Green Sanctuary is sponsoring an idea exchange on how you personally save energy on Sunday, February 9th, 12:15-1:15pm in the Emerson Room. We will be collecting ideas and making a list of all the different methods individuals and families use to conserve energy and care for the earth in stewardship. If you have children, we … Continue reading How Do You Save Energy?
Watch the film Suppressed: The Fight To Vote on YouTube and/or stream the film Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook on Amazon Prime at your convenience from your home during the week this week. On Saturday, March 21, at 4:30pm, join us for a Zoom discussion about voter suppression in our country. Join Zoom Meeting: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/158813449 Or dial +1 646 … Continue reading UU the Vote Film and Discussion
The Condor and the Eagle, a documentary film about the effects of climate disruption in the Americas, will be shown online through Zoom video conference services on Thursday, March 26th at 12:30pm, followed by discussion with filmmaker Clement Guerra & protagonist Bryan Parras. Green Sanctuary had hoped to show this film at UUSS this Spring until … Continue reading Green Sanctuary – March 26th, 12:30PM
We hope that COVID 19 has given you an opportunity to appreciate Nature at home, in your own yard or a nearby park or vacant lot. No need to get in the car to find a place to commune with Nature! Green Sanctuary is inviting you to share Nature at Home, via Zoom, on Saturday, … Continue reading Spring into Summer with a Virtual Outing – May 30th!
A 2018 John Lewis tweet, "Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." … Continue reading Open Circle for Anti-Racism – Monday, August 31st at 6PM
Next for the Anti-Racism Team in this time of physical distancing is a book discussion group focused on various genres by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) authors. The first book we'll be discussing is the 2020 novel, The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett. Invite friends and family and join us for a zoom discussion … Continue reading Anti-Racism Team – BIPOC Book Discussion Group – February 3rd
Join us for the 3rd book in our BIPOC series, "Acolytes," a book of poetry by Nikki Giovanni. Erin Piotrowski will be facilitating the discussion on Wednesday, April, 21, at 6:30. We will also be deciding the next book in the series so please bring your suggestions for books by Black, Indigenous, LatinX, Asian, and other … Continue reading Anti-Racism Team Book Discussion
Join us for an evening focused on topics from Robin DiAngelo’s book White Fragility, Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. (Beacon Press, 2018) Tom Comparin will facilitate a presentation and discussion of Robin DiAngleo’s work. We will review some of her key ideas and then watch two short videos that vividly dramatize … Continue reading Videos and Discussion on White Fragility
Beloved by Toni Morrison is the next book for our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Authors Book Discussion. Published in 1987, many of you may have read this novel already. If you have, let's take another read given the times and how the times may have changed us since we read it the first … Continue reading BIPOC Book Discussion of Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Green Sanctuary is so excited we have the opportunity to invite you to join us for our Spring into Summer Outing, NOT VIA ZOOM!! Here’s the plan: Date and time: Sat, June 5, 11:30-2:00 Location: Peebles Island State Park, Cohoes (park website here) What to bring: Your own lunch, water, chair or ground cover, mask UUSS COVID requirements: mask … Continue reading Spring into Summer Outing at Peebles Island with Green Sanctuary
