Follow me and the UU World at the UUA’s 2012 General Assembly

This week I will be video reporting on the 2012  General Assembly conference of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) for the UU World Magazine. Coverage will be posted on the UU World’s GA Blog, including videos, and be shared via all available social media channels. Connect with the UU World and follow this week via links below.

  • Follow me on Twitter @uuplanet.
  • UU’s I know are welcome to friend me on Facebook.
  • Need to reach me at GA? Message me via the above channels or leave voicemail at (617) 744-9784. This will forward to my cell and notify me via email.

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Full coverage of the 2011 General Assembly

Design Squad Nation

Our team will produces video segments for web based Design Squad Nation.  The following description is from the DSN website:

The DESIGN SQUAD NATION website is an online community that grew out of the DESIGN SQUAD television series that aired on PBS KIDS. The site targets kids ages 8 and older and features creative activities, engaging video, interactive games, and exciting contests. The goal of Design Squad is to give kids a stronger understanding of the design process, and the connection between engineering and the things we all use in everyday life. The results of engineering are all around us: from cars to cameras and everything in between. Being an engineer doesn’t mean being a “nerd” with a pocket protector. It means being a creative problem solver, an innovative thinker and a team player. The website offers many examples that contextualize engineering concepts and spurs kids to explore those concepts on their own or with a parent or educator. The DESIGN SQUAD NATION website equips kids with science and math skills, inspires them, and lays the foundation they need to participate in engineering activities later in life.

Samples of our work

Inflatable Sculptures
Balloon Joust
Air Cannon
Balloon Cars
Balloon Hovercrafts

More Media

DSN Host Nate Ball’s talk at TEDxBrooklyn

“Unleashing the Scientist Within!” Keynote

On Saturday, May 19th I will be offering the keynote at the 2nd annual SEEPP Spring Enrichment Conference, offered by the Southeast Education Professionals Partnership. I’ll be sharing learning from my 10 years as a children’s television producer and on location educator.  In addition to my keynote and workshop, there is a great lineup of workshop presenters.   I’m honored to be speaking for this group of educators.   If you made the May 11th registration deadline, I look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

And as always, email me or call (617) 744-9784 for booking.

Download Conference Brochure PDF

2nd Annual SEEPP Enrichment Conference
Offered by the Southeast Education Professionals Partnership
Saturday May 19, 2012 ~ 8:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.

The Taunton Holiday Inn
700 Myles Standish Boulevard
Taunton, MA 02780

Unleashing the Scientist Within!  Lessons from Children’s Television
Peter Bowden, Independent Television Producer and Consultant
How can we effectively (and affordably) engage children with science, math & engineering concepts? Peter Bowden, preschool teacher turned children’s t.v. producer & on-location educator, will share lessons from a decade of producing educational media for children’s t.v. shows. With enthusiasm & humor, he will share the process & principles guiding his work producing activity segments from many of your favorite shows.

Occupy Your Faith – A Boston Unitarian Universalist Revival

Event announcement via Matt Meyer. “Please pass it along to everyone you know!  Pass it along to youth group leaders and youth, friends and family, choir members and musicians, clergy and college students!  The RSVP will let us know how much food to get and how much help we’ll need with childcare.”

Boston UU Revival on May 12th!
Join us for a service of song, story, and reflection.
4-6pm.  Dinner to follow
Music by: Matt Meyer, Mark David Buckles, and “The Music Committee,” a contemporary UU band.
$15 suggested donation.
An offering for the UU Urban Ministry will be taken.
Childcare Available
RSVP HERE


Occupy Your Faith
A Boston Unitarian Universalist Revival

Join us for an energetic service of song, story, and reflection as we share in a celebration of the transforming message of Unitarian Universalism.

Saturday, May 12th
Worship begins at 4pm, with a shared dinner to follow at 6pm.
RSVP HERE

Childcare will be available

At the UU Urban Ministry
10 Putnam st. in Roxbury 
<10 min walk from Roxbury Crossing T stop

Music by: Matt Meyer, Mark David Buckles, and “The Music Committee” a contemporary UU band.
Suggested donation of $15.
A free-will offering will also be taken for the UU Urban Ministry of Boston.

Sample Congregational Website Privacy Policy

On websites you will often find a link to a privacy statement.  Does your congregation have one?

A sample policy statement has just been published to the Joseph Priestly District’s growth resource page.  The Sample Privacy Policy for the Web was prepared by CHUUG, the growth committee of this JPD Chesapeake cluster.

It offers a suggested format for creating a Privacy Policy for your web site  addressing the following:

  • Personal Information
  • Statistical Information Collected
  • Information Accuracy
  • Links to Third Party Sites

Download Sample Privacy Policy for the Web (PDF).
Visit Joseph Priestly District’s growth resource page.

Rev. Marlin Lavanhar on Trayvon Martin and the New Jim Crow

With permission I share this comment by Rev. Marlin Lavanhar on the national response to his recent sermon on the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the book  The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness.  I hope you’ll watch and share both Marlin’s sermon (below) and Alexander’s book.

“The national reaction to this sermon has been huge. Much of the info comes from Michele Alexander’s book: “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness”. I think it is the most important book on race in America in a generation. Please read it! ”  — Rev. Marlin Lavanhar

For more information on the book see www.newjimcrow.com.
Order via Amazon and Amazon Kindle.