Welcome Rev. Alex!
We welcome Reverend Dr. Alex Riegel to First UU this week! If you didn’t get a chance to attend in person, view the service yesterday on our YouTube Channel.
Thursday at 7
Heritage UU will host a screening of Smoke Signals as they continue their exploration of Native American issues. The film is a 1998 coming-of-age comedy-drama based on a screenplay by Sherman Alexie from the short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993). The film won several awards and accolades, and was well received at numerous film festivals. Heritage is located at 2710 Newtown Rd, Cincinnati OH 45244
Sunday, September 17th
We will walk to honor the memory of Tuskegee Airman Leslie Edwards, Jr. His grandfather, Rev. W.H.G. Carter founded the Church of the Unitarian Brotherhood in the West End more than a century ago. You can participate and/or donate: http://secure.alsohio.org/goto/LeslieEdwards
August 22nd from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
The SPAN Ohio Equity Committee is presenting a health equity workshop. This health equity event is a special one as Willa Evans, President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, will be hosting. The event will feature Charleta B. Tavares, CEO of PrimaryOne Health in Central Ohio, who will lead a discussion on barriers to health-care access for PoC and how a single-payer system could remedy this historical inequity. Register here.
Saturday, September 23
Our partner Ignite Peace will hold a workshop from 9:30 to 1:30 at the Peaslee Neighborhood Center during Nonviolence Action Week. Join Samantha and Bekky for a four-hour introductory workshop on the tenets of strategic nonviolence, nonviolent communication, de-escalation, bystander intervention, and more. $50 registration fee includes lunch. Register here. Questions? Email Bekky
Cincy Action for Housing Now is mobilizing to pass a charter amendment that will require the City to restore the earned income tax to it’s 2020 levels and use the funding generated (average household burden of ~$11/month) to invest in truly affordable housing for all. Go to www.cincyhousingforall.com to get involved.
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