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SUMMARY:Race to the Polls: Preparing the UCC for the 2024 Election
DESCRIPTION:Almost every ballot measure and candidate policy platform have implications for racial justice because racial disparities are woven into every part of our political system and common life. No matter what your political views are\, in the 2024 election we all will be making choices that either maintain the status quo of racism or create greater equity and justice. In the UCC\, we have the resources of our faith and the covenants we share in our General Synod Resolutions to help guide us\, but with all the information swirling around us\, it can be hard to discern what and who will actually help us build a more just world for all. So we hope you’ll join us for this webinar where we will prayerfully engage in care-full conversation to discover the ways our faithful commitments to intersectional justice and collective liberation can guide our voting and campaigning in this vital moment for democracy in the United States. A special offering from the Racial Justice Ministries and Join the Movement.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/race-to-the-polls-preparing-the-ucc-for-the-2024-election/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Join the Movement,Racial Justice
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SUMMARY:Healing as Freedom\, Freedom as Healing: Lineages of Emancipation toward Wholeness Juneteenth 2024
DESCRIPTION:Racial Justice Ministries and Join the Movement toward Racial Justice invite you to honor and celebrate Juneteenth this year by remembering and discovering the healing practices that sustained freedom in the bones of our ancestors\, before and after emancipation. Through music and prayer\, poetry and art\, reflection\, and ritual\, may we find a medicine bundle\, a libation\, a Brush Harbor and a clearing\, a poultice that teaches us the sound of freedom\, echoing from legacies of healing and singing futures of wholeness. \n“On “Freedom’s Eve\,” or the eve of January 1\, 1863\, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night\, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. At the stroke of midnight\, prayers were answered as all enslaved people in Confederate States were declared legally free. Union soldiers\, many of whom were black\, marched onto plantations and across cities in the south reading small copies of the Emancipation Proclamation spreading the news of freedom in Confederate States. Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation end slavery throughout the United States.” \nExplore the rich historical legacy of Juneteenth. Deepen practices of restorative healing. Listen and learn from educators\, organizers\, activists\, and next generation leaders. Remember\, God is still Speaking!
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/healing-as-freedom-freedom-as-healing-lineages-of-emancipation-toward-wholeness-juneteenth-2024/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Join the Movement,Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230915T103000
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SUMMARY:From Surviving to Thriving: Healing for the Forgotten Survivors of Racial Terror
DESCRIPTION:Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing and Supporting Sarah Collins Rudolph\nOn September 15\, 1963\, four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted dynamite inside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham\, Alabama and at about 10:20am\, it was detonated.   When that dynamite exploded into the history of our nation\, it destroyed the lives of four girls\, Addie Mae Collins\, Denise McNair\, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley who were attending Sunday School services.  Unknown to many is the fact that there was a 5th little girl\, 12-year-old Sarah Collins\, who survived the bombing and whose life has been shaped by that trauma ever since. \nOn September 15\, 2023\, Join the Movement toward Racial Justice is partnering with Nurturing Justice to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bombing and to support survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph.  Through an online symposium\, we will seek healing from the horror of past harms\, while keeping the power of the story of survival alive in our communities.  Through education\, skill-building and reparatory justice\, this symposium promises to not only honor the past but to equip us to build a future free from racial terror\, one where people of African descent cannot only survive\, but thrive. \nThe ongoing rise of white nationalist terror in our contemporary context\, the prevalence of trauma for Black and Brown people in America\, and the political and systemic roll back of voting\, educational\, reproductive and other basic human rights and freedoms\, require our persistent attention.  Let us join together on this historic day to see what history has to teach us about repairing our present and creating a more just future. \nContribute to the community restorative justice campaign to support Sarah Collins Rudolph by donating here. \nSymposium Format\nMorning Session\n\nOpening Worship\nInterview with Sarah Rudolph Collins\nPlenary Keynote: Racial Terror\, Trauma and Survival – Then and Now\n\nRegister here for the Morning Session:\nhttps://UCC.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nn4Ltq2PQnWlpdd-u2pm0w  \nAfternoon Session\n\nWorkshops\n\nCombatting Christian Nationalism\nHealing Intergenerational Trauma\nCommunity Organizing against Racial Terror\n\n\n\nRegister here for the Afternoon Session:\nhttps://UCC.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vdu6oqD4vHNYx9RninS_ncA2q0XBHci-A \nSymposium Speakers and Leaders\n\nRev. Dr. Willie Dwayne Francois III\nRev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis\nRev. Dr. Velda Love\nSarah Collins Rudolph\nDr. Obery Hendricks\, Jr.\nRev. Dr. Danielle Buhuro\nBishop Dwayne Royster
