The Body Politic: Faithful UUs Showing Up for Trans Justice - Webinar Recording & Resources
UUs have long been part leaders in powerful multifaith movements fighting for trans and queer rights and liberation. Join UPLIFT Action and Side With Love staff for this webinar, lifting up the faithful work UUs are engaging in right now in the context of the wave of hateful legislation and violence against trans and queer people. We'll hear stories from congregations and State Action Networks on the ground, and point toward ways you and your community can take meaningful action.
Speakers included:
Rev. Erin Walter, Texas UU Justice Ministry
Rev. Jami Yandle, Texas UU Justice Ministry
Alex Kapitan, Transforming Hearts Collective
Rev. Elizabeth Mount, UU Church of Cheyenne, WY
Congregational Leaders from Tennessee Valley UU Church, Knoxville, TN
Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, UU Justice Ministry of North Carolina
DL Helfer, TRUUsT
Steven Leigh Williams, TRUUsT
Adrian Ballou, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Ministries
Rev. Ashley Horan, Side With Love
Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, Side With Love UPLIFT Action
Recommended Resources and Tools
New Resource - Making a Difference With Our Words: Tools to help UUs thwart anti-transgender bills and attacks
Recording & Resources from “Combatting Anti-Trans Legislation 101 Training”
Recording & Resources from “Speak Up for Trans Lives: Spokesperson Training”
TXUUJM & Transforming Hearts Collective Partnerships
Subscribe to TXUUJM Newsletter
2021 Action of Immediate Witness: “Defend and Advocate with Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Communities”
Find a Drag Story Hour Chapter near you
Read the TRUUsT Report
Trans/Nonbinary UU Pastoral Care Space for Children, Youth, Adults
Further reading on the UPLIFT Gatherings
Support Trans UUs in Florida
Subscribe to UPLIFT Action
Connect with Your UU State Action Network