Ally/LGBTQ workshop

Friends and members of the church who participated in the Ally/LGBTQ workshop on October 23. Photograph by Pat Nolan.

Attendees at the Ally/LGBTQ training workshop held at the church on October 23. Photo taken by Pat Nolan.

Pride festival

Many volunteers from the Social Action Committee and the church in general staffed our booth at the UP Center Pride celebration on August 20th. We've already had new visitors to church services from people that visited our booth.

UU Habitat work crew on July 9

16 members of the UU Church helped out with the Habitat build on July 9, 2011. We completed the handicapped ramp, painted, caulked, installed blinds, installed medicine cabinets & towel racks...and a multitude of small details. The home for Towanda Frazier and her family is set to be done and dedicated next weekend! Thanks to all the volunteers; you really help make a difference.

UU Habitat work crew

UU members and friends were the work crew on a Habitat for Humanity home in north Champaign on June 25. Another crew will return to the same home on July 9, with the house dedication scheduled for July 15. More pictures will follow!

Habitat for Humanity build

Join our UU work crew to help build a Habitat for Humanity house for the Frazier family. Their new home will be at 607 E. Beardsley, Champaign. We are providing the work crews for two Saturdays: June 25 and July 9. We need 10-12 volunteers for each work day, which start at 8am and run until 4-5pm. You don’t need any special skills to work on a Habitat home. Work supervisors will show you any skill you need to know. Volunteers must be 16 years or older. Come to the Social Action table in Fellowship Hall to sign-up for one of these work days. Contact Jim Hannum (jwhannum@gmail.com) for further information.

UU Cocoa and coffeehouse

Families and other performers contributed to the UU cocoa and coffeehouse on April 30. Not only did we get a fun evening of music, dance, and story telling, but we also raised money to support the children's RE program fund for UNICEF.

Nine members of the UUCUC CROP Walk team walked the 5.8 miles through Urbana on a beautiful sunny day, April 17th. We raised $415, which combined with 20 other local churches, raised $26,000 for local, national, and international programs to fight hunger. For more information on CROP Hunger walks, see: http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer?pagename=crop_main"

Screening (movie): "Riot Acts" Jan. 28nd, 7pm

From the onset, Director Madsen Minax and Producer Simon Strikeback intended Riot Acts to directly counter the one-dimensional tragic transgender narrative found in both straight and gay mainstream cinema. Trans people are frequently portrayed as isolated, secretive, asexual and often end up dead. Riot Acts instead offers a true-to-life portrayal of trans people celebrated not for their "struggle" but for their talent as musicians.

Discussion and Q&A with the producers to follow.
Free and Open to the Public
Where: Fellowship Hall, Unitarian-Universalist Church, 309 Green Street, Urbana, IL
When: January 28, 7pm