The IPA and Social Justice Teams and will be co-sponsoring the screening of the film MYANMAR The Forgotten Revolution (2022) Director Katie Arnold, Journeyman Pictures. The film's running time is 53 minutes. Myanmar may be the most violent among the 50 wars tracked globally with an estimated death toll of…
The Social Justice Team and the IPA Team will be co-sponsoring the screening of the film My Name is Wolastoq. After viewing the film, there will be a discussion about Indigenous place names in the Vancouver area. Here is a Vancouver Sun article about adding traditional First Nations names to many…
In celebration of 2024 May Asian Heritage Month, the VanU IBPoC Plus Allies (IPA) Film Club presents: One Tree, Three Lives and Q&A with director Angie Chen and producer Pam Lay. More information here, and please read the film synopsis and watch the film's trailer. Admission is by donation- pay…
This is a forum to discuss the Special Resolution on Endorsement of the CUC Statement calling for Permanent Ceasefire in Israel/Palestine and Return of Hostages. Item 10 of the Vancouver Unitarians EGM on June 9th is the reading and vote on this Special Resolution. Click to see full text of…
As you offer a bit of water during the annual water ceremony in-gathering service, the Social Justice Team invites you to also place an empty paper cup next to the congregational vessel in solidarity with Palestinians, civilians in war-torn Sudan, and Indigenous communities in Canada under drinking water advisories. Unitarians…
Please join the Social Justice Team in sending postcards to ALL provincial party leaders to urge them to implement policy for vacancy control and safe supply. We will meet in the Fireside Room from 12:30-1:30. Postcards, postage and snacks will be provided.
The Vancouver Unitarians are hosting an all-candidates debate for the provincial riding of Vancouver – Little Mountain, where our heritage campus is located. All are welcome to attend! The forum will be held Wednesday, Sept. 25th at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary building at 949 W. 49th Ave. The forum will also…
To join the live stream, please join us at 2pm using the video below Click here for a program of the service Join like-hearted others to mark and mourn the ravages of war and gather inspiration and courage to continue your commitment to a better alternative. Let Peace Be Their…
Please join the Social Justice Team, Vancouver Peace Poppies, and other peace activists in Hewett Hall immediately following the Let Peace Be Their Memorial ceremony. There will be light refreshments, a chance to socialize, meet event hosts and wreath layers, and display tables set up with information about peace building…
The IPA will be screening the film “The Battle for the Gateway to Myanmar," which shows the current situation in Burma/Myanmar, on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. in the Fireside Room. Kyi Min Saw will be our guest speaker to answer your questions. She has been working to raise…
The Social Justice Team will host our 8th annual Amnesty International Write for Rights event in the Fireside Room from 12:30-2:00 p.m. Snacks will be available. This year’s cases are from Angola, Argentina, Belarus, Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, and Viet Nam. You may also participate in Write…
The impacts of a changing climate are in our faces daily. Are you anxious and not knowing what to do? Hundreds of BC citizens took direct action against the fossil fuel perpetrators of the crisis and were arrested on Burnaby Mountain for opposition to TMX, a pipeline carrying diluted bitumen…
