To the founding of the early christian church. We came to this country looking for religious freedom as people who question some inherited truths of the predominant christian teachings of the day. Both really found a home here in the United States early in the founding and then in 1961 like a bunch of denominations found they had a lot of shared beliefs and agendas. So in 1961 we became the Unitarian Universalist. What are the core values that we would find in a church or society . I go i would say through time it would be being willing to question inherited truth not saying that as a betrayal but all holy sacrament so that you are constantly revealing your own mistakes and coming to a full expression of truth together and the other piece would be always asking who have we left outside the circle of love. It is because of inherited small heartedness and how do we make that embrace of love wider. Inclusive . Yes. You welcome everybody to the table . Yes. Overtime that has meant differen
Now a 9 bay Area Labor Unions are calling on the city of oakland to defund its Police Department thanks for joining us at 9 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis demonstrators gathered outside oaklands Police Officers Association Headquarters. Demanding for change in police budget. Kron sir rather kron fours gayle ong explains their demands and how the officers are responding. Outside oakland Police Officers Association Headquarters wednesday. Protesters demanding change within the oakland Police Department budget our Labor Movement is about fighting for the common good and making sure that the voices of the unheard or heard George Floyds death sparked widespread protests around the world against Police Brutality and now calls to Defund Police department the oakland Police Department annual budget is million a budget sanjay garland Vice President of s e i u says needs to change we need to do is invest in our communities and make sure that theyre able to thrive. So we c
And hear from young worshippers, for Tobi Adegboyega. Who say the church has left them thousands of pounds in debt. But i tell you, june ending, i feel anger, because not only are they doing it to more weve got to reach a million. People, theyre doing it to the most vulnerable people. The church told us there is an expenditure for the year that it as the truth emerges about a church thats recruiting needs to meet, in order to keep vulnerable teenagers, we ask whos protecting doing the work it does in the those whove been duped . Community. As a charity, spac nation files accounts with the Charity Commission. I strongly believe, because its black kids, its almost seen as you know thats you lots problem. This is spac nation. They show that, by the end of 2018, its annual fundraising had increased sevenfold, from £164,000 in 2016 to nearly £1. 2 million. A church like no other. The vibe, theyre just really soulful and its just like lots of music and dancing and singing. Yeah, it was jus
Lawsuits in federal courts . Our members are certainly those volved in all of cases. One thing that weve seen in the Trump Administration is that the mpact on immigration is no loppinger isolated to a certain small set of policy objectives or goals. Really the whole entire mmigration system has seen a real shift in how immigration aw and policy is implemented, the intentions of the system i think have all been sort of challenged. Them members are all of really are actively involved in figuring out what is the policy currently. Nistration theyre actively involved in efforts to try to get the policy the more aligned with needs of the United States and the families who are here in country. Its been a full bore effort. Our topic for today on the washington journal is and campaign 2020. Ot a single democratic candidate says that the current immigration system is working. President trump often calms it a immigration system. If you were asked to fix the start . Where would you guest people ha
As we continue our discussion on immigration this morning we come back to our desk executive director of the American Immigration lawyers association. Remind viewers what the and what you do. The association is 15,000 over theon lawyers all country who do immigration of stripes. And they represent people in every conceivable kind of case in the system. Tion everything from asylum to nobel prize winners. Really its a lot of people all over the country doing a lot different but important work. The casesed about all surrounding the Trump Administrations policies. O you get involved in those lawsuits in federal courts . Our members are certainly those volved in all of cases. One thing that weve seen in the Trump Administration is that the mpact on immigration is no loppinger isolated to a certain small set of policy objectives or goals. Really the whole entire mmigration system has seen a real shift in how immigration aw and policy is implemented, the intentions of the system i think have