Topic: Social Justice

Equual Access

Exploring how the Americans with Disabilities Act both succeeded and failed in providing accessibility for all Americans.

Backpack Blessing

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NOTE: Summer Services Hours – ONE SERVICE AT 10AM First UU celebrates the 23nd Feed and Read backpack drive! Join us to consider how direct service ties into our values, and take action by helping to fill our goal of 200 backpacks for local children in need! Presented by Jacques Angelino and Amber Scott.

A Personal Reckoning

NOTE: Summer Services Hours – ONE SERVICE AT 10AM I try assiduously to live my life as an anti-racist and I am far from perfect at it. I will tell some of the twists and turns in my anti-racist journey and hope you will find some of your own story reflected in mine.

Breathing Fire

NOTE: Summer Services Hours – ONE SERVICE AT 10AM [Juneteenth Service] – Peace does not mean keeping silent in the face of injustice and oppression, and sometimes a message may be like “fire in our bones”, setting us ablaze until all we can do is let it out. Sometimes all it takes is one person … Continue reading Breathing Fire

The Authority to be Human

NOTE: Summer Services Hours – ONE SERVICE AT 10AM In celebration of the largest Pride March in all of Ohio, and one of the largest in the whole country, Emeritus minister Marco Belletini joins other LGBTQ congregational members to respond to the question raised by the sermon title.

UU Justice Ohio

Some say belonging comes before belief, but it is integral as we pursue justice, as the warp, right there with compassion, fellowship, and solidarity, as the weft.  In this season of high tension and low forbearance, we must relearn how to journey together.  Our ability to do so is not a mythological or mystical power. … Continue reading UU Justice Ohio

Subtle Acts of Exclusion

Subtle Acts of Exclusion – We may never intend to cause harm, but there are many ways in which we can unintentionally hurt others, particularly others of different race and culture than ourselves. We will explore how this happens and what we can do about it.

Every Person a Divine Spark

Witnessing in Minneapolis Rev. Susan Ritchie shares reflections based on her trip to Minneapolis as a response to a call for clergy to protest the harms of ICE.  Through the lens of imago dei—the sacred spark in every person—we explore how Unitarian Universalists show up, bear witness, and act for justice. The Rev. Dr. Susan … Continue reading Every Person a Divine Spark

Strength in Community

BREAD rises! Building Responsibility, Equality, and Dignity is a local nonprofit and nonpartisan interfaith coalition that organizes for big change in our central Ohio community. Join members of the First UU BREAD Team to explore strengthening community and how strong communities can be a source of resilience in times of crisis.