Racial Justice Action from your UUFH Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) Team
Check out their website and see if any of their activities interest you. www.uuare.org
SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM MEETING – ANNUAL RETREAT/planning session
Our ANNUAL RETREAT/PLANNING SESSION has been scheduled for SATURDAY, JULY 22 from 1:30 – 4:00pm in the UUFH Sanctuary.
The Social Justice team is a self-selecting group open to all UUFH Members and Friends. We welcome all active participants. Whether your social justice interests are one or many, you can contribute to our SJT efforts. Please contact Charlotte Corrigan if you plan to attend this meeting.
The Social Justice Team has submitted 3 reports for the Annual Meeting document package:
- Social Justice Team — ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23
- Exploring Diversity through Literature – Annual Report June 2023
- Final evaluation of our Congregational Project, Allies for Racial Equity June 2023
In addition, our new Congregational Project, Green Sanctuary: Climate Justice, was included in the document package and was ADOPTED at the meeting.
ARE (Allies for Racial Equity) NEWS & ACTION ITEMS
RICHMOND PLEDGE
Although our congregational project addressing Racism was officially completed on June 30, we will continue as individuals and as a congregation to work toward Racial Equity by recognizing and combating Racism in all its forms as promised by our adoption of the 8th Principle.
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
In that spirit, your Social Justice Team introduced the “Richmond Pledge to End Racism” at our April 23 service. Look for the poster and pens in Fellowship Hall during Coffee Hour.
I BELIEVE that every person has worth as an individual.
I BELIEVE that every person is entitled to dignity and respect, regardless of race or color.
I BELIEVE that every thought and every act of racial prejudice is harmful; if it is my thought or act, then it is harmful to me as well as to others.
Therefore, from this day forward:
I WILL strive daily to eliminate racial prejudice from my thoughts and actions.
I WILL discourage racial prejudice by others at every opportunity.
I WILL treat all people with dignity and respect;
I WILL commit to working with others to transform this community into a place that treats people of all races, ethnicities, and cultures with justice, equity, and compassion, and
I WILL strive daily to honor this pledge, knowing that the world will be a better place because of my effort.
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Justice is what love looks like in public
HIGHLIGHTS in this issue:
- UU JUSTICE NC – news, Friday Action Hour, action alerts
- PUBLIC SCHOOL STRONG – training session – July 12
- LWV announcements: Zoom webinar – the Judicial System (07-12), DEMOCRACY CHALLENGES & PRIORITIES (07-21 – in person with Common Cause NC)
- You Can Vote: Election Law changes – ACTION ALERT
- MountainTrue ACTION ALERT – sediment pollution of streams
- And more…
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