Racial Justice Sunday August 5, 2018 W ELCOME While You Gather, Eat - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Racial Justice Sunday August 5, 2018

W ELCOME While You Gather, Eat & Greet Share the story of your name…… • Does it have a meaning? • Were you named for someone special? • Do you have other names or nick names? How did you get them? • What would you like to be called today?

G UIDE MY F EET An African American Spritual Guide my feet, while I run this race. Guide my feet, while I run this race. Guide my feet, while I run this race. For I don't want to run this race in vain! (race in vain) 2. Hold my hand, while I run this race…….. 3. Stand by me, while I run this race……. 4. Search my heart, while I run this race……….

Opening, Welcome & Overview Testimonies Ware Lecture: Brittany Packnett Testimonies Small Group Conversation & Reflection Closing

2018 UUA G ENERAL A SSEMBLY an excerpt from Ware Lecture with Brittany Packnett https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2018/ware

W E ARE B UILDING UP N EW W ORLD Sing Together We are building up a new world We are building up a new world We are building up a new world Builders must be strong. Courage, sisters, don’t get weary Courage, brothers, don’t get weary Courage, people, don’t get weary Though the way be long.

P OWER OF S ONG f rom Poor People’s Campaign ‘Somebody’s Hurting M y Brother’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QIhizB8wsU

S MALL G ROUP C ONVERSATION Instructions • Groups of 3-4 people. • 1 question for individual reflection. • Silently reflect & write your thoughts. • Take turns sharing, each for up to 2 minutes. • LISTEN!! • Open dialogue as time allows. • Questions / comments to RJ Team on 3 x 5 cards.

R EFLECTION Q UESTIONS • What is the commitment that you hold that brought you into this room? • What of your values or beliefs are violated by systemic oppression and racism; when & how did you start to understand this violation? • How might we as the UUC community support one another to do this even more boldly, intentionally?

E LLA ’ S S ONG We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Until it Comes by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey & the Rock https://youtu.be/EGQJmUsEE2I

E LLA ’ S S ONG Lyrics - We who believe in freedom cannot rest…….We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes - Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers' sons - That which touches me most is that I had a chance to work with people……..Passing on to others that which was passed on to me - To me young people come first…….They have the courage where we fail…….And if I can but shed some light as they carry us through the gale - The older I get the better I know that the secret of my going on…….Is when the reins are in the hands of the young, who dare to run against the storm - Not needing to clutch for power……..Not needing the light just to shine on me………I need to be one in the number as we stand against tyranny - Struggling myself don't mean a whole lot, I've come to realize that teaching others to stand up and fight is the only way my struggle survives - I'm a woman who speaks in a voice and I must be heard……..At times I can be quite difficult, I'll bow to no man's word

R ACIAL J USTICE AT UUC – R ESOURCE L IST page 1 of 2 G ET I NVOLVED • UUA Love Resists Campaign https://www.uua.org/loveresists • Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for a Moral Revival https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/demands/ • Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County https://www.facebook.com/blmseattle/ • No New Youth Jail Campaign – People's Moratorium https://nonewyouthjail.com/ • UUC's Racial Justice Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/uucracialjustice/ R EAD 5 TO S TART WITH …….. • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Bryan Stevenson https://eji.org/bryan-stevenson • The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin • Soul Work : Anti-Racist Theologies in Dialogue – Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley & Nancy Palmer Jones, Editors • So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo http://www.ijeomaoluo.com/ • Stamped from the Beginning : The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America – Ibram X. Kendi https://www.ibramxkendi.com/

R ACIAL J USTICE AT UUC – R ESOURCE L IST page 2 of 2 K EEP R EADING • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander • Towards the ‘Other America’: Anti -Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter – Chris Crass http://www.chriscrass.org/ • Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates • Centering – Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry – Mitra Rahnema, Editor • White Fragility – Why It’s So Hard For White People to Talk About Race – Robin DiAngelo https://robindiangelo.com/ W ATCH F ILMS • World Trust, Racial justice filmmaker Shakti Butler -- https://world-trust.org/ Cracking the Codes -- https://crackingthecodes.org/ (available through Seattle Public Library) L EARN THROUGH T RAINING • People’s Institute Northwest for Survival & Beyond, offers 2-day Undoing Institutionalized Racism workshop to educate, challenge and empower people to “undo” racist structures www.pinwseattle.org Cultures Connecting: Addressing Race Relations in the 21 st Century, with Caprice Hollins, Psy.D. • https://www.culturesconnecting.com/ A ND A F EW M ORE R ESOURCES ……. • Unitarian Universalist Association Resources – https://www.uua.org/racial-justice • The Movement for Black Lives, with their Vision for Black Lives policy demands – https://policy.m4bl.org/ https://policy.m4bl.org/about/ • Project Pilgrimage, local movement and call to action with an interracial, intergenerational civil rights pilgrimage at its core – http://projectpilgrimage.org/ http://projectpilgrimage.org/pilgrimage/