In collaboration with The Mountain Top UU (TMT) and UUs for Racial Justice (UURJ), our congregation was proud to present the service by Jewell Faamaligi, a writer and human rights advocate whose work from grassroots organizing to the United Nations moves across culture, history, politics, and power.

We discussed the big picture: how history, culture, and power shape the moment we’re living in, and why our liberation has always been bound together. We explored what it means to live our UU principles in real time and to move into a deeper conversation about our commitments to each other.

We also welcomed Rev. Sally Mabelle of Taupo UU who opened our gathering with a solidarity blessing offered all the way from Aotearoa (New Zealand).