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Thursday, June 20ThursdayProgram # 2034RADICAL RELATIONSHIP I: THESCIENCE OF COVENANTThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center 209If Unitarian Universalism’s crux werereduced to a few points in space andtime, they would be those potentmoments just before and just after wekeep promises, or break them. Thepower of those moments is simple,shocking, and science-based. Comeexplore that power–its science, theologyand practice.Douglas ZelinskiRev. Jeanelyse Doran AdamsRev. Renee RuchotzkeProgram # 2036SPEAKING TRUTH IN LOVE:TAKING RIGHT RELATIONSHIPHOMEThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center L9-L11Council on Cross Cultural EngagementIn recent years we have had a RightRelationship Team serving during ourGeneral Assembly. Come learn howthis team first came into being, considersome of the lessons team membershave learned while serving, and exploreways you can take the practice of rightrelationship home to your congregation.Karin LinSarah Dan JonesRev. Natalie FenimoreRev. Melissa Carvill-ZiemerProgram # 2039CONNECTING EXTRACTIONINDUSTRIES TO RURAL ANDURBAN DEVASTATIONThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center Cascade CKentucky/West Virginia Ministers CoalitionOverview of corporate coal and shalegas extraction industries’ threat tocommunities, workers, citizens, naturalsystems. Major focus presents cycleof coal from mountaintop removal toproblems coal ash disposal creates forurban dwellers, with specific examplesof Louisville’s coal ash challenges. Goodpreparation for Social Witness.Rev. Dr. Rose EdingtonCarissa LenfertMary LoveDouglas ZelinskiRev. JeanelyseDoran AdamsProgram # 2035LIFELONG LEARNING ANDBEYONDThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center 207Congregational LifeA refreshingly new model is emergingfrom the Faith Formation 2020study...Lifelong Learning Networks.Lifelong Learning Networksprovide a framework for many faithdevelopment opportunities. Thisengaging model embodies our sharedunderstanding from Maria Harris thatthe congregational experience is the“curriculum.”Nancy Combs-MorganPat InfanteAndrea LernerProgram # 2037LEADD: INTERFAITH YOUTHLEADERSHIP TRAININGThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center 110-111Interfaith AllianceFounded by former UUA GA Moderator,Denny Davidoff, LEADD (LeadershipEducation Advancing Diversity andDemocracy) is a project of the InterfaithAlliance, promoting active citizenship ina multi-faith society to high-school ageyouth! In this workshop both adults andyouth will be given a mini-version of theLEADD training by being introduced toactivities from the LEADD curriculum.Jay KellerSana SaeedProgram # 2038THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGACY OFANNE BRADENThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center Cascade AKentucky/West Virginia Ministers CoalitionLouisville native Anne Braden washailed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as awhite southerner whose rejection of hersegregationist upbringing was “eloquentand prophetic.” Her story exploresthe dangers of racism and politicalrepression. This workshop exploresAnne’s legacy and how it is alive today.Dr. Cate FoslMimi PickeringBob CunninghamProgram # 2040BLACK APPALACHIA —OPPRESSION WITHIN ANOPPRESSED POPULATIONThursday 1:45 pm – 3:00 pmConvention Center 102-103Neighborhood UU Congregation, Toronto,Canada; UU Congregation, Charleston, WVThe workshop examines blackAppalachians as an oppressedpopulation within oppressed Appalachia,a Region in the USA. The sessionwill provide a platform for UUsrecommitting to the promise of a raciallyjust society. Participants will exploretools for individuals to move to an antiraciststance for action.Dr. Wilburn HaydenRev. Mel HooverDr. WilburnHaydenRev. Dr. MelHoover22 2013 General Assembly