Tag: civil rights

Sunday Sermon January 22 11am: The Outside Agitators Who Lived Next Door

January 21, 2017

Join us Sunday, January 21 at 11am to hear Rev. Rus Cooper Dowda share the sermon, “The ‘Outside Agitators’ Who Lived Next Door.” “There is much to be found in the story of how the Birmingham, Alabama Unitarian Universalist church dealt with their love of their home state in the extended George Wallace era,” says Rev. … More Sunday Sermon January 22 11am: The Outside Agitators Who Lived Next Door

Sunday Sermon June 19 11am: We See You – NC, the Obama Administration & “Stalled” Politics

June 17, 2016

Updated sermon note: Attorney General Lynch’s comments about discrimination in North Carolina certainly apply to the Pulse club killings in Orlando last weekend. President Obama had to give the 16th gun use related consoling speech of his presidency to us, his people, as we grieved. Come to the safe space of our church on June19th … More Sunday Sermon June 19 11am: We See You – NC, the Obama Administration & “Stalled” Politics

Sunday Sermon January 17 11AM: Accidental Witness

January 16, 2016

Join us Sunday, January 18th, at 11am to hear Rev. Rus Cooper-Dowda share her sermon, “Accidental Witness: Being in the Birmingham, Alabama school system. ” “The Birmingham, Alabama school system did not integrate until 1970. I was in 10th grade then,” Rev. Cooper-Dowda recalls. ” It was a terribly confusing time for students as we all got shuffled … More Sunday Sermon January 17 11AM: Accidental Witness