Letters from Leadership (Page 5)
Each week, our leadership publishes a message to keep the congregation informed about what’s happening at UUCE.
Let Us Give Thanks For Our Common Humanity – Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray
As our lives become busy making plans with friends and family and holiday celebrations in our congregations, I am mindful that this year marks the 52nd annual Day of Mourning protest—an event that began when Frank Wamsutta James* called upon hundreds of Indigenous Americans and allies to gather in Plymouth, Massachusetts and declare Thanksgiving Day a National Day of Mourning for Native Americans. James wrote: “History wants us to believe that the Indian was a savage, illiterate, uncivilized animal. A history…