Our previous two episodes gave us a firm grounding in both theological and historical ideas animating Unitarian Universalist thinking and actions in the fight against oppression and tyranny. With this episode 3, we move out into the world and into our communities. We seek to listen and learn how best to support the heroes and saints among us on the front lines of resistance and explore how we can take action in service of those least able to defend themselves against systemic injustice.
Our interview segment features Adrian Tirtanadi, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Open Door Legal. Open Door Legal has created an innovative place-based general practice to demonstrate that universal access to legal services is possible. In the first community that they served, homelessness dropped in half within a decade. In our State of the UUnion segmant, we travel to Baton Rouge Louisiana to visit with Rev Nathan Ryan, Senior Minister of The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge. We talk about gumbo, crepe myrtle trees and the importance of always including a cultural context in our dialogue with each other. We also have music from Francisco Hererra, a little comedy and poetry along with a final reflection from Rev Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister of First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco. As always, we invite you to come on in!
After listening, here are a few links to explore more about this episode:
Open Door Legal - https://opendoorlegal.org/
Open Door Legal Case Study - Citizenship and Safety After Fleeing El Salvador: https://youtu.be/oUCzxpKk6_g
SF Board of Supervisors:https://sfbos.org/roster-members
The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge - https://unitarianbr.org/
More about Bacon’s Rebellion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion
Paula Cole Jones - Community of Communities - https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/community-communities
The Tiger Club - www.tigerclubband.com
Francisco Herrera - https://franciscoherreramusic.com/
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