ALICE FAULKNER BURCH
Alice Faulkner Burch was born in Oxnard, CA to Cleo & Elwanda Faulkner.
She received an Associate’s Degree from Oxnard College.
She was baptized into the LDS Church in July 1984.
While serving as the first African American in the Chile Santiago South Mission, 1987-1988, she and her last companion were assigned as First and Second Counselors in a Branch Presidency.
She was the first African American to be called as an Ordinance Worker in the Salt Lake Temple in 1989. She served a one year mission in the Salt Lake Inner-City Mission. She served as a volunteer for 5 years at the Utah State Men's Prison in the Family History Center. In addition she has served in four ward Relief Society Presidencies, as a Primary Teacher, and as a Relief Society Teacher multiple times.
In 2016 she was a featured speaker at the Mormon Women Historians Initiative Team’s Conference.
In 2017 Alice retired from full-time employment for the L.D.S. Church after 29 years where she wrote several training manuals, created many reports which continue to be used, and organized and helped establish a high-level program over which she was the Administrator for 10 years - from its inception to the day of her retirement.
She is currently serving as the Relief Society President of the L.D.S. Genesis Group and as Secretary of the Utah Chapter of Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society. She also serves on the Utah Juneteenth Committee and is a founding member of the Utah Black Roundtable.
She is a new entrepreneur, recently starting her own business Ask Mama Alice where she works with white couples who have adopted black children, assisting them to successfully raise black children in Utah.
In her personal time she enjoys writing articles drawn from her life experiences and her personal scripture lessons, cross-stitching, and doing the dying art of whole-cloth quilting – a skill she learned on her own to honor her maternal Grandmother Nancy Kamie McVoy Dail.
Six years ago Alice married the Great Love of Her Life, Robert Samuel Burch, Jr. Robert is currently a candidate for the chair of House Representative in their District, making Utah history as the first black person to run in that District. Together Alice and Robert work to make Utah a better and enjoyable place for black people to live.
Alice Faulkner Burch was born in Oxnard, CA to Cleo & Elwanda Faulkner.
She received an Associate’s Degree from Oxnard College.
She was baptized into the LDS Church in July 1984.
While serving as the first African American in the Chile Santiago South Mission, 1987-1988, she and her last companion were assigned as First and Second Counselors in a Branch Presidency.
She was the first African American to be called as an Ordinance Worker in the Salt Lake Temple in 1989. She served a one year mission in the Salt Lake Inner-City Mission. She served as a volunteer for 5 years at the Utah State Men's Prison in the Family History Center. In addition she has served in four ward Relief Society Presidencies, as a Primary Teacher, and as a Relief Society Teacher multiple times.
In 2016 she was a featured speaker at the Mormon Women Historians Initiative Team’s Conference.
In 2017 Alice retired from full-time employment for the L.D.S. Church after 29 years where she wrote several training manuals, created many reports which continue to be used, and organized and helped establish a high-level program over which she was the Administrator for 10 years - from its inception to the day of her retirement.
She is currently serving as the Relief Society President of the L.D.S. Genesis Group and as Secretary of the Utah Chapter of Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society. She also serves on the Utah Juneteenth Committee and is a founding member of the Utah Black Roundtable.
She is a new entrepreneur, recently starting her own business Ask Mama Alice where she works with white couples who have adopted black children, assisting them to successfully raise black children in Utah.
In her personal time she enjoys writing articles drawn from her life experiences and her personal scripture lessons, cross-stitching, and doing the dying art of whole-cloth quilting – a skill she learned on her own to honor her maternal Grandmother Nancy Kamie McVoy Dail.
Six years ago Alice married the Great Love of Her Life, Robert Samuel Burch, Jr. Robert is currently a candidate for the chair of House Representative in their District, making Utah history as the first black person to run in that District. Together Alice and Robert work to make Utah a better and enjoyable place for black people to live.