FYI: Teleseminar - Monday, April 28

To those interested - a teleseminar directly related to our Spring Seminar for anyone to participate in. Please email office@uu-uno.org for phone-in instructions and access code. Thanks!
Building a Culture of Peace:
How Can UUs Lead the Way?
You are warmly invited to join in a series of informal discussions by teleconference featuring noted UU leaders and scholars, [...]

Long awaited poetry from David Williams!

Without further ado…

A Homily by Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull

Please find below the homily given by Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull at the worship service on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
“Peace Work”
A Homily by Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
UU-UNO Intergenerational Seminar
New York, NY
April 5, 2008
It’s good to be here. It’s good to be here with you as we think, speak, plan, strategize, worship, sing, sleep a few [...]

Beautiful sermon about the Spring Seminar

Almost everyone at Spring Seminar must have seen a man walking around the seminar, crouching behind seated people, perching on the sides of the stage, and popping up in other areas with a giant camera lens, documenting our Spring Seminar with gorgeous photos. Unless you go to his church in Brooklyn, what you don’t know [...]

Facebook!

The UU-UNO has its own facebook group and a couple of others have created one as well as a follow-up to the Spring Seminar. Please check them out at:
UU-UNO - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210980722
Youth for Peace (started by Kelly Pryde and Christy Samuels): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24248153112
If anybody else has created groups on facebook, post them so people can join!

Suggested Resources for Building a Culture of Peace

Please find below a list of suggested resources from our Spring Seminar Committee! Feel free to add any other suggestions in the comments
Books
Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World…Samantha Power, 2008

The House at Sugar Beach … Helene Cooper, September 2008 … Liberian who fled to US with [...]

Day 3 Recap!

After a beautiful service in the Tillman Chapel, everyone reconvened to listen to a few more speakers and listen to some moving poetry by David Williams and a sing-a-long by Jean Rohe. Video will be posted soon and if you would like contact information for David Williams, please email office@uu-uno.org. 
Check out pictures from the last day of [...]

1st Day Recap

A great first day, everybody! You succesfully navigated registration and enjoyed a beautiful ingathering sermon by Janice Marie Johnson and an introduction to the seminar’s activities by co-chairs Jennifer Channin and Kasey Neiss. Bruce Knotts and Marilyn Mehr spoke briefly on the work of the UU-UNO and Zoya Craig introduced ideas for follow-up activities you can [...]

Welcome to Spring Seminar!

Welcome to the UU-UNO 2008 Intergenerational Spring Seminar - “Picking Up the Pieces: Building a Culture of Peace”!
Nearly 160 people have come together today to learn about creating a lasting peace. As you attend panels and have thoughtful discussions in your Touch Groups over the next few days, please continue to think about how you [...]