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As protests continue in our country, many of us are wondering where we go from here. As much as there is strife, there is also great potential for change and transformation. Voices are being heard that have been suppressed for generations. Please take some time to listen.

Our Racial Justice Team is gathering us together next Thursday June 11th at 6 pm. Join the the Zoom stream to view a video and have a discussion. Here’s your chance to learn and grow and ask questions in the company of fellow UU’s. Stay tuned for more!

Here are some other resources to help you get engaged.

Watch

the powerful service at the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis from Sunday May 31. It includes a message from Susan Frederick-Gray, president of our UU Association of Congregations and a powerful sermon by Rev Karen Hutt. We shared her sermon at Tuesday Vespers on June 2.

Check out

advice for daily actions by the Movement 4 Black Lives

Read

a personal essay, “Ahmaud Arbery and the Trauma of Being a Black Runner,” by Dante Stewart, a young Christian preacher and father to a black son.

How to Be an Antiracist by award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi–our UUSS Bookstore has 8 copies left. If you’d like to buy one, leave or mail a check to UUSS for $18. We will put a copy with your name outside Rev. Roger’s office. Contact Rev Roger at roger@uuss.org

A powerful essay on policing by UUA President Susan Frederick Gray.

Learn

about options for ending police violence by visiting Campaign Zero.

Listen

to the pod cast Save the people, featuring Brittany Packnett a young activist leader and the lecturer for the major Ware Lecture at our UUA General Assembly in 2018.

Connect

with other UUs by viewing the online prayer vigil from Tuesday evening. Though the event has passed you can still feel the power of connection. view it here

with your ministers. Both Rev. Roger and Rev. Lucy are available for one-on-one meetings to talk about what’s on your mind. In these times, we miss you and hold you in our hearts, as we know you hold so much in yours. to set up a meeting with Roger or click here to access Rev. Lucy’s calendar.

Do you have ideas for how the congregation can engage with racial justice? Contact our team