Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto's latest poetry chapbook shares poems about our collective and interconnected future, and supports their poetry ministry
Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto is a Unitarian Universalist minister, and activist for racial, trans/queer, and disability justice. They wrote Spilling the Light: Meditations on Hope and Resilience in 2019, which quickly became a favorite source for chalice lightings, meditations, poems, and prayers for UUs across the world, and is heading towards its 5th printing. Rev. Soto has served on the Journey Towards Wholeness Transformation Team, the Presidential Search Committee, the Creative Council at enfleshed, and as Interim Senior Associate for Justice Education at the UU College of Social Justice. They have worked in parish ministry, interim ministry, and hospital chaplaincy with veterans, and their public theology practice has truly made them a "Minister's Minister," beloved by religious professionals. Soto lives in the Pacific Northwest, and seeks to serve the mission and values of Unitarian Universalism, along with the healing of the world.
This fundraiser supports Julián's ongoing poetry ministry, by allowing those who use their poems the opportunity to contribute funds for their use. Part of the Future of Us chapbook collaboration also funds the work of Unitarian Universalist Justice Arizona Network (UUJAZ); engaging UUs in Arizona in social change and putting our values into action.