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