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/from-surviving-to-thriving-healing-for-the-forgotten-survivors-of-racial-terror/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Join the Movement
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SUMMARY:Against Islamophobia & White Supremacy with Linda Sarsour
DESCRIPTION:The January 6th attack on the United States Capitol showed that white Christian Nationalism is on the rise. 2022 ended with over 200 white nationalist candidates elected at every level of government. With each passing election\, fringe political ideas become more and more mainstream.  Simultaneously\, islamophobia has never lost its public appeal.  The so-called Muslim Ban is just one example of white supremacy becoming policy.  Religious leaders are called to fight back against the rising tide of islamophobia in our community and congregations. \nJoin the conversation with Linda Sarsour\, noted Palestinian-American civil rights leader who will speak on the topic: Islamophobia and White Supremacy. Sarsour was co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March\, the 2017 Day Without a Woman\, and the 2019 Women’s March. She is also a former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. The event will be livestreamed on the United Church of Christ YouTube channel. \nHosted by the Valley and Mountain Fellowship’s Center for Faith\, Art\, and Justice in partnership with the United Church of Christ’s Join the Movement toward Racial Justice and others\, the series Set Us Free from Fear: Faith\, White Supremacy\, and Politics invites scholars\, clergy\, and activists working at the intersection of race and faith to share their wisdom to our broader communities. \nView Livestream Here
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/against-islamophobia-white-supremacy-with-linda-sarsour/
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CATEGORIES:Join the Movement
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SUMMARY:Free event\, featuring Otis Moss III\, new book launch\, Dancing in Darkness
DESCRIPTION:In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Join the Movement Toward Racial Justice invites you to a free event featuring Rev. Dr. Otis Moss\, III for the launch of his new book\, DANCING IN DARKNESS\, a life-affirming guide to the practical\, political\, and spiritual challenges of our day. \nDrawing on the teachings of Dr. King\, Howard Thurman\, sacred scripture\, southern wisdom\, global spiritual traditions\, Black culture\, and his own personal experiences\, Dr. Moss instructs you on how to practice spiritual resistance by combining justice and love. This collection helps us tap the spiritual reserves we all possess but too often overlook\, so we can slay our personal demon\, confront our civic challenges\, and reach our highest goals. \nRev. Moss III is the featured speaker Monday\, January 16\, 2023\, 1 pm – 2:30 pm at the Temple Tifereth-Israel 26000 Shaker Blvd\, Beachwood\, OH 44122. The event is hosted by the Maltz Museum | Rooted in the Jewish value of respect for all humanity\, the Maltz Museum explores diverse stories of courage from history and today\, with a commitment to education and learning so that there can be a more inclusive tomorrow.\nRegistration is required.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/free-event-featuring-otis-moss-iii-new-book-launch-dancing-in-darkness/
LOCATION:The Temple-Tifereth Israel\, 26000 Shaker Blvd\, Beachwood\, OH\, 44122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Join the Movement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T190000
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SUMMARY:White Christian Nationalism and the Midterm Elections
DESCRIPTION:As congressional hearings into the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol end and in the shadow of the rise of the Neo-Nazi organizations in our nation\, the mid-term election is proving to be as contentious as ever.  Equally\, candidates around the country are trafficking white Christian nationalism.  With each passing election\, fringe political ideas become more and more mainstream.  Simultaneously\, white supremacist ideas at work in Christian practices must be contended with. \nOn November 6th\, 2022\, at 7pmET/4pmPT\, Valley and Mountain Fellowship’s Center for Fatih\, Art and Justice\, in partnership with the UCC’s Join the Movement toward Racial Justice Initiative will host a dialogue between Rev. Dr. Obery Hendricks\, author\, Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith and Dr. Anthea Butler\, author\, White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America. The topic is White Christian Nationalism and the Midterm Elections. The dialogue will be moderated by the Right Rev. Dr. Edward Donalson\, III\, author #BlackLivesMatter: Toward an Intersectional Theology.  The event will be live streamed.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/white-christian-nationalism-and-the-midterm-elections/
LOCATION:Livestream
CATEGORIES:Join the Movement,Racial Justice
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SUMMARY:How to Grow A Movement: Invest to End Racism
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the historic Join the Movement Capital Campaign with co-chairs Otis Moss III\, Naomi Washington-Leapheart\, and Starsky Wilson sharing their visions of a church and a world moving toward fuller embodiments of racial justice. On the 59th anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham\, Alabama that galvanized movements to end segregation and establish civil rights\, we come together to remember and discover how our sharing of resources can fuel and grow our racial justice work today and for generations to come.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/how-to-grow-a-movement-invest-to-end-racism/
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CATEGORIES:Join the Movement
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