Beloved Community NewsA blog sharing information, reflections, and learning opportunities from Unity's Beloved Communications Staff Team.
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Justice Learning Partners
Justice Learning Partners (JLP) is a program that matches two or more people to take a deeper dive into a social justice resource: book, podcast, or documentary film, with a well-developed discussion guide over 6-8 weeks. This is but one step toward transforming ourselves into members of the beloved community, a.k.a. justice-seeking people. Participants over the past five years say that the learning and understanding is so much deeper with group discussions and with others to which you are accountable. It’s not intended to replace other justice actions, but to equip you with knowledge and tools for justice work.
To start with the program, please complete the JLP Resource Sign-up Form and we will be in touch to match you with a partner or group.
We’re excited to announce that we are partnering with two Community Outreach Ministry Teams this fall:
To start with the program, please complete the JLP Resource Sign-up Form and we will be in touch to match you with a partner or group.
We’re excited to announce that we are partnering with two Community Outreach Ministry Teams this fall:
- Act for the Earth, for a read/discussion of Rebecca Solnit’s The Beginning Comes After the End. Sign up to come to the JLP meeting to learn more about it and sign up, and/or read the book and attend the Act for the Earth in-person discussions, starting on September 29.
- Indigenous Justice, for discussions of “Where the Red Cedars Grow,” a podcast series about Cass Lake/Star Island history and colonization. Camp Unistar on Star Island is part of the story, as is Unity’s Anderson family, who owned the property for a time.
Moving from Guilt to Activation: Owning Our RacismFour Wednesdays: October 14, 21, 28 and November 11
7:10-8:30 p.m. | Ames Chapel Topics include: The Masks We Wear, The Necessity of Discomfort, Expanding Our Heart Center Unity’s Racial Justice Team will follow last year’s Beloved Community Staff Team exploration of The Interconnected Roots of Oppression and expand on Unity’s Double Helix model with a series of Wellspring Wednesday experiences. Interconnected Roots taught us how racial capitalism informs political, economic and social systems. Moving from Guilt to Activation: Owning Our Racism will help us recognize and reckon with somatic dimensions of our white racist heritage. Circle conversations will be used to share insights that potentially “break us open and allow us to be transformed.” Follow-up programming on activation will be offered in early 2027. Please attend two fall sessions in preparation for spring sessions. |
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Interconnected Roots of Oppression
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Theologies of Racial Justice
A Series Presented by Rev. Dr. Andrea Johnson
This three-part series will explore Unitarian Universalist theologies of racial justice and the liberal theological tradition in which they are rooted. What theological resources equip UUs to live out the antiracist, anti-oppression values of our faith?
Session 3
The Audacity to Imagine Sisyphus Happy: Anthony Pinn and African American Naturalistic Humanism
Tuesday, January 30 | Zoom video
Session 1
Constructing Unitarian Universalist Theologies: Historic Traditions and Future Prospects
Wednesday, January 17 | Zoom video | Slide presentation
Session 2
The Inescapable Network of Mutuality: Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community and Bernard Loomer’s "Big" God
Tuesday, January 23 | Zoom video
This three-part series will explore Unitarian Universalist theologies of racial justice and the liberal theological tradition in which they are rooted. What theological resources equip UUs to live out the antiracist, anti-oppression values of our faith?
Session 3
The Audacity to Imagine Sisyphus Happy: Anthony Pinn and African American Naturalistic Humanism
Tuesday, January 30 | Zoom video
Session 1
Constructing Unitarian Universalist Theologies: Historic Traditions and Future Prospects
Wednesday, January 17 | Zoom video | Slide presentation
Session 2
The Inescapable Network of Mutuality: Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community and Bernard Loomer’s "Big" God
Tuesday, January 23 | Zoom video
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Justice DatabaseThe UU Rainbow History Project is collecting memories, photographs, sermons and other memorabilia for this website and social media. Contribute to the project and/or view personal stories and histories. Defiantly Joyful grew out of this project. Now available in The Justice Database.
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