BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14483@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T210000 DTSTAMP:20240420T125240Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/confronting-christian-nationalism-why-peo ple-are-drawn-in-and-how-to-talk-across-the-divide/ SUMMARY:Confronting Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn in And How to Talk Across the Divide DESCRIPTION:Confronting Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn in And How to Talk Across the Divide The Action Council of the UUCPA has joined the Becoming Beloved Community Task Force at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Chu rch as a co-sponsor for their free speaker series\, Community\, Faith\, an d Racial Justice.  They have invited us to attend the second talk: Confro nting Christian Nationalism - Why People Are Drawn in And How to Talk Acro ss the Divide by the Reverend Dr. Pamela Cooper-White.\n\nThe Reverend Dr . Pamela Cooper-White is an Episcopal priest and clinical psychologist an d the recently retired Christiane Brooke Johnson Professor of Psychology a nd Religion at Union Theological Seminary. A prolific author\, Prof. Coope r-White will speak on the topic of her recent book\, The Psychology of Wh ite Christian Nationalism: Why People are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide.\n\nAnyone may attend and admission is free\, but please regist er: tinyurl.com/may8speaker\n\nSeries Background: Our nation continues to combat racial inequality in 2024\, 60 years after the passage of the land mark 1964 Civil Rights Act. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto i nvites the wider community to an upcoming speaker series\, “Community\, Faith\, and Racial Justice\,” that explores the role of Christianity\, i ncluding the current white Christian Nationalist movement\, in this injust ice and seeks to define a path toward justice\, healing\, and reconciliati on.\n\nMembers of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto felt compelle d to create this speaker series based on their experience with the nationa l Episcopal Church’s Becoming Beloved Community framework for racial jus tice\, healing\, and reconciliation.\n\nBay Area community members who wan t to learn more about this critical topic and how they can help enact chan ge locally will benefit from hearing the experiences\, perspectives\, and ideas of these renowned authors.\n\nThere is one more event in the series (see below) scheduled for 7 PM on September 18. All events in the series a re taking place at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church\, 600 Colorado Avenue\, P alo Alto. Admission is Free with donations appreciated. Light refreshments will be served following the event. Speakers' books will be available aft er each event.\n\nAccessibility: Venue is wheelchair accessible. Closed c aptioning will be available.\n\nParking: There is ample parking at the rea r of the church.\n\nEvent website: tinyurl.com/stmarkseries\n\nPresenting Sponsor: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church - Palo Alto\n\nCo-sponsors: Amer ican Muslim Voice Foundation\; First Congregational Church of Palo Alto\, UCC\; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice\; Peninsula Solidarity Coho rt\; Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church\, Saratoga\; Saint Jude's Episcopal C hurch\, Cupertino\; Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church\, Burlingame\; Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church\, Mountain View\; Saint Thomas Episcopal Chur ch\, Sunnyvale\; Showing Up for Racial Justice @Sacred Heart\; Trinity Ep iscopal Cathedral\, San Jose\; Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto \n\nQuestions? Please email beloved_community@saint-marks.com\n\nFuture speakers\n\nSeptember 18\, 2024 7:00 PM: Challenging Segregation With Just Action\n\nMs. Leah Rothstein is a community organizer and the co-author\ , with Richard Rothstein\, of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted under the Color of Law. She will speak on actions that communities can take to restore housing rights and access to people of color who have been excluded from the financial benefits of home ownership\, access to g ood public schools\, more protected environments\, and better community se rvices.\n\nTENTATIVE Winter 2025 A speaker who will discuss the role of t he Christian church in harming Native Americans and Asian Americans. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04 /Community-Faith-and-Racial-Justice-Speaker-Series-May-8.png CATEGORIES:Non-UUCPA,Offsite LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=600 Colorado Ave\, Palo Alt o\, CA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR