We're so THRILLED to announce the members of the inaugural BLUU Advisory Team! The A-Team serves in a guidance capacity to the BLUU OC Board w/ their gifts, expertise, and diverse knowledge of perspectives in service of BLUU's mission. Find out more: https://medium.com/@BlackLivesUU/black-lives-of-uu-announces-inaugural-advisory-team-337077df3183 …pic.twitter.com/xLd7nQr7t4
In this season of so much political & social upheaval, BLUU wants to remind our Black UU & UU-adjacent community that pastoral care is available by calling/texting 984-219-8711 w/ your availability and we'll schedule time. Let's be on the journey together. http://blacklivesuu.com/bluumin pic.twitter.com/uS0mKO5YXW
We are thrilled to announce our second plenary on Black UU individual histories for the symposium! We are so excited to be sharing space with Vivian Pollard, Rev. Karen Hutt, Rev. Duncan Teague, and Dr. Stephanie Mitchem. You won't want to miss this! http://blacklivesuu.com/symposium pic.twitter.com/UVI85gqfnp
We don’t always know what will happen, but we know it will always enliven our faith as Black UUs. Please come. Be. Learn. Grow. Get refreshed and renewed. https://link.medium.com/qqxaI9m2CX pic.twitter.com/QKtvoUo7nb
A Love Letter to Black Folks Thinking About Coming to Symposium https://link.medium.com/qqxaI9m2CX
We are thrilled to announce a distinguished group of folks serving as our Worship Team for the Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium! You won't want to miss this! Register now! We can't wait to be with you in St. Paul. http://blacklivesuu.com/symposium pic.twitter.com/D2pEKXXFzn
“We wax poetic about how UUs come from an “intellectual tradition.”This is, to me, nothing more than coded language that suggests certain white, middle-class norms are the right way to live this faith & that anything beyond it isn’t UU enough”@TakiyahNAmin https://www.uuworld.org/articles/time-dance?fbclid=IwAR2RbtYaHm1D0MUVAS6T9oIzUAwICjsmlkzp2OlQ8aGGNaQ6VUuWvS2M51A …
The BLUU OC and staff are working hard and enjoying sharing space together for the Spring OC retreat. Exciting news ahead!pic.twitter.com/PRs1uvFoVR
Today is the first official day of the BLUU OC Board retreat! We wanted to celebrate by announcing the first plenary of the Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium featuring Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, Rev. Sofia Betancourt, Chris Cameron!pic.twitter.com/Nu0CfzT3jP
In the last few days of this month, consider supporting the crucial work of this month's #BLUUSupports designee @AbortionFunds! Check out more at http://buff.ly/2OtlMh0 pic.twitter.com/6GOcOqCYgN
We’re so pumped to have share space with these amazing people for the latest installment in our monthly community conversations leading to the Symposium! If you haven’t been a part of one. Join us tonight. This is a Black autonomous space. http://Facebook.com/groups/BLUUClosedGroup …pic.twitter.com/0PJjHWY6Y1
Check us out on facebook in 1 hour to get the low-down on the Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium happening October in Minneapolis! http://facebook.com/blacklivesuu pic.twitter.com/GC7Ihtcgqt
Swing over to our facebook page in 2 hours to hear about the upcoming The Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium! If you’ve been wondering what this Symposium is about, what to expect and why you should be sure not to miss it, this is for you! http://facebook.com/blacklivesuu pic.twitter.com/qdoqHvQfZ8
Join us TODAY 12 noon ET for a discussion all about the upcoming The Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium. If you’ve been wondering what this Symposium is about, what to expect and why you should be sure not to miss it, this is for you! http://facebook.com/blacklivesuu pic.twitter.com/4yRvmhkTHe
#Currently lining up #BLUUSupports @AbortionFunds content for this month’s #BLUUBox! Become a monthly supporter today! https://linktr.ee/blacklivesuu pic.twitter.com/Zc6uNRJ1Fr
Get your BLUU swag on! 
