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  • ACLU: Protecting Constitutional Rights

    Community Event: ACLU – Contemporary Threats to National Security and the Constitution

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 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.  [...]

  • ACLU: Protecting Constitutional Rights

    Community Event: ACLU – Project 2025: Conservative mandate or manifesto?

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 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 [...]

  • ACLU: Protecting Constitutional Rights

    Community Event: ACLU – Authoritarianism in Color: What Makes Autocracy Attractive and Durable?

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, 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 [...]

  • Community Events

    Community Event – Alternative Christmas Fair

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, United States

    Shop to give gifts to family and friends that will provide opportunities and fulfill basic needs for many underprivileged around the world!

  • Hot Topics

    Hot Topics – Responding to Christian Nationalism, Interfaith Discussion Series

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, United States

    Are you worried about the future of our democracy and wondering how to engage with and respond to the rise of Christian Nationalism? Join our interfaith interactive discussion series, Responding to Christian Nationalism.   Sunday, 11:15 am - 12:45 pm Session 3: November 17 (UBBC), a Faith Response to Christian Nationalism We will have an in-person viewing via Zoom in Room 6 at UUFCC. You can listen to the presentation or join us at UBBC to participate. Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84996246803?pwd=SGpRUTh4L1FvU0NaMVpHaVJleFcxZz09   The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and University Baptist and Brethren Church are jointly curating curriculum and hosting this important [...]

  • Hot Topics

    Hot Topics – Responding to Christian Nationalism, Interfaith Discussion Series

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, United States

    Are you worried about the future of our democracy and wondering how to engage with and respond to the rise of Christian Nationalism? Join our interfaith interactive discussion series, Responding to Christian Nationalism.   Sundays, 11:15 am - 12:45 pm Session 1: September 22 (UBBC), Introduction to Christian Nationalism Session 2: October 20 (UUFCC), Expanding an Understanding of Christian Nationalism Session 3: November 17 (UBBC), a Faith Response to Christian Nationalism   The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and University Baptist and Brethren Church are jointly curating curriculum and hosting this important conversation. Christian nationalism is an ideology that threatens our faith and [...]

  • Community Event ~ CPAU Presents Documentary Screening: No Way Home

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, United States

    Please note: you can attend this event either in person or virtually. Join CPAU on April 19th at 7:00 pm at University Baptist & Brethren Church for the release of No Way Home, a documentary depicting a mother's poignant journey to reunite her family and end mandatory life without parole in Pennsylvania. Witness the story of Lorraine Haw, affectionately known as Mrs. Dee Dee, as she navigates the aftermath of gun violence in Philadelphia. From the loss of her brother to a fatal altercation over a gold necklace to her son's heartbreaking sentence, Mrs. Dee Dee's narrative sheds light on the [...]

  • Lifespan RE Hour

    Hot Topics: White Christian Nationalism

    University Baptist and Brethren Church 411 S Burrowes St, State College, PA, United States

    For our December Hot Topics, we are joining University Baptist and Brethren for a presentation on White Christian Nationalism featuring Dr. Esther Prins Dr. Esther Prins, White Christian Nationalism: What is it and how should Christians respond?  This presentation will explore what White Christian nationalism is—and what it is not. Learn how education is showing up in current events (particularly in education) and reflect on why Christians should care and how we can work to counteract this powerful religio-political movement. Esther Prins is a professor in the Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program at Penn State. Her research focuses on adult [...]