Topic: Dismantle oppressions, systemic and personal

“Standing Up for Immigrant Justice,” by Elsa Hernandez, IC4IJ

Service video UUs view immigration through a lens of love and compassion, rejecting policies that dehumanize individuals. Just as love knows no borders, Unitarian Universalist’s dedication to justice reaches across boundaries and walls. We show up on the side of love with all families, regardless of citizenship status, and strive to create welcoming communities and … Continue reading “Standing Up for Immigrant Justice,” by Elsa Hernandez, IC4IJ

“Love is Abolition,” by Adam Wedeking and the Social & Environmental Justice Council (SEJC)

Today we begin a shared journey as part of a process that Unitarian Universalists across the country are entering together: studying and acting on the new Congregational Study/Action Issue: Abolition, Transformation, and Faith Formation. It’s a long title, but at its heart, it’s about this: How do we, as people of faith, answer the world’s … Continue reading “Love is Abolition,” by Adam Wedeking and the Social & Environmental Justice Council (SEJC)

“The Diagnostics of Pain,” Bill Casey

How do we deal with spiritual pain and better ourselves? The answer: we can transform our personal pain into large-scale social action and social justice. In picking to fight for causes that we care about personally, we can better ourselves and our community.

“The Maravillas: Gangs, Aging, and Mattering in East Los Angeles,” by Dr. Randol Contreras

Dr. Randol Contreras spent close to a decade studying the legendary Maravilla gangs of East Los Angeles. Once celebrated in the gang world as rebels who defied the established inmate prison order, veterano Maravilla gang members now grapple with the consequences of leading violent lives. This talk sheds light on how these aging men struggle … Continue reading “The Maravillas: Gangs, Aging, and Mattering in East Los Angeles,” by Dr. Randol Contreras

“The Call for Dismantling Racism,” by Rev. William Heller, MDIV, MBA

Service video UUA’s Principle 8: the call to support the dismantling of racism. The call has gone out, and the UUA communities have answered. Principle 8, in its developmental stage, demonstrates an awareness and a growing commitment to address dismantling racism. Your mission of spiritual wholeness calls for your inward inquiry–your discovering your perspective racism. … Continue reading “The Call for Dismantling Racism,” by Rev. William Heller, MDIV, MBA

“Two Friends, Three Cousins, One Poem: Anti-Asian Hate,” by Dr. Deborah Wong

Service Video Asian American responses to anti-Asian hate range from silence to flight, self-defense, and organizing. Dr. Deborah Wong reflects on the recent surge of anti-Asian violence in the US by sharing what my friends and family have said to me when we are in spaces of Asian American safety, and I will show how … Continue reading “Two Friends, Three Cousins, One Poem: Anti-Asian Hate,” by Dr. Deborah Wong

“White Supremacy and Beloved Community,” by Amanda Udis-Kessler

Service Video Unitarian Universalism is currently taking a profoundly important step in committing to work as an entire body, a Beloved Community, against white supremacy. In order to make this commitment as effective as possible, it is important to reflect on the internal struggle that we who are white may undergo as we come to … Continue reading “White Supremacy and Beloved Community,” by Amanda Udis-Kessler

“A Course of Miracles and How it Relates to the UU Principles,” by Linda Van Voorhis

Service video Our principles are what guide us as UU’s. I have found many of the tenets of the Course in Miracles support the Principles in such a way that it has made my spiritual life easier to live. It has as well been a guide for understanding my own spiritual path and a direction … Continue reading “A Course of Miracles and How it Relates to the UU Principles,” by Linda Van Voorhis