She recited a litany of crises the world now faces-a global pandemic, climate change and wildfires, a racial reckoning, battles over voting rights-but she said, “your breathlessness is not your weakness. She began by urging her audience to take deep breaths and to remember the resilience and wisdom of their ancestors.

Kaur’s speech embodied key components of her approach to building the beloved community. “Revolutions happen in those spaces where people are coming together to inhabit a new way of being, and that is what the UCC is.” “You have the resources to strengthen the beloved community you already have,” she told her virtual audience in a live presentation that concluded with a question-and-answer session. Kaur stressed that in light of the demographic changes now taking place in the United States, “we have 25 years” in which to “transition this nation into a multi-racial democracy…” She asked, “Will we continue to teeter on the brink of civil war…or will we begin to birth a nation that has never been…” Valarie Kaur speaks to the Synod from her home in California Our Church’s Wider Mission Basic Support.General Synod 2021 Racial Justice Offering.General Synod 2021 Thursday in Black Offering.Subscriptions at the United Church of Christ.The Pollinator: UCC Environmental Justice Blog.Ministerial Excellence, Support & Authorization (MESA).The Faith Education, Innovation and Formation (Faith INFO)Team.The Pilgrim Press & Stillspeaking Publications.Office of Public Policy & Advocacy in Washington D.C.About The Center for Analytics, Research & Development, and Data (CARDD).Center for Analytics, Research & Development and Data (CARDD).Office of the General Minister & President.

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