Justice Update
#BLM – or Black Lives Matter – has different interpretations according to the audience. The message here is from the perspective of a long-time UU who tries to take a wide-angle perspective on BLM. With a little history and a look a the evolution of … read more.
Today’s Justice Saturday is about the work of the Racial Justice and Immigration (RJI) JAM Focus Group, specifically its work for immigrant justice. We invite you to learn more about RJI with a short video and information about how you can engage in this important work. The … read more.
Alice Faryna is a physician who experienced the incredible dysfunction of our current medical system personally over her many years in this career. Her experience in more recent years working for Medicare convinced her to join forces with the Single Payer Healthcare movement. She is … read more.
Update on BREAD’s “Real Change Now” Campaign
BREAD (Building Responsibility, Equality, and Dignity) is Central Ohio’s congregation-based, multi-faith community organization founded by First UU and ten other congregations over 20 years ago. Now consisting of over 40 racially, religiously, socioeconomically, and geographically diverse congregations, BREAD … read more.
Today’s Justice Saturday is about the work of the Racial Justice and Immigration (RJI) JAM Focus Group, specifically the work for racial justice. We invite you to learn more about RJI with a short video and information about how you can engage in this important … read more.
Join Alice, Noel, and Kathy to give us an overview of B.R.E.A.D. (Building Responsibility, Equality, and Dignity) of which First UU is a founding member. Justice topics are selected each year through listening sessions at member congregations. BREAD has a record of holding politicians and … read more.
This week’s edition of Table Talk Tuesday takes us to the front yard of First UUer Marilyn Beerman. On her birthday last week, fellow choir members gathered (socially distanced and masked) to sign Happy Birthday to her. Marilyn was surprised and delighted. Of course, there … read more.
Today’s edition of Justice Saturday features Michael Greenman tells us about Move to Amend. He also shares links to helpful resources.
Our national trajectory towards serious challenges in many areas of society and the global environment is, to a great extent accelerated by large global corporations … read more.
On Monday, First UU sponsored a rally in support of Black Lives Matter, George Floyd and all those harassed, arrested, and killed while black. This is not fair, not just, and not who we say we are. We have to do the work. We cannot … read more.
Michael Greenman hosts this week’s edition featuring the Care and Share Time Bank. Michael has been a UU for 45 years and at First UU for 20. His primary interests involve issues of social justice. In 2011 he and Alice Faryna launched the Care and … read more.
