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Wings, Roots and Seeds: Emergent Wisdom from the Interdependent Web

adrienne maree brown describes “emergence as the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions.” How can UUs learn from birds in synchronized flight, entangled oak tree roots and the structure of dandelions and fungi and apply these lessons in biomimicry to our collective organizing? Rev. Kevin Alan Mann … Continue reading Wings, Roots and Seeds: Emergent Wisdom from the Interdependent Web

Bees, Our Connection to the Cosmos

Connecting the work of pollinators, especially bees, to our lives on earth. How we have benefited from the bees co-evolution with plants and how we can support that relationship. Bonnie Borucki (she/her) My fascination with bees began by inviting a beekeeper’s hives into my backyard around 2012. I also noticed the many types of bees … Continue reading Bees, Our Connection to the Cosmos

Hear the Poets Speak

Various Speakers Experience poetry from ancient days to now, from ancient writings to the writings of our current friends, from our congregants in person and our friends on Zoom. We meet in person at 1924 Cedar Street and on Zoom for Worship Services on Sundays at 10:30 AM. If you’d like to attend via Zoom, … Continue reading Hear the Poets Speak

Resistance

When is Non-Violent Resistance justified? We’ll review core criteria to consider. What does Non-Violent Resistance look like and can it work? Examples from history and modern events can teach us. Let’s understand the One Million Rising strategy, to move from awareness and good intentions to action and non-cooperation. Gillian Fynn (she/her)Gillian has been an Activist … Continue reading Resistance

Building Atop Shifting Sand

I talk about my experience as a young person building a career and a life at a time when it feels like everything could change in a few short years. Tyler Compton (he/him)I am a 29 year-old software engineer living in Oakland. I joined the First Unitarian Church of Oakland as a new UU a … Continue reading Building Atop Shifting Sand

A Love Supreme

Freedom begins when we stop judging who we are. What are the stories we tell ourselves about how we could or should be “better”? Have we rigorously examined how these strivings may paradoxically be holding us back from the most wondrous love we could experience? This talk is not about loving your neighbor. It’s about … Continue reading A Love Supreme

Radical Histories, Radical Futures

This presentation invites us to remember that our Unitarian Universalist lineage is steeped in revolt — the Jesus movement defying empire, the desert mothers and fathers renouncing wealth, the Radical Reformers risking all for freedom, the Transcendentalists expanding minds, and the liberal theological pioneers of the early 20th century. Today that same spirit demands we … Continue reading Radical Histories, Radical Futures