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| The Woodlands – Beginning September 7 – 4pm EST – The Woodlands, a new all-ages virtual pastoral care program for trans people and their families. The Woodlands is a monthly online gathering designed for trans children, youth, and adults—as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people. Each session will begin with a shared message and grounding ritual, followed by breakout rooms tailored to different communities within our circle, and we come back together for a release. Sessions will be about an hour and a half. Register here. | Potsdam Pride’s September Events Paper Art – Monday, Sept 1 6-8pm Canning Sunday, Sept 7 1-3pm The Night Market Saturday, Sept 27 5-9pm To learn more about each event, click here. |
| The Gathering by Side with Love on Sept 8 @ 8 pm ET – The Gathering is Side With Love’s monthly virtual event to equip UUs and justice-seekers with the spiritual grounding, political analysis, and collective action needed to rise to the challenges of this moment. Register today! | North Country Against Fascism Events Food Not Bombs Community Meal – Wednesday, Sept 3, 6-8pm – Springs Park, Massena United We Stand: If You Knew Our History – Wednesday, Sept 10 & 24, 7:00-8:30pm – Potsdam Town Hall How We Got Here: History of Fascism – Thursday, Sept 11, 2:30pm (weekly) – Massena Public Library Solidarity Saturday: Exploring Solidarity & Nonviolent Direct Action – Saturday, September 13, 5:30-7:30pm – Potsdam Presbyterian Church Constitution Day: The Constitution Then & Now ICE Watch/Report Training – Wednesday, September 17, 6:00-8:00pm – Massena Public Library |
| Meadville Lombard Theological School Resourcing our Resistance to Hate Public Sept 9 @7:30pm – Universalist Theology offers us ethical, liturgical, and practical resources to strengthen our resolve to resist the encroaching rising hate and resentment marking our collective lives. In this lecture, Dr. Ortega will mine moments from the political history of Universalists responding to their times to draw lessons and inspiration to inform our present moment. Register to receive the Zoom link. | North Country Neighbors for Civic Engagement Events Friday Morning Protest – “Elise, Are You Lost? – Tentative Date – Friday, Sept 12 – Town of Fowler – Sign Up for Details Make Billionaires Pay Protest March – Sept 20, 11:00am – 1:00pm – Ives Park, Potsdam – Register Today! Join North Country Indivisible for a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7pm. Register here to get the link. The best way to subscribe to their weekly email is to write to noco.neighbors@gmail.com. |
| Demystifying AI-Powered Militarization and its Social and Ecological Consequences – September 11, 2025 @ 8pm ET – Dr. Nicholas Rabb will explain the nuances of AI technology – what it can and cannot do – and its interaction with existing social systems. Drawing on emerging declarations from U.S. military bodies, as well as recent AI-powered military operations in Palestine and against U.S. immigrants, he will illuminate the consequences of current and future projects where AI is being used to advance human and ecological suffering. But perhaps more importantly, Rabb will make clear how AI is just another tool in service of old and persistent aims – capitalist growth, international control, domestic compliance – and that these sites of struggle should remain our focus even in the coming AI era. Register to attend here. | |
| CER BIPOC Monthly Gathering Sept 17 @ 6:30pm – If you identify as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC), you’re warmly invited to the UUA Central East Region’s monthly BIPOC gathering—a virtual space for connection, reflection, and spiritual grounding. Learn more and register! | |
| UUA Strategies to Advance Climate Justice September 17 @ 7pm ET – join Mathew Jensen, UUA Senior Investment Officer, and Rachel Myslivy, UUA Climate Justice Strategist, to learn about the Working Group’s Draft Commitments for Culture and Resources. Come together for shared learning and mutual supports with other UUs transforming our congregations through climate justice. Register now. | |
| UPLIFT Gatherings – Fourth Tuesdays September-June @ 8pm ET Join the UPLIFT monthly gatherings for trans, nonbinary, and other not-entirely-or-at-all-cis UUs and friends of UUism. Registration. | |
| National Public Lands Day – September 27 – Join us for National Public Lands Day on September 27, 2025! Since 1994, this annual event on the fourth Saturday of September has been the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort. Last year, over 130 national parks hosted events with 7,600 volunteers donating an impressive 41,500 hours of service. All national parks that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone on September 27, 2025 in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Click here to learn more from the NPS website. | |
| Helping Our Communities Thrive: Meet the Moment Wave Cohort for Congregational Life Work September 29 @ 8pm ET – Lay leaders and congregants! Join a one-time wave cohort to ask what helps our communities flourish, and what the most effective offerings the Congregational Life Field Staff could provide towards that flourishing. Register now. | |
| Grounded, Resilient, Responsible: Risk Discernment for Repro Justice Action Tuesday, September 30 at 7pm ET – In a time when reproductive justice organizing carries both profound moral clarity and real political risk, how do we move forward with courage, care, and collective strength? This training is designed to help individuals and communities assess and navigate risk in today’s climate. Together, we’ll explore spiritual, embodied, and practical tools to support wise action; deepen our ability to discern what’s needed and what’s possible; and share resources for communicating clearly and showing up responsibly with others in shared struggle. Come ready to root in your values, reflect on your context, and rise in community. Please register. | |
| UUMFE’s 2025-26 Community Read: “What If We Get It Right?” Beginning September 30 @7:45pm – Join in this monthly book discussion group. Learn more and register. |
Camp Unirondack – A radically inclusive Summer Camp and Conference Center located in the forever wild forests of the Western Adirondack Mountains on Niiohehsà:ne (Beaver Lake). Check out their website to learn about youth and adult camp opportunities. Click here to learn more.
UUA QUUest Camps – Immerse Youth in UU Values & Earth Justice at UUA QUUest Camps! This summer, Camp Blue Boat (Idaho) and QUUest Mountain West (Wyoming) will provide transformative week-long experiences for UU middle and high school youth. Learn more and support this vital ministry at uua.org/pwrcamp.
Side With Love – A Weekly Action Update featuring essential resources, upcoming events, and spiritual reflections to support justice work across the UUA’s intersectional priority areas. Sign up to receive these updates in your email inbox.
UUA’s Community Resilience Hub – A source of ongoing guidance and support for congregations navigating this chaotic and uncertain political landscape. The Hub includes information for ongoing use related to community safety and communal care, as well as a resource list that continues to be updated regularly. Access the hub by clicking here.
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Resistance Network– This network will be a hub for learning and action. It will help connect our collective efforts to protect democracy, expand civil liberties, and increase the impact of the social justice work we do together. We’re excited to co-create this new platform with you to support front line communities — rooted in faith and action. Learn more about the Resistance Network here.
UU Women’s Federation – Building covenantal relationships among Unitarian Universalist women+ that equip us all to be better co-conspirators and allies in the movement for collective liberation. It has always been the UUWF’s wish to join wholeheartedly with people everywhere in striving for universal human dignity, freedom, and peace. Check out their events page here.
New York City Non-Violent Communication Center – a peace education organization dedicated to preserving, portraying and expanding the work of Marshall Rosenberg (known as Nonviolent Communication) as a key to creating a more compassionate and sustainable world. Check out their program opportunities here.
Grateful Living – A global nonprofit organization that empowers people to live meaningful lives through the transformative practice of grateful living. Check out their programs here.