BY POPULAR DEMAND - You can now purchase the official BLUU Mug that was included in our 2018 Holiday Box!
http://Blacklivesuu.com/mugs pic.twitter.com/UHxbMppR2h
"Paying for people’s abortions is a revolutionary and political act. It’s redistributing wealth. It’s making the legal right actually possible."@yamyan, ED of the @BLUUSupports designee, @AbortionFunds Now more than ever, support this important resource. http://blacklivesuu.com/bluusupports https://twitter.com/AbortionFunds/status/1128802743810965504 …
Our patrons from Patreon have reached $375! When we reach $500 per month, our patrons will receive a monthly themed playlist to lift your spirit, encourage your worship and invigorate your soul, brought to you by the BLUU Organizing Collective Board! http://patreon.com/blacklivesuu pic.twitter.com/wzGIrAJswJ
We are happy to support the work of @NationalBailOut @ignitekindred and many others to get Black mamas and caregivers free! https://twitter.com/seriouslypaige/status/1126222224896208897 …
We're accepting nominations for the BLUU Organizing Collective Board! This is a working Board whose collective work is to breathe life into the vision & mission of BLUU and be in relationships w/ constituencies to build & grow a UU that centers Blackness. https://www.blacklivesuu.com/board pic.twitter.com/V0g2qmqihY
Have you heard of BLUUBox? The BLUU Spiritual Subscription Box is just one way that we're answering the call we’ve heard from folks needing resources that not only center their experiences as Black people but rooted in a decidedly UU perspective. http://blacklivesuu.com/subscribe pic.twitter.com/n71YaWzwlR
Have you signed up to be a BLUU Beloved? BLUU Beloved is an opportunity for UU who are Black/People of African descent to further connect, build community and develop leadership within the work of BLUU and our connection to broader liberation movements. https://www.blacklivesuu.com/membership
Join us to uplift #BLUUSupports designee @AbortionFunds. Nt'l Network of Abortion Funds builds power to remove barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions & organizing at the intersections of racial, economic & reproductive justice. https://buff.ly/2LlWCAo pic.twitter.com/8EYsxDzNfI
Check out this interview with Marbre Stahly-Butts from @Law4BlackLives who speaks about the #FreeBlackMamas campaign! https://buff.ly/2UXbbdo pic.twitter.com/BBytUn4sAD
If you missed our Whose Faith panel or any of our community conversations so far, you can find them here on our YouTube channel! Be sure to subscribe today so you don't miss anything! https://buff.ly/2uVVHeT pic.twitter.com/jSZslY5sXG
Thank you for joining our #BabiesandBailouts panel! You can make a difference by building relationships rooted in service and by giving a donation for this work. Find more information about donating here: https://tinyurl.com/y6kut7ky
So thankful for the reminder from Siwatu-Salama Ra that remembrance and community are key to doing organizing and healing work. We need each other! #BabiesandBailouts
"You can't call God and the cops. Who do you serve? Who do you protect? We can't be about Jesus if Jesus wasn't about the state."- Je Naé Taylor #BabiesandBailouts
This right here! So thankful for this wisdom from the #BabiesandBailouts panel. https://twitter.com/TheySpin/status/1122652577571778560 …
"The state has never been in the position to protect and serve...One of the things we've been clear about is that our goal was never too assimilate." -Mary Hooks How can we create new community that builds and heals? #BabiesandBailouts
Following the #BabiesandBailouts panel? Learn more about SONG (Southerners on New Ground) by following @ignitekindred. Thanks to Mary Hooks for joining us! https://tinyurl.com/yydhak9b
"People fear that due process is not due process. And the right to a fair trial is a hoax. So people confess to things that they don't do. That railroads them into the criminal justice system."- Siwatu-Salama Ra #BabiesandBailouts
"We gather here today to give some truth the room to breathe...Who might we become to change the course of things?" Rev. Mykal Slack offers us some grounding words as we settle into the space. #BabiesandBailouts Join us! https://tinyurl.com/yydhak9b
And, we're live! It's time for our #BabiesandBailouts panel! Join us now on Facebook Live: https://tinyurl.com/yydhak9b . And retweet if you're with us for this important conversation.pic.twitter.com/BYbrLu9gZs
We are looking for just 10 more folks to commit to hosting a #BabiesandBailouts watch party and fundraiser from Sunday night through Mothers Day. Let's work together as faith and spiritual communities to #FreeBlackMamas! Sign up now at http://blacklivesuu.com/babies https://twitter.com/NationalBailOut/status/1114186319289184256 …
