Youth Spirit Artworks opened the first tiny village shelter for transitional age youth (18-25) in the United States. Through trauma informed, clinical-based practices we seek to foster healing, belonging and transition to permanent housing for participants through our housing and art programs at the shelter (Oakland) and art studio (Berkeley). Zae Illo (he/him)Zae is a … Continue reading Art Saves Young Lives
This timely quote from David Orr is essential to the work that lies before us in our lives, our community, and our country. Theo Kocs-Meyers, guest musician. Bring a friend! The Rev. Ben Meyers loves living near Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. His ministry spans 28 years: half of that time as a parish minister … Continue reading “Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up”
For too long, women were excluded from science. Rev. Dr. Carrie Knowles presents the voices and person stories of women who have entered this recently liberated realm. Rev. Dr. Carrie Knowles (she/her) describes herself as a recovering psychologist and recovering attorney, who graduated from Starr King in 2011 and was ordained to UU ministry in … Continue reading Women in Science Now
The origins of poetic critique of power in biblical times to the songs of Sweet Honey and the Rock by Bernice Johnson Reagan. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb (she/her) Lynn Gottlieb is Rabbi Emerita of the Congregation Nahalat Shalom in Albuquerque, NM. Now a resident of Berkeley, CA, Rabbi Lynn engages in multifaith, intergenerational and multicultural organizing … Continue reading Prophetic Witness
Art is my daily meditation. Painting and drawing are tools that connects me on a deeper level to self and the whole cosmos. I use paints, brushes, pens, and crayons to calm me, take away my anxiety and ground me in the moment. I am grateful beyond words, thus the paintings, for art in my … Continue reading Art as Healing
I have become more and more distressed by what I perceive as a serious lack of joy in our day-to-day lives. In my own life, in casual conversations with friends and acquaintances, with what generally passes as “News”. It’s as if we have forgotten something basic about ourselves that we are trying to relearn. It’s … Continue reading The Default Dilemma; Despair or Delight?
Guest Musicians: Ajaya Davidson and Friends In this lay led service our own BFUU members will share their personal journey and path to becoming a Unitarian Universalist and what it means to each of them to be a Unitarian Universalist. Please join us for this celebratory service filled with music and food!
“Loving Our Rainbow Connection,” affirms, celebrates, and honors our connection with ourselves and others, who are as diverse as the rainbow colors. “We Are a Rainbow People.” (Naomi King) Let us love one another and share our hopes, dreams, and values to heal the world. Rev. Jojo V. Gabuya (they/them) is a non-binary and transgender interfaith … Continue reading Loving our Rainbow Connection
As global wars rage onward, what does it mean to be revising our UU Principles and Purposes now during times our government is complicit in active genocide? How do we lean into our Unitarian Universalist values of love, justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence, and generosity to build a future of collective liberation, and anti-racist, multicultural … Continue reading Ceasefire Now! Pluralism and the revision of our UU Principles and Purposes
As two women celebrate Juneteenth in its third year as a federal holiday, they reflect on their legacy as creators and inheritors of the Black Panther Party’s mission to “serve the people—body and soul.” Jilchristina Vest is the homeowner and curator of theWomen of the Black Panther Party Mural which graces the exterior of her … Continue reading Continuing Our Collective Journey Towards Liberation: From Juneteenth to the Black Panther Party
