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

ARE CHANGES NOTICE

The June Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) meeting and all ARE meetings through September have been suspended. The Racial Justice Forum series will continue as scheduled. ARE updates and news should be sent to Charlotte Corrigan for inclusion in emails, eBlasts and Justice Worker News.

Racial Justice Action 06.17.2021

This Saturday, JUNE 19 we celebrate JUNETEENTH, a holiday which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. 

To learn more about JUNETEENTH. check out this 7-minute video. 

RACIAL JUSTICE FORUM

On Monday, June 28, UUFH member Dr. Helen Bishop will facilitate a discussion on what we need to know and do to continue the work of dismantling white supremacy. The discussion will center around Robin DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, published by Beacon Press. This book is available at the libraries in the Hendersonville area, and from local bookstores. Please read as much of it as you can before the discussion.

A new book of interest is also coming soon per Helen: