Thursday, November 17, 2016

Resources, Resources, Resources!

We all are climbing the learning curve!  Please start with yourself and take advantage of some wonderful resources from our very own Unitarian Universalist Association!

http://www.uua.org/multiculturalism
http://www.uua.org/multiculturalism/black-lives-matter
http://www.uua.org/worship/collections/black-lives-matter
https://www.facebook.com/groups/uusresistingnewjimcrow/

Come to meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at BUF at 6 pm; Read the meeting minutes if you can't attend!

Read the books recommended on this blog!


November 14, 2016 BUF Black Lives Matter Team Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Lauralee C, Erika, Heidi O, Libby, Melissa, Barbara D, Claire, Joyce, Kim, Andrew, Sandra G, Kate S, Liz Epperson, Mary Alden

Group Dynamics/Process: Institute a system of communication referred to as STACK and passing a talking stick so all are heard. We also need to work on not attacking each other, listening empathetically and respecting differing opinions while disagreeing.

Business:
  • Erika read from the BUF Black Lives Matter Ministry Action Team (Approved) Application, the section on the theological foundation for our team
  • Libby attended the Leadership Council meeting. Our team will need to submit a charter for internal BUF organization
  • Heidi will be taking orders for Black Lives Matter T shirts
  • Sandra will email Paul about getting "An Eracism Minute" scheduled in every Sunday service

Program: robindiangelo.com/resources
Erika showed a video entitled, "What Does It Mean to be White in a Society that Proclaims Race Meaningless?"
Discussion followed.  Topics included:
  • Hostility in race conversations
  • Lens on Whiteness studies
  • 'New' racism - today's dominant racial narrative
  • superficial and uninformed opinions
  • Prejudice, Discrimination and Implicit Bias
  • Racism as one form of Institutional Oppression
  • Deep Racial Socialization: Segregated Neighborhoods, White Teachers, Media
  • Belonging:  Government, Religion, Human Norm, Art, "Most Beautiful"

Book recommendations:
      THE NEW JIM CROW by Michelle Alexander: https://www.amazon.com/New-Jim-Crow-Incarceration-Colorblindness/dp/1595586431/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479437845&sr=1-1&keywords=the+new+jim+crow
      WAKING UP WHITE by Debby Irving: https://www.amazon.com/Waking-White-Finding-Myself-Story/dp/0991331303/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479437899&sr=1-1&keywords=waking+up+white
     THE THIRD RECONSTRUCTION: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear by Rev. Dr. William J Barber: https://www.amazon.com/Third-Reconstruction-Movement-Overcoming-Politics/dp/0807007412/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479437940&sr=1-1&keywords=the+third+reconstruction+by+william+barber

Reading:  The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde: http://muhlenberg.edu/media/contentassets/pdf/campuslife/SDP%20Reading%20Lorde.pdf


Next Meeting: Monday, November 28, 6 pm at BUF
Program (PLEASE PRINT & READ): https://odinsblog.tumblr.com/post/127808197400/28-common-racist-attitudes-and-behaviors


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