From “Don’t Say Gay” bills to the swath of laws criminalizing gender-affirming and abortion-related care, attacks on bodily autonomy in the US are escalating at an alarming pace. And, this nation has always targeted certain kinds of bodies as less worthy of protection and freedom than others. How can our UU theologies of bodily autonomy and the sacredness of all bodies serve as an antidote? Join us for a conversation about the power of embodiment, intersectionality, radical spiritual imagination, and the liberation of all our sacred bodies.
The Rev. Ashley Horan (she/her) serves as the Organizing Strategy Director at the UUA, where she leads the team that holds all the outward-facing justice work of the Association under the banner of Side With Love and its related campaigns: UU the Vote, Create Climate Justice, Love Resists, and UPLIFT Action for LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice. Prior to her work at the UUA, Ashley was the Executive Director of the MN UU Social Justice Alliance and the Curriculum Developer for Beloved Conversations. She also served congregations in Joliet, IL and Fond du Lac, WI. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner, the Rev. Karen Hutt, and their two youngest children–Aspen, 8, and Eden, 3.
Guest preacher: Rev. Ashley Horan
Worship Associate: Joe Bailey
Special music: Larry Chinn, jazz piano
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