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Sunday Virtual Coffee Hour
Following the Worship Service (on zoom)
Anyone is welcome to join our community for our Virtual Coffee Hour, immediately following the Sunday Worship Service. Coffee not required.
Come to the special 8th Principle breakout room at Coffee Hour after this service to hear more about the 8th Principle and to have a chance to join the discussion and get your questions answered. Simply say, when you enter the coffee hour zoom, that you want to go to the 8th Principle breakout room! We’ll see you there!
Join the Sermon Discussion Group, led by Donald Mathussan, at Virtual Coffee Hour after church today. Let the host know if you want to join this group when you arrive at Coffee Hour.
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/725737157
Meeting ID: 725 737 157
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BIPOC Gatherings at UUSF
1st Sunday of the Month from 9:30 AM to 10:50 AM
An invitation for those who would like to join our monthly BIPOC gatherings. The sacred space is open to our members and friends who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color, takes place by Zoom (for now) on the first Sunday of every month often from 9:30-11am. If you are interested in attending or finding out more, please email bipoc@uusf.org. Please come join this space for joy, renewal, care and inspiration.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Discusses Her New Book!
Sunday FORUM, March 7 at 1:00 pm
We are pleased to present acclaimed author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, at our UUSF Zoom Forum on Sunday, March 7 at 1:00 PM. She will discuss her latest book, Not A Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
Many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, whether in political debates or discussions about immigration, proudly state that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US’s history of genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today.
While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of those who were here since time immemorial and others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This acclaimed author suggests that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award. She lives in San Francisco. Not A Nation of Immigrants is scheduled to be released in August 2021 by Beacon Press.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Passcode: 328697
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Journey Toward Wholeness
Racial Equity Task Force Meeting
Tuesday, February 30, 7PM to 8:30 PM
The Journey Toward Wholeness / Racial Equity Task Force meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday. Last month we created a covenant for our work together and clarified that our focus, for the moment, will be on furthering the work within UUSF to dismantle white supremacy culture and build Beloved Community.
If you're interested in joining us on Tuesday, email info@uusf.org for meeting information and the materials for the meeting.
Morning Metta Meditation
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-8:30 AM
The zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75735734442
(password metta)
UUSF has the great fortune to offer two meditation programs you can participate in at any time. They are lead by Elena Hanyo Perez, a member of UUSF, licensed acupuncturist, and lay minister with Bright Dawn Center for Oneness Buddhism. See our website for more information.
Equanimity Practice
Fridays, 8-8:30 AM
You are warmly welcomed to join our "Equanimity Practice" group, which meets on Fridays, 8-8:30 AM. Elena Hanyo leads a simple meditation practice on cultivating equanimity- that is accepting the reality of life's highs and lows, and developing an attitude of peaceful calm abiding throughout the inevitable changes.
This practice balances the heart centered approach of our other group, lovingkindness- as it is common to get attached to positive outcomes for those we spend time wishing well. Equanimity allows us to develop mental stability and even-minded loving awareness.
Appropriate for all religious backgrounds and levels of meditation experience. Attendees can choose to leave their microphone and camera off and just follow along.
The zoom Info link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75735734442#success (password metta)
Wednesday Morning Vigils
Wednesdays from 8AM to 9AM on the steps of UUSF
After 4 years where lies, racial hatred, patriarchy and xenophobia have been promoted from the highest political levels in the land, the people are rightly hungry for science, truth, morality and a broad embrace of humanity.
We give public and visual support especially to those progressive executive actions and proposed legislation by the Biden / Harris administration that address the injustices so stark in our society. This includes the proposal for immigration reform to grant rights, long overdue, to our immigrant brothers and sisters.
On the street at morning rush hour we see clearly the overwhelming contribution of immigrant workers to our economy. We greet construction workers, cooks, housekeepers, truck drivers, plumbers, carpet layers, elder care and childcare workers, roofers, gardeners, landscapers, janitors and many others on their way to work.
And, we celebrate with music that embodies our aspirations, and the resistance that is always part of the struggle for justice.
Join us in front of UUSF, Franklin & Geary. Each Wednesday morning from 8 to 9 AM. (Masks and social distancing required) Let us know what you think at neveragain@uusf.org.
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New UU is a 2 session class introducing participants to Unitarian Universalism, and to our UU congregation. The class explores UU history, theology, governance, and ways to get involved in our community.
Classes are currently being held on Zoom. If you want to be notified of when we schedule our next New UU class, complete this simple form and we'll let you know as soon as our next series is scheduled.
From the Tuolumne to the Tap
Our water supply; Our environmental legacy
Humanists and Non-Theists
Sunday, March 14 at 1:00 pm
Join Peter Drekmeier, Policy Director for the Tuolumne River Trust, for a behind the scenes look at our water supply and the battle for Northern California’s freshwater resources. Can we balance the needs of humans and the environment? Learn what you can do to help preserve our rivers and restore the Bay-Delta ecosystem?
Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89071912542pwd=RFFaemRrWlNKVnNOZ2xtS2l3TElYUT09
Meeting ID: 890 7191 2542
Passcode: 579268
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+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Minister's Book Group: March
Wed, March 24, 6:30-8 pm or
Thurs, March 25, noon-1:30
Leader: Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern & Lori Lai
Our book this month is “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning” by Cathy Park Hong. Hong, a prize-winning poet and Professor at Rutgers University in their MFA Program, weaves a book that is part memoir and part cultural criticism. She uses her own story to look into racial consciousness in America today. Published in 2020 the book has a contemporary perspective on Korean American immigrants, with the voice of a poet guiding the journey.
Vanessa Southern and Lori Lai will co-lead this Book Group which you can join either on Wednesday, 3/24 from 6:30-8 PM or Thursday, 3/25 from noon-1:30. RSVP to JChapot@uusf.org or register here.
Art At Our Feet
Childrens Sidewalk Art During the Shelter at Home
Feel like you want to escape?
If you have chalk and a sidewalk area you can make your mark!
Wander through these photos of dogs and houses, cats and imaginary creatures, flowers, rainbows and suns, and spaceships at a stellar spaceport, and more! Curator Andrei Glase photographed these anonymous drawings in her neighborhood; they are combined here with photos submitted by children of the UU community of their own drawings.
Childrens Multicultural Museum was created in 1986 by children's art advocates at the UU. The mission is to provide traditional art and cultural experiences for children 5 to 12 years and their parents. There is no museum building, but there is lack of funds. And a collection of innovative creations using multicultural themes, recycled materials and children's imaginations.
In the before times our program served children in the Tenderloin, Civic Center and Chinatown areas with monthly workshops, summer sessions, an annual holiday display at SF Davies Symphony Hall, and exhibitions at the Fisher children's center of the Civic Center Main Library and at the UU Kings Galleries. Our annual UU show included an art making reception for kids; today we are replacing that in-person experience with this online art show. During the covid shelter art workshops and in-person exhibits have been paused. We plan to continue our program as we can. Contact the curator andreiglase@gmail.com or by mail at CMM, 1849 Geary Blvd #15371, SF CA 94115.
With the decline of art education it is just so essential to do what we can to encourage our young creative minds with individual and community art projects. Art is about making decisions ... so you want to sketch something without knowing exactly what the final picture will be? Make a little decision to see art all around. Watch out -- art may be right at your feet
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