To this god, devotion by m. jade kaiser; Intro from Elite by Mark Harris; TEDxMileHigh: Joan C. Williams “We Won’t Fix US Politics Until We Talk About Class.”

Consider lighting a chalice as you read the opening words of author Max Warren: "Our first task in approaching / Another people, another culture, another religion / Is to take off our shoes...

“Our history is a living history, that has throbbed, withstood and survived many centuries of sacrifice. Now it comes forward again with strength. The seeds, dormant for such a long time, break out today with some uncertainty, although they germinate in a world that is at present characterized...

“In every moment, life is giving us an invitation to do the things that are the most loving and life-affirming and that doing the loving and life affirming thing is always the answer when you don't know what to do, or if you're feeling unsure...

Prayer for a Drop in the Bucket: Blessed are the droplets, for they shall fill the bucket to overflowing. Blessed are they who know there is a bucket, for they shall be filled with hope. Blessed are they who can see beyond their lifetimes, for they shall walk in faith that their work will not be...

“To be free, you must embrace / the breadth of your own existence / without apology, even if they try to take / it from you. / You must know, not that you / can do whatever you want; you are not / a kudzu vine, eating entire hillsides for / the purpose of feeding your own lush life...

Light chalice and listen together: “We Can Do Hard Things” by Tish Melton; Death by a Thousand Cuts by Derald Wing Sue; Centering and Why It Matters…

Opening words: “Woodland You” by Jarod K. Anderson; Note: The question this session will explore is, “What would it take to co-create an explicitly anti-racist Unitarian Universalism?”

Having Been the Other: “May what we know of suffering, redemption and salvation bring us to Love. Having been the other, may our hearts exclude no one. Having been the slave, may we long to be no one’s master.” —Rev. Natalie Fenimore

Come Into This Place By Margaret Weis; Check In Question: What is one thing that makes a space feel safe to you? How frequently is that something you think about?

Power And Democracy: Grassroots Organizing, Media Literacy, And The System (Locally, Nationally, Internationally)

Should free speech ever be limited?

Creative Jam - Imagine the Beloved Community

When One Culture Has More Power Than Another

What is colonialism & how do we decolonize?

Creative Jam - Imagine the Beloved Community

What Is The History Of Policing And The Carceral System? What Ways Can We Reduce The Power Of Policing