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What’s Love Got to Do With It? Embracing our 7th and 8th Principles

If love is at the center of Unitarian Universalism, then what makes the 8th principle a challenge for so many congregations to adopt? If we agree that we are part of an interdependent web of existence, it shouldn’t be hard to see the importance of dismantling racism for all. But, it’s complicated… For our next … Continue reading What’s Love Got to Do With It? Embracing our 7th and 8th Principles

Sankofa and Meaning Making

Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana meaning, “return and retrieve it.” It is depicted by a bird with its head turned backwards while its feet face forward carrying a precious egg in its mouth. The Sankofa bird has been adopted as an important symbol in an African American and African Diaspora … Continue reading Sankofa and Meaning Making

What Social Justice Issue Interests You?

Marylyn D. will do a short intro to UU Justice PA (formerly UUPLAN): what it is and the 6 justice issues that they focus on. Then she will talk about the PA legislative gift ban bill, because, as she says, bribing our representatives should never be legal. 

The Homestead Strike

As an industrial center, Pittsburgh has had a unique, and volatile, place in the history of organized labor. Brenda S. discusses the Homestead Strike of 1892 and how it changed the future for workers in the United States.

The Manifesting Mystery

The idea of being able to manifest your dreams just by visualizing them is trendy, but what problems are there with the idea? Does manifesting really work? We will consider the good and bad of manifesting and how it pertains to our spiritual lives and our commitment to justice.