UUFCC

Subu Vedam Case Information Session
2024-06-16 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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 a new trial can go forward. We are asking those available to attend this important hearing.
Come on the 16th to get your questions answered and learn the role the community can play to achieve accountability and justice in Centre County.

Community Event - "Cooked, Survival by Zip Code"
2024-07-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Foxdale Auditorium, 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, 16801, United States
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 the means to escape or recover invariably suffer the most. The timing of this showing with our most recent national heat wave makes the film very relevant. Climate scientists predict increased strength and frequency of weather events and predict a “world of hurt” if we fail to address the cause – the hurt will not be equally distributed.

Centre County Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety - Meeting with Rep. Paul Takac
2024-07-22 16:00 - 17:00 | UUFCC – Room A, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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!

Community Event - Tell Me More!
2024-09-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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 K-5 kiddos and join the conversation yourself! Come as you are! We look forward to seeing you!
All Are Welcome!
More Information or Accommodations Needed:
email HERE
RSVP encouraged, but not required at tinyurl.com/tellmemore2024

Community Event - "Global Warming 101"
2024-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Foxdale Auditorium, 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, 16801, United States
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.

Hot Topics - What Do You Really Know About Native People?
2024-10-13 11:15 - 12:30 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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.

Community Event - Indigenous Peoples Resistance Day Rally
2024-10-14 12:00 - 14:00 | PA
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.

Community Event - "UUJusticePA, Zoom Pastoral Space"
2024-11-07 19:00 - 20:00 | PA
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.

Community Event - "State College Choral Society: New Beginnings"
2024-11-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Penn State Recital Hall, Music Building on Allen Rd, University Park, PA, 16802, United States
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.

Community Event - State of the Story @ 3 Dots
2024-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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.

10,000 Villages Sale @ UUFCC
2024-11-21 10:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-22 10:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-23 10:00 - 17:00 | UUFCC – Fellowship Hall, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
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 share in the joy of empowering makers in ten thousand villages.
We’re looking for volunteers to help!
It takes a lot of effort to pull off a sale like this. If you would like to help with one or more shifts, check out the online signup sheet and join the effort!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4AA4AC2AA6FC1-51714568-tenthousand#/

Community Event - "Christmas Gloria!"
2024-12-07 15:00 - 17:00 | State College Area High School Performance Hall, 650 Westerly Pkwy, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Our annual free Christmas with the Choral Society concert will feature one of the masterpieces of the season, John Rutter’s Gloria. In three movements, the outer fast movements have the energetic exuberance of a John Williams movie score, while the slow inner movement evokes the wonder and mystery of a star-filled night. This concert will feature performances by local school choirs, as well as an audience sing-along of familiar seasonal favorites. As in years past, this concert is also a food drive for a local food bank, so please remember to bring some donations in lieu of the cost of a concert ticket!

Community Event - Alternative Christmas Fair
2024-12-08 10:30 - 14:00 | University Baptist and Brethren Church, 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Shop to give gifts to family and friends that will provide opportunities and fulfill basic needs for many underprivileged around the world!

Community Event - "Tipping Points and the Big Picture on Climate and Energy"
2025-01-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Foxdale Auditorium, 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, 16801, United States
Dr. Richard Alley, an Evan Pugh University Professor in the Department of Geosciences and leader of the Penn State Ice and Climate Research Center, will present a talk on Tuesday, January 14 at 7 pm at Foxdale. The well-documented risk of climate change is the potential of crossing thresholds called tipping points, which could trigger rapid, irreversible changes. Dr. Alley will describe potential tipping points and discuss the benefits of transitioning to a sustainable energy system in avoiding these thresholds. This lecture is open to the public.

Community Event: State College Choral Society Performance - "Romance Is In the Air"
2025-02-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Penn State Recital Hall, Music Building on Allen Rd, University Park, PA, 16802, United States
In February, we will present Brahms’ timeless masterpiece the Liebeslieder Waltzes. A collection of sixteen short songs in ¾ time, this is Brahms at his most charming and tuneful, bounding from flirtation to dejection, rage to contentment. The second half of the concert contains a bouquet of favorite love songs from the English and American traditions, including a stunning arrangement of Somewhere from “West Side Story”.
See more information and ticket purchases here.

Community Event - "Coloring the Conservation Conversation" w/ J. Drew Lanham
2025-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 | 001 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building (CEB), Shortlidge Road, University Park, PA, 16801, United States
Huck Distinguished Lecture in the Life Sciences: J. Drew Lanham – “Coloring the Conservation Conversation”
See event website here.
Join the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences for its distinguished lecture series featuring J. Drew Lanham from Clemson University. In this lecture, Lanham will discuss what it means to embrace the full breadth of his African-American heritage and his deep kinship to nature and adoration of birds. The convergence of ornithologist, college professor, poet, author and conservation activist blend to bring our awareness of the natural world and our moral responsibility for it forward in new ways. Candid by nature — and because of it — Lanham will examine how conservation must be a rigorous science and evocative art, inviting diversity and race to play active roles in celebrating our natural world.
About the Speaker:
A native of Edgefield, South Carolina, J. Drew Lanham is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, which received the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Southern Book Prize, and was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal. Most recently, he is the author of Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. He is a birder, naturalist, hunter-conservationist, and a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. An Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University, he and his family live in the Upstate of South Carolina, a soaring hawk’s downhill glide from the southern Appalachian escarpment that the Cherokee once called the Blue Wall.