Check out this #Thread from our community organizer @seriouslypaige! There's still time to support the work to #EndMoneyBail and #FreeBlackMamas https://twitter.com/seriouslypaige/status/1121443902689554432 …
It is imperative for us as people of faith, to dismantle systems of oppression and work to build contexts for thriving, not just surviving, for all people. See our call to action and sign on to support @NationalBailOut here: http://bit.ly/peopleoffaithbailout … https://buff.ly/2DxoQC9 pic.twitter.com/z2lshn4lhG
We're less than a week from the Babies & Bailouts Facebook Live Panel! It's about that time to announce another of our illustrious panelists: Mary Hooks of @ignitekindred! Find out more about Mary, SONG, and how to host a watch party at http://bit.ly/2GBDdXR pic.twitter.com/Whp4Itj4RQ
In preparation for #BabiesandBailouts check out this video from National Bail Out. https://www.facebook.com/NationalBailOut/videos/586734055032783?sfns=mo … What did you learn? Reply below! If you haven’t signed up for a Babies & Bailouts watch party, find out more here: http://blacklivesuu.com/babies
Introducing another of our illustrious panelists for Babies & Bailouts...Je Naé Taylor of GildaPapoose Je Naé, a native of Washington, DC is a theatre practitioner, facilitator and culture emcee. Sign up today to host a watch party: http://blacklivesuu.com/babies pic.twitter.com/VKBKLTQfJT
Join NBO tonight for their #FREEBLACKMAMAS Bail Out Webinar on creating supportive services infrastructure. Our Community Organizer @seriouslypaige will be there to share about the Babies & Bailouts project and dig a bit deeper about how UUs can support Mamas post-bail out! https://twitter.com/NationalBailOut/status/1111029051538489346 …
ICYMI: Our community organizer @seriouslypaige was on @CLFUU #TheVUU last week speaking on Muslim UUs and Muslims in UU spaces. You don't want to miss what she had to say! https://buff.ly/2Pb9PKE pic.twitter.com/nqajxogBNk
Have you registered for the Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium? We're opening ourselves up to an articulation of Unitarian Universalism that is unapologetically Black. Join us in St. Paul for this historic event! Registration is open to all & sliding scale. http://blacklivesuu.com/symposium pic.twitter.com/poFqLvzrEk
Have you signed up to host a Babies & Bailouts panel watch party? Introducing one of our panelists, Siwatu-Salama Ra! In 2018 she was incarcerated for defending herself and her family... forced to give birth to her beautiful son during her imprisonment. http://blacklivesuu.com/babies pic.twitter.com/eTW6sxA022
Mothers do not lead single issue lives, so why should our activism be limited to one issue? Join Mama’s University and learn how Black women have always fought from their intersections: https://buff.ly/2VA2ffb pic.twitter.com/8CvDnLBmdm
"You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea." -Highlander founder, Myles Horton. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/highlander-center-fire-white-power-symbol-civil-rights-movement?fbclid=IwAR2J4eqKwZou7grfHOxRhVhrDaNinqL9WwDxBLBOUDols98pk0XMqkE0Cbs …
If you missed our Whose Faith panel or any of our community conversations so far, you can find them here on our YouTube channel! Be sure to subscribe today so you don't miss anything! https://buff.ly/2uVVHeT pic.twitter.com/HL4FQuQeSe
Our April #BLUUSupports Designee is @GroundswellFund! Their Birth Justice Fund works to eliminate disparities in pregnancy & birth outcomes experienced by women of color, low-income women, young women & transgender people. Learn more about how to support: https://www.blacklivesuu.com/bluusupports pic.twitter.com/a8C5HgUWWo
Check out our March Executive Director update from Lena K Gardner, http://bit.ly/marchedupdate
Wow! We've reached 6,900 likes on our Facebook page! Can you help us reach 7,000? http://facebook.com/BlackLivesUU pic.twitter.com/cYoBOfaGuW
Did you know you can cover the cost of someone else's registration to attend the Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium? Click here to pay it forward! https://www.blacklivesuu.com/symposium-registration …pic.twitter.com/MTWvJrSe5w
Join us at 2pm ET for a Facebook Live featuring Lena K Gardner and Rev. Mykal Slack to learn more about our BLUU Beloveds membership structure at http://facebook.com/BlackLivesUU #MyBlackisBLUUpic.twitter.com/VaRKQUKKga
