Speaker: Brenda S

The Things That Matter

Fresh from their triumphant Stone Soup appearance, the ESUUC Players return in Brenda S.’s new holiday play. When foul weather forces a group of people to take shelter in a local church, they are sure their holidays are ruined. It takes some very unexpected visitors to give them a different perspective.  

The Greatest Labor Fight

Pittsburgh has a storied place in the history of the American labor movement. In honor of Labor Day, join union member Brenda S. (UFCW Local 1776 Keystone State) for another famous chapter, the 1909 McKees Rocks strike. Activist Eugene Debs described it as “the greatest labor fight in all my history in the labor movement,” … Continue reading The Greatest Labor Fight

The Forever War

We live in a country that is constantly involved in military conflicts, either our own or those of our allies. Who gains, and who loses, from this “forever war”?

Unstoppable Olympia Brown

A theologian, a suffragist, and a pacifist, Olympia Brown was the first American woman to be ordained with the consent of her denomination. For Women’s History Month, Brenda S. introduces us to our fascinating Universalist forebear, a woman who strove to change the world.

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.

Peace Sunday

Brenda S. and Linda D. will bring us the third installment of our series on great peacemakers, created by Red River UU Church and based on the book Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World. Today we will took at the lessons taught by Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to caring for the … Continue reading Peace Sunday

Peace Sunday Two

Join us for the second installment of our series on great peacemakers, created by Red River UU Church and based on the book “Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World.”

In Her Own Words

Meet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, poet, fiction writer, journalist, activist — and Unitarian. The first African-American woman to publish a short story, Watkins Harper (1845-1911) is also known as “the mother of African-American journalism.” She worked tirelessly for abolition, and later for civil rights, women’s rights, educational opportunities, and temperance. What can we learn from … Continue reading In Her Own Words