Let’s Face It, the Holidays are Hard Enough already. but this year is especially challenging. Let’s talk about it.
UU Oakland Holiday Grief Group-
National Suicide Prevention Hotline-suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Trans Life Line- translifeline.org
The Trevor Project -thetrevorproject.org
RAINN- rainn.org

Also I look at how our faith has prepared me for COVID through OUR WHOLE LIVES curriculum
https://www.uua.org/re/owl

Halloween, Day of the Dead, All Saint’s Day may be behind us. But our ancestors are still near. Alex offers a ritual for us to ask for those who have cared for us to support the work toward more growth, wholeness and safety.

*Please note flash paper should only be used by adults. please purchase flash paper from reputable sources.*

It’s approximately 24 hours before the polls start closing for the 2020 election. Folks are feeling a lot of different emotions right now. What do you do to help with your emotions? Alex offers some ideas of how to take care of yourself and others. And he offers some thoughts on risks of faith.

What are you doing in this time to prepare for the future? let us know in the comments below!

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!