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Adult Learning Discussions
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We commit to lifelong learning and spiritual practice that enriches our lives and those around us. Throughout the year, we may offer this content in various formats such as workshop, retreat, forum or discussion group.
Our adult lifelong learning classes and workshops are led by expert volunteers, staff and outside guests. To register for adult learning exploration classes you may sign up online, or contact the class facilitator or our Program Ministry staff. UU Santa Fe Adult lifelong learning is a cooperative adventure. If you would like to facilitate a program, contact our Program Ministry staff. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.―Mahatma Gandhi |
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LEARNING
Webinar Series
Centered in UUA Principles
Monthly through November
Monthly through November
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Each webinar will be led by Kimi Floyd Reisch. Each session will include a 45 to 60 minute presentation with 30 minutes for questions and comments after the presentation. Register for the webinar at RSVP Church.
Thursday, July 20: Mistakes and Miracles, Lessons from the UUA Common Read
This webinar and discussion will highlight the 2023 UUA Common Read, Mistakes and Miracles by Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin. We will highlight how reflecting on complicated history can lead to hope. What is in the DNA of this congregation that allows it to thrive and sustain hope? How do we continue to lead toward transformation? (Second session will be held August 3 to complete the final two discussions of the UUA outline on the book)
Thursday, August 17: All About the Bees
This webinar will highlight National Honeybee Day (August 20) and the ecological impacts of humanity on the planet. Participants will be guided through twelve steps to reduce our individual environmental impact and learn about companies who are building their entire business model on doing better in as many ways and places as possible. Efforts to make positive changes at UU Santa Fe will be highlighted. (6th Principle - Improve the Global Community)
Thursday, September 21: The Bracero Program and Immigration/Migration
This webinar will discuss the Bracero program and how this nation has ignored the history of how Mexican and Central American workers helped build the United States, beginning hundreds of years before there was a United States. It will highlight the deep diversity of people and culture that came via migrant workers, and challenge all to consider how quotas and other limitations have made legal immigration a policy rooted in inequality in the United States. (7th Principle - Respect our Interdependence)
Thursday, October 19: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and the Legacy of Trauma
This webinar will unpack how Adverse Childhood Experiences lead to a lifetime of trauma that can be handed down, generation after generation. It will explore how violence in the home (verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual) can transform our DNA. 61% of adults in the United States have experienced at least one type of ACE before they turned 18, and 1 in 6 adults report that they have experienced four or more. Women, LGBTQ+ people, and people who are not white are significantly more likely to be impacted.
Thursday, November 16: Art, Othering, Democracy, and Resistance
This webinar will consider how art influences our views of the world. It will explore the role of Renaissance artists in framing the Christian narrative, to the art of Jim Crow contained in the Museum of Racist Artifacts, and how political cartoons influence views on modern issues. It will also touch on writing, and how writers include their world view in their words, and the potential impact this has on how we think. (5th Principle - Support Democracy)
No webinar scheduled in December. Happy Holidays!
Thursday, July 20: Mistakes and Miracles, Lessons from the UUA Common Read
This webinar and discussion will highlight the 2023 UUA Common Read, Mistakes and Miracles by Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin. We will highlight how reflecting on complicated history can lead to hope. What is in the DNA of this congregation that allows it to thrive and sustain hope? How do we continue to lead toward transformation? (Second session will be held August 3 to complete the final two discussions of the UUA outline on the book)
Thursday, August 17: All About the Bees
This webinar will highlight National Honeybee Day (August 20) and the ecological impacts of humanity on the planet. Participants will be guided through twelve steps to reduce our individual environmental impact and learn about companies who are building their entire business model on doing better in as many ways and places as possible. Efforts to make positive changes at UU Santa Fe will be highlighted. (6th Principle - Improve the Global Community)
Thursday, September 21: The Bracero Program and Immigration/Migration
This webinar will discuss the Bracero program and how this nation has ignored the history of how Mexican and Central American workers helped build the United States, beginning hundreds of years before there was a United States. It will highlight the deep diversity of people and culture that came via migrant workers, and challenge all to consider how quotas and other limitations have made legal immigration a policy rooted in inequality in the United States. (7th Principle - Respect our Interdependence)
Thursday, October 19: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and the Legacy of Trauma
This webinar will unpack how Adverse Childhood Experiences lead to a lifetime of trauma that can be handed down, generation after generation. It will explore how violence in the home (verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual) can transform our DNA. 61% of adults in the United States have experienced at least one type of ACE before they turned 18, and 1 in 6 adults report that they have experienced four or more. Women, LGBTQ+ people, and people who are not white are significantly more likely to be impacted.
Thursday, November 16: Art, Othering, Democracy, and Resistance
This webinar will consider how art influences our views of the world. It will explore the role of Renaissance artists in framing the Christian narrative, to the art of Jim Crow contained in the Museum of Racist Artifacts, and how political cartoons influence views on modern issues. It will also touch on writing, and how writers include their world view in their words, and the potential impact this has on how we think. (5th Principle - Support Democracy)
No webinar scheduled in December. Happy Holidays!
Our Adult Library
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Harriet Kidder Memorial Library
Visit the UU Santa Fe Harriet Kidder Memorial adult library to check out print materials on a variety of topics. Checkout is simple—write down the title, your name, phone/email and date you checked material out on our clipboard. Keep it as long as you need it then bring it back. It's simple. Our Permanent Endowment Committee and voting members granted the Harriet Kidder and our Children's Library collections with a 2021 grant. New titles coming soon! |