Speaker: Rev. Kevin Mann (he/him/siyá)
Kevin Alan Mann serves as a Chaplain with Sequoia Hospice. As a Queer Unitarian Universalist whose parents immigrated from the Philippines, Kevin’s ministry is rooted in centering people from the margins and growing solidarity towards the Beloved Community. He received his Master of Divinity and Social Change from Starr King School for the Ministry in 2016 and completed his Chaplaincy Residency at California Pacific Medical Center in 2018. Kevin serves on the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Diversity Advisory Council and was recently ordained by the First Unitarian Church of Oakland on October 1st, 2023 the first day of both Filipino American and LGBTQ History Month.
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
There are over 2,500 Unitarian Universalists in the Philippines in 25 congregations and 10 newly forming fellowships. Most of the churches are located in remote rural farming and fishing villages. What can UUs from the Philippines teach us about their unique expression of our shared global liberal religious faith? How can building bridges of mutuality … Continue reading Diyos sa Gugma (God of Love): Building Bridges with the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines (UUCP)
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lkLvU99LSxI The late civil rights activist John Lewis called us to: “Not get lost in a sea of despair and to never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” Week after week, year after year, Unitarian Universalists gather to build the Beloved Community that centers … Continue reading Toward the Beloved Community of Unitarian Universalism
