ECM at KU

ECM at KU A justice and peace nonprofit in LFK. GUIDING PRINCIPLES

1. Hospitality: Our hearth is open to all.
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ECM recognizes that the university and Lawrence communities need welcoming and neutral spaces to cultivate open hearts, minds, and spirits; to carry out difficult dialogues that can help build bridges between different peoples, experiences, religions, and world views; and to build foundations of love and understanding that welcomes a call to compassion and justice while affirming an interdependenc

e with each other and the earth. Respect: We recognize the faiths of others, and we honor and respect how different groups have their own names for and understandings of God’s realm. We do not insist that others become like us in order for us to accept them. This list includes but is not limited to: believers, agnostics and atheists,conventional Christians and questioning skeptics, those of all sexual orientations and gender identities, those of all races and cultures, those of all classes and abilities, and those who hope for a better world and those who have lost their hope.
3. Exploring Spirit: We strive to remain open to mystery, and we find more grace in the search for understanding than we do in dogmatic certainty, and more value in questioning than in absolutes.
4. Community: We dedicate ourselves to forming ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God’s creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers.

05/29/2025

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It's a great week to share a meal together. We'd love to see you at Veggie Lunch today, Thursday, 5/29. 11:30am-1:30pm.
05/29/2025

It's a great week to share a meal together. We'd love to see you at Veggie Lunch today, Thursday, 5/29. 11:30am-1:30pm.

Need parking for graduation? Park at the ECM Community Center! 1204 Oread Ave., next to the Oread Hotel. $25Funds go tow...
05/15/2025

Need parking for graduation? Park at the ECM Community Center! 1204 Oread Ave., next to the Oread Hotel. $25

Funds go towards our much-needed building repairs. Everyone wins!

TOMORROW (5/7/2025) at the ECM Community Center! ⁨⁨Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes Tour61 people are facing RICO trials ...
05/06/2025

TOMORROW (5/7/2025) at the ECM Community Center!

⁨⁨Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes Tour

61 people are facing RICO trials in Atlanta for alleged involvement in resistance to the construction of Cop City. The State uses imaginary associations and crimes, framed as RICO, as a means to break solidarity and momentum when movements are strong. Anti-repression is a response that uses an alternate imagination to strengthen solidarity and resistance.

In Spring 2025, a nationwide tour will visit over 60 cities to discuss the history of the Atlanta forest, the resistance to Cop City, history of RICO, ongoing legal updates and facilitate discussions on anti-repression and movement defense. Through this tour we aim to share the lessons we have learned across struggles, and adapt to the evolving repressive forces so that we can continue to move bravely together.⁩

Stay updated here:
www.instagram.com/sccimaginarycrimestour/

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tinyurl.com/SCCImaginaryCrimesTourUpadates (announcements only signal chat)⁩

This Friday!!
04/30/2025

This Friday!!

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to the Blood Bank show last night! 🖤🔥
04/27/2025

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to the Blood Bank show last night! 🖤🔥

Help support this documentary on HINU women's basketball and the effect of the DOGE cuts!
04/18/2025

Help support this documentary on HINU women's basketball and the effect of the DOGE cuts!

HELLO! We are filmmakers from or with ties to Lawrence, Kansas creating… Deidre Backs needs your support for Fund Haskell Women's Basketball Short Documentary

TONIGHT!
04/14/2025

TONIGHT!

Join us at the ECM on Monday, April 14 at 8pm for a showing of Cheryl Dunye’s, “The Watermelon Woman”. Feel free to brin...
04/11/2025

Join us at the ECM on Monday, April 14 at 8pm for a showing of Cheryl Dunye’s, “The Watermelon Woman”.

Feel free to bring a friend, blanket, or crafts to the screening! 🌟

Join us at the Bottleneck this Wednesday, April 9th, for a benefit show for the Lawrence Trans Housing Fund! 8pm, $7.
04/07/2025

Join us at the Bottleneck this Wednesday, April 9th, for a benefit show for the Lawrence Trans Housing Fund! 8pm, $7.

Huge thanks to everyone who came out for the .lfk show on Tuesday! Our next show is April 12th! 📸 🔥🔥🔥
04/04/2025

Huge thanks to everyone who came out for the .lfk show on Tuesday! Our next show is April 12th!
📸 🔥🔥🔥

04/04/2025

Join our Cook Team every Sunday at 1 PM and help prepare meals for the community.

Stop by that same day at 3:30 PM - 5 PM to enjoy a free community meal!

Every Monday at 4:30 PM, join our Distribution Team to help provide food to communities in need.

All of this is happening at the ECM at KU!

Address

1204 Oread Avenue
Lawrence, KS
66044

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

(785) 843-4933

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ECM recognizes that the university and Lawrence communities need welcoming and neutral spaces to cultivate open hearts, minds, and spirits; to carry out difficult dialogues that can help build bridges between different peoples, experiences, religions, and world views; and to build foundations of love and understanding that welcomes a call to compassion and justice while affirming an interdependence with each other and the earth. GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. Hospitality: Our hearth is open to all. 2. Respect: We recognize the faiths of others, and we honor and respect how different groups have their own names for and understandings of God’s realm. We do not insist that others become like us in order for us to accept them. This list includes but is not limited to: believers, agnostics and atheists,conventional Christians and questioning skeptics, those of all sexual orientations and gender identities, those of all races and cultures, those of all classes and abilities, and those who hope for a better world and those who have lost their hope. 3. Exploring Spirit: We strive to remain open to mystery, and we find more grace in the search for understanding than we do in dogmatic certainty, and more value in questioning than in absolutes. 4. Community: We dedicate ourselves to forming ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God’s creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers.