About Unity Project
Unity Project launched in the fall of 2020, amidst COVID-19, a hotly contested election, and racial reckoning throughout our country. We meet once a week, with three basic goals: to create a safe space for people of diverse backgrounds to learn from each other and from experts, to support our local community, and to rehearse music together. Our current seasons center around 3-4 projects as we create events around Colorado Springs for our members to work with diverse segments of our community.
If you are interested in joining Unity Project, please contact us.
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Here’s how our members describe the Unity Project experience:
“I appreciate everyone’s willingness to work through challenging conversations, especially when we realize that we don’t all have the exact same views. This group has pushed me out of my comfort zone in many ways, and I’m proud to be a part of it and have the opportunity to learn from each person.”
“There are times when I’m not ‘in the mood’ to dive deep into hard conversations about race and divisive political issues. When that happens, the large and small group conversations we have typically lift me up! I’m given hope by these people. It is a window into our humanity to be surrounded by differently and like-minded people. We can still love each other and respect each other, even if we don’t agree or the topic is hard to get through and grapple with.”
“I am so grateful I followed my heart and not my fear when I accepted this incredible invitation, because little did I know it would be the beginning process for some of the best work of my lifetime… I am proud and excited to be a part of Unity Project because I believe it is a springboard for change and growth, using the arts and communication as the momentum. We will change the world, starting with ourselves, but all together - evolving in unison.”
“Unity Project has been a much needed communal event during a time of great division and detachment from public living. Recording music and having conversations is a welcomed source of engagement.”
"Peace making doesn’t mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring injustice, the act of disarming evil without destroying the evildoer, the act of finding a third way that is neither fight nor flight but the careful, arduous pursuit of reconciliation and justice. It is about a revolution of love that is big enough to set both the oppressed and the oppressors free.”
— Shane Claiborne