Community Event: Osage Hearts Scholarship - Chili and Cake Fundraiser
2025-03-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Unity Church of Jesus Christ, 2280 Commercial Blvd, State College, PA, 166801, United States
The Osaze Hearts scholarship helps underrepresented students at State High (who volunteer in the community) attend college. Join the community for chili, cake, and more! Eat in or take out. $10 per dinner.

Community Event: Penn State Powwow
2025-03-29 11:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-30 11:00 - 17:00 | C3 Sports Complex, 200 Ellis Place, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Don’t miss the upcoming Powwow! The event returns to Penn State March 29th and 30th, beginning at 11am both days. John Sanchez, who spoke to us last Fall, is coordinating the event. The location will be the C3 Sports Complex, 200 Ellis Place, State College, PA 16801. For more information, see the actual event website here.

Community Event: ACLU - Civil Liberties and Democracy
2025-04-28 18:30 - 20:00 | UUFCC – Sanctuary, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Protecting Constitutional Rights: A series of local discussions on national issues
All talks at 7-8 pm, with 30 min. questions to follow. Social and light refreshments 630-7 pm.
Free and open to the public.
Topic 1: Civil Liberties and Democracy
Date: April 28th. Location: Unitarian Universalist Church
Dr. Michael Berkman, Director, The McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Penn State
Restrictions on the media, universities, and law firms, along with the deportation of international college students, all raise concerns about the future of our civil liberties. In this talk we’ll discuss the tension inherent in our democracy between government power and individual liberties, focusing on the importance of the Bill of Rights from the founding through today. What can we do to help?

Community Event: Betty Walker's Memorial Service
2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Foxdale Auditorium, 500 E Marylyn Ave, State College, 16801, United States
A Celebration of Life honoring UUFCC member Betty Walker, held in the Foxdale Auditorium.

Community Event: ACLU - Authoritarianism in Color: What Makes Autocracy Attractive and Durable?
2025-05-05 18:30 - 20:00 | University Baptist and Brethren Church, 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Protecting Constitutional Rights: A series of local discussions on national issues
All talks at 7-8 pm, with 30 min. questions to follow. Social and light refreshments 630-7 pm.
Free and open to the public.
Topic 2: Authoritarianism in Color: What Makes Autocracy Attractive and Durable?
Date: May 5. Locations: University Baptist and Brethren Church and via Zoom
Prof. Aida Hozic, U. of Florida, https://polisci.ufl.edu/directory/aida-a-hozic/
How to understand how democracy dies in other countries with several examples. What we can do in the US to protect our constitution, both as large organizations as well as individuals. What can we do to help?

Community Event: ACLU - Project 2025: Conservative mandate or manifesto?
2025-05-12 18:30 - 20:00 | University Baptist and Brethren Church, 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Protecting Constitutional Rights: A series of local discussions on national issues
All talks at 7-8 pm, with 30 min. questions to follow. Social and light refreshments 630-7 pm.
Free and open to the public.
Topic 3: Project 2025: Conservative mandate or manifesto?
Date: May 12. Locations: University Baptist and Brethren Church and via Zoom
Dr. Kristy Ganoe, Penn State
Project 2025 is the 900-page political strategy that seems to be guiding national executive orders and other policy decisions. Join us for a summary of the strategies proposed and an analysis of the rhetorical techniques that this document uses. Workshop ideas for how Americans can and should respond to the implementation of these plans. What can we do to help maintain and rebuild our democratic institutions?

Community Event - AAUW Used Book Sale
2025-05-17 09:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-18 09:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-19 09:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-20 09:00 - 20:00 | Snider Agricultural Arena, 800 E Park Ave, State College, Pennsylvania, 16803, United States
The AAUW State College Used Book Sale, one of the largest used book sales in the country, is a popular community event held annually in the spring since 1962. During the sale, thousands of visitors converge on Penn State’s Snider Agricultural Arena to browse and purchase up to quarter of a million books and other materials. Special sale features include children’s books, collectibles, puzzles and games, a half-price day, and a “bag day” with further discounts.
Read more here for a map, and information about how proceeds are used.

Community Event: ACLU - Contemporary Threats to National Security and the Constitution
2025-05-19 18:30 - 20:00 | University Baptist and Brethren Church, 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Protecting Constitutional Rights: A series of local discussions on national issues
All talks at 7-8 pm, with 30 min. questions to follow. Social and light refreshments 630-7 pm.
Free and open to the public.
Topic 4: Contemporary Threats to National Security and the Constitution
Date: May 19 Location: University Baptist and Brethren Church and via Zoom
Ray Bilger, Senior National Security Officer (ret.)
What is happening with the intelligence agencies? People are being fired at both ends of their careers, and senior leaders are being fired and replaced with political appointees to agencies which are by design necessarily apolitical. What does this mean, and what can we do to help?
