Becoming a MultiRacial, MultiCultural Congregation

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Reality or Fantasy?  

• Becoming a Multi-Racial, Multi-Cultural
  Congregation
• Annette Marquis, District Executive
• Thomas Jefferson District
• Unitarian Universalist Association

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A Litany of Restoration by Marjorie
Bowens-Wheatley

• If, recognizing the interdependence of all life,
  we strive to build community, the strength we
  gather will be our salvation.
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• If you are black and I am white,
• IT WILL NOT MATTER.
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• If you are female and I am male,
• IT WILL NOT MATTER
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• If you are older and I am younger,
• IT WILL NOT MATTER.
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• If you are liberal and I am conservative,
• IT WILL NOT MATTER.

• If you are straight and I am gay,
• IT WILL NOT MATTER.
• If you are Christian and I am Jewish,
• IT WILL NOT MATTER
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• If we join spirits as brothers and sisters,
• The pain of our aloneness will be lessened
• And that does matter.
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• IN THIS SPIRIT, WE BUILD COMMUNITY and MOVE
  TOWARD RESTORATION

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What is a multi-racial, multi-cultural
congregation?

• A congregation where no one racial group
  comprises more than 80 of the membership

Michael Emerson, United by Faith
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Common comments about a becoming MR/MC
congregation
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VISION STATEMENT of theMIDDLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH

• Adopted March 6, 2005 by the Middle Collegiate
  Church ConsistoryMiddle Collegiate Church is a
  celebrating, culturally diverse, inclusive and
  growing community of faith where all persons are
  welcomed just as they are as they come through
  the door. Rooted in Christian tradition as the
  oldest continuous Protestant Church in America,
  Middle Church is called by God to boldly do a new
  thing on the earth. As a teaching congregation
  that celebrates the arts, our ministries include
  rich and meaningful worship, care and education
  that nurture the mind, body and spirit, social
  action which embraces the global community, and
  participation in interfaith dialogue for the
  purpose of justice and reconciliation.

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Assessing Your Readiness
Developed by the Rev. Dr. Curtiss De Young,
professor of Reconciliation at Bethel University
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Demographics
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History/Tradition
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Leadership
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Leadership
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Congregational Culture
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Congregational Culture
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Worship Experience
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Educational Programs
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Outreach Efforts
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Resources

• UUA Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multicultural
  (ARAOMC) Resources
• http//www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/araomc/
  index.shtml
• DRUUMM, a UU People of Color org.
• http//druumm.org
• Allies for Racial Equity, a UU white allies org.
• www.uuallies.org

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Church Websites

• Middle Collegiate Church
• http//www.middlechurch.org
• Davies Memorial UU Church
• http//www.dmuuc.org
• All Souls, Unitarian
• http//www.all-souls.org
• First Unitarian Church of San Jose
• http//sanjoseuu.org

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Questions