Justice Learning Partners
In order to dismantle oppression, one must be able to identify it, as Ibram X. Kendi reminds us. Come to this next JLP meeting to hear from the fall groups, learn more about the program, get resources for reflection (discussion guides provided), and sign up for a partner or group.
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, we asked the congregation what should be our Next Right Action. Some asked for an opportunity to learn with others more about oppression and how to dismantle it. Come learn more about this program, resources to delve into deeply (discussion guides provided), and sign up for a partner or group.
Resources offered this fall include:
Justice Learning Partners will meet four times during the church year on Wellspring Wednesdays.
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, we asked the congregation what should be our Next Right Action. Some asked for an opportunity to learn with others more about oppression and how to dismantle it. Come learn more about this program, resources to delve into deeply (discussion guides provided), and sign up for a partner or group.
Resources offered this fall include:
- Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva (book);
- “Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi” (podcast);
- “Race: The Power and Illusion” (video series)
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (novel);
- Our Hidden Conversations by Michelle Norris (book/online project);
- “We Cannot Look Away: Israel and Palestine Part II (packet of mixed resources)
Justice Learning Partners will meet four times during the church year on Wellspring Wednesdays.
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 DatabaseRock the Vote
Find information on early, absentee, mail-in, and election day voting in Minnesota, as well as voting resources, and opportunities for involvement in building the political power of young people. Now available in The Justice Database. |