The ESUC delegates and others who attended this years General Assembly will report on what they found most exciting and creative there.

Swapnesh Dubey is a gay activist, content curator, performer and television show host living in Mumbai. He was one of the youngest news anchors in India for three years. When he was asked to read a new story with an heavy anti-gay bias he refused, and walked away from his job. Swapnesh will be talking with us on July 18 about India's relationship with Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which classified homosexuality as 'against the order of nature' and therefore illegal. Swapnesh, who delivered an illuminating and engaging talk on Diwali in November of 2020, will bring his sharp observational skills, wit and charm to East Shore on July 18 (via Zoom) to talk about what it is like in India being an LGBTQ person today.

Together with our Khasi Unitarians partners in NE India, we at East Shore strive to achieve a strong partnership based on mutual understanding -- one that is grounded in love and thoughtful listening. Still at times it can be challenging to put aside our own American experiences to truly listen. The members of East Shore’s partnership ministry team will share our pathway toward better understanding.

What do we do when a win feels like a loss? - Finding the strength to build power after winning the race.

Molleen Dominguez is a writer, teacher, and minister living in California. She holds a Master’s of Divinity and Certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University. Her spiritual practice is heavily informed by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

I started out in Unitarian Universalist Ministry believing that the groundwork for justice had been done. I believed that Dr King and the civil rights legislation of the 1960’s had secured the future for the American people. Well, it is time to take the rose colored glasses off. Join us as we take a look at the progress our nation has made and a closer look at where we have missed the opportunities to change ourselves, our congregations and maybe this nation of ours.

As Unitarian Universalists, we see our justice work as living out our values into the world. We covenant that "service is our prayer." What might it look like to create a justice spiritual practice?

In sermons and newsletters we often see references to our Unitarian Universalist "faith tradition” and some UU’s end their letters and emails with the words “In faith.” But faith in what? This sermon will be a summation of Bill’s reflections on that question and along the way he will introduce Roy G. Biv, whom he first encountered as a teacher in East Shore's RE program.