The Sunday Forum has been a First Unitarian tradition since 1916.  It is a wide-ranging lecture and discussion series that takes place two Sundays each month.  Congregation members and outside speakers give talks on science, medicine, history, art, music, culture, social and environmental justice, philosophy, and national politics. Invited speakers include experts from universities, nonprofits, government, and business. Ample time is reserved for questions and discussion.

You can attend Forum in person in the Schweitzer Room or online via Zoom. Presentations begin at 9 AM unless otherwise announced.  You can Access our video library of Sunday Forum programs, or view the schedule for upcoming Forums below.

All are invited to participate in the journey to a deeper understanding of our multiracial, multicultural society; of the natural world and our place in it; and of emerging technologies that offer both hope and peril.  What we learn together will inform our priorities as we seek a more just world and a livable planet for our children and grandchildren.

Sunday Forum News

First UU’s Sunday Forum “PIIN’s Call to Action on Immigrant Support in Pittsburgh”

First UU’s Sunday Forum on March 15, 2026, at 9:00 am-10:15 am is “PIIN’s Call to Action on Immigrant Support in Pittsburgh”. It will be led by Kathleen Rueppel, Chair, PIIN Immigration Task Force,e with ...
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First UU Sunday Forum Speaker Series

03/01/2026 -9:00 AM –Schweitzer Room, or on-line A Discussion of Alzheimer’s Disease Speaker: Long-time congregation member Nicholas Izzo, Ph.D. is a research biologist with expertise in cell-based assay development and drug discovery.Nick earned a B.S. in ...
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Sunday Forum 2/15/26

The Homestead Acts of the 1860s and the Broken Promise of “Forty Acres and a Mule” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Dale B. Snyder Sr., who has served Pittsburgh Bethel AME Church since 2019, is a man ...
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Sunday Forum

Social Justice in Pittsburgh in Historical Perspective The Speaker: Daniel Holland, PhD, is the 2025-2026 Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for African-American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) in the History Department at Carnegie Mellon University. ...
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