This month’s service features a sermon by Joyce Kinnear and her topic is “Immigration/living in another culture – Being welcoming”
Joyce and her husband Scott are long time Unitarians who have lived in Panama for the past few years and have recently moved to Mexico; they used to live in Castro Valley, California.
I Before We Except Overseas – Tracing The Roots Of Our Multi-Century Identity Crisis
Most cultures of European descent cultivate individual identity more than other cultures of the world. We have to go back 60, or 100, or perhaps 300 years to find the roots of our contemporary debates over the role of identity in our society. One intriguing theory is that this focus on individual identity has been intentional and has a distinct purpose. This talk will look at some theories that help explain how we have ended up with increasingly destabilizing disagreements about culture and politics in North America and Europe.
Aligning the efforts and successes of past Unitarian leaders with our efforts today, provides inspiration and lessons for each of us.
The Reverend Rick Davis talks about American Unitarian Rev. Samuel Joseph May who during the nineteenth century championed education, women’s rights, and abolition of slavery.
Aligning the efforts and successes of past Unitarian leaders, continues to provide inspiration and lessons for each of us.
In these session (origionally presented on Feb 13, 2024) our three presenters discus the ways in which our two Supreme Courts are appointed and some of the major issues with which they deal. The decisions of these courts have powerful and sometimes unexpected effects on all our lives.
FACILITATOR BIOS:
Nils and Joyce (husband & wife who live in Port Townsend, WA) have offered SCOTUS overview courses for their county library for the past three years, as well as a book study of The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero. For several years before that, they offered historical and topical overviews of the Supreme Court through the local UU fellowship’s adult education program, their county library and two local Community Colleges.
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Nils Pedersen is a retired patent attorney and newly-admitted member of the WA State Bar. His current legal interest is estate law and end-of-life legal planning.
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Joyce Francis is a retired international relations professor and long-time organizer and facilitator of adult-education programs. She is also a member of NAUA’s Academy Advisory Board.Speakers:
Anthony (Tony) Carfagnini began practicing law in 1979 and carried on a corporate commercial, real estate, wills and estates and aboriginal law practice.ony’s professional interests and experience include business law, corporate governance, indigenous consultation and resource development, and privacy law. For over 40 years he acted as legal counsel to a number of First Nations and indigenous organizations engaged in child welfare, medical services, political advocacy, renewable energy projects, forestry and economic development.