Description: Hope is a fun word. It can be a verb: “Here’s hoping!” “I hope you are doing well.” “I sure hope I left enough food for the fish.” (A conflicted verb — “hoping against hope?”) It can be the childhood home of a U.S. president. It is also a noun, representing that quality which we all possess. But that quality implies—if not demands—another noun: action. Hope without action is not so fun. It is more of a gamble. In all too many cases, it is a losing bet, and kind of pathetic, really.
On Sunday, June 13, Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will vote on whether to adopt the 8th UU Principle. Before then, the Social Justice in Action Committee will be holding several (virtual) opportunities for people to come and ask questions, discuss, challenge, and learn about the 8th Principle and why action is needed. The committee is also sponsoring Setche Kwamu-Nana as our speaker this Sunday, June 6. Setche will speak from her own experience, of putting words into action, of unleashing the compassion within.
Leveraging degrees in chemical engineering and human resources management, Setche Kwamu-Nana is a Certified Diversity Professional who helps organizations move beyond Inclusion, Diversity & Equity rhetoric and symbolism to lasting transformation. A facilitator at the National Conflict Resolution Center and writer of the Building Bridges Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Column for the San Diego Union Tribune, she is committed to ‘unleashing the compassion and creative genius within.’ An avid world traveler with an appreciation for cultures, languages, and relationship, she easily bonds with a wide range of people. Fun fact: her favorite nickname is Sunshine, which she likes to believe reflects her temperament (and humbly allows for it being an easier pronunciation of her name)
The 8th UU Principle: “We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions