Category: Social Justice

Please join us on Sunday (27 August 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

We will cover “The Colfax Massacre:  The Beginning of the End of Reconstruction.”

We will view and discuss video from a recent meeting of Together Louisiana’s Rapid Response where this group is reading Redemption:  The Last Battle of the Civil War by Nicholas Lemann.

The prologue of the book tells the story of the Colfax Massacre (erroneously called the Colfax Riot in the white Southern retelling of the story) depicted in the monuments that were erected in the area.

The video features Rev. Avery Hamilton who grew up in Colfax but knew nothing of the true story of the massacre until well into adulthood when he learned the story of his own ancestor who was one of the first to die in the massacre.

We will hear the story of how Rev. Hamilton not only learned his own family’s story but met a descendant of the perpetrators of the massacre who has worked with him to get the true story out and to build a more appropriate monument to those who died.

Please join us on Sunday (20 August 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

As we gather input and prepare for our next multi-session unit, we are taking a few Sundays for some 1-session and 2-session topics that have interested some of our members.

This Sunday, we will view and discuss a video interview with author Matthew Desmond whose research and personal experience of poverty has sought to untangle the reasons why so many Americans are struggling.

During the summer, our children and youth participate in various fun artistic and creative activities.

On this Sunday (6 August 2023), our children and youth will create cards of support for Community Unitarian Universalist Church of Plano TX with Ash McLain and Noah Wagstatff.

Two weeks ago this Sunday, the church building of Community Unitarian Universalist Church was firebombed in the very early hours of the morning.

No one was there at the time so no one was physically hurt.  First responders arrived quickly thanks to the church alarm system as well as a motorist passing by who called in the fire.  There was damage to the front doors and entryway and the congregation held services that same Sunday morning.

They are taking care of their own presently and have said that they appreciate the cards, letters, and expressions of support that have come in from Unitarian Universalists and others all over the country.

Come check out this artistic activity after the worship service.

Please join us on Sunday (23 July 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will continue discussing this one chapter and our overall impressions of this book:

• Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger

Please join us on Sunday (16 July 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing this one chapter and our overall impressions of this book:

• Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger