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SUMMARY:Nurture the Soul Special Offering: What’s Next: Building Community w/Faith Practitioners from Across the Country
DESCRIPTION:Join a small group of diverse faith practitioners (campus\, church\, community organizing and board settings) who met through a gathering of people to explore racial justice. In this webinar\, we’ll learn through personal accounts of how they have attended to sacred self-care in complicated and diverse settings; developed strategies and skills for sustaining themselves in their work; confronted their fears personally and collectively in order to model building authentic relationships of trust across our divided Nation. All of this has led to an imagination and practice of what a just world for all looks and feels like and a deep admiration and a sustaining kinship.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/nurture-the-soul-special-offering-whats-next-building-community-w-movement-makers-from-across-the-country/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T153000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T153000
DTSTAMP:20260422T061420
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SUMMARY:Nurture the Soul: A conversation with member ministries of the UCC Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM)
DESCRIPTION:The Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM) is a ministry of racial and ethnic groups of the United Church of Christ – United Black Christians\, Ministers for Racial Social Economic Justice\, Pacific Islander Asian-American Ministries\, Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries\, Council for American Indian Ministry and United Samoan Ministries. COREM advocates for the racial and ethnic concerns within the United Church of Christ. \nPlease join Rev Roberto Ochoa as he has conversations with leaders from three member ministries of COREM as each ethnic/racial ministry shares to the wider church their vision and mission for a just world for all. \nOn August 1st\, Roberto will be joined by Ms. Eppie Encabo\, Moderator of the Pacific Islander and American Asian Ministries (PAAM)\, Rev. Mitchell Young\, Vice Moderator\, and Kahu Rennie Mau\, Moderator of Hawaiian PAAM as they share the success of PAAM’s most recent convocation held in Hawaii in June. \nOn August 8th\, Roberto will be joined by Ms. Zillah J. Wesley\, President of the United Black Christians (UBC) and Ms. Deborah Dee Brayton\, Vice President in which they will discuss the various events and activities by the UBC in 2024 and plans for 2025. \nOn August 15th\, Roberto will be joined by Rev. Yinessa Romero\, Moderator of the Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries and Rev. Lorraine Ceniceros\, Vice Moderator as they review the Colectivo’s activities in the 2024 leading up to a planned gathering of UCC Latinx leaders later in the year.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/nurture-the-soul-a-conversation-with-member-ministries-of-the-ucc-council-for-racial-and-ethnic-ministries-corem/2024-08-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM),Nurture the Soul,Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T153000
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SUMMARY:Nurture the Soul: A conversation with member ministries of the UCC Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM)
DESCRIPTION:The Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM) is a ministry of racial and ethnic groups of the United Church of Christ – United Black Christians\, Ministers for Racial Social Economic Justice\, Pacific Islander Asian-American Ministries\, Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries\, Council for American Indian Ministry and United Samoan Ministries. COREM advocates for the racial and ethnic concerns within the United Church of Christ. \nPlease join Rev Roberto Ochoa as he has conversations with leaders from three member ministries of COREM as each ethnic/racial ministry shares to the wider church their vision and mission for a just world for all. \nOn August 1st\, Roberto will be joined by Ms. Eppie Encabo\, Moderator of the Pacific Islander and American Asian Ministries (PAAM)\, Rev. Mitchell Young\, Vice Moderator\, and Kahu Rennie Mau\, Moderator of Hawaiian PAAM as they share the success of PAAM’s most recent convocation held in Hawaii in June. \nOn August 8th\, Roberto will be joined by Ms. Zillah J. Wesley\, President of the United Black Christians (UBC) and Ms. Deborah Dee Brayton\, Vice President in which they will discuss the various events and activities by the UBC in 2024 and plans for 2025. \nOn August 15th\, Roberto will be joined by Rev. Yinessa Romero\, Moderator of the Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries and Rev. Lorraine Ceniceros\, Vice Moderator as they review the Colectivo’s activities in the 2024 leading up to a planned gathering of UCC Latinx leaders later in the year.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/nurture-the-soul-a-conversation-with-member-ministries-of-the-ucc-council-for-racial-and-ethnic-ministries-corem/2024-08-08/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM),Nurture the Soul,Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T153000
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SUMMARY:Nurture the Soul: A conversation with member ministries of the UCC Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM)
