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Dallas Peace Center Summer Dinner Lecture – June 10th

REV. LUCIUS WALKER, FOUNDER OF PASTORS FOR PEACE, TO SPEAK

The Dallas Peace Center (www.dallaspeacecenter.org) is delighted to announce the first of its 2010 Summer Dinner Lectures, scheduled for June 10, when it will welcome Rev. Lucius Walker, the Executive Director of Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) and founder of Pastors for Peace. The event [...]

How the First Tuesday Film Festival Changed my Life

First of all let me say, my life needed changing. After several mind-numbing years of raising three kids—now all safely ensconced in college—it was time to start paying more attention, living more responsibly, being more compassionate. The UUCOC’s First Tuesday Film Festival helped shape the new me.

Since watching, “The World According to Monsanto”, [...]

Standing on the Side of Love Means Acceptance by Tacia Torres

Oak Cliff UU members continue to share what Standing on the Side of Love means to them. It’s not too late for you to share your thoughts as well. Send .txt .doc or .docx to Outreach@OakCliffUU.org, and we’ll add it to the blog.

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Standing on the Side of Love Means Acceptance by [...]

Standing on the Side of Love by Dee Stofko

Oak Cliff UU members continue to share what Standing on the Side of Love means to them. It’s not too late for you to share your thoughts as well. Send .txt .doc or .docx to Outreach@OakCliffUU.org, and we’ll add it to the blog.

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Standing on the Side of Love by Dee Stofko

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Planned Parenthood Volunteer Night

Planned Parenthood of North Texas will hold Volunteer Night on Feb. 24 6-7:30 pm in their Dallas and Ft. Worth offices. For details and to RSVP: http://www.ppaction.org/ppntx/events/Dallas_Volunteer_Night/details.tcl

Clemency Appeal for Hank Skinner

Send Clemency appeals arriving no later than February 17th to:  Clemency Section, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, 8610 Shoal Creek Blvd., Austin, TX  78757-6814 Attention:  Henry “Hank” Skinner Case – #999143.

Watch/Read:

http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/29/case-open/

http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/28/dead-man-balking/

Please help by sending appeal letters.  I believe this man is innocent!

EVENT: Meet the staff of the UU United Nations Office

Meet the staff of the UU United Nations Office
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WHEN: Wednesday, February 3 7:00 p.m.

WHERE:
UU Church of Oak Cliff
3839 W. Kiest

Who are the Speakers?

Bruce F. Knotts, Executive Director
Rev. Patricia Ackerman, LGBT/SOGI Human Rights Program Officer
Geronimo D. Desumala III, LGBT/SOGI Human [...]

Tell CBS: Don’t air anti-abortion Super Bowl ad

The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family.

Focus on the Family’s “celebrate life” (read: anti-choice) ad features Heisman Trophy-winning college football star Tim Tebow. And CBS [...]

Teen Talk: Crystal City 1969 by Ian Grey

Crystal City 1969 was an inspiring play about the student walkout of Crystal City High School in 1969.

In the play, just a few students (three of them) were able to organize and have the courage to maintain the walkout to gain equal rights and opportunities for 85% of the population of the [...]

Anti-abortion AND Pro-choice by Kathy Grey

So, for the record, I am an anti-abortion, pro-choice UU. What?? Yes. I would be happiest if there were never any more abortions. That would mean that every fetus is healthy, and every baby is wanted. Ideally, planned for as well, but certainly wanted. For all the right reasons. By a loving [...]