This week’s Pep talk came a little late. honestly, it has been a hard week. but that’s OK. It’s OK to not be OK. Let’s get through this together.

Sometimes it is nice to go outside and move around to help with nervous and anxious energy. as we approach the Election, Alex has gone to the cemetery to contemplate those who went before us.

It’s Indigenous Peoples Day. Today (and every day) is a good day to learn about the people who lived and steward the land before colonial invasion. Here are some resources.

Here are some helpful resources to make sure you vote safely.

Hello My Lovelies! Remember that the wild fires are part of the Web of All Existance of which we are all a part. So how do we make meaning of increasingly large fires. And what can we do to help?

This week is the High Holy Days of the Jewish Calendar- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These days recognize the Jewish New Year and Days of Atonement. learn about these important days as well as the lived experiences of some Jewish Unitarian Universalists.

Please note this video was recorded a few days before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah.

Solidarity forever folks! Here are some ways that you can celebrate Labor Day today and every day!

Pete Seeger sings Woody Guthrie Labor Songs- https://youtu.be/wTVq6X360Xo
Melvina Reynolds sings “Carolina Cotton Mill Song” https://youtu.be/5wcmUxZLvE4
“Click Clack Moo: The Cows that Type” by Doreen Cronin https://bookshop.org/books/click-clac…
The 1946 Oakland General Strike- https://localwiki.org/oakland/1946_Oa….
The 2013 BART Strike-
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n…
Donate to Jobs with Justice for safer jobs today- https://www.jwj.org/
Write Thank You letters to local essential workers- Firefighters, Grocery Stores, Postal Workers, Hospital Employees, Etc.

Post below how you celebrated Labor Day this week!

It’s a new month and a new church year. Interim Director of Religious Education at the UU Churches in Livermore and Oakland give you a pep talk for the next week. And he wants to hear about your summer. What was fun? What was hard? Share below or email at

InterimDRE@UUCiL.org
Alex@UUOakland.org

Rev. Ellie talks with us this week about Thanksgiving in 2020. Finding gratitude and significance while also acknowledging the grief and lack of normalcy we are all experiencing collectively.