Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 5, Bread and Roses A recording of "Bread and Roses" and a music player Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 5 for all participants. Arrange to play the song "Bread and Roses." Judy Collins, John Denver, and Joan Baez with Mimi Farina (who...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, There Was a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 4 for all participants. Read the poem and clarify any references you do not understand. For example, you may need to look up Dr.

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Freedom Preparation for Activity Read Handout 3 and copy for all participants. Arrange for two volunteers to read the handout aloud, alternating points. Give them the handout in advance. Description of Activity Distribute the Handout 3,...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Honor Thy Womanself - The Caucus" Preparation for Activity Read the story and copy for all participants. Description of Activity Introduce the activity using these or similar words: One way women began to find their voices was by caucusing...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, 1977 Women and Religion Resolution Handout 2, Thirty Years of Feminist Transformation Copies of Singing the Living Tradition to share Preparation for Activity Read Handouts 1 and 2 and copy for all participants. Optional: Pre-arrange for...

Learn more about Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, a feminist theology curriculum. Read the full article "Thirty Years of Feminist Transformation" by Kimberly French, in UU World, Summer 2007.

Take a few moments right after the workshop to ask each other: What went well? What did not? Why? What do you think was the best moment of the workshop? Why? Did anything surprise you? Review the next workshop. Are there any questions to research or logistics to arrange between workshops? Make a...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table and chalice Participant journals Writing materials, including paper, pens, pencils, color pencils, and markers Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy...

Materials for Activity Copies of the Unitarian Universalist Association hymnbook supplement Singing the Journey Preparation for Activity Invite your music director, choir leader, or another song leader to assist you. Description of Activity Distribute copies of Singing the Journey. Invite...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Have copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule on hand for those who need one....

Take time to think about your own experiences of feminism and gender-based oppression. Does your religious background affect the way you view women and their role in society? What are your expectations about women's role in Unitarian Universalism?...

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: A Resolution and a Revolution 30 Activity 2: The Caucus 20 Activity 3: Freedom 20 Faith in Action: Music Supporting Resistance and Transformation Closing 10 Alternate Activity 1: There Was a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie 20 Altern...

Something changed during that program at the church; we added our music to the women's movement. Singing together as women created something very special. We went into the service thinking of ourselves as a political activist group and came out of it singing! — Audrey Drummond, "Honor Thy...

Video Segment Davies Memorial Church, Camp Springs, Maryland From Breakthrough Congregations 2007, produced by the Unitarian Universalist Association. Used with permission.

By the Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed. Used with permission. The following are characteristics of congregations that have successfully opened their doors to and attracted substantial numbers of African Americans. They are all in urban areas — New York, Chicago, D.C., Philadelphia, and Prince George...

From a 2006 unpublished paper, "A Financial Picture of the Empowerment Era" by Julia Hamilton and Megan Lynes. July, 1963 — Establishment of the Commission on Religion and Race March, 1965 — Many Unitarian Universalist ministers respond to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's call to join the March...

The involvement of Unitarian Universalist clergy and laypeople in the series of civil rights marches in and between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 is often regarded as a high point in Unitarian Universalist social justice efforts. During this time, three people were killed by white...

In 1951, the congregation of First Unitarian Church of Cleveland decided to move from its building at the corner of 82nd and Euclid in downtown Cleveland to suburban Shaker Heights. This move was motivated by the economic decline of the Hough (pronounced "how") neighborhood where the church was...

Activity time: 35 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Video Segment -Davies Memorial Church, Camp Springs, Maryland Computer and digital projector Handout 3, Characteristics of Racially Integrated Unitarian Universalist Congregations Optional: DVD, "Breakthrough Congregations 2007"...