Upcoming events

    • 26 Mar 2025
    • 26 Nov 2025
    • 8 sessions
    • Zoom upon registration

    The Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Caucus of DRUUMM hosts a virtual Coffee Hour for community and discussion monthly (except June and December). Beginning in March 2025, the Coffee Hour will be held on the 4th Wednesday from 5 to 6:30 PM Pacific/8 to 9:30 PM Eastern.

    We have a different Theme or Topic each month. Perhaps you would like to propose and/or present one?

    In February we had a small group conversation really getting to how we share and show our love of others and ourselves. The focus on love really framed our warm heartfelt conversation.

    Our March Coffee Hour theme is Spring Awakening. We will touch on many of the topics we think of in March including honoring women's history, transgender action for healthcare equality, deaf history and gender equality. We'll also consider gardening - tending to both our exterior gardens and our interior selves. To prepare for an activity together, please bring seed/s and a pot to plant the seed/s in.

    Hosted by the AANHPI Steering Committee.

    If you have any question, please send an email to Evelie Delfino Såles at evelie511@gmail.com.

    2025 Schedule
    January 15
    February 19
    March 26
    April 23
    May 28
    July 23
    August 27
    September 24
    October 22
    November 26

    • 08 Apr 2025
    • 09 Dec 2025
    • 9 sessions
    • Online

    The Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) caucus of DRUUMM gathers to build community and for discussion monthly on the 2nd Tuesday from 5 to 6 PM Pacific/8 to 9 PM Eastern.

    Please honor that this gathering is for only those who identify as Southwest Asian and North African.

    2025 Schedule

    January 14
    February 11
    March 11
    April 8
    May 13
    June 10
    July 8
    August 12
    September 9
    October 14
    November 11
    December 9

    • 01 Aug 2025
    • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT)
    • Online

    Beloved BIPOC friends and DRUUMM members too, do you want to know more about DRUUMM? Come join us for our Open House! This is a great way to learn about DRUUMM programs and events and to make connections with each other.

    We come together to build our beloved community from around the world. We are united in our vision of healing from oppression, self-determination, and the anti-racist, anti-oppressive transformation of Unitarian Universalism.

    Your hosts will be DRUUMM Outreach Co-Coordinators Karishma Gottfried and Devin Dadah.










    This event is BIPOC-centered, a sacred space reserved for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color and UU or interested in Unitarian Universalism. DRUUMM recognizes every Community of Color is impacted differently, and each community maintains its own unique identity and culture. BIPOC/People of Color/Person of Color/Community of Color is a political identity of survival and being in resistance to racism and colonialism, one that builds solidarity and creates positive change. White allies with questions or concerns are strongly encouraged to reach out to Allies for Racial Equity.

    • 01 Aug 2025
    • 6:00 PM (PDT)
    • 03 Aug 2025
    • 2:00 PM (PDT)
    • Hybrid

    Naming the Now:
    Crisis, Clarity, and Care

    A weekend of connection, witness, and spiritual renewal for BIPOC UUs and their friends and families.

    We are living through a time of profound change. Systems are unraveling, truth itself is under attack, and the weight of these shifts are undeniable. And still, we gather.

    This statewide retreat is an intentional space for BIPOC UUs to name and bear witness - to what is unfolding in our lives, to reflect with clarity and care, and to strengthen the relationships that sustain both our resistance and our renewal.


    We will start our weekend on Friday 8/1 by sharing in a cultural dinner experience, at Prubechu restaurant in the Mission District of San Francisco, for story gathering to honor how our ancestors faced collapse, found strength in community, and created beauty in the face of destruction. This portion of retreat is In Person only.

    Our full retreat day on Saturday 8/2 at First UU Society of San Francisco will be offered In Person with all programming inside of the sanctuary also available on Zoom. Our day together will include interactive workshops that help us face the rising tide of authoritarianism, reclaim spiritual practices that ground us, and sharpen our tools for organizing, mutual care, and courageous action. We will also be enjoying a short 5-minute walk/ride for lunch at the 51st Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair. For those interested, we would love to continue the connection with a post retreat hangout in Chinatown by taking time for sightseeing and dinner.

    On Sunday 8/3, we will gather for a special DRUUMM CA Worship Service, led by Rev. Kevin Mann and hosted by UU Fellowship of Redwood City. All are welcome to join In Person or via the church's Zoom. Following the service, we’ll close out the weekend with a DRUUMM community picnic - a time to relax, connect, and celebrate all we’ve shared.

    Homestay availability and travel scholarship follow up info will be sent to all registrants by email. See the full event schedule here.

