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UUFA Completes Welcoming Congregation Renewal

from Rev. Michael J. Crumpler, LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director:

UUFA has successfully completed the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal for 2021. Sincere congratulations on your ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+ welcome and inclusion in and beyond Athens, Georgia.

It was a pleasure to read about all you have accomplished and the powerful work you have done to ensure that UUFA is meeting the needs of queer and trans congregants and the wider community in the following ways:

I. Becoming a Welcoming Congregation – 1996

II. Welcoming Worship
The Welcoming Mat – 6/27/2021
Black, Gay, and Proud – 9/5/2021

III. Welcoming Days of Observance
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Day of Silence
Lesbian Day of Visibility
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
Pulse Night of Remembrance

IV. Welcoming Religious Education
UUFA Forum: LGBTQ+/TGQNB: What Do All the Letters Mean? – 11/21/2021

V. Support a Welcoming Project
Donated to Athens Pride

For more information on all of our LGBTQ programs and activities, please visit The Five Practices of Welcome Renewal, subscribe to the quarterly UPLIFT newsletter, and read the UPLIFT blog. We also invite you to join the new Welcoming Congregations of Unitarian Universalism Facebook Group and follow UPLIFT Twitter and Instagram @uua_lgbtq.

If you would like to work on UUFA’s Welcoming Congregation renewal for 2021, contact Karen Solheim.

Share the Plate / Cause-of-the-Month:
Athens Pride & Queer Collective

During June Athens Pride & Queer Collective, an organization dedicated to the advancement of equity, affirmation, diversity and wellness of queer populations in the greater Athens area, will receive one half of all undesignated offerings. For details contact justice@uuathensga.org

Help with Food Insecurity through June CANtributions

Please continue to bring non-perishable food items to Fellowship Hall’s wicker baskets. While all CANtributions are appreciated, in June the Athens Area Emergency Food Bank is especially in need of cold breakfast cereals as well as dry pasta (spaghetti is the favorite) and saltine crackers. To give by credit card, visit uuathensga.org/give and look for “Charitable Giving.” To give by check, make the check out to UUFA and put “CANtributions 1-8016” in the memo line. To learn more, contact justice@uuathensga.org. If you are experiencing food insecurity or know someone in our UUFA community who is, please contact Rev. Pippin (revpippin@uuathensga.org).

UUFA Justice Partner Highlights

AADM Invites Everyone to Classic City Juneteenth Music & Arts Fest

The Classic City Juneteenth Music & Arts Fest is a vibrant, community-centered celebration honoring the legacy of Juneteenth through music, culture, art, food, wellness, education, and Black economic empowerment. Hosted by the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement and United GA Entertainment, the festival will take place on June 20th from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at Georgia Square Mall in Athens. Learn more here: aadmovement.org/events/2026-juneteenth-music-and-arts-festival. 

AADM Hosts Civil Rights Leadership Camp  

Youth 13-18 are invited to grow as leaders, find their voices, and understand how history connects to their role in shaping the future. The June 22-26 camp will blend civil rights education, public speaking training, leadership development, and experiential travel to historic sites connected to the struggle for equality and human rights. For details, registration and scholarship information visit https://www.aadmovement.org/events/youth-civil-rights-leadership-camp-athens-georgia. 

Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition (AIRC) Meeting

All are welcome to attend the next meeting of the Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition on June 19 from 5:30 to 7 pm at the Oconee Street United Methodist Church. For more information contact justice@uuathensga.org.