Beloved community, The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin came on Saturday, July 14, the day before our “Coming Out” service in celebration of San Diego’s Pride Festival. The juxtaposition was painful. Saturday we received news of heartbreaking injustice: a man who had shot and killed …
My sermon this morning is inspired by a movie I’ve seen recently. It’s still out in theatres: the movie is called “42,” and it’s based on the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play for a major league baseball team in the United States. His jersey number was …
Representatives of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations met in Phoenix last week for our annual gathering, called General Assembly (G.A.). Unlike previous years, our gathering this year had a focus on learning about and participating in social justice work (particularly on immigration issues) in partnership with local activist groups. …
The Center for the New American Dream is issuing a 2011 “Simplify the Holidays” challenge, noting “too often, the holidays seem to exhaust rather than uplift us.” The challenge invites us to commit to taking five actions in support of a simpler holiday season. I’m in! Won’t you join me? …
I’ve spent the last year reading the 68 books and documents on the required reading list for the Ministerial Fellowship Committee. This is the list of readings everyone preparing for the UU ministry must read before interviewing with the committee. Although the required readings have provided me a powerful grounding …
Wednesday, August 17 (third Wednesday of every month) 5:30 – 6:30pm West Contra Costa County Detention Facility 5555 Giant Highway Richmond, CA 94806 Join the interfaith community for this prayerful, reflective vigil at the West County Detention Facility! Prompted by our beliefs and the understanding that all religions believe in …
This letter was hand-delivered to the San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office on Friday, August 12, 2011. Timothy Aiken, Director Region 9 Field Office Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations San Francisco Field Office 630 Sansome St., #590 San Francisco, CA 94111 Dear Mr. Aiken, We …
From the East Bay Interfaith Immigration Coalition: Please come out to a rally in front of the ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) offices in San Francisco this Friday morning, August 12th. The unilateral announcement by ICE about S-Comm (Secure Communities) last Friday demands an immediate and collective response from our …
From the National Immigrant Justice Center: “The Obama administration confirmed today that it will force all local law enforcement agencies in the United States to participate in the controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program and announced it had unilaterally terminated all existing memoranda of understanding (MOUs) previously signed by state …
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