We focus on the life and legacy of Sarah Grimke, the daughter of a wealthy American slave owner. She became, along her sister, Angelina, prominent Anti-Slavery and Women’s Rights advocates of the 19th century. To view the video of this service, please click HERE. To see the Order of Service, please click HERE. About … Continue reading Sarah Grimke’s Uncompromising Struggles Against Slavery and Patriarchy
To view this service, click here. ——————————————————– Michael Tee highlights the essential philosophical and political legacy of the late Kentucky professor, bell hooks. She was a noted intellectual, leading-edge author, cultural critic, artist, and poet. About the Speaker: Michael Tee is a public intellectual, essayist, poet, playwright, and a member of First Unitarian Church. .He … Continue reading The Personal and the Public are Political: The Radical Thoughts of bell hooks
To view this service, click here. ——————————————— Drawing primarily on the scholarship of W.E.B. Du Bois and Professor Gerald Horne, our speaker Michael Tee will revisit and examine some of the critical history surrounding ‘Juneteenth’, now a federally-recognized U.S. holiday. Michael Tee is a poet, essayist, playwright, director and political activist. He has been … Continue reading A Radical Take on Juneteenth
If you wish to view this service, contact [email protected]. ————————————————————- On this, our annual remembrance service, we celebrate people who died in 2022 whose lives positively impacted us as individuals, in our communities, and in some cases throughout the world. We will not only commemorate their lives but also address how our own lives can … Continue reading Remembering Those Who Touched Our Lives
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ———————————————————– Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, Wells-Barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions … Continue reading Ida B Wells in Louisville
For a recording of the entire WONDERFUL service, click here. In pulpits across the US on Jan. 17, many will be lauding the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. And he certainly deserves the plaudits. But did you know that many UU ministers and congregants worked with him in the 1965 marches in Selma, Birmingham, … Continue reading Don’t Sleep Through the Revolution
