{"id":12468,"date":"2026-02-20T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?p=12468"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:57:13","slug":"february-2026-community-read-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/february-2026-community-read-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2026 Community Read Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A message from the co-facilitators of February 24th\u00a0UUMFE\u00a0Community Read:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to this month\u2019s UUMFE Community Read of <em>What If We Get It Right?<\/em> by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, \u201cCulture is the Context,\u201d pages 198-257.\u00a0 Below, please find your facilitators\u2019 guiding questions and some suggested actions in advance of February 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"colored-box blue\">\n<h2>Questions to ponder<\/h2>\n<div class=\"box-content\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:22px\">What media (movies, books, music, art) has changed how you understand or engage with Climate Justice or our natural world?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:22px\">What media in this genre do you wish you were observing (seeing, watching, reading, listening to)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:22px\">What news media sources do you trust or distrust in relation to Climate reporting?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:22px\">When have members of a different generation changed how you understand or engage with Climate Justice? Who has inspired you most?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the book section titled \u201cCulture is the Context,\u201d pages 198-257:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;I Dream of Climate Rom-coms&#8221;, Interview with Franklin Leonard and Adam McKay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The Planet Is the Headline&#8221;, Interview with Kendra Pierre-Louis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Dear Future Ones&#8221;, Poem by Jacqueline Woodson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Kids These Days&#8221;, Interview with Xiye Bastida and Ayisha Siddiqa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;There Is Nothing Naive About Moral Clarity&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actions to consider:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Watch the movie &#8220;Don&#8217;t Look Up,&#8221;<\/strong> which is referred to in the &#8220;I Dream of Climate Rom-Coms&#8221; chapter. In the spirit of the &#8220;Kids These Days&#8221; chapter, consider watching this movie with someone from another generation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Schedule a nature break<\/strong> before or after our Community Read. Observe how spending time in nature impacts your mood and experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Register for our Climate Grief Support Group<\/strong> to process your learnings from our Community Read and your personal experiences with climate change. The group begins on Feb. 27 and will meed Fridays from 1-2pm ET\/10-11am PT over Zoom. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScZbEm519HlXKQQMHEsrLcA7mfr7pssV1-5dfE9Xd-Hfddjmg\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to register and learn more.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheyenne Herlandstein &amp; Rev. Lauren Levwood<br><em>Co-Facilitators<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1024x382.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1024x382.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1536x573.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-2048x763.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1690x630.png 1690w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1600x596.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1200x447.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-620x231.png 620w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-400x149.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from the co-facilitators of February 24th\u00a0UUMFE\u00a0Community Read: We\u2019re looking forward to this month\u2019s UUMFE Community Read of What If We Get It Right? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, \u201cCulture is the Context,\u201d pages 198-257.\u00a0 Below, please find your facilitators\u2019 guiding questions and some suggested actions in advance of February 24.\u00a0 Read the book section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":12260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12470,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468\/revisions\/12470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}