11-12-2017
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
R.E. Building – Rooms 6, 7 & 8

Eyes on the Prize

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of the beloved community, a phrase we use in our Unitarian Universalist faith. He said, “We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.” In the beloved community, people of all races, genders, classes, sexual orientations, ethnicities, religions, philosophies and languages fully join in society’s decision-making processes and enjoy its bounty.

We have not yet fully achieved this beloved community. This session challenges participants to become anti-racist allies. Even those of us in mono-racial/mono-cultural communities can and must take opportunities to expand our vision to respectfully and generously embrace of all humanity in our great diversity — for as long as racism exists, we are all diminished.

Take Home

Discuss an occasion in your life when you were proud of acting as a social justice ally (even if the person you were supporting did not know you), or a time when you wished you had acted as an ally. Acknowledge it can feel scary to stand in opposition to ideas and behaviors of the people in your family, school and community. Point out that it takes courage to defend the human rights of others. Note that Unitarian Universalism is where we come together as people of faith to work for peace and social justice.

Check it out: Session 8