For twenty-five years, DRUUMM has recognized extraordinary leaders whose lives and ministries have helped build the Beloved Community within Unitarian Universalism. This year, we are honored to announce that the 2026 Mel Hoover Award for Beloved Community will be presented to two beloved ministers, mentors, and longtime DRUUMM leaders: Rev. Abhi Janamanchi and Rev. John […]
Category Archives: Membership
Beloveds, February is Love DRUUMM month. It is a season of remembering—of naming why DRUUMM exists, why BIPOC spiritual community matters, and, in this political moment, why how we choose to be together is itself a moral and theological act. Being part of a BIPOC collective is beautiful—and it is not easy. We do not […]
📅 Saturday, June 21, 2025 | 🕛 12:00 PM ET 📍 Baltimore Convention Center, Room 321–322 / 💻 Online via Zoom 🎟 RSVP at druumm.org/events All DRUUMM members—longtime supporters and first-time participants alike—are warmly invited to join us for our 2025 Annual Meeting, held in person and online as part of DRUUMM Village at General […]
Join the DRUUMM Steering Committee: A Call to Serve Our Beloved UU BIPOC Community DRUUMM has always been more than an organization—it is a spiritual home, a community of care, and a powerful force for justice within Unitarian Universalism. For many, DRUUMM is the first doorway into UUism or the place we return to when […]
Youth and Young Adults (YaYA) of Color have a long history in Unitarian Universalism. Over the last forty years our community has organized and developed around a desire for more meaningful, multicultural, and authentic faith formation and faith in action experiences in our liberal religious faith. Today we rise on the shoulders of ancestors who […]
Membership in DRUUMM is a voluntary commitment that signifies your alignment with our Code of Conduct. By joining or renewing your membership, you gain access to valuable resources and events and become an integral part of our community, where Black, Indigenous, and People of Color come together to affirm Unitarian Universalist principles. Here’s how to […]
As we continue our membership drive, we invite you to share the benefits and opportunities that come from belonging with DRUUMM. Your ideas and financial support shape what we have to offer. We’ve been growing over the last few years and are proud to be able to have incredible folks like you in our community. […]
This week, DRUUMM invites you to a series of special Happy Hours, a centerpiece of our membership drive aimed at welcoming Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) into our fold. From February 12 to 16, between 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM Eastern, we’re opening our virtual doors to friends new and old, to share […]
DRUUMM is launching a special membership drive this February. We are reaching out to the hundreds of new Black, Indigenous and People of Color who have attended our programs over the last year to formally join. We’re also contacting members and White allies to help us in networking with BIPOC folks in your congregations and […]
The Ministries and Faith Development staff offer our condolences to the family and colleagues of the Rev. Yielbonzie Charles Johnson, who died on June 2, 2023, at the age of 70. Yielbonzie was born Charles Edward Johnson on August 26, 1952, in Tulsa, OK to Claude W. Johnson and Sallie M. Johnson. He was the […]
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