“In order to empathize with someone’s experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it, not how you imagine the experience to be.” Brene Brown Join us on Zoom Sunday afternoon at 4 pm for a second opportunity to talk about micro-aggressions. Please email Patty Shepard to request a link. If you joined us … Continue reading Building Beloved Community Quote By Quote 1/18/24
And the work remains unfinished, ongoing, and vital for humankind. We are a part of that inescapable mutuality, our destinies linked. A community acting in love. Today. —Gloria Legvold, for the Racial Justice Team Planning Group
In the parlor starting at 12pm, after the coffee hour hubbub has died down: Deepen your connections with your fellow congregants after church with a discussion of On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, led by Lee Barton. Lee says, “People hurt one another. We all do. We may not mean to, but it … Continue reading Discuss the UUA Common Read Feb. 11 after Worship
Our LOVE IN ACTION event for January is preparing and distributing care kits for those experiencing homelessness at “Mass and Cass” (Massachusetts Avenue and Melina Cass Boulevard) through the organization Moms on the Mile. Here are the many ways you can participate! Bring a NEW hat/scarf/pair of gloves/pair of socks to WUS on January 7th, … Continue reading Love In Action January 2024
We have a renewed opportunity to support the immigrant families being housed in neighboring Woburn. With a new baby and a few on the way for the Woburn families, there is a need for a few specific baby items! Keeping in mind that families are in small hotel rooms, only these items can be accepted at this time. … Continue reading Needed Donations For Families
Gordy McIntosh It’s been a few weeks since my last message. Sometimes my brain is going 90 mph with thoughts I want to share and other times I have writer’s block. I gave the gift of time to the Standing Committee by canceling our meeting on December 20th so I have nothing to report on … Continue reading A Message from The Chair 1/4/2024
INTERSECTIONALITY March 24, 11:45 am, Sunday, in person *April 4, 7 pm, Thursday, ZOOM ** CULTURAL APPROPRIATION April 28, 11:45 am, Sunday, in person *May 2, 7pm, Thursday, ZOOM ** Important Notes about access: * In person locations are all in the Michelsen Room at WUS ** For ZOOM Sessions, please click on the individual ZOOM links above to register … Continue reading Connecting Conversations On The Journey
Last month’s theme was “generosity” and that’s stills on our minds in December when we are bombarded by pleas for money for countless good causes. This year might be the time to take a closer look at our charitable giving. In WBUR’s November 27 online Cognoscenti essay, Makeeba McCreary, Ed.D., president of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and … Continue reading Building Beloved Community Article by Article
Mitten Tree Update #1 – Mittens will look a little different this year with more requests for “a ride to xx on xx date” or “tutoring for an hour on 3 Saturday mornings” rather than a more traditional gift of “a pink teddy bear.” Maybe “a trip to the playground on a Saturday morning” too. … Continue reading Our Annual Mitten Tree Project
