Category: Racial Justice Ministry

Policies on When We Call the Police Under Review

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by Michelle Hunt, Right Relations Committee In June of 2018, our congregation approved the 8th UU 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 … Continue reading Policies on When We Call the Police Under Review

Side with Love Watch Party

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Please join us for a Side With Love Watch Party: The Black Church February 16 & 17 @ 8:45pm-11:15pm EST Co-Hosted by Revs. Duncan Teague & Michael Crumpler Register Now Side With Love invites you to join as they livestream the premiere of PBS’s The Black Church, an epic production about the impacts of the … Continue reading Side with Love Watch Party

Racial Justice Ministry Co-sponsors Screening of “The Long Shadow”

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The Long Shadow is a PBS documentary about Director Frances Causey’s personal living experience of white privilege in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the US. She exposes her own family’s history of slaveholding and looks at how slavery continues to have an impact today.  During the week of Martin Luther King … Continue reading Racial Justice Ministry Co-sponsors Screening of “The Long Shadow”

Racial Justice Ministry Forum 4 Recording Available

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Racial Justice Ministry Virtual Forum, October 27, 2020Awareness to Activism – Handling Exhaustion, Theirs & Ours Our speakers were: Darren “Freedom” Green, Trenton activist & Outreach Coordinator Trenton Housing Authority (Juneteenth speak 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MtJut-3kU Carol Watchler, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice (Board member bio: scroll down https://www.rustincenter.org/board-of-directors

Sept 24: Transforming Criminal Justice in Our Lifetime (Online event)

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Transforming Criminal Justice in Our Lifetime: Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow 10 Years Later Thursday, September 24, 2020 7:00 – 9:00pm You are invited to attend this conference sponsored by the Campaign to End the New Jim Crow – Greater Trenton Chapter. UUCWC is a co-sponsor of the event. Download the flyer (pdf). Keynote … Continue reading Sept 24: Transforming Criminal Justice in Our Lifetime (Online event)

UUA Report: Widening the Circle of Concern

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June 2020Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Commission on Institutional Change is charged with supporting long-term cultural and institutional change that redeems the essential promise and ideals of Unitarian Universalism. Appointed by the UUA Board of Trustees in 2017 for a period of two years with an extension … Continue reading UUA Report: Widening the Circle of Concern

CFA and Food Ministry Working to Address Food Insecurity

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The UUCWC Council for Faith in Action’s (CFA) recent quarterly meeting included members of the Food Ministry Team. Following the update of activities from all CFA Teams, the group focused on the impact of COVID-19 and the growing need regarding food insecurity in our communities in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It became clear that … Continue reading CFA and Food Ministry Working to Address Food Insecurity

Upcoming Faith Action Events

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Friday, January 10, 6:30pm LGBTQ 101 w/ Garden State Equality, at the Hopewell Valley Central High School (259 Pennington-Titusville Rd, Pennington NJ 08534)A workshop for the school staff and the wider community to learn about the challenges faced by LGBTQ youth in school and the wider community. Participants will learn how to be inclusive and … Continue reading Upcoming Faith Action Events