unity Urban Ministerial School launched its online program in 2009, she was the first student to enroll and one of three graduates from the online program’s first class in 2012, all of whom were ordained by Unity Worldwide Ministries in 2013.
Rev. Sandra was Associate Minister at Unity Temple on the Plaza, where she was a member since 1980, served on the Temple board of directors, as founding president of Temple Toastmasters Club, taught in the adult and youth education programs, and was a member of the Chancel Choir. She was an Adjunct Professor at Webster University for nearly two decades and at Unity Urban Ministerial School. Since 2018, Sandra has been the Executive Director of UUMS. She served three terms on the Unity World Headquarters board of directors, including as Secretary and Vice Chair. She is a founding member of the People of African Descent New Thought Group and the new Soul Food Ministry.
Sandra retired in 2012 from a 42-year career in federal government. She has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., International Black Aerospace Council, the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, and Sumner High School Alumni Association. She currently serves as President of the Kansas Citians, one of the oldest and longstanding Black women’s social clubs in the U.S. She has received numerous awards and accolades throughout her career and her other endeavors, including dramatic monologues.
She wrote, produced, and performs an internationally acclaimed, PBS-televised, one-woman show titled “Follow Your Dreams,” a historical reenactment of the life of Bessie Coleman–the first African American female to become a licensed airplane pilot. She has also added to that repertoire performances of other known and unknown sheroes, including Cathy Williams, a female Buffalo Soldier, and Fannie Lou Hamer, a voter rights activist of the 60’s, and Toni Stone—the first woman to play in the Negro Baseball Leagues. For her significant contributions to preserving American history, Rev. Sandra was recognized in 2016 with the prestigious Gold Medal Award by the National Association of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Rev. Sandra holds Associate’s, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees, and she is a candidate for the Doctorate in Ministry through Holos University Graduate Seminary. She is an accomplished writer, speaker, presenter, storyteller, and playwright. She and her husband, Phil, live in Lee’s Summit, MO. They have two grown children, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Learn more about Sandra at https://sandrainspires.com.