    Who should attend:

    • DRUUMM members
    • BIPOC Unitarian Universalists seeking community, connection, and spiritual renewal
    • Allies and family members of all identities who support DRUUMM’s mission — you are warmly invited to join the open community activities of the retreat weekend
    • Southern California congregations looking to connect and deepen their commitment to racial justice in Unitarian Universalist faith spaces

    Registration fees:

    • DRUUMM members (retreat program) - Free
    • BIPOC Friend or BIPOC Family of DRUUMM (retreat program) - $15 suggested donation
    • Ally or family member of BIPOC (open events only, as indicated on the schedule) - $15 suggested donation
    • Children - Free with accompanying adult

    Food & Out-of-Pocket Costs

    Please note that meals not explicitly listed as covered may involve out-of-pocket expenses at your discretion. We aim to make this retreat accessible and adequately nourishing, with opportunities to share meals in community while allowing flexibility and choice.

    To support ease and nourishment throughout the weekend, DRUUMM California will be providing:

    • Friday: Appetizers at our cultural dinner at Prubechu. Diners are welcome to purchase additional food and drinks on their own.
    • Saturday: Brunch and a generous spread of grazing snacks available through the late afternoon. Attendees may also choose to purchase lunch at the 51st Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair. Dinner in Chinatown will be self-funded, based on your interest and budget.
    • Sunday: Our closing community picnic will be fully funded by DRUUMM California.

    Scholarships

    We know that money is a powerful energy deeply entangled with systems of capitalism, access, and oppression. We also know that naming our needs and asking for help should come without shame or judgment. If this retreat calls to you, please don’t let money be a barrier. We’ve created options to support your participation:

    For travel assistance, please complete our Travel Scholarship Form.

    To request a registration scholarship, register without submitting payment. Then, forward your invoice to Rev. Kevin Mann at revkev@druumm.org with a short note letting us know what amount of support you’re requesting. We’ll send you an adjusted invoice for any remaining balance - no explanation or justification needed.

    Not a DRUUMM Member?

    Non-DRUUMM members are welcome to attend by paying the registration fee.

    Or, you’re warmly invited to become a DRUUMM member, which includes free access to this retreat and future DRUUMM California seasonal retreats, along with opportunities for community connection, leadership development, spiritual support, and engagement in BIPOC-specific programs and justice work within the larger Unitarian Universalist community. Annual dues for DRUUMM membership begin at $15.

    Join DRUUMM Now

    ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

    This retreat is being offered in collaboration with DRUUMM California, First UU Society of San Francisco, and the UU Fellowship of Redwood City.

    The vision of DRUUMM California is to uplift, amplify, and center BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Unitarian Universalists, through cultivating a network of regional retreats within the three main geographic areas of the state: the Bay Area, Central Valley, and Southern California. We dismantle white supremacy culture by centering the stories, lived experiences, and spiritual traditions of BIPOC UUs.

    We look forward to being in community with you!

