[Fuusmchat] Fwd: Our theme for 30 Days of Love 2025

Tue Jan 21 09:09:55 CST 2025

I'm going to be sending these to you every Tuesday for the next month or
so, because we're set to begin 30 Days of Love, and there is some
worthy-sounding actions, events, and brain-food from the UUA that might
interest some of U UUs. --dawn

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From: Side With Love <love at uua.org>
Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Subject: Our theme for 30 Days of Love 2025
To: Dawn Hewitt <fuusm.office at gmail.com>

Plus bonus resources, actions, and trainings for you!

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*Image description*: The Side With Love logo with "Side With Love" in
orange block letters next to a hand drawn black heart.

Dear Dawn,

Now is the time to practice that which we seek to grow in our world—deeply,
compassionately, and at the scale of relationships in our communities. As
the governing and power structures of our world rely more and more on
domination, exploitation, and disposability to consolidate power, we must
hold onto and grow ours. *Our power is grounded in our values that proclaim
the transformative power of love and harness the enduring power of
community.* We are the antidote to our fear. Our collective work is to
practice the new world we seek to build, drawing inspiration from
abolitionist and emergent strategies for liberation, as explored in Andrea
Ritchie’s *Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies.*
Liberation is our North Star guiding us through these times.

Last year’s 30 Days of Love
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theme was *Imagining an Interdependent Future*. We shared resources on
growing our capacities to (re)imagine our world and our relationships. This
year, 30 Days of Love will share practices we can take together to bring
those dreams of justice and liberation into being. This year’s theme,
*Inhabiting
Our Freedom Dreams, *draws inspiration from Robin D.G. Kelley’s *Freedom
Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination,* tracing the prophetic affirmations
and spiritual work of justice movements as guides to how each of us can
call new worlds into being. Each week, you will receive several offerings
related to the weekly themes.

“We are home”
*From the the immigrant justice coalition lead by United We Dream *

“Trans people are divine”

*From the creators of the Black Trans Prayer Book *

“Water Is Life”
*From the Standing Rock protests  against the Dakota Access Pipeline*

“There are Black People in the Future”
*From artist Alisha B. Wormsley*

 Each week’s resources will be published on Tuesdays and include the
following.

   -  A *Side With Love message *provides political education and context
   for each weekly theme with lessons and inspiration to move through these
   times.
   - A *journal practice* to reflect and dream to chart a course with
   clarity and care.
   - A *creative/art practice* to ground in the beauty and abundance of
   imagination.
   - A *body practice* to ground us in resilience and renewal.
   - A *family friendly, multigenerational activity* that builds community
   as we take action for justice.

We share these resources hoping that you and your communities will use them
in a variety of ways. The work ahead is great and we must do it
intentionally. Let’s pace ourselves, grow our relationships, and build the
spiritual discipline to hold ourselves and one another for the long haul.

However you choose to engage with these offerings, we are honored to share
the love and wisdom of some of our most inspiring UU voices. We are deeply
grateful for this annual opportunity to collectively nurture our spirits
and sustain our commitment to love. Let us journey together to inhabit our
freedom dreams together.

In faith,

Nicole

Nicole Pressley

Director of Organizing Strategy, Side With Love

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