We are delighted to welcome Melissa Jeter as our Ministerial Intern with DRUUMM, beginning this month. Melissa will be serving with us on a part-time basis, generally working Tuesdays, Sundays, and some evenings. You can reach her at melissa@druumm.org. This internship is part of DRUUMM’s Ministerial Internship Program—an innovative learning program within our culturally specific […]
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 […]
by Devin A.C. Dadah Many centuries ago, during a time when the need for silk connected trade throughout the Old World, an invention so revolutionary made its way to England. It was a coarse silk fabric mixed with various wools primarily used for surgical dressing. The traders from Palestine and the Levant who began selling […]
by Sophia Uehara My name is Sophia Uehara, I am a documentary filmmaker and lifelong UU based in Brooklyn, and for the last year I have been shooting The 8th Principle, a documentary about anti-racism efforts within the history of Unitarian Universalism and the struggles we face in addressing this as a predominantly white religion. […]
Dear Beloved DRUUMM Community, It is with deep reverence and gratitude that we share the passing of one of our esteemed elders, Dr. Norma Poinsett (September 2, 1927 – January 26, 2025). A stalwart in our faith and an anchor in our collective journey toward racial justice, Norma was a foundational presence in the early […]
by Rev. Katie Romano Griffin If you were here, right now, I would sing to you.Sólo Le Pido a Dios (I only ask God)The Mercedes Sosa versionBecause she was a poderosa Exiled for her fierce commitment to freedomUnstoppable. A force of nature. I would sing to you in my sometimes pitchy but heartfelt wayThe wisdom […]
BLUU & DRUUMM Joint Statement co-signed by 25 UU congregations and organizationsJune 23, 2025 | Peace Resources We who are rooted in the sacred dignity of every person and the earth we share, reject America’s War on Iran. Our hearts ache and yet we must not be frozen in despair. DRUUMM —Diverse & Revolutionary Unitarian […]
Dear Beloved DRUUMM Community, It is with heavy and tender hearts that we share the passing of our dear sibling, Amanda Thomas of Chicago, who died earlier this month, joining the ancestors after complications from cancer. Amanda was surrounded by loving care, and her wife Heather has shared the deep sorrow and love that accompanied […]
by Karishma Gottfried “Queer… not as being about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it), but queer as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and has to invent it and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.” —bell […]
📅 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 […]