Another 9/11
Like many people, I became the public adult that I am while undergoing the life changes of leaving home to go to college, being graduated...
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Remembering 9/11
Remembering 9/11 The Manhasset Clergy Association held its annual remembrance of the attacks on the world Trade Center on September 11,...
Soulful Sundown Poetry-September 2023
“Shadow Play” Here is a poem that was included in this month’s Soulful Sundown. It originally appeared in Poetry, January 1987....
UUA Article II Proposal
September 8, 2023 Dear Fellow Members of UUCSR, As most of you are aware, the proposed changes to Article ll of the UUA Bylaws passed the...
Meet New Tenor Section Leader/Soloist Brian Jeffers
Michael St. Peter, tenor section leader/soloist in the UUCSR choir moved back to hometown Chicago over the summer, and we are pleased to...
When To Contact a Minister
As we begin another congregational year, your ministers want you to know that we are here with you. Sometimes people have said that they...
LIAC is Hiring!
Long Island Area Council of UU Congregations (Liac) Is Hiring! Two new part-time positions are available to support the UU mission on Long...
Deep Ties to the Labor Movement
Labor Day
To quote Martin Luther King, “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and...
Veatch Grantee Beacon Press Releases Booklet on Book Bans
Recent years have brought about a resurgence of book censorship in cities and states across the United States. Veatch grantee Beacon Press...
Founder of Veatch Grantee Public Religion Research Institute Releases New Book on White Nationalism
This week, Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of Veatch grantee Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), released his latest book,...
The web of life is truly amazing!
This week at UUCSR, Karen Uresk from Seatuck Environmental Association gave our interns an in field study of the varied life under the...
Newsday asked, “What is it like to lead a new congregation?”
Asking the Clergy: What is it like to lead a new congregation? From left, Rabbi Rishe Groner, The Rev. Wendy C. Modeste, The Rev. Israel...
Our Topsoil
One of the earth’s valuable resources is its topsoil. “Globally, the soil contains over 3,000 gigatons of carbon, about four times the...
Join Reclaim Our Vote
Reclaim Our Vote (ROV) is a project of the not for profit, nonpartisan organization, Center for Common Ground (CCG) based in Virginia. ROV...
Work-ism
I read a recent article in The Atlantic which noted that about 40 million Americans, 12 percent of the population, had stopped going to...
Bees
Bee is derived from the Old English “ben” meaning “a prayer, a favor.” By the late eighteen century, “bee” has...
Additional Reading — Executive Transitions
Recent research supports what Veatch has learned from our own grantees — that women and people of color leading social justice...
Veatch Governors Visit D.C.-Area Grantees
Every year a delegation led by the Veatch Board of Governors (VBOG) visits with local Veatch grantees and learns more about their work...
Current Environmentalism
Restoration and revival is 21st Century environmentalism. This means managing eco-system diversity. For example, feral horses degrade...
ReWild on Attack
Congregant Claudia Barbey helps Rewild students pull a massive porcelain berry plant from an area at UUCSR recently planted with native...
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