Local Antiracism Workshops with Usawa Consulting

Mission:

Our mission is to build an antiracist community. We confront racial inequities, endorse equality, reform our own racist attitudes and practices, and dismantle the roots of racism in the power and policies of our institutions.

Goals:

• Create opportunities for members and friends of QUUF to learn about and engage in antiracism work.
• Examine QUUF and Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) policies and procedures through an antiracist lens in order to contribute to an antiracist society.
• Learn ways of engaging in being allies/accomplices/co-conspirators with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) throughout our society.
• Develop an understanding of white supremacy culture within each of us as individuals and within the QUUF community.
• Welcome diversity through individual awareness as well as QUUF policies and procedures.
• Track local, state, and national legislation and advocacy around issues of racism.

Members:

Kathy Stevenson (chair), Cecilia Flickinger, Cherri Mann, Diane Haas, Elizabeth Walker, Frances Loubere, Jesse Wild, John Collins, John Galm, Julia Cochrane, Kathleen Holt, Katie Franco, Mary Tucker, Nancy Sendler, Polly Thurston, Robin Stemen, Roseanna Almaee, Share DeWees, Shawn Risley, Zoe Ann Lamp

More Information:

• Anti-Racism Team Charter
• Practice Empathy
• Essential Racial Justice Vocabulary (Boise UUF)
• Critical Race Theory (Boise UUF)
• Timeline of Antiracist and Antioppression Work at QUUF
• Dr King’s Ware Lecture
• Systemic Racism: Race in America A Holy Post – Phil Fischer
• Homework, Essay by Betty O’Bryan
• UUA Statement of Conscience
• UU Groups Actively Working on Widening the Circle of our Religion

The 8th Principle Task Force formed in January 2021 to introduce QUUF to a denomination-wide effort to re-establish our religion’s commitment to racial equity and embracing of the concept of Beloved Community. Through small groups, Weekly Update articles, book groups and other gatherings, we are engaging in dialogue about  how the 8th Principle can aid us in our spiritual work towards ‘justice, equity and compassion in human relations’ (2nd UU Principle). We encourage congregants to participate with open minds and hearts as we ‘search for truth and meaning’ (4th UU Principle) in these racially troubling times.

More Information:

• Frequently Asked Questions about the 8th Principle
• Creating a Beloved Community of Inclusion and Diversity
• Four Reflections from the Spring 2021 Classes
• 8th Principle Introduction at QUUF
• A Brief History of our UU Principles
• 8th Principle Background – from the UUA website

This page last updated April 23, 2024