Film: “Dear White People”

Soup at 6:30 p.m.
Popcorn and movie at 7:00 p.m.
Followed by conversation and community

This 2014 satiric film reveals the reactions of an elite college community to a radio show “Dear White People” and the commentary “Ebony & Ivy” created by an undergraduate student who seeks to raise the consciousness of her school, and the complicated and comical responses of her classmates, professors and the college administration. The film premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival.

Note: This film is rated “R.” Parents of teenagers may want to consult reviews and other opinions before bringing their teen-aged children.

 

40 Days of #BlackLivesMatter
January 15-February 23, 2016
First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
(Universalist & Unitarian)

From the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to the birthday of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, First Unitarian Church of Baltimore will mark #BlackLivesMatter in our community. Each day, we will offer one opportunity to engage in study and reflection, direct service, or public witness to our aspirations to be transformed as a whole people on a journey together.

“Forty” is an image drawn from Hebrew tradition to signify a very long time. The story is told of a deluge lasting forty days and forty nights, during which a faithful remnant of living beings, gathered by Noah, brought forward a transformed life of the whole planet. The followers of Moses were said to have wandered in the wilderness for forty years as a part of their journey toward liberation. The prophet Jesus of Nazareth was said to have spent forty days in the wilderness fasting before he was fully prepared to engage his public ministry to the good news of a transformed and transforming way of being in the world, a way of healing and community building, of teaching and justice making. We look forward to the changes in our identity, relationships and effectiveness in the world that will come from periods of concentrated spiritual activity.