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SUMMARY:August Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:We’re back and so are our Office Hours! \nOffice Hours are a great\, low-pressure way to get to know the BLUU team and to ask questions about BLUU’s work. Join us for August Office Hours and catch up with our Program Manager for Community Engagement. Learn about their plans for BLUU’s virtual events this church year and get more information about how you can get involved.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/august-office-hours/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Connection,Members
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SUMMARY:Releasing Respectability: Embracing Self-Determination (A Black August Event)
DESCRIPTION:What’s Black August\, and why is it important we don’t forget it? What makes challenging respectability a crucial requirement of aligning with Black freedom fighters?  \nOur special guest speaker for this Black August program is Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart. Let’s gather together for a time of learning\, reflection\, and connection. \nThis event is open to the public and people across all racial identities. We encourage BLUU partners and supporters to join us for this important discussion.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/releasing-respectability-embracing-self-determination-a-black-august-event/
CATEGORIES:Members,Social Justice & Activism
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SUMMARY:Verses: A Celebration of Self! (Meet us By the Fire)
DESCRIPTION:BLUU is back with another incredible Meet Us by the Fire virtual gathering — Verses: A Celebration of Self! This is not a typical rap battle; it’s you vs. you. For this\, we’re putting pen to paper OR freestyling a verse celebrating ourselves. Join us in Black sacred space for another creative evening by our virtual fire.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/verses-a-celebration-of-self-meet-us-by-the-fire/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Connection,Members
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SUMMARY:Troublin’ the Water (BLUU Homecoming Service)
DESCRIPTION:During the first worship service of September\, as UU’s\, we celebrate the beginning of a new “Church Year\, ” known as Homecoming or Ingathering.  It is a time to reconnect with our community of Beloveds. It is a time to reach out to  those we have lost contact with and check on them and extend invitations to return “home”. In September\, we also focus on our connection to our ancestors. In many of our traditions\, the fall is a time when the “veil” between our reality and the “unseen” world thins. This thinning of the “veil” allows us increased access to our ancestors. \nLiturgically\, September is also a period of transition where we acknowledge the realities of our death and re-birth in the African Diaspora through the horrors of Colonialism and the Middle Passage . In September we honor the element of water for its entangled significance to our story of faith\, culture\, wisdom\, and thriving. We do this through our unique approach to Water Communion. \nBring Materials to Virtual Worship (Optional):\nFor our BLUU Water Communion we invite all attendees to bring with them or gather materials to participate in our water communion ritual.  Materials: 2 clean vessels. One of the vessels should have drinkable water in it. The other should be empty. The vessels should be good for pouring from one to the other.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/troublin-the-water-bluu-homecoming-service/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Worship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T190000
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SUMMARY:New 2 BLUU
DESCRIPTION:This community session invites new or returning BLUU Beloved members as well as people interested in becoming a BLUU Beloved to learn more about BLUU and how to get involved.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/new-2-bluu-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Connection,Members
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SUMMARY:BLUU Book Club (Incantations for Rest: Poems\, Meditations\, and Other Magic)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of our new book club! During September and October\, we’ll do a deep dive into “Incantations for Rest” Poems\, Meditations\, and Other Magic” by BLUU Beloved\, Atena O. Danner.  \nThis book club is especially for people who like to take their time reading a text. We’ll meet for an hour once a week for seven weeks to discuss themes related to our reading. You do not need to attend every session to join us for the next one. Come when you can! \nAll BLUU Beloveds will receive an email with a 30% discount code.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/bluu-book-club-incantations-for-rest-poems-meditations-and-other-magic/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Connection,Members
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SUMMARY:Playground Chronicles
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by Audre Lorde’s essay “Uses of the Erotic”\, Playground Chronicles is a two-part series of communal gatherings to explore the power of remembering and understanding play as a form of spiritual pleasure. Come ready to explore your child-like wonder\, memories of play\, and when\, where\, and how you create opportunities to say yes to play & creativity.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/playground-chronicles/
CATEGORIES:Community Connection,Members
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SUMMARY:September Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Office Hours are an intentional\, yet informal\, way to get to know more about BLUU’s work and to get to know the people behind BLUU’s work. \nThis month\, join Katie\, BLUU’s Communications Manager\, to chat about all things BLUU\, including BLUU’s new digital gathering space on Mighty Networks.
URL:https://blacklivesuu.org/event/september-office-hours/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Connection,Members
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