"COVID Protocols for HUGGERS"
Greetings CCC Woman of Color,
You are warmly invited to a conversation on “Covid Protocols for Huggers” on Sunday February 12th, at 5:00pm. For Women of Color, Only. I want your voice in coming up with “sister protocols” and slogans.
Our Sunday conversation of CCC Women of Color will feature door prizes, laughter, and lots of lovingkindness. We will give away a $100.00 gift card for First Place for best "COVID Protocols for Huggers" and a $50.00 gift card for Second Place. Rumi’s Little Book of the Heart--filled with love poetry for the Divine, for honorable mentions. We have carefully curated gifts for you!
I am partnering with several faith organizations and the Centers for Disease Control to develop culturally appropriate, health equity messaging for communities of color. Add your voice! Click here for the flyer Register by Thursday, February 9th, below.
The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute (BCDVI), a national educational ministry, was founded in 1997 to address the cultural chasm between communities of faith and the violence against women movement. BCDVI supports clergy training to provide culturally competent education on intimate partner violence and other public health crises.
The Rev. Aubra Love, Founding Executive Director, is an ordained minister whose standing is held in the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ. A public theologian, pastor and movement ethicist for more than 25 years, Rev. Love is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and the Morehouse School of Religion at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA.
Health Equity Sermon by the Rev. Aubra Love
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington DC, October 2022
"Easy Does It"
Scriptures: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, Luke 17:11-19
By a show of hands, how many of you lost someone to Covid over this pandemic period? Let me see by show of hands. Yes, I lost cousins, who were close to my age. Thank you. Put your hands down, now. God, in your tender mercies, please tend the hearts of your people. (more)
Featuring a statewide initiative...
Getting to Yes! Michigan
https://www.gettingtoyesmichigan.org
Getting to Yes, Michigan is a program that aims to increase knowledge and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines. Churches across Michigan are taking part in this important effort to reach out to their community members. Resources are available online for church leaders desiring to increase vaccination rates within their congregations.
Looking ahead at national trends...
Two years after Covid vaccines rolled out, researchers are calling for newer, better options
Despite the success of mRNA vaccines, researchers think a new generation of Covid vaccines could provide broader, longer-term protection in the future. Two years after the first Covid shots went into arms, a growing chorus of researchers is calling for a new generation of vaccines that provide broader and more long-term protection against the disease. (more)