    Questions? Contact Rev. Kevin Mann at revkev@druumm.org

Past events

06 Jul 2025 Declaration of Interdependence | Worship Together with Karishma Gottfried
29 Jun 2025 NonFiction Book Group
29 Jun 2025 The Storm Is Passing Over | Worship Together with Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika
18 Jun 2025 DRUUMM Village at UUA General Assembly 2025
15 Jun 2025 Fiction Book Group
11 Jun 2025 Nonmember Focus Group
28 May 2025 DRUUMM Open House
23 May 2025 Amanda Thomas: BIPOC Space for Reflection and Grieving
18 May 2025 NonFiction Book Group
15 May 2025 Public Worship: There Will Always Be Dancing
02 May 2025 DRUUMM California Spring Retreat 2025 - We Are the Ones
30 Apr 2025 Black Godfather of Scuba Documentary Screening
28 Apr 2025 UUA Moderator Candidates Forum with DRUUMM
10 Apr 2025 Connecting with Braver/Wiser & WorshipWeb
02 Apr 2025 Renewal: Big and Small | Monthly Midweek Vespers
18 Mar 2025 Aiming for Allyship: 4 Part Series
06 Mar 2025 Rev. Danielle Di Bona, Elder Spiritual Odyssey
05 Mar 2025 Centered in Love | Monthly Midweek Vespers
04 Mar 2025 Intro to Allyship: Open to All
02 Mar 2025 Diverse & Revolutionary | Worship Together with Karishma Gottfried
22 Feb 2025 Collective Solidarity for Peace and Justice in Our World - DRUUMM CA Winter Retreat
11 Feb 2025 Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Caucus Monthly Gathering
05 Feb 2025 A Willing Sacrifice | Monthly Midweek Vespers
26 Jan 2025 Listening Session - "The Gathering" DRUUMM National Conference
14 Jan 2025 Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Caucus Monthly Gathering
02 Jan 2025 Resilience and Love | Monthly Midweek Vespers
10 Dec 2024 Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Caucus Monthly Gathering
04 Dec 2024 In Times Such as These | Monthly Midweek Vespers
21 Nov 2024 DRUUMM Open House
16 Nov 2024 NorCal DRUUMM Fall Retreat: Illuminating the Light from Within
14 Nov 2024 Paula Cole Jones, Elder Spiritual Odyssey
06 Nov 2024 Cycles of Destruction and Rebirth | Monthly Midweek Vespers
05 Nov 2024 DRUUMM Election Evening Gathering Space
27 Oct 2024 Worship Together with Rev. Marisol Caballero
19 Oct 2024 Fall Caucus: Free Palestine, Free Humanity
09 Oct 2024 Love and Joy: We Are Worthy | Monthly Mid-Week Vespers
06 Oct 2024 Still Here: UU Vigil for Gaza Oct 6
30 Sep 2024 Aiming for Allyship: 4 Part Series
25 Sep 2024 DRUUMM Open House
20 Sep 2024 Denver BIPOC Gathering
11 Sep 2024 Tending the Web of Creation | Monthly Vespers
11 Sep 2024 Intro to Allyship: Open to All (Sept 11 Session)
09 Sep 2024 Intro to Allyship: Open to All
21 Aug 2024 Steering Committee Installation
17 Aug 2024 Bay Area DRUUMM Strategic Planning Retreat
09 Aug 2024 Minneapolis-St Paul Gathering
30 Jul 2024 DRUUMM Open House
21 Jul 2024 Raising Voices for Palestine: UU Jewish Voices | UU Vigil for Gaza - Part 2
12 Jul 2024 Remembering Elandria on their 45th Birthday
07 Jul 2024 Raising Voices for Palestine: A UU Vigil for Gaza
19 Jun 2024 DRUUMM VILLAGE at GA 2024
09 Jun 2024 For the Buried and the Unearthed: A Unitarian Universalist Vigil for Gaza
08 May 2024 DRUUMM Public Worship
04 May 2024 “Echoes of Belonging: Home, Connection, and Spiritual Sustenance” A Bay Area DRUUMM gathering for BIPOC Unitarian Universalists
20 Apr 2024 Changes To Our UU Principles: DRUUMM Spring Caucus
12 Mar 2024 DRUUMM & UU the Vote present Faith in Action: Lifting BIPOC UU Voices & Mobilizing for Change in 2024
25 Feb 2024 Worship Together with Yvonne DuVal & UCH Choir
21 Feb 2024 Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Coffee Hour
20 Feb 2024 SWANA-Arab & BIPOC Solidarity Caucus
12 Feb 2024 DRUUMM Happy Hour
31 Dec 2023 Ceasefire Teach-In: Voices from the Global South
17 Dec 2023 Stop the Carnage: A Unitarian Universalist Vigil for Gaza
10 Dec 2023 A Unitarian Universalist Vigil for the Survival of Gaza
03 Dec 2023 Refugee In My Own Home: A UU Vigil for Gaza
26 Nov 2023 For Those Who Hope To Survive The Night: A Unitarian Universalist Vigil for Gaza
19 Nov 2023 Staying Human: A Unitarian Universalist Vigil for Gaza
16 Nov 2023 Member Orientation - November Session
12 Nov 2023 Worship Together with Rev. Xolani Kacela
