Green Sanctuary is partnering with the Anti-Racism Team for a discussion on the film, 'The Condor and The Eagle.' The film is available via free streaming every 15 minutes through November, as part of the UU Ministry For The Earth campaign for climate justice. Watch on your own schedule and join us for a discussion … Continue reading The Condor and The Eagle film discussion
The author is from India and is an oncologist at U Penn. One review: "A one-sitting read for a dark night." Maybe a different genre for us. If you need a book, let me know and I will get one for you. If you wish to order from Open Door rather than online, I will … Continue reading BIPOC Book Group Discussion – Night Theater, by Vikram Paralkar
You are invited to join us Sunday December 12th, 1:30 pm, for a brief dedication ceremony of our replacement banner. The former one was damaged by weather. Please wear a mask and plan to stay distanced. Dress warmly as we will be outside only. There will be a few speakers, a ritual, and an expectation … Continue reading Black Lives Matter Banner Dedication (New date)
The next book the BIPOC reading group has chosen is The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, which we will discuss on Monday, January 24, at 6:30 pm. If you’d like to read this on your computer, here is a link to a PDF of it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DEizcnW8JYlzy23_7QbNj-0jFFfS_bZp/view For February, we’ll be choosing a book by the … Continue reading BIPOC Authors Book Discussion – The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
There is a 15 person limit on the hike, so please RSVP. For more info or to RSVP, contact Paula Shaw.
Read on with us in the next book -- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw -- and join the book discussion led by Tom Comparin on Monday, March 28, at 6:30 pm. A book of short stories, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies has won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the $20,000 Story Prize, … Continue reading BIPOC Book Discussion
Join Schenectady Clergy Against Hate, Schenectady Community Ministries (SiCM) and Nemeton of the Ways for an afternoon of interfaith service both honoring our ancestors and caring for creation by helping clean up the Historic Vale Cemetery! Building off the long tradition of an event organized by Nemeton of the Ways, faith communities from across greater … Continue reading Interfaith Earth Mitzvah Day with Schenectady Clergy Against Hate
The next book in the BIPOC Authors Book Discussion Group is a memoir by local civil rights activist Dr. Alice Green of the Center for Law & Justice in Albany: We Who Believe in Freedom: Activism and the Struggle for Social Justice. Join the book discussion with Dr. Green on Monday, April 25, at 6:30 … Continue reading BIPOC Book Discussion – We Who Believe in Freedom: Activism and the Struggle for Social Justice.
Monday, May 16, at 6:30 pm for a watch party of the film, Suppressed & Sabotaged: The Fight To Vote, an online event co-sponsored by Progressive Schenectady. Sign up for the watch party here: https://www.mobilize.us/commoncause/event/457269/
Read on with us in the next book, a debut novel from Vietnam-born poet and novelist Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. Tom Comparin will host the book discussion on Monday, May 23, at 6:30 pm. Stay tuned for Zoom link! Send your suggestions for short stories, poetry, or memoirs by Black, Indigienous, and … Continue reading BIPOC Book Discussion: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
