DRUUMM Programs at General Assembly June 22-26, 2022 Portland, Oregon DRUUMM Village is our collection of worship, workshops, and special events for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly. Visit our DRUUMM Booth and pickup your member ribbon when you arrive! DRUUMM has a BIPOC-only space in [...]
"Faith can be both a guiding light and sustaining force throughout the course of one’s life. Yet in a world that is all too cruel and harsh, faith can be twisted, becoming instead a tool that fosters both isolation and a sense of underwhelm. What do we do when this happens for us as Unitarian [...]
DRUUMM Elections 2022 As a community ministry, we uphold a democratic process where members elect our leadership. DRUUMM holds elections each year to vote on members to serve on our Steering Committee, our highest governing body. Per our bylaws, a nominating committee was formed and candidates have been proposed for the vacant positions. We are [...]
Leon Spencer Odyssey Video Dear ones, we are honored to share the full Dr. Leon Spencer Odyssey with you, which was captured, edited, and is now ready for release to you members of our beloved Universalist Unitarian family of faith! There is a great joy in sharing an Odyssey and wisdom from our elders for [...]
November 29, 2021 Dear Beloveds and Friends of DRUUMM, As DRUUMM President, I am writing to seek your support for our 2022 DRUUMM Worship & Fundraiser. It will be held on Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 at 8:30pm Eastern with the Reverend B. Tyler Coles of Virginia and musical director Dr. Zanaida Robles of California. I [...]
DRUUMM members, and friends are invited to the Premiere of Dr. Leon Spencer's Elder Spiritual Odyssey. Sunday, March 6th, 2022 6:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Pacific/1:00 PM Hawai'i Watch on YouTube RSVP to join a DRUUMM Watch Party Dr. Spencer's Odyssey will be available on-demand via druumm.org after the premiere. The film is 90 minutes. Special [...]
We invite DRUUMM members and supporters to help us raise $2,500 to support our work with BIPOC UUs in 2022. Our annual Faithify will help us develop a lay pastoral care training that we anticipate launching by the end of 2022, and produce our Elder Spiritual Odyssey programs that connect stories of faith journeys of [...]
Dear DRUUMM Community, We are grieving again. Our beloved friend, Mathew P. Taylor, has died. This is a shock to everyone. They was recently hospitalized and discharged, and he seemed to be recovering well. They were in our DRUUMM Steering Committee worship last week in his role serving as our Vice President. Your DRUUMM chaplains [...]
We are delighted to welcome Roddy Biggs (they/them) to the DRUUMM team as an MDIV volunteer out of Meadville-Lombard Theological School. I'm healing, I'm growing; I'm learning to love myself, trying to find my place on this topsy-turvy journey that we call life. Roddy is a Queer, BIPOC, Young Adult, Unitarian Universalist, with lived experiences [...]
#TBT January 2017 Over my 20 years in DRUUMM, it has always been one of those rare places where I feel the fullness of myself nurtured and reflected back in community. I made the choice as a youth to always strive to be part of an anti-racist collective, that centers the experiences of those most [...]
