Monday at 6 You can learn about de-escalating conflict in public spaces; this 60-minute interactive training teaches you how to handle situations so that hate and harassment don’t escalate into violence. Conflict de-escalation requires patience, a willingness to listen, and an ability to see the humanity in everyone, even those we don’t agree with. Using … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness – Week of 11/13/23
To celebrate Trans Sunday To celebrate Trans Sunday, a big shout-out to D. Steele who pulled off the greatest feat of organizational behavior in history IMHO: as president of First UU, he ran a congregational meeting on a cellphone from his car while in the midst of a move! Wednesday at 6 Wild Ones Greater … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness – Calendar Week of 11/6/23
Ignite Peace’s Excellent Program Almost 60 people participated in Ignite Peace’s excellent program, Racism in Greater Cincinnati: An Action-Focused Conversation Tuesday! Many intriguing suggestions were surfaced; one of the best from the economic initiatives sub-group was simple: seek out and patronize black-owned businesses. A group of people from Bellarmine Chapel goes out to eat every … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness – Calendar Week of 10/30/23
Sunday at 2 Join We Are One: Hope Festival at ARCO (Art + Community). Sponsored by the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Ignite Peace will be moderating a storytelling panel of refugees and sharing ways to get involved with immigration justice issues here in Cincinnati. ARCO is at 3301 Price Ave, Price Hill. Advance registration requested here. Tuesday at 6 … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness – Calendar Week of 10/21/23
Dr. Riegel and Mystic Coda at First U Postponed until Saturday, Jan. 27, at 7:30pm In 2015, I began a trio with two friends of mine, called Mystic Coda. Originally a creative experiement, by 2015 we had produced a CD, entitled, The Holy Longing, and soon performed at various small venues. Our work was disrupted during the covid … Continue reading From Dr. Alex Riegel – 10/12/2023
On Tuesday, October 24th In alignment with our 8th Principle, don’t miss our community partner Ignite Peace’s event: Racism in Greater Cincinnati, An Action-Focused Conversation at First UU on Tuesday, October 24th from 6-8P. Taylor Curtis of the YWCA is a dynamic and thoughtful speaker; her emphasis is on actions that we crowd-source to give us … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness Calendar Week of 10/14/23
Happy Coming Out Day! You may have heard it said that queer people never stop coming out. It’s true. I first came out when I was sixteen (around 2001). I started by telling my father that I was bi. Not long after that, I told my mother, and then a few close friends. It wasn’t … Continue reading This Coming Out Day
Monday at 10 Faith & Community Alliance is hosting its monthly Moral Monday meeting to discuss affordable housing and Issue 24, the ballot initiative to fund the Affordable Trust Fund. This hybrid meeting will be held at the Community Action Agency, 1740 Langdon Farm Road from 10-11:30 or you can zoom in here. Then at 5 Attend … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness Calendar Week of 10/8/23
Wednesday at 10 You can bear witness at the hearing in Columbus to abolish the death penalty (HB 259). Let’s help Ignite Peace pack hearing room 313 in the Ohio Statehouse! To join the Cincinnati carpool meet at the Kenwood Mall parking lot in front of Dillards. The caravan will leave at 7:45 AM. You can … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness calendar week of 10/2/23
On Wednesday at 6:30 Our community partner Ignite Peace (formerly IJPC) will hold an Immigrant Dignity Coalition Meeting at Mount Auburn Presbyterian, 103 William Howard Taft in Mt. Auburn. Thursday at noon The proposed Affordable Housing Amendment, zoo levy, library levy and sale of the Southern Railroad will be the subject of a lunch and learn … Continue reading Social Justice/Public Witness: Week of 9/25/23
