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Greetings!
Out with the old and in with the new! This will be my last newsletter column as the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth Board Chair. As you may already know, my time as chair has come to an end.
Betsy Tomic and Dr. Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert are now serving as Interim Co-Chairs while my attention has turned to managing a national search for a new Board Chair. We hope to announce a new incoming Chairperson in June during the 2022 General Assembly and that they will begin in July.
I am so grateful to have engaged with many of you over the past two years and to have worked closely with so many dedicated Board members, Advisors and staff. Together, we’ve moved UUMFE forward, growing its following and impact, expanding its staffing, and making strides in its internal organization and operations. Now it’s time for new leaders to take UUMFE and our shared ministry for environmental and climate justice to the next level!
The ministry of this collective community is needed now more than ever, because so much is at stake in our lives and world today. As Unitarian Universalists, we need the grounding of our liberal faith and the company of one another as we navigate the unceasing effects of climate change and social unrest. As a friend recently reminded me, “the only way through is through.”
UUMFE is there to accompany you, planting seeds to bring you thoughtful programming and educational resources, helping you cultivate practices of faith-grounded action, and nurturing your souls to sustain your activism for the long haul.
So grateful to be on this journey with you,
Rev. Cindy Davidson UUMFE Board Member Chair, Search Team
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Plastics’ ecological, environmental justice and climate impacts are undeniably overwhelming. Together, we remember we are not alone and each of us can do something. Let us ground in community action for a better world!
Today’s event will begin by watching Emmy Award winning documentary The Story of Plastic, and then we will gather together with special guests Stiv Wilson (Executive Producer; Co-Director of Peak Plastic Foundation), frontline activists Sharon Lavigne and Rev. Harry Joseph Sr. (RISE St James) for an hour of spiritual grounding and community building for climate justice through storytelling, creativity & collective action. Bring a pen and paper for a Ripples of Hope creative exercise led by Rev. Dr. Leonisa Ardizonne.
If you can’t join the screening, you can sign up to view The Story of Plastic Documentary anytime now through January 14!
Are you a young adult (18-35) that is passionate, grieving, joyful, frustrated, etc about the climate crisis and climate justice? (Or do you know someone who might be?)Join or share the news about UU Young Adults for Climate Justice’s book club!! UU Young Adults for Climate Justice will be reading All We Can Save beginning in late January and ending in mid-April. All We Can Save is an anthology of essays and poetry about the climate crisis and we are excited to be able to offer 20 paperback copies for those that want to participate.
UU Young Adults for Climate Justice hope any interested young adults join us in this community learning space!
Watch Shadow of Gold Documentary & Join Webinar with the Producer
Stream the film anytime between Jan. 19-27
Join the discussion Jan. 27, 5 PM PT / 6 MT / 7 CT / 8 ET
Co-Sponsored by UU Just Economic Community & UU Ministry for Earth
The Shadow of Gold is feature documentary that takes an unflinching look at the worlds' favorite heavy metal from the big-time mining companies that dig deep and lop off mountaintops to extract gold from low-grade ore to the small-time miners an estimated 20 million people in the worlds' poorest nations who extract gold by hand, often producing just enough to survive.
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022 8 pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT
Covenant lies at the heart of our faith: a shared agreement on how we should be together. Our religion is made from an ongoing, interlocking, and organically growing series of promises we make with our communities, congregations, and the world.
Article II of the UUA Bylaws - our statement of principles and purposes- contains, among other things, the covenant that our congregations make with each other, a covenant that forms the Unitarian Universalist Association, to uphold principles that shape our understanding of how to be Unitarian Universalists.
As we think about what we need from a revised Article II, we want to ask: What do we need to promise to each other now, starting the 3rd decade of the 21st century, and going forward? How do we covenant in a way that leads us into the fullness of who we can be as a faith?
Join the UU BIPOC Caucus on Climate Justice for a special forum, a facilitated conversation with leaders of the Article II Study Commission and UU BIPOC Caucus on Climate Justice.
Register Today! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth and Side with Love are excited to co-sponsor a winter concert fundraiser for Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth!
Emma's Revolution is a dynamic band described by the New York Times as "fervent and heartfelt."
Join us to pause for excellent music, conversation about our moment, to and be galvanized for the work ahead!
After another year of record-breaking climate disasters, environmental injustices are degrading our communities, God’s Creation, and democracy. This year, we’re changing the script. Let’s move from degradation to resilience, from brokenness to restoration, from death to revival! Join the Southeast Faith Leaders Network (SFLN) to launch a year of “Resilient Creation & Restored Communities: Voting for Climate Justice in 2022!" Click here to register.
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth is excited to share this new hymn, “We Are Earth,” with words and music by Rob Redei and UU Ministry for Earth board member Joshua Long. In the music video linked below, the song is performed by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis Worship Ensemble, with soloists Laura Kellman and Johnelka Stafford. Music Production is by Joshua and video production by Sierra Underwood.
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