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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
The Racial Justice Ministry is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the 8th Principle at UUCWC. We see our goal as supporting individuals on their journey to becoming active advocates/accomplices for bringing about racial justice. We also hold the organization accountable to integrating a racial justice lens in all policy and practices of the church. … Continue reading Racial Justice Ministry
Thanks to a generous grant from the Endowment Committee, and with additional support from the Council for Faith in Action, UUCWC’s Faith Action Ministry is bringing Christina Rivera, former UUA Board Member and Executive Director of Called to Justice (CTJ) to offer faith-based anti-racism coaching to UUCWC during the August 16-18 weekend. Schedule Friday, August … Continue reading SAVE THE DATE! August 16-18: Anti-Racism Training for Everyone
Racial Justice Initiative Summer Reading List Topics on Race and Racism in the U.S. and/or works by Black, Latinx, Asian American, American Indian, Arab American authors Non-fiction Autobiography: Just Mercy: A story of justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson Bryan Stevenson’s account of his path as a young lawyer to found the Equal Justice Initiative, and … Continue reading Racial Justice Initiative – Summer Reading List
by Mary McKillip, Chair, Racial Justice Initiative Members of our church watched the January 30th Black Lives UU panel discussion Whose Faith is it Anyway?, some as a group at the church, some cozy at home on their own. We hope to continue to have discussions of this panel over the next month – it … Continue reading Trusting Each Other; Hearing Each Other
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release UUCWC ADOPTS 8TH PRINCIPLE REFLECTING COMMITMENT TO THE DISMANTLING OF RACISM TITUSVILLE, N.J.—The Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing (UUCWC), a non-creedal religion bound by guiding Principles, adopted an 8th Principle at its 2018 annual meeting this summer. The 8th Principle states: “We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading UUCWC Adopts 8th Principle Reflecting Commitment to the Dismantling of Racism
by Mary McKillip, Chair, Racial Justice Initiative My son (white, almost 12) and I both read The Hate U Give this month. The novel is written from the perspective of a black teenage girl dealing with the police shooting of a black male teenage friend. My son is a voracious reader of science fiction, but … Continue reading Childhood Memories (RJI)
by Mary McKillip, Chair, Racial Justice Initiative As new chair of the Racial Justice Initiative, I want to express my excitement and anticipation for the year ahead! The monthly theme of vision is timely as I think about what I envision in the coming year and beyond for the racial justice work in our congregation. … Continue reading Visions for a New Church Year with the Racial Justice Initiative
by Dan Tuft Hello again everyone and as promised in this final installment of the updates from the Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) Praxis Group that ended after our June meeting, I am combining highlights of our May and June meetings below. Read through to the end of this article for what is happening next! 4. … Continue reading RJI Praxis Group Update – August 2018
On Sunday, June 3, 2018 our UUCWC congregation voted by a supermajority to adopt the 8th Principle. This vote is an important step in our congregation’s racial justice journey which began back in the 1960’s. Where our collective journey goes from here depends on all of us living into this principle in our own way. … Continue reading 8th Principle Adopted; Summer Workshop and Reading List
