Racial Justice Ministry
The Purpose of the FUUSN Racial Justice Ministry is to inspire, educate, support and equip FUUSN’s leadership and membership, including ourselves, for vital and vibrant racial justice and anti-oppression engagement in our congregation and in our larger community.
Our goal is to nurture a religious community where people of all races, ethnicities, and cultures see their cultural identities reflected and affirmed in every aspect of congregational life – worship, fellowship, leadership, governance, religious education, social justice, etc. We are working to create a religious home where encounters between people of different cultural identities intersect with Unitarian Universalism to create a fully inclusive community.
We have offered a number of different learning opportunities to clarify issues, deepen the journey, explore issues of white supremacy. These include Waking Up White, White Fragility and Uprooting Racism book discussion groups, films, speakers, open discussion forums.
The Racial Justice Ministry began as the “Multicultural Ministry Initiative” in December of 2014, planning for our first anti-racism book discussion groups. A few years later we changed our name to the Racial Justice Ministry.
Well over 150 congregants have participated in some of our study groups, films, workshops, and trainings.
In addition to our efforts within the FUUSN community, we have conducted activities with the wider community around us, including hosting Newton’s MLK events for several years.
We can be contacted by emailing racial-justice-ministry@fusn.
