Topic: Social Justice

Florida’s Labor Issues of… 1950? No, 2024

Presenter: Chasidy Hobbs, President, United Faculty of Florida UWF. The anti-union sentiment in Tallahassee is strong and it is impacting education in Florida at all levels. Academic freedom, cross cultural collaborations, and shared governance in higher education are all being threatened. An update on the current attempt to stifle the voice of educators across the … Continue reading Florida’s Labor Issues of… 1950? No, 2024

Hiroshima in Popular Memory

Presenter: Joe Vinson, Member and Board President. After 79 years, how do we remember the atomic bombings of Japan? What do many people even know or understand? Watch this service on our YouTube channel.

Homelessness in Pensacola

Guest Speaker: Michael Kimberl, Director of the Alfred-Washburn Center, Co-founder/Director Sean’s Outpost and Satochi Forest, Organizer with Food Not Bombs, and On the Board of Directors of Trinity House and 309 Punk Project Michael Kimberl will speak about “those we serve” and the future of homelessness in Pensacola. Some recent laws were passed that will … Continue reading Homelessness in Pensacola

Banned Books, Free Speech and Parental Responsibility

Guest Speaker: Rosalind Fisher is a retired Sociology Professor who taught Inequality, Social Problems, Women’s Studies, Sex Roles, Race, and ethnicity. She has a B.S. in Psychology, an M.A. in Community Development, and an M.S. in Sociology. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on book banning, a topic that has been a hotbed of debate … Continue reading Banned Books, Free Speech and Parental Responsibility

Seeking Justice in a Disordered World

Presenter: Joe Vinson, UUCP member and incoming President In this service Joe will present challenges we experience in examining our shared commitment to peace, liberty and justice for all. Watch this service on our YouTube channel.

Emancipation Day

Mr. Walter Gulley, Jr. will explain Florida’s Emancipation Celebration. Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the date that the enslaved persons in Texas learned that that they were free. Emancipation Day celebrates a similar day in Florida when Union soldiers arrived in Tallahassee on May 20th 1865 to announce and enforce the freedom of the … Continue reading Emancipation Day

How America Got Mean

Dr. Paula Montgomery, member of UUCP, discusses “How America Got Mean” according to David Brooks. Is it anger? Is it fear?  Or just “ornery cussedness”? What makes us act so mean? And how did we get here? Watch this video on our YouTube Channel.

Hosanna and the Fierce Urgency of Now

Presenter: Joe Vinson, UUCP member. This Palm Sunday, we discuss how to prepare a way for the future we want without succumbing to despair. This service will include our 5th Sunday Share the Plate offering to be donated to the Pensacola Abortion Rights Taskforce. Watch this service on our YouTube channel.