Category Archives: Indigenous

Preserve Indigenous Culture in the South Pacific

by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti DRUUMM, BLUU, EqUUal Access, UUMA, AUUMM, LREDA, UUMFE and other UU professional and affinity groups have joined together to support UUSC efforts at responding to climate change impacts in the South Pacific. In the economically modest Pacific island nation of Kiribati, UUSC partners with grassroots activists in Te Toa Matoa, a […]

The Peace We Seek-It’s Indigenous! by Rev. Petra Thombs

Last month I was invited to preach at my Alma Mata Union Theological Seminary for Indigenous Peoples Day. I eagerly accepted, but found there was a challenge: the topic was peace. I had to pause for a moment. Peace! In the context of being indigenous and struggling to connect with my own ancestry peace is […]

#UULent #Loss by Jake Hearen

My senior year of undergrad began with losing my mother to cancers—yes, plural—followed by other losses that year as well, both tangible and not. Creative writing has not only been a way to pass my free time but also a means to process difficulties that I am faced with. That year’s NaNoWriMo was called The […]