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 What's With the Big Yellow Banner*?Since its launch in 2009, Standing on the Side of Love (SSL) has become a national presence in bringing our Unitarian Universalist (UU) values into the world. Through community activism, social networking, and media outreach, Standing on the Side of Love has equipped and mobilized people across the nation to counter fear with messages of love and compassion. With growing brand recognition and social networking engagement, Standing on the Side of Love is at the forefront of public debate. To harness love’s power to stop oppression, Standing on the Side of Love has engaged in issues of marriage equality, immigration reform, work for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, solidarity with marginalized Muslim communities, and much more! Visit  http://standingonthesideoflove.org/Standing on the Side of Love is an interfaith public advocacy campaign sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association and all are welcome to join. Its goal is to elevate compassionate religious voices to influence public attitudes and public policy. The campaign's mission: No one should be dehumanized through acts of exclusion, oppression or violence because of their identity. Muslim is an identity. Immigrant is an identity. So is "poor," "disabled," "person of color," "mentally ill," "special needs." "Those people" is an identity; so is "them." Six words remind us to harness the power of love against hate and fear-mongering. It reminds to choose connection and compassion, not separation and alienation. It testifies that human beings are people, not categories or labels.
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Gary will lead a book discussion group starting January 8 from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Brackett Room using Huston Smith's classic The World's Religions, an eight week tour of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Primal Traditions. The class is free and open to the public, but you might want to add this book to your Christmas list if you want to participate. Please note: we will be using the non-illustrated version of Smith's book. The pictures are nice, but the text is much abbreviated in the illustrated edition.
Our speaker will be Peg Espinola, who will talk about her experiences creating her music. Have you ever wondered how Peg and other musicians come upon ideas for their compositions? Just how does the "creative process" happen for them? Peg will discuss this subject and illustrate by playing and singing some of her own songs. It should be a fascinating hour, so do join us on Tues., Feb. 28th!
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