June 4, 2020 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Hosted by Rev. Bill Breeden (Mondays) and Rev. Florence Caplow (Thursdays) Mondays and Thursdays, 5:30 pm On Monday and Thursday nights, we will offer an hour on Zoom for anyone to call in and find a moment of calm and renewal, with an opening reading, brief check in, sharing of joys and sorrows, and short […]
June 7, 2020 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Last July, the Immigration Task Force of the Social Action Committee (IJTF) agreed to respond to a call by Three Spinners to provide hospitality and emergency refuge for our immigrant friends and neighbors who feel threatened when the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) is in town. To help ensure we would have the support of our […]
June 7, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – The following Zoom Meetings are scheduled to give the congregation the opportunity to be heard. With the Annual Meeting scheduled for June 14th on-line, these are opportunities to discuss both the logistics of the meeting, as well as the items coming up for a vote. Note the time for the Annual Meeting: from 1 pm […]
June 7, 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Join others in responding to the Call To Action by the national Showing Up For Racial Justice network to #EndWhiteSilence on issues of racial injustice, specifically police brutality. Calling white folks to make a commitment to (or to have already) talked to bosses, coworkers, representatives, friends, family to come with signs that say #endwhitesilence What […]
June 7, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Join us as we discuss real solutions to racial oppression. The Ubuntu Project is a coalition of Black activists, intellectuals, and politicians in Central Illinois. Moderator: Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Carle Illinois College of Medicine Panelists: Dr. Ashley Howard, Department of History, University of Iowa Professor Lou Turner, Department of […]
June 8, 2020 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Hosted by Rev. Bill Breeden (Mondays) and Rev. Florence Caplow (Thursdays) Mondays and Thursdays, 5:30 pm On Monday and Thursday nights, we will offer an hour on Zoom for anyone to call in and find a moment of calm and renewal, with an opening reading, brief check in, sharing of joys and sorrows, and short […]
June 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – National SURJ is having a webinar tonight at 7pm CST called White People’s Work to End Racism. This is a webinar especially for folks who are newer to racial justice work as well as folks doing the work of bringing new white folks in. White people have an important role and responsibility for being part of a […]
June 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Geared for people doing the work of base-building and bringing new white folks into the work for racial justice. It is for people doing organizing to learn the importance of recruiting new people right now, moving them to action, and retaining them for the long haul. To register go to: https://forms.gle/RAJuZ1dnjmgaWHFE8
June 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The following Zoom Meetings are scheduled to give the congregation the opportunity to be heard. With the Annual Meeting scheduled for June 14th on-line, these are opportunities to discuss both the logistics of the meeting, as well as the items coming up for a vote. Note the time for the Annual Meeting: from 1 pm […]