DESCRIPTION:The Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM) is a ministry of racial and ethnic groups of the United Church of Christ – United Black Christians\, Ministers for Racial Social Economic Justice\, Pacific Islander Asian-American Ministries\, Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries\, Council for American Indian Ministry and United Samoan Ministries. COREM advocates for the racial and ethnic concerns within the United Church of Christ. \nPlease join Rev Roberto Ochoa as he has conversations with leaders from three member ministries of COREM as each ethnic/racial ministry shares to the wider church their vision and mission for a just world for all. \nOn August 1st\, Roberto will be joined by Ms. Eppie Encabo\, Moderator of the Pacific Islander and American Asian Ministries (PAAM)\, Rev. Mitchell Young\, Vice Moderator\, and Kahu Rennie Mau\, Moderator of Hawaiian PAAM as they share the success of PAAM’s most recent convocation held in Hawaii in June. \nOn August 8th\, Roberto will be joined by Ms. Zillah J. Wesley\, President of the United Black Christians (UBC) and Ms. Deborah Dee Brayton\, Vice President in which they will discuss the various events and activities by the UBC in 2024 and plans for 2025. \nOn August 15th\, Roberto will be joined by Rev. Yinessa Romero\, Moderator of the Colectivo de UCC Latinx Ministries and Rev. Lorraine Ceniceros\, Vice Moderator as they review the Colectivo’s activities in the 2024 leading up to a planned gathering of UCC Latinx leaders later in the year.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/nurture-the-soul-a-conversation-with-member-ministries-of-the-ucc-council-for-racial-and-ethnic-ministries-corem/2024-08-01/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Council for Racial and Ethnic Ministries (COREM),Nurture the Soul,Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T163000
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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:20221106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T061420
CREATED:20221027T150517Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220617T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220617T130000
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CREATED:20220523T190922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T180427Z
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth: Revealing Hidden Histories
DESCRIPTION:Remembering the day that news of emancipation reached the last outpost of enslaved people in Texas\, Juneteenth acknowledges God’s sacred people of African descent. Sacred acknowledgment is recognition of birthplace—the cradle of civilization on the continent of Africa. Sacred acknowledgement is celebration of cultural expressions as first peoples\, free people\, multilingual\, multiethnic\, and multi-talented artisans\, scientists\, creators\, builders\, navigators\, writers\, thinkers\, and orators. Sacred acknowledgement is remembering and honoring the generations of untold stories that are waiting to be revealed within these sacred bodies. \nAmidst growing efforts to suppress the truths of our history\, join the United Church of Christ for our Juneteenth 2022 Celebration as African and African American descendants\n— geniuses of spoken word and cultural oral traditions—reveal hidden histories so we might take up our roles in the unfolding story of God’s liberating love.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/juneteenth-revealing-hidden-histories/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T193000
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SUMMARY:Descended From the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Black Histories/Futures Month\, and just over one hundred years after the notorious massacre in the Greenwood District of Tulsa\, aka Black Wall Street\, we are honored to host a screening of the short film DESCENDED FROM THE PROMISED LAND: THE LEGACY OF BLACK WALL STREET that draws a century-long thread from 1921 to 2021\, revealing the lingering economic\, psychological and emotional impacts of the Tulsa Massacre through the lens of descendants. Descendants Byron Crenshaw\, Jacqueline Blocker and their family members reach back to uplift the stories of their ancestors\, the success they created\, the promise they fulfilled\, the horrors they endured and the resilience they showed. Invoking the deep entrepreneurial spirit of those who created one of the greatest Black communities this country has ever known\, Byron and Jacqueline imagine a path forward to recapture the Black joy that once permeated Tulsa’s Black Wall Street.  A panel discussion with descendants featured in the film will follow the screening
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/descended-from-the-promised-land-the-legacy-of-black-wall-street/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T190000
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SUMMARY:Storytelling and Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:Share Stories. Open Hearts. Create Movement. \nAs people of sacred stories\, we know the power of narratives to build compassion and inspire action. Our stories help us know who we are and help us imagine who we can become. Drawing on a diverse panel of storytellers\, this interactive webinar will inspire you with moving stories\, equip you with storytelling tools\, and empower you to use your own stories to Join the Movement toward Racial Justice.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/storytelling-and-racial-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T193000
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CREATED:20210309T151707Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Hebrew Bible: The Enduring Resilience of African Descended Women
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will highlight two significant days in March on the UN International Decade for People of African Descent calendar:\nUN International Day for the Elimination of Racism and UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Using the book of Job as a scriptural focus\, the panelists will provide critical reflection on these significant UN Decade days from the perspectives of women of African descent committed to liberation\, healing\, and transformation of biblical narratives.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/lessons-from-the-hebrew-bible-the-enduring-resilience-of-african-descended-women/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice
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