Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries

11/06/2026

🌎 ¡Un nuevo espacio en español en DRUUMM!

¡Gente, les invitamos! Únanse al Rev. Diego Garrido Barreto y la Rev. Katie Romano Griffin para un nuevo encuentro mensual de adoración, conexión espiritual y comunidad en español, dirigido a miembros de DRUUMM y amistades BIPOC.

Un espacio para celebrar nuestras culturas, compartir nuestras historias y fortalecer nuestra comunidad unitaria universalista.

📅 Lunes 9 de noviembre y cada segundo lunes del mes
💻 Por Zoom | Gratis

Inscríbanse: druumm.org/events

🌎 A New Spanish-Language Community at DRUUMM

Join Rev. Diego Garrido Barreto and Rev. Katie Romano Griffin for monthly worship and spiritual connection in Spanish.

This space is for DRUUMM Members and BIPOC Friends, centering Spanish-speaking Unitarian Universalists. All levels of Spanish are welcome.

📅 Monday, November 9 | On Zoom | Free

RSVP: druumm.org/events
Questions? [email protected]

White allies: Please help us spread the word to BIPOC friends and community members who may be interested.

11/01/2026

We’re grateful for the UUA leadership of several DRUUMM members and former Steering Committee leaders. Join us as we gather together on November 9th.

As we navigate the November 3 elections and their aftermath, we know that regardless of the results, our sacred commitment to building a multiracial, interdependent democracy rooted in love, justice, and collective liberation continues.

On Monday, November 9, Side with Love’s Nicole Pressley, UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, musician Glen Thomas Rideout, and other beloved leaders will hold a special gathering open to all—a space for spiritual grounding, collective reflection, and meaningful action.

For our DRUUMM community, this is an opportunity to reconnect with our values, nourish our spirits, and strengthen the relationships that sustain our collective work.

Register: https://sidewithlove.org/the-gathering

Join The Gathering, Side With Love’s monthly virtual event for spiritual grounding, political analysis, justice action, recordings, and resources.

10/21/2026

We can put out a fire.
We cannot call back a sound.
Whatever was said in this room has already crossed into the next field. And the next. And the next.

So go home and be an irregular assembly. Gather without permission. Rest when you need to. Keep the beat. And when they ask you what all that noise is —
tell them it's how we find each other.

- Rev. Angeline Jackson, Davis CA at the Closing Worship of our Beloved Gathering

We are grateful for every effort you make to help connect BIPOC Unitarian Universalists together.

10/13/2026

Some gatherings are hard to put into words.

At Unity Village, 100+ BIPOC Unitarian Universalists came together for DRUUMM's Beloved Gathering. Surrounded by gardens, winding paths, quiet places for reflection, and the beauty of the changing season, we found something precious: space to pause, deepen, and strengthen our connections with one another.

There was extraordinary worship, laughter, storytelling, shared meals, old friendships renewed, and new relationships taking root. There was also spaciousness—to wander, rest, listen, and simply be.

For many of us, it felt less like a conference and more like a spiritual homecoming. A reminder that beloved community is not only something we aspire to build. It is something we can experience, practice, and nurture together. We came from different places, generations, and journeys. For a few beautiful days, we made a place of belonging together. And we carry a little of that sacred place home with us.

10/12/2026

Today, DRUUMM honors the resilience, wisdom, sovereignty, and living traditions of Indigenous peoples, and the leadership of Native communities working for justice, cultural preservation, and collective liberation.

Within DRUUMM, we are grateful for our Indigenous/Native Caucus, a space for connection, community, and solidarity among Indigenous and Native Unitarian Universalists. If you identify as Indigenous or Native and would like to connect, we warmly invite you to reach out to us at [email protected].

We also uplift the important relationships and partnerships of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) with Indigenous communities around the world. From the Lowlander Center’s coastal restoration work in Louisiana, to TuCAN’s advocacy for climate-displaced communities in Tuvalu, to Tulele Peisa’s work sustaining culture and community in the Carteret Islands, these partnerships remind us that climate justice must be rooted in Indigenous leadership and self-determination. Learn more at UUSC.org

May we honor Indigenous peoples not only today, but every day, through relationships of respect, solidarity, and shared commitment to justice.

10/10/2026

How do we practice peace? How do we navigate disagreement, acknowledge harm, and repair relationships in a time of profound conflict?

Beloved community is not simply something we imagine. It is something we learn to practice, together.

DRUUMM invites BIPOC Unitarian Universalists to a three-session BIPOC Restorative Practices Seminar with Alison Aguilar Lopez Gutierrez McLeod. Together, we'll explore how to stay present in conflict, recognize our own patterns, practice meaningful accountability and repair, and support others through difficult conversations.

October 22, November 5 & 19
Thursdays | 5–6:30 PM Pacific / 8–9:30 PM Eastern
RSVP: druumm.org/events

We won't always get it right. But we can become more skillful, compassionate, and accountable to one another.

10/05/2026

🌿 Finding Our Path Toward Collective Liberation 🌿

Join DRUUMM California on Saturday, October 10, 2026 for a powerful day of connection, reflection, and movement-building with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Unitarian Universalists, friends, and allies from across California.

📍 In person: First Unitarian Church of San Jose + First UU Church of San Diego
💻 Online participation available
🕘 9 AM–4 PM
✊🏽 Palestine Solidarity Action follows at 5 PM

Together, we’ll explore what collective liberation asks of us in our congregations, justice movements, and relationships with one another.

A keynote and panel led by Jewell Famaaligi will examine why movements stall, why congregations sometimes struggle to do hard things, and how we can understand our individual and collective roles in building the Beloved Community.

Panelists include Antoinette Hollamon, Valeria Aguilar, and Angela Oh, bringing experience in UU justice organizing, congregational social justice, civil rights, and community leadership.

🔗 Register: https://tinyurl.com/dcaFall2026

Come connect, deepen relationships, and help strengthen a more courageous and liberatory UU community across California. 💜

10/02/2026

What changes when we have the skills—and the relationships—to hold each other through hard conversations, conflict, and justice work?

Final call for the Peer Space Holders Intensive, a virtual year-long cohort for UUs seeking to deepen their capacity to hold meaningful, transformative spaces for justice. Starts October 17 and meets third Saturdays, 2–5 pm Pacific, 5-8pm Eastern, through May 2027.

We’re grateful for the strong interest so far and anticipate a cohort that will be about 50% BIPOC. Financial aid is available for DRUUMM members.

Learn more: https://loom.ly/0maWO3o
Interest form: https://bit.ly/druumm-arao

09/20/2026

As our Beloved Gathering comes to a close, we leave Unity Village with gratitude for these days of pausing, deepening, and strengthening our relationships with one another.

As Yom Kippur approaches, we also honor our Jewish siblings entering this sacred time of reflection, accountability, repentance, forgiveness, and return. In the meeting of these moments, I’m reminded that the communities we cherish require our continual attention—our willingness to return, to repair, and to renew our commitments to one another.

May we travel home safely, carrying gratitude for what we have shared and renewed commitment to one another. G’mar chatimah tovah to all who observe.