Islam: A Bridge to Service
Welcome to the first in a series of talks about the common values shared by Unitarian Universalists and other world religions. Today’s topic is Islam and how Eboo Patel sees the meaning of his faith as a bridge to service.
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How to Celebrate Employees
Employee appreciation day has been observed on the first Friday of March since 1995. We will examine the history of employee appreciation and how to properly acknowledge it. What works? What doesn’t? Time will be allotted for talkback.
Amazing Muslim Women
Dr. Dave shares stories of Muslim women who have been champions of social justice.
Dis-ability or Different Ability, Where Lies the Truth
Discovering the Excellence Within
Nehemiah Frank – TEDx Tulsa Talk, 2017. Nehemiah D. Frank is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Black Wall Street Times. With deep personal ties to history, Frank hails from a family who survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, he travels often between Atlanta and Tulsa, Oklahoma — where The Black … Continue reading Discovering the Excellence Within
Our Article II Values
In 2024, the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly voted decisively to approve a new statement of Shared Values and Covenant. What are these values and how do they relate to the 7 Principles? We’ll also give some examples of how these values are put to use.
Inclusion and the Nobel Peace Prize
In this time of sharp division, we will look at how Nobel Peace Prize winners helped promote inclusion. What can we learn from them?
Class Conversations
We all know that UU’s are predominantly white, but did you realize that we are also largely upper-class: well-educated, professional-class, economically secure? Such class similarities may lead us to make inaccurate assumptions about how others think, work, or live, assumptions that may hurt or alienate them. With the aid of materials from the “UU Class … Continue reading Class Conversations
UU Climate Justice Revival
This will be a celebration and sharing of the Climate Justice Revival work from our Saturday workshop. See the January newsletter for more information.
How Stories Impact the Meaning of our Lives
Much of how we make life meaningful is through the stories we tell about ourselves, and those narratives draw heavily from the social world. While stories can expand our options for making sense of life, they can also restrict and distort identities. Story-telling, therefore, can impact the life narratives of ourselves and others in both … Continue reading How Stories Impact the Meaning of our Lives