It's a chance to discuss, really, anything that's on your mind.
Our "default" topic for Sep 19 will be the articles on General Assembly in the UUWorld, Fall 2012, pp. 28-35, 12.
The articles are:
"Hold Up Those Lights" (read it online: click here)
"Road to a Different Future" (read it online: click here)
"Impressions of Justice General Assembly" (read it online: click here)
I posted my reflection on Justice GA 2012 on Lake Chalice: click here.
"Hold Up Those Lights"
The signal event of GA was the vigil at "Tent City" on the outskirts of Phoenix where nearly half a million have served time at one time or another over the last 19 years.
What thoughts and feelings came to you as you read the UUWorld's descriptions of Tent City?
Please view the PBS "Frontline" episode, "Lost in Detention": click here.
Speaking at the Tent City vigil on the night before the last day of GA, UUA President Peter Morales:
"echoes his own words from the opening night celebration, when he said that Justice GA was just one chapter in the struggle for migrants' rights. The 'true test,' he said, will be what UUs are doing three months from now and five years from now in their congregations and communities. Will they keep their candles lit back home?"It's now been three months since Justice GA. Is the candle lit in Gainesville?
"Road to a Different Future"
by Donald Skinner.
As you read this article, what are thoughts on the concept of "Justice GA"?
In addition to a "Justice GA", the Phoenix GA turned out to also be a "Youth GA." "There were twice as many youth -- 301 -- as at recent GAs." When we work on our Justice, we do attract Youth!
"Impressions of Justice General Assembly"
Which of these impressions impressed you? What do these insights into the ways people experienced GA 2012 tell us about how to "do church" here in Gainesville?
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