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​UU Church of Sarasota 

​Racial Justice Program 

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Welcome!  The UU Church of Sarasota is proud to offer ways the church and our members can be involved in dismantling the systems and the culture of white supremacy, racism, and anti-semitism.  ​ 

Each year we review, assess, and revise our church initiatives on these issues.  View our current initiatives here.  See something you have a passion about?  Want to join in doing anti-racism work?  Contact the lead person on each initiative for more information and express your interest.

Check out the links below to see what is available or what we are doing or check out our other Racial Justice pages.  Our Racial Justice Coordinating Team is ready to answer any questions about the program or take comments on improvements we can make. 
 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF AWAKENING–  There are so many resources of becoming more educated or "woke" to racial justice and systemic racism.   The Church has created a graduated education program of books and videos that one can go through at there own pace.   YOU CAN FIND THAT PROGRAM HERE.  If you are seeking educational resources about racial justice you can find a rich list of recommended books, articles, movies, videos, podcasts and workshops for gaining a deeper understanding of our racial history, racism, white supremacy and racial justice.  HERE IS A BROAD LIST OF RACIAL JUSTICE RESOURCES
 
ANTI-RACIST ACTIONS YOU CAN PURSUE -  Being an Anti-Racist means supporting groups that are actively looking to create equity in our communities of color.   You can find local opportunities to support people of color, local organizations needing donations,  minority-owned businesses needing support, local racial justice advocacy groups that one can join, political action groups focused on racial justice and national racial justice advocacy organizations.  Examples of local opportunities for volunteering are shown below.  A more complete list can be found HERE.
 
LEARN WITH OTHERS - The Racial Justice Coordinating Team continually is offering or promoting educational forums  in house and in our community on the topic of racial justice.  Our Racial Justice Reading Program is currently the only in-house program we offer dedicated to understanding topics of racial justice.  Many of the existing church groups (Forum, Cinema Talk, Chalice, other Groups) also will offer educational forums on racial justice topics.  Use the links below to learn about group learning opportunities.

Racial Justice Events       Forum         Cinema Talk        Chalice Groups
 
RACIAL JUSTICE FROM THE PULPIT- The Racial Justice Coordinating Team recognizes the potential power of the pulpit for inspiring and motivating members and friends to confront racism.    Recent educational and inspirational sermons and publications by our ministers, staff and UUA over the recent months are shown below.  Some are available for review via the links in the table. 
 
ANTI-RACIST ACTIONS BY THE BOARD-​This document lists actions by the Church Board of Trustees and Executive Committee that pertain to racial justice for our community and nation.  Such actions include publishing or endorsing position statements related to racism and anti-Semitism, and adopting goals related to advancing racial justice,  
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