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Forum Topics for December 2022

The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for December 2022:

12/4 Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande – book discussion – Susan Owicki12/11 The importance of seasonal holidays – Dick Duda and general discussion 12/18 … read more.

Justice Partner LifeMoves has job openings

LifeMoves is one of the most effective providers of shelter and services across Silicon Valley. There are two job openings, should anyone be looking for worthwhile work:

Case ManagerProgram Coordinator

Brian Weller can provide job descriptions.

Oct 30 UUCPA class led by Santa Clara County Board Supervisor Joe Simitian

Sunday October 30th, 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., Fireside Room and Zoom

Santa Clara County Board Supervisor Joe Simitian joins us for a life and death analysis of the power our local law enforcement – in this case the Sheriff’s Office – holds in its hands. For over four years Joe has driven the effort to establish civilian oversight for the Sheriff’s Office – which does not report to anyone in the County. The appalling incidents impacting real people – the majority people of color living here – cried out for transparency and accountability for that powerful office. San Mateo County residents formed Fixin’ SMC last year and tapped Joe to advise them on how to build their effective civilian oversight entity – that story is still unfolding. Entrenched power vs. humane values – the battle in our own back yards. Please join us for insights locally and from around the country on what works, what clearly doesn’t, and implications for the path forward.

Location: Fireside Room (in-person* with zoom access possible)

REMINDER: Please join us for a Mission Conversation on 10/23 (in-person) or 10/24 (on Zoom)!

Please join us for a Mission Conversation In-person: Sunday, October 23, during Fourth Sunday Brunch, 10:30–11:00am. Let’s talk over waffles! Task Force members will be seated at different tables, and we invite you to join us for conversation! We especially welcome parents, young adults, and youth to talk with us at this event!
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Online: Monday, October 24, on Zoom, 8:00–9:00pm. For this event, we especially welcome all who attend UUCPA services and classes primarily online, as well as parents, young adults, youth, and anyone for whom online in the evening works best!

The Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523750014?pwd=Tm9yTDdlK1BtZ1FxT2hFYWYwUFgxdz09 (Meeting ID: 845 2375 0014; Passcode: 651748)

October 25 Session of White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy Coming Up!

This coming Tuesday, October 25, is the next session of White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy. We’ll be looking at the “Model Minority” stereotype often applied to Asian Americans — that they are intelligent, skillful in math and science, hard working, and deservedly successful. This may sound great,, but in reality the myth of the model minority has negative impacts on Asian Americans and on other minority groups. We’ll view and discuss the video “How the Asian ‘Model Minority’ perpetuates Anti-Blackness”, which was created by an Asian-Canadian woman. She discusses how the myth arose and how it has been applied to support White Supremacy

If you would like to attend this session and are not subscribed to the email list, please email dismantlingwhitesupremacy+subscribe@uucpa.org. Zoom information for the session will be sent to this list early next week. We welcome new attendees* at any time!

*All people of whatever race or background are welcome to attend any or all sessions. We call the group “White Folks . . . ” because we recognize that the work of dismantling white supremacy is for white people to do. It’s also important to have anti-racism learning spaces for white folks, where they can grapple with new ideas about racism and speak candidly about their fears and misconceptions. It can be painful for people of color to witness these conversations, so we have created this space apart from the main body of the congregation.

Sci-Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group Meets Oct 19

For our October 19, 2022 meeting, we agreed to watch the movie “Blade Runner”, the original 1982 film. The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion Group was meeting via Zoom before it was cool! Lovers of science fiction and fantasy, at UUCPA and beyond, have been getting together online to talk about books, movies, and television episodes chosen by the group, every other month since early 2019.
We meet every other month, on the 3rd Wednesdays via Zoom, 7-8:30 p.m.

2nd Sunday Lunch – Pasta and Salad Bar, Sun Oct 9 ~noon

Join us Sunday, October 9 after the 2nd service for Second Sunday Lunch (Pasta and Salad Bar), a home-cooked, nutritious, delicious meal for a very reasonable donation. We go through the buffet line outside the kitchen door onto the back parking lot, and eat at one of the tables set up on the lawn nearby. On October 9, the temperature will be in the 70’s – you might want a sweater.