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Cover March 24, 2024

Guest Preacher: Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika
"America In 2050: An Inflection Point In  History?"
Sunday, March 24th

Dr. Sanyika "Baba" is a recognized scholar-activist with over 60 years of experience as an activist, planner, professor and researcher. He has been active in many of the major social movements of the 20th century including Civil Rights, Peace, Ecology, Black consciousness, Black conventions, Panafrican, Million Man March and New Independent Politics       

During the latter half of the 20th century, he was the National leader of the racial justice movement in the Unitarian- Universalist Church (BUUC and BAC) and led the Exodus(exit) from the church of 1599 Black members over funding disputes and irreconcilable cultural/racial/spiritual differences. He went on to develop the first modern day concept of "Black Humanism," and assisted in founding the first Black Humanist Fellowship (BHF) in the country.

He has taught at 12 universities, such as Harvard, MIT, CAL, Dillard, TSU, Starr-King and O.U.T. in Africa. His disciplines have ranged from Political Science, African World Studies, Urban Planning, Community Development, Participatory/Sustainable Economics to Social Theology. His students include public intellectuals Dr. Cornell West, Theologian Dr. Dwight Hopkins, Attorney Lani Guinier.

Dr. Sanyika has authored 70 articles, studies, commentaries, manuals and critiques, and has authored 4 book chapters.

Additionally, Baba  has worked with almost all of the major leaders of the Black freedom movement including Dr. King, John Lewis, Marion Barry, Stokeley Carmichael, Shirley Chisolm, Dick Gregory, Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Susan Taylor, Amiri Baraka, Barbara Lee and Mayor Richard Hatcher, and many others, He has travelled to all regions of the world and is a frequent speaker or consultant at conferences and events. His special interest is transmitting his lessons and learnings from his last 8 decades to future leaders and generations in preparation for the multi-cultural democracy of the future..               


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U-Bar-U Spring Retreat
Plan to come. Register now!
Mar 23-25

Weekend retreat for all ages in the Texas Hill Country.  Great for families!

When?
March 23 (Saturday begins at lunch)- March 25 (ends mid-morning Monday). HISD is off on Monday, March 25, making it a great weekend to get away.
Who? Everyone from our church
What?  Share meals together, join in singing favorite tunes or playing instruments, go on exploring hikes, learn about the sky at a Star Party, play board games or do a puzzle, lead or go to a workshop - could be on writing poetry, studying ants or learning to crochet, make new friends or spend time deepening your friendship with those you've known a while AND share something in the Talent/no-Talent show!
Where? UBarU Camp and Retreat Center - near Kerrville, TX

https://www.ubaru.org/

Cost & How to register?
Cost per person (includes workshops, sleeping spaces and these meals: dinner on Friday, 3 meals Saturday, breakfast Sunday). $150 for adults/teens and $100 for children up to 11 years.    We don't want families to NOT come due to inability to afford the fee. Partial scholarships are available upon request through First UU, contact: carol@firstuu.org.
REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/5aSfX8qEm1z8cGp98

We can set up a rental van if there is enough interest: there's a separate cost for group transportation.