Qiyam Ansari
Environmental Justice Organizer
VCAN Board Chair
Qiyam Ansari is an Environmental Justice organizer who supports grassroots efforts to improve air quality issues in the Mon Valley. His work has included grant writing, community organizing, and community education with many partners in the Mon Valley. Mr. Ansari … read more.
Greetings all!
Hugh and I spent the weekend in DC, visiting family, friends, museums, and All Souls Unitarian Church, which has a great choir. (And Hugh was attending a law conference, too.)
I heard great things about the Peace Concert on Sunday. Many thanks to everyone who … read more.
As the leaves change color and fall from the trees, it can mean only one thing: It’s pledge drive season at First Unitarian!
Our campaign theme this year is “Let the Sunshine In!” As the Fifth Dimension sang in 1969, we’re asking you to “Open up … read more.
Valley Clean Air Now seeks to fight for the residents of the Mon Valley who continue to suffer from severe health, economic, climate, and environmental injustice by galvanizing the community to take action through local politics, grassroots organizing, community building, education, and community health initiatives.
Over the past year and a half, your Board and Minister have worked to expand our church’s ability to assess key parts of itself. As part of that effort, earlier this year, the Board conducted its first self-assessment. We also secured a commitment from the … read more.
Young Adults Spirituality Discussions
12:30 – 1:30 Sunday, 10/8 and every other Sunday
Room TBD
We are starting this up again! Every other Sunday, come share reflections about the sermon topic, spiritual practices, discussion questions, and readings in a small group led by Erica Shadowsong.
Sunday Morning Religious Education … read more.
This past Thursday, September 14th, at First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh,
members and supporters of the Environmental Justice Initiative of First Unitarian engaged in a conversation with award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and activist Mark Dixon in a multi-platform event. Mark shared insights about living well in a … read more.
The Sewing Circle met this past Thursday and almost completed the ten pillowcases that had been set as the goal for the month. Once a couple that went home with folks are returned, we will exceed that goal. And we had fun doing this work … read more.
Reverend Kate Walker and Eleanor Mayfield accepted the invitation to travel to the Khasi Hills to represent our church at a special celebration at the school we have been sponsoring since 2003. October 24, 2023, is the closing ceremony of the year-long 50th Death Anniversary … read more.
Ministry is all what we do — together.
Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity — beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant, reverent relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation.”
It’s written by the late … read more.
09/16/2023 12:00 PM
This special celebration invites UUNEI and American Partners to come together for learning and blessings for Unitarian Anniversary Day. This celebrates the first church service led by founder Hajom Kissor Singh in his home with three members on September 18, 1887. It is … read more.
