Anti-Racism, Multicultural, Anti-Oppression Activities at UUCA and JPD

April – September 2008

Events at UUCA

April 6 – One service only at 9 am – Journey Toward Wholeness Sunday

Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr. of Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church and UUCA members will be leading the service.

April 19 th – “Food for the Journey” Quarterly Gathering for Feedback, Planning, and Inspiration

Open meeting, celebration, and potluck. More info to come!

May 15 at 7:00 pm - Film Discussion: Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible

This film is a brilliant documentary and a must-see for all people who are interested in justice, spiritual growth and community making. It features the experiences of white women and men who have worked to gain insight into what it means to challenge notions of racism and white supremacy in the United States.

September 13 th - Quarterly Gathering for Feedback, Planning, and Inspiration

Events within JPD

April 11 at 6:45 pm Film Discussion: What Black Men Think at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church.

April 18 – 20, Jubilee Two Workshop sponsored by Unitarian Society of Germantown in Philadelphia.

August 15 – 17, Jubilee Two Workshop UU Church of Arlington, VA

The Jubilee Two workshop is an intensive two and a half day program that is based on a power analysis of racism. From Friday evening through Sunday afternoon participants work with experiences anti-racism trainers to examine and analyze historical and institutional racism in the United States.

Exercises in the workshop explore the historical development and power dynamics of racism, the social construction of racial identity, and an analysis of three manifestations of racism - individual, institutional, and cultural. The workshop helps Unitarian Universalists to develop a Unitarian Universalist (UU) spiritual and theological grounding for anti-racism and anti-oppression action.

Ongoing Activities at UUCA

A.D.O.R.E.

A Dialogue On Race and Ethnicity (ADORE) has been meeting monthly for nine years at All Souls Church as an open community offering a safe space for all of them to discuss race and ethnicity as frankly and thoughtfully as they can. The programs founder Paula Cole-Jones facilitates the dialogue here at UUCA on the 4th Thursday of every month at 6:30pm . We invite you to bring a small dish to share and will begin our dialogue at 7pm. And end at 9pm. Consider joining ADORE regularly or irregularly, help us explore matters of race and ethnicity at UUCA and in the broader culture, and help dismantle racism.

Contacts: Marlene Browne 410-268-0289, Kathryn Hope 410-923-0907, Tatiana Johanning 410-897-7588

BUILDING THE WORLD WE DREAM ABOUT (BTW)

This curriculum seeks to interrupt the workings of racism and transform how people from different racial/ethnic groups understand and relate to each other. It creates an opportunity wherein participants can practice dreaming our world otherwise, and then commit to new, intentional ways of being. UUCA was selected as a site to test this pilot curriculum and a group has been underway since January. Names are currently being collected of people who might be interested in participating in a second class.

Contacts: Diane Goforth 410-544-2244 and Roxanne Kibben 410-224-9884.