Current Events
Common Enemy: Documentary Discussion & Director Q&A (Virtual)
Event Date: Sunday April 19, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET// 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT// 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM MT// 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
***Register here to attend the discussion.***
**Click Here for More Details!**
Watch the film Common Enemy on your own then join us for rounds of small group discussion and a special guest Q&A!
Virtual Documentary Night is a monthly online event hosted by Community Documentary Night. It is designed to give people the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions on a wide range of topics with people from various backgrounds.
Common Enemy Documentary Night Details
For this Special Virtual Documentary Night, in honor of Earth Month, we are meeting to talk about the documentary, Common Enemy. This eye opening documentary looks at large-scale animal farms in Oklahoma, and explores the ways they impact the humans, animals, and natural world. The director Adam Peditto, and community members featured in the documentary, will be joining us for a special guest Q&A!
>>Click here to watch Common Enemy for free<<
**PLEASE REMEMBER TO WATCH THE FILM ON YOUR OWN BEFORE JOINING THE DISCUSSION**
What is this Event?
How this all works is you will first watch the film prior to our event. Then we will meet on Zoom on the day of the event, where you participate in multiple rounds of small group discussions with a different discussion prompt and different randomized groups for each round. This gives you the opportunity to hear a variety of perspectives throughout the night. Then we will follow with the special guest Q&A!
Again, you must watch the film BEFORE the event.
How do I Register for the Discussion?
You will receive the Zoom link and password once you register for the event by RSVPing here. Please remember your Eventbrite login and password. You may need that to access the Zoom info on the day of the event. If you have any trouble accessing the zoom link, have any questions or would like to be added to the email list, please contact our partner at CommunityDocumentaryNight@gmail.com.
Earth Day Worship Service: “Sentience Surrounds Us”
(UUMFE Event with UUAM Participation)
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
8:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CT / 6:00 PM MT / 5:00 PM PT
Online via Zoom
Join the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth for their annual Earth Day Worship Service, “Sentience Surrounds Us.” This gathering celebrates the intelligence, awareness, and interconnectedness of all beings, honoring Earth as a living, relational community.
This years’ service includes participation from UUAM Board members Irene Kaye and Rev. Dr. Joel Tishken, highlighting the shared commitment between UUAM and UUMFE to animal and environmental justice. The service is offered in loving memory of Dr. Jane Goodall.
This annual Earth Day gathering invites participants to renew their commitment to protecting and honoring the Earth and all beings.
Registration is free but required.
Click HERE to register!
Monthly Pet Loss Support Group
DETAILS: The Pet Loss Support Group is held on a monthly basis, and new participants are always welcome. The meetings are held on the first Wednesday at 8:00 pm (Eastern). In order to gain access, just email Rev. Elleven (relleven at gmail dot com) and he will send you the link and password (or you can find it on the UUAM Facebook page). Visit Rev. Russell’s Animal Chaplain page.
Rev. Russell Elleven, DMin
UUAM Chaplain
UPCOMING SUPPORT GROUP
Wednesday May 6, 2026 at 8 pm EDT / 7pm CDT / 6pm MDT / 5pm PDT
UUAM PRESENTS CHOCOLATE BAR DELIGHT
A COOKING DEMO WITH CHEF TESS CHALLIS
Sunday, May 10, 2026
7 PM EST/6 PM CST/5 PM MST/4 PM PST
Dive into a chocolate treat experience with UUAM and Chef and Coach Tess Challis! Learn to make this tasty delight yourself! Join us as Tess guides us through creating decadent Butterfinger-ish Chocolate Bars (Food Joy page 208) to make for a special someone—or maybe you enjoy cooking together! This free online program Chocolate Bar Delight is Sunday, April 12 at 7 PM Eastern Standard Time. Click this link to register: Chocolate Bar Delight Registration
Tess is a One Degree Business & Life Coach, Vegan Chef, and author. Her books range from Radiant Health, Inner Wealth to her latest Food Joy, where she and her daughter share their stories and special recipes. When she first became vegan, Tess was frustrated by trying recipes that didn’t turn out. Quoting Tess, “I’m a flavor junkie, and it was really hard to stick with my new way of eating at first, because I felt flavor-deprived. I vowed then and there that someday I’d create a cookbook that people could trust—one where every recipe turned out perfectly and deliciously, even for people who “didn’t like to cook.”
Tess has done that and more! In addition to publishing several cookbooks with diverse tastes that are fun and easy to follow, she provides programs and workshops to guide others to their best lives possible through her One Degree Business Coaching and One Degree Life Coaching. You can find more information at www.TessChallis.com.
Quick Details
What: Chocolate Bar Delight with Chef Tess Challis
When: Sunday, April 12th, 7 PM EST/6 PM CST/5 PM MST/4 PM PST
Where: On Zoom from the comfort of your home
Cost: No charge, but you must Register
The Humane Hoax: Nonviolence Beyond the Labels with Hope Bohanec
Sunday May 31
7:00 PM EDT | 6:00 PM CDT | 5:00 PM MDT | 4:00 PM PDT
Join us HERE for this free event!
Join author and activist Hope Bohanec as we dig into her edited volume The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs. Hope will examine the new trend of humanewashing and greenwashing in animal product marketing, unpacking labels like cage-free eggs, family-farmed dairy, and grass-fed meat. Is this trend really the answer to the numerous concerns of raising animals for food? What do the labels actually mean? This talk invites a deeper reflection on how “humane” labels can subtly dull our moral awareness, offering comfort in place of clarity. Drawing on ethical and spiritual perspectives, Hope explores how cultivating sensitivity, awareness, and nonviolence requires more than choosing “better” products—it calls for a reawakening of perception itself. What does it mean to live nonviolently in a world that constantly reframes harm as humane? How might the concept of Ahimsa, non-harming, help us see beyond the labels and respond with greater compassion?
Hope Bohanec has been active in animal protection and environmental activism for over 35 years. She is the Executive Director of Compassionate Living, host of the Hope for the Animals Podcast, founder of The Humane Hoax Project, and has published two books on the subject of humanewashing and greenwashing. Hope has studied Jain and Hindu Dharma for many years and founded the Ahimsa Living Project to explore the deep parallels between the Dharma religions and veganism.
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