<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><b><font size="5" face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Please join us this Sunday for...</font></b></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font color="#6aa84f"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="6" style=""><b style="">"WELCOMING THE VERNAL EQUINOX: </b></font></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font color="#6aa84f"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="6" style=""><b style="">CULTIVATING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MOTHER EARTH</b></font><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:xx-large">"</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">With</span><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>Rev. Sonia Ketchian and </b></i></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>Special Guest Speaker, Rev. Lauren Ahava Jacobs (Bio Below)</b></i></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000" size="4">All Are Welcome!</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><img src="cid:ii_lfabbh3v0" alt="Welcoming the Vernal Equinox Cultivating our Relationship with Mother Earth.png" width="322" height="497"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"></span><br></div></div><p align="center" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><font color="#6aa84f">ZOOM SERVICE:</font></span></b></p><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Zoom Link: </b><br></font></div><p style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 2px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/6442007072?pwd=ZVBkT21WeG9DdThac1NiVlNkVjkvUT09" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="border-bottom:1px solid currentcolor;text-align:start">https://zoom.us/j/6442007072?pwd=ZVBkT21WeG9DdThac1NiVlNkVjkvUT09</a><br></font></p><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Meeting ID: </b><span style="color:rgb(20,24,39)">644 200 7072</span></font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Passcode: </b><span style="color:rgb(20,24,39)">uucpzoom</span></font></div><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">For more info, visit: <a href="http://uucpalisades.org"><font color="#6aa84f">uucpalisades.org</font></a></font></b></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-weight:700"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"></span></span></p><img src="cid:ii_lfabf5tx1" alt="Rev. Lauren.png" width="140" height="140"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail_default">R</span>ev. Lauren Ahava Jacobs</font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> is an Interfaith spiritual leader, weaving Judeo-Christian, Yogic, Buddhist Mindfulness and Earth-based practices into a multilayered fabric that welcomes the soul home.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"> </span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(51,51,51)">An ordained Interfaith Minister and graduate of One Spirit Seminary, Lauren offers uplifting sermons and officiates Interfaith weddings, memorials, coming of age ceremonies & baby blessings throughout New York State.</span><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">A dedicated warrior for peace, Lauren is currently a Senior Fellow with the Interfaith Center of New York Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy (ICLA) and has publicly supported the New York Faith Leaders assembly for passage of the Fair Chance Housing Act (Faith Leaders FC4H). She is also currently spearheading the Welcome Home ICLA Asylum-seekers Initiative and the One Spirit in Action / Interfaith Prison Partnership Prison Release Bags Initiative (OSIA / IPP RBI).</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">A fervent love activist, Lauren co-founded the Interfaith Community Kitchen & Coat Drive at Romemu in Fall 2020 and continues to manage its Volunteer Coordinators, Fundraising & Publicity including for its Family Day initiative. Relatedly, she co-chairs the Social Action Committee where she has presented Panel Discussions on Food Justice, Children’s Rights & Welfare, and Finding Common Ground in American Democracy, and co-facilitated events on Criminal Justice Reform and Immigration Reform.</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">A certified teacher of Meditation, Mindfulness & Yoga for people of all ages & abilities, Lauren also leads Meditation & Mindfulness workshops and offers her course, “Mindfulness in Action: Taking the Next Right Step toward Tikkun Olam – Healing the World”. She holds Master’s Degrees from Harvard University and Bank Street College of Education.</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Lauren believes in the power of Courageous Compassion and spiritual connection to expand our souls and uplift sacred community.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Liandra Pires</font></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Marketing & Communications
Specialist</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Co-Chair of Racial & Social Justice Team</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Unitarian Universalist Congregation
of the Palisades (UUCP)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><img width="94" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zoOxXh858qwiVu-qFmcmAj9GcKipvydLOKaMw8Nv97fa0y--TJPSFZ9CSxurI9piohNW0Jqck"><br></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:533px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px none"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;border-style:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><p style="text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><em><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Connect with us!</b></font></em></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:533px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px none"><div style="margin:0px 0px 5px"><div style="text-align:left"><font size="1"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UUCPalisades" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://ui.icontact.com/assets/editor-social-icons/color/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" height="40" width="40" title="Facebook" style="height:40px;width:40px;border:0px"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/UUCPalisades" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://ui.icontact.com/assets/editor-social-icons/color/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" height="40" width="40" title="Twitter" style="height:40px;width:40px;border:0px"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uucpalisades/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://ui.icontact.com/assets/editor-social-icons/color/instagram.png" alt="Instagram" height="40" width="40" title="Instagram" style="height:40px;width:40px;border:0px"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPBmlqcRJuYjjW8TrkBLOmQ" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://ui.icontact.com/assets/editor-social-icons/color/youtube.png" alt=" YouTube" height="40" width="40" title="YouTube" style="height:40px;width:40px;border:0px"></a><a href="https://uucpalisades.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://ui.icontact.com/assets/editor-social-icons/color/website.png" alt="Website" height="40" width="40" title="Website" style="height:40px;width:40px;border:0px"></a></font></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr"><p><span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>