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A Call for Empathy, Mutual Aid and Action
By Dr. Betsy Leondar-Wright Millions of Americans just saw their health insurance costs skyrocket. Are any of your congregation members among them? Hundreds of thousands have lost jobs due to federal cuts to public agencies, research, DEI, refugee resettlement and green energy. Are any of your congregation members among them? Another government shutdown would threaten millions of […]
December Holidays
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy A major holiday celebration is like a mobilization. For every December festival, for every holiday concert, and for every poetry reading in the community, the questions for people of conscience are the same: “What’s the message?” “What’s needed in the world?” Organizers work for weeks to bring everything together. Attention […]
Why We Need Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By Rev. Robert (Bob) Murphy When working people are concerned about each other, odds are they’ll love and care for each other. Grassroots programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion will appear. Such things have happened in the past, and they may happen again. Organized religion can be helpful. However, when workers are divided by […]
Meet Eli Poore
Eli Poore is one of the newest UU Class Conversations’ Steering Committee members. They bring a grounded perspective in the ways we can better serve those with less class advantage and new ways to bridge class divides. By Eli Poore I’m currently serving as an intern minister for the Southern Oregon UU Partnership, which […]