04 Nov 2023 Fall Caucus: Multiracial & Families of Color (virtual)
29 Oct 2023 Worship Together with San Antonio Gente Engaged in Unitarian Universalism (SAGE-UU)
25 Oct 2023 Elder Spiritual Odyssey with Taquiena Boston
02 Oct 2023 Member Orientation
01 Oct 2023 Worship Together with Rev. Verdis LeVar Robinson
22 Sep 2023 New Orleans Gathering with DRUUMM SC
19 Sep 2023 Getting Free Together: A Celebration of Love and Ancestors
17 Sep 2023 Worship Together with Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti
23 Aug 2023 Installation Ceremony of the DRUUMMM Steering Committee 2023
22 Aug 2023 We Count What Matters Orientations Aug 22, 28 or 30
24 Jun 2023 DRUUMM Annual Meeting (virtual RSVP)
21 Jun 2023 DRUUMM Village at GA Pittsburgh
23 May 2023 DRUUMM Spring Caucus: UUA Presidential Forum
11 May 2023 DRUUMM Public Worship
26 Apr 2023 New Member Orientation
19 Apr 2023 Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Coffee Hour
19 Apr 2023 Vigil of Remembrance
04 Apr 2023 SF Bay April 4 Gathering
31 Mar 2023 DRUUMM Texas Retreat
26 Mar 2023 Chicago March 26 Gathering
18 Mar 2023 Los Angeles March 18 Gathering
17 Mar 2023 Jubilee Anti-Racism Workshop for People of Color
16 Feb 2023 New Member Orientation
16 Feb 2023 Member Forum w Steering Committee
14 Dec 2022 UU Theology: Class Followup Session
07 Dec 2022 Member Orientation
12 Nov 2022 Atlanta BIPOC Community MeetUp
26 Oct 2022 A 2-part BIPOC Series in Theology by Rev. Xolani Kacela: Thinking Theologically and Beyond Theological Basics
13 Oct 2022 New Member Orientation
01 Oct 2022 DRUUMM Fall Caucus: Spiritual & Religious Journeys
15 Sep 2022 Installation Ceremony of the DRUUMMM Steering Committee 2023
22 Jun 2022 GA 2022: DRUUMM Programs
30 Apr 2022 DRUUMM Cultural Caucusing: The Circle of Continuing Life
16 Apr 2022 DRUUMM Peer Network for April 19, 2022
14 Apr 2022 UU Principles DRUUMM Listening Session
01 Apr 2022 DRUUMM Gathering in San Antonio - April 1-3, 2022
29 Mar 2022 Spiritual Odyssey with Rev. Mel Hoover
15 Mar 2022 DRUUMM Peer Network for March and April
06 Mar 2022 Watch Party: Dr. Leon Spencer Spiritual Odyssey
15 Feb 2022 DRUUMM Peer Network Welcomes Rev. Mel Hoover
30 Jan 2022 DC-Maryland-Virginia Gathering
15 Jan 2022 SF Bay Gathering - "Resilience in Belonging"
05 Jan 2022 Spiritual Odyssey with Leon Spencer
19 Dec 2021 Remembrances for Mathew P. Taylor
18 Dec 2021 African Descent Caucus of DRUUMM
17 Nov 2021 Diversity of Tactics and Care: Community Organizing and Sustainability
16 Oct 2021 Latinx Caucus of DRUUMM
13 Oct 2021 Pacific Cluster Gathering - 2nd Wednesdays
10 Oct 2021 Member Orientation - Oct 2021
04 Oct 2021 Remembering Our Divine Self
30 Sep 2021 Spiritual Odyssey with Michelle Bentley
18 Sep 2021 DRUUMM Regional Caucuses
09 Sep 2021 Member Orientation - Sept 2021
04 Sep 2021 Celebration of Life for Rev. Dr. HOPE Johnson
02 Sep 2021 Indigeneous/Native Caucus of DRUUMM
17 Aug 2021 BIPOC Models of Ministry with Rev. Jen Simon
11 Aug 2021 Member Orientation - Aug 2021
02 Aug 2021 Installation Ceremony of the DRUUMMM Steering Committee
06 Jul 2021 Member Orientaion - July 2021
25 Jun 2014 General Assembly 2014 June 25-29, Providence, RI
14 Mar 2014 People of Color Regional Gathering
17 Jan 2014 DRUUMM/ARE 2014 Conference at First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, CA
22 Sep 2013 Ordination of Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa
16 Feb 2013 DRUUMM & ARE NEW ENGLAND GATHERING
06 Oct 2012 UU Living Legacy Civil Rights Pilgrimage
05 Apr 2012 Multicultural Leadership School for Youth and Young Adults
22 Jun 2011 Join Us at General Assembly!!!
25 Feb 2011 East Coast UU POC Gathering at Penn Center
14 Jan 2011 West Coast Gathering for Renewal and Hope
29 Jul 2010 Protest Against Arizona SB 1070
26 Jun 2010 People of Color/Latina/o/Hispanic Worship Too!
25 Jun 2010 DRUUMM Annual Membership Meeting
25 Jun 2010 General Assembly Worshop #3053 Self Identity Who Am I?
24 Jun 2010 Worship for People of Color/Latina/o/Hispanic
24 Jun 2010 #2052 Creating A Multicultural Future: the Question of Governance
19 Mar 2010 DRUUMM West Coast Regional Gathering
28 Jun 2009 GA 2009 DRUUMM Annual Meeting
24 Jun 2009 GA 2009