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SUMMARY:OWL Taking Flight: Reclaiming Sexual Identity Through Carnival
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, Onika Henry revisits what many traditionally think about carnival. She challenges the idea that carnival is about unbridled debauchery but rather is a time to reclaim our sexuality. \nOnika is a Caribbean Sexologist in private practice\, with a background in Expressive Arts. She was a 2019 TEDxPortofSpain Speaker\, a USA Fulbright Scholar (2012) and is the cofounder of a top performing arts company in Tobago.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/owl-taking-flight-reclaiming-sexual-identity-through-carnival/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Our Whole Lives
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SUMMARY:Nurture the Soul Special Offering: Lisa Sharon Harper
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an important conversation between Lisa Sharon Harper and Rev. Tracy Howe. They will be discussing Lisa’s most recent book\, “Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World–And How To Repair It All” which was named one of Best Books of 2022 by Englewood Review of Books. \nLisa Sharon Harper is the founder and president of Freedom Road\, a groundbreaking consulting group that crafts experiences that bring common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing\, speaking\, activism and training has sparked and fed the fires of re-formation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa\, Brazil\, Australia and Ireland. Lisa’s previous book\, “The Very Good Gospel” was named 2016 “Book of the Year” by Englewood Review of Books. The Huffington Post identified Lisa as one of 50 Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Women’s Day. Lisa is host of the Freedom Road Podcast\, cohost of The FOUR Podcast and author of her weekly column on Substack\, “The Truth Is…”.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/nurture-the-soul-special-offering-lisa-sharon-harper/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Sowing Justice: Cultivating a Just World for All in the Farm Bill
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part webinar series in collaboration with Franklinton Center on UCC advocacy priorities in the next Farm Bill. Farmers\, policy experts\, and impacted community leaders will highlight the need to advocate for economic\, racial\, and environmental justice for small farmers\, the food insecure\, and the earth. Tuesdays\, November 7\, 14\, and 28 at 7:00 pm ET.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/sowing-justice-cultivating-a-just-world-for-all-in-the-farm-bill/2023-11-07/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T130000
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SUMMARY:From Greenwashing to Environmental Justice
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Charter declares that one of its central mandates is “to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.” Despite this\, the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) transparently reveals a process that has become dominated by fossil fuel interests rather than the interests of all peoples. The President of COP28 is Sultan Al Jaber\, the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company which is one of the world’s largest oil producers and is currently working to aggressively expand its production. In this webinar\, panelists will not only provide a critical assessment of the greenwashing and corporate capture of the upcoming COP\, but they will also cast an alternative vision and pathway forward. Ultimately\, the world deserves and desperately needs a UN process dedicated to the advancement of all peoples. Justice must be central not only to COP pronouncements but also to its actions. \nEven if you cannot make the webinar at its scheduled time\, still sign-up\, and we will send you a link to a recording of it. \nThis monthly installment of Creation Justice Webinars is co-sponsored by Alabama Interfaith Power & Light\, the People’s Justice Council\, United Church Funds\, and the United Church of Christ.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/from-greenwashing-to-environmental-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Creation Justice,Environmental Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231120T190000
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SUMMARY:Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil
DESCRIPTION:Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil will be a time where we collectively hold space to honor and remember the names of trans siblings we know and may never know lost to violence this year. Just as we hold space for All Saints Day\, may we hold space for our transgender saints in this special offering from Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/trans-day-of-remembrance-vigil/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:You Can't Stop Justice
DESCRIPTION:In the prophetic tradition of our faith\, justice is a river that never stops. As Amos declared\, “Let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” In this special Giving Tuesday event\, two prophetic leaders will join in conversation about the never-ending movement for justice that extends from one generation to the next. In the 1980s\, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis\, Jr. coined the phrase “environmental racism” and helped lead protests that garnered the attention of the world to the struggle for environmental justice. More recently\, Rep. Justin Pearson of Tennessee has been involved in protests that have challenged the status quo and awakened the conscience of the public in calling for common sense gun legislation. Before becoming a state representative\, Pearson was an environmental justice leader in Memphis where he co-founded Memphis Community Against the Pipeline (MCAP)\, now known as Memphis Community Against Pollution. \nJoin us for this free webinar as we support the UCC’s Giving Tuesday appeal to support the next generation of environmental justice leaders. Give today: https://bit.ly/GivingTuesdayUCC
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/you-cant-stop-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Praying Through Advent
DESCRIPTION:This four-week series on Nurture the Soul will bring us deep into the Advent story\, from escaping the violence of Herod\, to journeying through the desert\, to being left outside to give birth. Hosted by Rev. Tracy Howe and featuring guests from across the National Setting of the United Church of Christ and Local Church pastors around the country\, we will consider how these stories are still unfolding in the forms of repression\, migration and the housing crisis. We will then join in fervent prayer\, that we may be part of God’s unfolding love in this world. The final episode will feature a music filled virtual worship event local churches can then download and share.
URL:https://www.ucc.org/event/praying-through-advent-i-escaping-herod-praying-through-repression-and-state-violence/2023-11-30/
LOCATION:Zoom
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