Heather Higgins, longtime BUF member, will share some of her recent 26 months’ experiences and photos as a Peace Corps Volunteer Primary Literacy Specialist in St Vincent and the Grenadines, the West Indies. The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated change makers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle their most pressing challenges.
Heather will tell of her experiences while being integrated as the “White Lady” in a rural village of 900 people with nine fundamental, conservative Christian churches. She will highlight the joys, the challenges, the warmth and love of the community and the daily learning doing the “toughest job you will ever love!”
Linda Goggin MD, BUF member and board-certified family physician will be discussing strategies to prevent and reverse memory loss. Until the past several years in medicine's history, Alzheimer's disease has been experienced as a universally progressive decline. New understanding of the molecular switches within neurons and how to cultivate new neuron growth now gives hope for many with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
9:15 AM Come talk with representatives Willliam McPherson, President of WA UU Voices for Justice and DD Hilke, Executive Director of Northwest UU Justice Network. Learn how these organizations are amplifying the voices of UUs across our state and connecting like-minded activists to each other. Share your ideas about what a UU State Action could and should be to meet the challenges of our time. These UU justice networks are in the process of evolving into a single organization. Your ideas could spark a potent future reality.