Join us tomorrow for a FB Live featuring Lena K Gardner and Rev. Mykal Slack to learn more about our BLUU Beloveds membership structure at http://facebook.com/BlackLivesUU #MyBlackisBLUUpic.twitter.com/gzcxMD7PFN
Please join us for TOMORROW's community conversation! As we imagine what it means to infuse a love ethic into our work & into the building up of our Black UU community, we'll be focusing on BLUU's 2nd Principle. Find out how to join the conversation! https://buff.ly/2Ops5zu pic.twitter.com/LzkTJdeEdY
Before the month is over, we ask for you to support the work of the #BLUUSupports designee, The Marsha P. Johnson Institute is a community organization working to protect and defend the human rights of transgender and gender non conforming communities. https://buff.ly/2FAxvou pic.twitter.com/bTWRVSSih3
Join us next week for a FB Live featuring Lena K Gardner and Rev. Mykal Slack to learn more about our BLUU Beloveds membership structure. #MyBlackisBLUUpic.twitter.com/MROFVLQWSn
Host a Babies & Bailouts panel watch party and donation drive! http://Blacklivesuu.com/babies pic.twitter.com/uzlwJZri8V
On the 4th Wed of each month thru Sept, we will host a series of discussions with one of BLUU's 7 Principles of Black Lives as the primary focus and along with featured guests! These are Black Sacred Space. Join our closed FB group to be part of the convo http://Facebook.com/groups/BLUUExplicitlyBlack …pic.twitter.com/f1nu5CWrX4
#MyBlackisBLUU: Membership and Organizational Growth Announcement https://buff.ly/2TEiE5e pic.twitter.com/dwaj4r2BZy
#MyBlackisBLUU: Membership and Organizational Growth Announcement https://buff.ly/2TEiE5e It is in a spirit of love and liberation that we are proud to announce the launch of our BLUU Beloveds and share with you all of the hard work we’ve done to establish our independence!pic.twitter.com/jnULLNQJjR
We’re calling on Black UU and UU-adjacent folks to host a #EndMoneyBail watch party and donation drive for Black mamas, caretakers, and LGBT people. Sign up today! http://Blacklivesuu.com/babies pic.twitter.com/5meNXY5PuD
Support the work of this month's #BLUUSupports designee @MPJInstitute today! The Marsha P. Johnson Institute is a community organization working to protect and defend the human rights of transgender and gender non conforming communities. http://bit.ly/supportmpji pic.twitter.com/K1GgzxqakH
"In the spirit of ensuring we do not speak over those most harmed by this article...we share a letter written by BLUU OC Board Member & Community Minister for Worship & Spiritual Care, Rev. Mykal Slack which was sent to UUA and UU World leadership today." https://medium.com/@BlackLivesUU/reflections-in-the-aftermath-of-the-uu-world-article-3c33481c6513 …pic.twitter.com/oLxlGZebMJ
Have you taken our short survey? We’re calling on all UUs to complete this survey today to help our work! http://bit.ly/bluuembsurvey
For International Women's Day, we're calling on Black UUs to sign up for the #BLUUMicro30 Spring project, Babies & Bailouts to amplify the voices & stories incarcerated women & their families & gather much needed resources for them! Find out more at http://blacklivesuu.com/babies pic.twitter.com/Pl2ksiR84w
Sometimes it's easy to get overwhelmed by the big picture. What tools and strategies do you use to achieve your goals?pic.twitter.com/yy2V7MUoSp
As part of our ongoing work to support and bring Unitarian Universalists into broader End Money Bail organizing, we are seeking your feedback! Your experiences, questions and suggestions will inform our content creation. http://bit.ly/bluuembsurvey pic.twitter.com/WIuTwCZyqQ
The month for Women’s History Month, we honor and lift up the work of @MPJInstitute The mission of MPJI is to create a crucial entry point for Black trans women and gender non-conforming femmes. Find out more on the #BLUUSupports designee and support at http://blacklivesuu.com/bluusupports pic.twitter.com/qPzuk7Bd18
Many African-Americans don’t want to get into farming because of its painful history, but a new generation is making the land their own. "When you can go out and create something, that’s true freedom to me.” https://buff.ly/2SyhkeE pic.twitter.com/Sffe6MzAt0
Learn more about this month's #BLUUSupports designee, @PropheticCenter's certificate program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_3KAGG0hXc …
We're indebted to Dr. Bill Jenkins. Without his relentless drive, we wouldn't have been aware of the atrocity that was the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment which was performed on Black men without their knowledge. Dr. Jenkins passed at the age of 73 on 2/17. https://buff.ly/2tC1FkH pic.twitter.com/acpGLGVvaJ
Sign up ends tonight 10pm ET. This is a sacred Black space. http://bit.ly/bluusalon pic.twitter.com/86N6LCuMlL
