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Who is Black History Month for?

The actor, author, and everybody’s first choice to narrate their biopic, Morgan Freeman, once said, “I don’t want a Black History Month. Black History is American History.” Black History Month I remember first learning about Black History Month as a kid and wondering how it made African Americans feel. By that time, I had marched [...]

Who is Black History Month for?

Our Mr. Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson is probably the most famous thinker of our Unitarian Universalist tradition, with the possible exception of his friend, Henry Thoreau. “In this refulgent summer, it has been a luxury to draw the breath of life.” So begins Emerson’s Address to the Harvard Divinity School on July 15, 1838, when Emerson was [...]

Our Mr. Emerson

Grocery cards and fair trade sale

UUCNH benefits from you buying Giant Eagle and/or Kuhn’s Gift Cards at no extra expense to you! Both stores donate $5 to UUCNH for every $100 of gift card value sold. Mother Earth and small-scale farmers benefit when you buy Equal Exchange Fair Trade Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate. Due to the pandemic the grocery cards normally sold on Sundays at [...]

Grocery cards and fair trade sale

Active Hope

I have long thought that climate change is the most important, and most urgent issue facing us. As it has become less of a future threat and more of a present reality, I have worked on finding hope in this grim scenario. When Rev. Michael Dowd spoke to us in the fall, he presented [...]

Active Hope

February Share the Plate

The February Share the Plate recipient will be Hello Neighbor.  Hello Neighbor works to improve the lives of recently resettled refugee families by matching them with dedicated neighbors to guide and support them in their new lives. Since 2017, Hello Neighbor has provided support to over 800 refugees and immigrants from more than 17 countries [...]

February Share the Plate

Reducing, Reusing, Recycling

Bringing a reusable rather than a disposable What It Takes:  Easy/Medium – Planning Ahead If you already own the reusable, then bring it along. If you don’t own a reusable version, then you need to consider the number of times you will use the item.  Then decide if a reusable makes more sense than [...]

Reducing, Reusing, Recycling
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