Current Events Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/current-events/ Welcome to UUCP Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://uupensacola.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chalice-new-uucp-2-150x150.png Current Events Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/current-events/ 32 32 The 1776 Sampler https://uupensacola.org/services/1776-sampler/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:49:38 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13880 Joe Vinson will discuss the 1776 Sampler, an innovative public history project to celebrate the America 250 commemoration locally by focusing on the individuals living in and converging on West Florida around the time of the Revolution.

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]]> 13880 A Sustaining Faith https://uupensacola.org/services/a-sustaining-faith/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:06:29 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13644 Presenter: Dr. Lauren Anzaldo, Member UUCP.  Although we are inundated with public proclamations of religiosity, we as a nation seem to have lost a shared moral order for determining right from wrong. Meanwhile, Unitarian Universalism provides a framework of shared values imbued with a living legacy of moral witness and prophetic voices. In this talk, Lauren … Continue reading A Sustaining Faith

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]]> 13644 What Are We Becoming? Faith Communities in a Time of Change https://uupensacola.org/services/what-are-we-becoming-faith-communities-in-a-time-of-change/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:17:28 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13439 Liberal religion is at a crossroads. Many of the forms and habits that once gave our communities life are beginning to unravel, leaving us to wonder what will remain. This talk explores what our churches are becoming in this time of change—and what they may need to become if they are to truly live into … Continue reading What Are We Becoming? Faith Communities in a Time of Change

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]]> 13439 Our Local Immigrant Community Crisis https://uupensacola.org/services/our-local-immigrant-community-crisis/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:34:51 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13369 We are especially pleased to welcome Grace Resendez McCaffery – founder of Latino Media Gulf Coast and the Hispanic Resource Center of NWFL, and editor of La Costa Latina News – to speak with us today. She is in high demand with the current crisis that is happening in our country today. She will be … Continue reading Our Local Immigrant Community Crisis

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]]> 13369 Be a Giraffe https://uupensacola.org/services/be-a-giraffe/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:46:23 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13227 Guest Presenter: Dr. Jacqueline Garrick, Masters in Social Work and Doctorate in Professional Studies. Giraffes stand tall and stick their necks out when they see something wrong. Dr Jacqueline Garrick chose the Giraffe as a mascot for Whistleblowers, who do just that. She is founder of Whistleblowers of America and wrote “Be a Giraffe” as … Continue reading Be a Giraffe

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]]> 13227 Understanding and Resisting Anti-Democracy Movements https://uupensacola.org/services/understanding-and-resisting-anti-democracy-movements/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:36:08 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13225 “Understanding and Resisting the Anti-Democracy Movements influencing Current Policies” Guest Presenter: Dr. Joan Braune is Lecturer in Philosophy at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Numerous ideological factions present within the Trump administration and adjacent networks see leaders as above law, rather than subject to it. In this presentation, we’ll learn about some of the far-right ideologies … Continue reading Understanding and Resisting Anti-Democracy Movements

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]]> 13225 From Activist to Congressional candidate: Why I ran for office https://uupensacola.org/services/from-activist-to-congressional-candidate-why-i-ran-for-office/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:26:22 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13075 Presenter: Gay Valimont, former Democratic nominee FL Congressional District 1 and founder of Engage Y’all Political Action Committee. Gay Valimont will introduce herself by telling her personal story and what led her to run for office. She will share her journey through the campaign and the next steps in her political career. In light of … Continue reading From Activist to Congressional candidate: Why I ran for office

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]]> 13075 The Spirituality Behind E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One https://uupensacola.org/services/the-spirituality-behind-e-pluribus-unum-out-of-many-one/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:24:55 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13005 As part of Escambia County’s Law Week, presenter Zachary Helton explores the spirituality behind our national motto, E Pluribus Unum—“Out of many, one.” More than a civic slogan, it points to a sacred truth: that wholeness comes not from sameness, but from honoring and connecting our differences. From the inner workings of the brain to … Continue reading The Spirituality Behind E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One

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]]> 13005 Facing Freedom – Or Fascism? Part 2 of 2 https://uupensacola.org/services/facing-freedom-or-fascism-part-2-of-2/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:15:35 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=12926 Presenter: Lauren Anzaldo, EdD, LCSW, CAP and member of UUCP. This talk considers the continuing appeal of authoritarianism and how democratically minded people might respond, drawing on the tradition of prophetic voices of antifascists such as Simone Weil and Erich Fromm. This talk is the second Sunday Service in a two-part series. The first talk … Continue reading Facing Freedom – Or Fascism? Part 2 of 2

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]]> 12926 Facing Freedom – or Fascism? https://uupensacola.org/services/facing-freedom-or-fascism/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:40:55 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=12866 Dr. Lauren Anzaldo considers the continuing appeal of authoritarianism and how democratically minded people might respond, drawing on the tradition of prophetic voices of antifascists such as Simone Weil and Erich Fromm. This talk on February 23 is the first Sunday Service in a two-part series.

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