EVENTS

We are an active bunch – we love engaging in meaningful conversations with food and fun always in the mix.

Climate Circles, Sunday, October 11 at noon

Sunday, October 11 at noon: “What’s next?” A general discussion to find one more climate-constructive thing we can add to our ongoing postcard writing program, that people would like to do.

Banned Book Communion, Sunday October 11

Banned Books Week is October 4-10. On Sunday October 11, we will have our first ever Banned Book Communion. Bring a banned book that has been meaningful to you. And be prepared to take a book that someone else has brought.  If you cannot find a copy of your book — or if you just cannot bear to part with it, you will have the opportunity to put your book title and author on an index card that can be picked up by someone else. Bring one book or bring five! Books are meant to be shared!
Search the Censorship Search Portal to see if your book has been censored

UCSF Board Meeting Wednesday, October 28, 6:30pm UUCSF Meetinghouse

Observers are warmly welcome. Come see how the board thinks, deliberates, and serves. Board meetings offer a chance to see the values of our congregation in action, to understand how care and stewardship translate into real choices, and to feel more connected to the life of this community beyond what happens on any given day.

Finding Latinx by Paola Ramos TUESDAYs, 6-7:30pm

Oct. 13  UU Congregation of the South Fork
Nov. 10  OLA of Eastern Long Island
Please register in advance HERE
Books can be purchased HERE.
Join us for an in depth discussion of Paolo Ramos’ illuminating book.  Latinos across the United States are redefining identities and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many—Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million Latinos in the U.S. has been represented. No longer. 
In this empowering cross-country travelogue, journalist and activist Paola Ramos embarks on a journey to find the communities of people defining the controversial term, “Latinx.” She introduces us to the indigenous Oaxacans who rebuilt the main street in a post-industrial town in upstate New York, the “Las Poderosas” who fight for reproductive rights in Texas, the musicians in Milwaukee whose beats reassure others of their belonging, as well as drag queens, environmental activists, farmworkers, and the migrants detained at our border. Drawing on intensive field research as well as her own personal story, Ramos chronicles how “Latinx” has given rise to a sense of collectivity and solidarity among Latinos unseen in this country for decades.
We will discuss the following chapters on these dates:
Sept 22:  “Introduction” and “Journey from West to Southwest”
Oct. 13:  “The South”
Nov. 10:  “Northeast to Midwest” and “Between the Shadows and the Sun”
Paola Ramos is an author and Emmy-Award winning journalist. She is a contributor for Telemundo News and MSNBC, where she is the host of “Field Report.” Ramos is a former Correspondent for Vice News. Prior to her career in journalism, Ramos was a political appointee during the Obama Administration, and served in President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Racial Justice East End (RJEE) is a community of local organizations and individuals that encourages reflection, conversation and action on racial justice issues. 
Co-sponsors: Christ Episcopal Church, Children’s Museum of the East End, Eastville Community Historical Society, HARLI (Hope & Resilience LI), Ocean Zendo, and OLA of Eastern Long Island.  Canio’s Cultural Cafe and Unitarian Universalists of the South Fork are founding members of RJEE.

Sitting Circle for Social Activists

Wednesdays, 5:30pm

UUCSF Meetinghouse

Engu Michel Dobbs will lead us in a time of meditation and then read together and discuss the book, “Healing Resistance” by Kazu Haga. It is a mindfulness-based approach to nonviolent action, demonstrating how nonviolence is a powerful tool for personal and social transformation.