Imani Rituals

Dr. Anthony Y. Stringer is Professor Emeritus at Emory University and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. His award-winning research and teaching have taken him to Ghana, South Africa, and Rwanda. He served as lay minister of the Thurman Hamer Ellington UU congregation that centered the African American experience, creating contemporary rituals grounded in African spirituality. Ayanna Kafi is a neurodivergent, nonbinary, Black woman living in suburban Atlanta. Ayanna is Mosaic Project Manager of the Unitarian Universalist Association LGBTQ and Multicultural Ministries Office, supporting congregations and communities in their efforts to affirm, welcome, and include folks at the margins because of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and disability. Ayanna cohabits with their partner, daughter, and dog in suburban Atlanta. Rev. Duncan E. Teague is lead minister and founder of the Abundant LUUv Congregation in Atlanta. He is an out, Black, gay man recognized by Georgia legislators for his decades of HIV/AIDS research, education, and advocacy. He currently serves as vice-president of the UU Ministers Association. He had worked also in global HIV research at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Rev. Teague and his husband/longtime companion of more than thirty years live in Decatur, Georgia.

• Broadening the Rituals of Unitarian Universalism and Other Liberal Faiths Making Rituals Universally Accessible The Imani Rituals Ancestor Remembrance Ancestorship Atonement and Forgiveness Discernment/Divination Elderhood Freedom Watch Grief Release Healing Karamu KwanzaaMaafa Meditation/Spiritual Possession Prayer Transcendent Spirit True Spirit Ubuntu Warriorhood Winds of Change Glossary