Join us to celebrate State College Pride! Sign up here to help design our float for the parade and/or help at our table. Click here for our weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 5:30PM (for half an hour) over Zoom to get up to date and share ideas. Please talk to Rev. Tracy for more information.
Get ready for Juneteenth Weekend 2024! Juneteenth is a celebration to commemorate the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to ensure the freedom of all enslaved people. In June of 2021, Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday. Juneteenth Weekend is founded by the State College NAACP in partnership with the Borough of State College, the Center for the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, and The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau. For more information visit: https://statecollegepa.civilspace.io/en/projects/juneteenth-weekend-2024
Get ready for Juneteenth Weekend 2024! Juneteenth is a celebration to commemorate the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to ensure the freedom of all enslaved people. In June of 2021, Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday. Juneteenth Weekend is founded by the State College NAACP in partnership with the Borough of State College, the Center for the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, and The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau. For more information visit: https://statecollegepa.civilspace.io/en/projects/juneteenth-weekend-2024
Come to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County on June 16 at 11:30 a.m. for a Subu Vedam Community Awareness program. Subramanyam (Subu) Vedam, a State College man, was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1982 and sentenced to life without parole, leading to decades of trauma for him and his family. Documents have recently surfaced showing that Subu could not have committed the crime, and that prosecutors concealed this evidence from his defense. On Monday July 22 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, a judge will hear arguments as to whether a petition for [...]
Cooked, Survival by Zip Code was produced by an award winning filmmaker named Judith Hefand. It will be shown July 11th, 7pm in the Foxdale Auditorium. The film is being co-sponsored by the Climate Justice Group of State College Friends Meeting, and Foxdale’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Climate Care Committees. State College community attendance is welcomed. Cooked, Survival by Zip Code documents various weather disasters but focuses on the 1995 Chicago heat disaster that killed 739 people. Most of those people were elderly, impoverished and many were black. This film links extreme weather events with extreme disparity ... people without [...]
We are thrilled to be hosting Rep. Paul Takac on July 22nd at 4:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County. We are grateful to be able to continue the conversation we began in Harrisburg last May. Please join the conversation!
Educational Justice League Presents... TELL ME MORE! We are excited to invite you to a family friendly read aloud event for K-5th grade students! We will read 2 books on diverse topics and hold a conversation about our community! EVENT HIGHLIGHTS SEPT 14, 10:30-11:30 am, UUFCC First Read Aloud - “The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague” followed by a brief discussion with our friends! Second Read Aloud - “All Around Us" by Xelena Gonzales followed by a brief question and answer discussion with our friends. Around 11am, we will be joined by furry friends from PAWS!! Please bring your [...]
Public presentation on September 24 at 7 p.m. in the Foxdale Auditorium. The speaker is Dr. Raymond Najjar Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, with a joint appointment in the Department of Geosciences. Come to learn the fundamentals of Earth’s changing climate, including the evidence for warming, the contributions of humans, the impacts on society and the natural world, and how our actions now will determine the severity of the threat for future generations. This event is open to the public.
A Conversation with Professor John Sanchez JOHN SANCHEZ (Nde [Apache]/Yaqui) is an Emeritus Professor of Journalism at Penn State. His research endeavors are at the intersection of Indigenous cultures and the American news media.
On Old Main Patio FREE Indigenous student, faculty, and staff leaders will speak, and artists will perform in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Resistance. The Jake George Family will perform a smoke dance to welcome guests. Supaman will perform at approximately 1 p.m. Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with Penn State Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance, Indigenous Peoples’ Student Association, and Student Affairs.
Zoom link coming soon. Rev. Tracy Sprowls and other ministers will host an hour for UUs in PA to drop by and share their feelings about the election. We will recap events and hold space for the challenges of these times.
With new Artistic Director, Eric Clayton. Featuring members of the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra and Madeleine Christopher, mezzo soprano. Concert pieces include: Singet Dem Herrn by Johann Pachelbel, Fern Hill by John Corigliano, Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre, Dixit Dominus by Frideric Handel, The Ground by Ola Gjeilo, and a commissioned work - Be Still My Soul, by Sheridan Seyfried.
Local storytelling group, State of the Story, is holding its next event on Monday, November 18 at 7pm at 3 Dots Downtown. Storytellers include UUs Rev Tracy Sprowls, Graham Corby, and Helen Dempsey. Click here for a link including ticket info.
Ten Thousand Villages is planning a three-day holiday sale at the Unitarian Fellowship on November 21, 22, and 23. Since the store has closed, this will be an opportunity for the local community to support international fair-trade and shop for the holidays. We plan to have a wide variety of artisan goods, coffee, chocolate, tea, and heirloom quality rugs from Bunyaad. We’re more than a store, We’re a global maker-to-market movement that addresses economic injustice. Because every handcrafted object has a life of meaning behind it. We’re a way for you to shop with intention for ethically-sourced handcrafted wares - and to [...]
Ten Thousand Villages is planning a three-day holiday sale at the Unitarian Fellowship on November 21, 22, and 23. Since the store has closed, this will be an opportunity for the local community to support international fair-trade and shop for the holidays. We plan to have a wide variety of artisan goods, coffee, chocolate, tea, and heirloom quality rugs from Bunyaad. We’re more than a store, We’re a global maker-to-market movement that addresses economic injustice. Because every handcrafted object has a life of meaning behind it. We’re a way for you to shop with intention for ethically-sourced handcrafted wares - and to [...]
Ten Thousand Villages is planning a three-day holiday sale at the Unitarian Fellowship on November 21, 22, and 23. Since the store has closed, this will be an opportunity for the local community to support international fair-trade and shop for the holidays. We plan to have a wide variety of artisan goods, coffee, chocolate, tea, and heirloom quality rugs from Bunyaad. We’re more than a store, We’re a global maker-to-market movement that addresses economic injustice. Because every handcrafted object has a life of meaning behind it. We’re a way for you to shop with intention for ethically-sourced handcrafted wares - and to [...]
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