Allies for Racial Equity (ARE@UUCT)
Allies for Racial Equity (ARE@UUCT) is a group of people who hold white privilege, actively learning how the social constructs of race and racism distort authentic beloved community.
We are UUCT members with white privilege working to:
- Understand our own whiteness and privilege and help others in our church community to do so
- Unlearn and re-evaluate white supremacy in ourselves and our church community
- Challenge white supremacy wherever we encounter it
- Confront racism and racial inequity in ways that are accountable to communities of color and, in particular, UUCT’s Black, Indigenous, People of Color group
ARE@UUCT Posts
Even To Question, Truly Is An Answer *
As a congregation, we set our intention last May to work towards building a diverse multicultural Beloved Community that works to dismantle racism. Does that sound too big a job for our small community of communities? Are you wondering how we will do this? What will change? Where should we start? The 8th Principle group…
Coming Soon: A UUCT Common Read on UU Congregations and Multiculturalism
UUCT members, friends, frequent visitors, and others interested, plan now to participate in a congregation-wide reading and discussion of the book: Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism. Small discussion groups will begin in late February or March and meet for four 90-minute sessions. The book, which is also the Unitarian Universalist Association 2022-2023…
What Difference Can the 8th Principle Make at UUCT?
There is no simple formula on how a congregation should begin living into the 8th Principle. There is no one right way to work at building a diverse multicultural Beloved Community, no simple answer as to how to dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. It is up to us as individuals…
ARE@UUCT’s Changing Role
Now that the congregation has adopted the 8th Principle, the Allies for Racial Equity group (ARE@UUCT) is stepping back from our very active role last year in informing the congregation about the 8th principle. A new group is forming to focus on UUCT’s work after adoption: the journey to live into the 8th principle. Several members…