The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa

 

Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 10:30am

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Selma Standoff

Reverend Lara Cowtan and Guest Speaker Reverend Fred Cappuccino

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The Selma, Alabama, Civil Rights Actions in 1965 were a watershed Unitarian event in American history. It had been named by Martin Luther King as a place to pursue voter's rights. After the Reverend James Reeb was murdered there, several hundred Unitarian ministers descended on Selma. There was a 5-day non-violent Gandhian stand-off between the marchers and the police. That was followed by a 50 mile March to Montgomery, Alabama.

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Guest speaker, Reverend Fred Cappuccino, who was the Minister at the UU Silver Spring Maryland Congregation at the time, and a close buddy of James Reeb, was there for the stand-off and left just before the March.

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​During the entire month of April, our Sunday collections, unless marked towards your pledge,

will be split 50/50 with our community partner, , the Ajashki Project.

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