"...these five amazing women and nonbinary femmes—driving change, in their own voices and on their own terms." https://buff.ly/2GH8lq6 pic.twitter.com/pyxlAYXlzt
The National Bail Out Collective is trying to reach at least 1,000 people who've been impacted by the bail industry, to help them write about how love, not bail, has gotten people out time and time again. Will you take and/or share the survey? http://bit.ly/NationalBailSurvey …pic.twitter.com/X75FRfN7m4
Call for submissions: We are looking for art, writing, sermons, dance any piece that expresses your truth in being a Black UU for an e-zine for the Black UU living history project.pic.twitter.com/Pfi3hrgRru
"Three years before the Stonewall Riots lit the flame of the LGBTQ+ Movement, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of 1966 poured the lighter fluid on the pavement." https://buff.ly/2SnUdn4 pic.twitter.com/BYfzmunQ3S
"Marie Laveau emerged as the Queen of Voodoo while still a devout Catholic. Her clever alignment with the Catholic Church enabled her to also exercise the religion of her ancestors, despite the law’s demonization of African religions." https://buff.ly/2NpfFaD pic.twitter.com/lhzMTr5MZK
Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator. Why has history left out this piece of Rosa Parks' story? https://buff.ly/2XlfXDZ pic.twitter.com/aVcd7dFX3X
"The Underground Railroad ran south as well as north. For slaves in Texas, refuge in Canada must have seemed impossibly far away. Fortunately, slavery was also illegal in Mexico... 5,000 to 10,000 people escaped from bondage into Mexico." https://buff.ly/2X4wI65 pic.twitter.com/xYJOGLO0Gc
Check out BLUU ED Lena K Gardner on the VUU https://www.facebook.com/CLFUU/videos/1474724405991969/ …
"As we commemorate this BHM … let us celebrate the magic of intersection— of living black and disabled— and being inclusive of the accomplishments of countless African American contemporaries...living with disabilities and making history every day." https://buff.ly/2S1lTy5 pic.twitter.com/gYveAsP3IW
Make sure to check out @CLFUU's The VUU this Thursday Feb 21st at 11 am ET. BLUU Executive Director, Lena K. Gardner, will be speaking about the 2019 Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium and what's next with BLUU!pic.twitter.com/brRq7ta8fA
#BlackHistoryNow featuring co-editor of the #BlackTransPrayerBook, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi. https://buff.ly/2UL8tId pic.twitter.com/BeVIlEqT9I
"One group of trailblazing black people we don’t talk about enough is black trans people. Black trans people have undeniably been making black history, and that history doesn’t start and end with Marsha P. Johnson at the Stonewall Inn." https://buff.ly/2GobPhc pic.twitter.com/PaafNuhje7
"To us, ancestors can be biological, spiritual, genetical, and historical! Bessie Smith, Blues Singer and Musician, was chosen as a representative ancestor." Check out this vignette about Smith written by #BLUUMicro30 regional team lead, Helena Showell! https://buff.ly/2WKHGgW pic.twitter.com/gjAb7PdbZ2
"...This month should also speak to Afro-Cubans in Miami and Afro-Mexicans in California...Often forgotten, let us focus also on highlighting those of mixed-heritage whose stories speak crucially about intersectional identities." https://buff.ly/2X9DGH8 pic.twitter.com/Rm2cPtSljB
"Often descended from enslaved midwives, midwives in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries were typically African-American women who learned the trade from their mothers." Read the story of Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden of Black Mountain. https://buff.ly/2SJkyQD pic.twitter.com/Bi3picQVAA
@LeslieMac of the BLUU Organizing Collective board was featured in @Essence Magazine's #BlackHistoryNow series! Find out more about her amazing story and work below. https://www.essence.com/black-history-month-2019/leslie-mac-grassroots-organizer-connector-facilitator-and-advocate/ …
From Scott Joplin to Florence Price, the music of these brilliant composers has too long been neglected in Western classical music tradition. In BHM, we’re celebrating the most famous and influential black composers in classical music history. https://buff.ly/2SedNHk pic.twitter.com/9AgEGTjm4I
"In June of 1897, the all-black company of the 25th Mobile Infantry...embarked on a journey across America’s heartland... Their trek would span 41 days and 1,900 miles." Find out more: https://buff.ly/2BiqMx2 https://youtu.be/yNnTSD219GA pic.twitter.com/vTqAG9xJvS
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