Zoom Documentary Discussion
A Class Divided
7pm on Friday, October 9th

Watch the documentary A Class Divided on your own and then join a virtual discussion on Zoom!

The film profiles the Iowa schoolteacher Jane Elliott and her class of third graders, who took part in a class exercise about discrimination and prejudice in 1970 and reunited as adults to recall the experience.

Here is a link to where you can watch it for free. https://youtu.be/1mcCLm_LwpE
This event is open to all who are open to all and is not restricted to Atlanta or the United States. Feel free to invite anyone you think may be interested in joining our discussion. Please allow others to get their full thought out and that any disagreement is voiced in a civil way. At the end we will decide together the topic for the next month’s film.

Please email Adam Hicks bryantadamhicks@gmail.com to be added to the email list. That way you will be able to receive updates on future events as well as the zoom link and password, which will be sent out the morning of the discussion.

NWUUC Book Groupies
 

The NWUUC Book Groupies will not be meeting in September but we will resume our monthly meetings, now on Zoom, at 7 pm on Tuesday, October 13th, to discuss White Fragility, the NY Times best seller by Robin DiAngelo and published by our UU Beacon Press. “DiAngelo explores how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.” This is a short book so, for extra “credit” or if you have already read it, we are recommending Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a memoir developed through a series of letters from the author to his son. This is an exceptional book written in Coates’s usual insightful style. 
 

UUCA Men’s Retreat at The Mountain-October 23 – 25

You are invited to join your fellow UUCA men as they gather spaciously for their annual Fall Retreat at The Mountain. Fresh air, open vistas, hiking, time in nature and brotherhood awaits you.  This weekend promises to be an enjoyable time during the peak Fall season in the NC mountains. 
 
The Mountain is following all best practices for keeping our guests healthy during this time. The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center remains vigilant about offering a safe and hospitable experience. COVID-19 health measures can be found on their website.
 
Registration Fee includes: Lodging, meals including dinner on arrival through lunch on departure and use of assigned facilities.

​Cost: $190 per person
Note: In The Mountain’s efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus every participant will be given their own private bedroom, unless you inform us of the desire to be paired with another attendee as roommates. There is no additional cost for this private room upgrade.  
 
To register, click on this LINK.  For more information, contact Sven Lovegren: sven.lovegren@uuca.org

The Mountain, our UU Retreat and Learning Center outside Highlands, NC, is a wonderful resource during this pandemic time of isolation, etc. Please consider supporting their programs, some virtual, some on the mountaintop!

Understand White Privilege and Become an Anti-Racist 
Sep 23 – Oct 28
 

The Mountain, our UU Retreat and Learning Center outside Highlands, NC, is a wonderful resource during this pandemic times of isolation, etc, Please consider supporting their programs, some virtual, some on the mountaintop! I am taking the Understand White Privilege and Become an Anti-Racist which started September 23. There are 62 people taking this Zoom seminar and there is room for more  so you can still sign up. -Penny

A Six-Week Series on Wednesdays from 12 noon – 1:30 
Acquire guidance and answers to these questions and more:
• What is white privilege?

• Why is it so difficult for white people to talk about racism and how can we do better?

• What is the difference between a racist, a non-racist and an anti-racist?

• How can each one of us authentically become an anti-racist?