Resources for Monthly Theme Open Discussions

May 26, 2024: Pluralkism

• Video: Who is We?” Rev. Marisol Caballero (27:14) https://uusat.org/podcast/who-is-we/

• Text: A Covenant Invites Relationship by Lisa Ward  https://www.uua.org/worship/words/reading/covenant-invites-relationship 

• Worksheet: White Dominant Culture and Something Different from Partners for Collaborative Change https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WhiteDominantCulture.pdf&hl=en_US

• Text: UUA resource: Reflection on White Supremacy in Our UUA by Ted Resnikoff https://www.uua.org/blueboat/issues/reflection-on-white-supremacy-in-our-uua 

April 28, 2024: Interdependence

“If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”  Aboriginal rights activists, Queensland, Australia, 1970s

• Text: "A Covenant Invites Relationship", Lisa Ward (reflection on how we have chosen to be connected as UUs): 

https://www.uua.org/worship/words/reading/covenant-invites-relationship 

• Video: "What Can Musical Performance Teach Us About Servant Leadership?", Matt McVeigh (13:03):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QykGaA54LIg

• Text: "Why You’re Doing 'Yes, and' All Wrong", Cooner Behal (concise reflections on improv acting and collaborative leadership):

https://www.mindhatchllc.com/why-youre-yes-and-wrong-improv/

• Song: "One Voice," the Wailin Jennys (3:57):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-24qGCvo7A

• for the kiddos: DRE Jen selected https://www.jackyyenga.com/the-spirit-of-ubuntu/

March 31, 2024: Transformation

"Love is the practice of freedom...true liberation moves us beyond resistance to transformation" bell hooks

• Text: Loving Bravely by Rev. Molly Housh Gordon: https://mollyhoushgordon.medium.com/loving-bravely-e400a595dd8f

• Video: Introduction to A Feminist Ethic of Risk (video) https://vimeo.com/492919935/f7cb138c01

• Text: Introduction to A Feminist Ethic of Risk (UUA text handout) https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/ethics/workshop9/192044.shtml 

• for the kiddos: DRE Jen has selected Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy& Theresa Howell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy4qegcpKn8

February 25, 2024: Justice and Equity

• Poetry: V'ahavta, by Aurora Morales: http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/blog/vahavta 

• Art: We The Future: https://amplifier.org/campaigns/we-the-future/

  • an artful look at some of the people realizing a more just and equitable future (includes links to learn more)

• Text: WHITE DOMINANT CULTURE & SOMETHING DIFFERENT: a worksheet, Partners for Collaborative Change: https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WhiteDominantCulture.pdf

• for the kiddos: DRE Jen has selected "A is for Activist", by INNOSANTO NAGARA

• Inspiration: What future do the images and slogans below help you to imagine?

January 28, 2024: Liberating Love

• Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh on compassionate listening  

• read "10 Tips for Radically Loving Your Body (Disabled or Otherwise)" 

• For the kiddos, DRE Jen has selected "Love," by Matt de la Peña.