Anti-Racism, Multiculturalism, and Belonging
Every person has value as a member of the human family. The suffering caused by racism must be ended if we want to create fair and loving communities. We work to end racial discrimination and injustice, starting within ourselves and moving out into the world around us. We support multiracial, multiethnic congregations and advocate for stopping racist policies like mass imprisonment and attacks on voting rights. Our multicultural ministries will continue until there is peace, liberty, and justice for all.
We invite UUs of all ages and backgrounds to share their hopes and dreams for the role that Unitarian Universalists can play in advancing racial justice in the United States. Many UUs are already working with groups and campaigns, and others are still figuring out how they want to be involved.
Resources for Anti-Racist Multicultural Transformation
- The Mosaic: A Hub for Anti-Racist, Multicultural Collective Liberation
Access curricula for all ages, online learning, programs, and frameworks for transformation in our congregations and beyond. - Widening the Circle of Concern
This 2020 Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change analyzed structural and systemic racism and white supremacy culture within Unitarian Universalism and made recommendations to advance long-term change. - Organizing for Racial Justice
We support congregations and advocate for stopping racist policies such as mass incarceration and attacks on voting rights. We provide opportunities to partner with national campaigns for racial justice grassroots organizations. - Decentering Whiteness in Worship
This webinar resource offers tools for taking our anti-racist, multicultural commitment into our worship services. - Black Lives Matter Worship Collection
This collection offers readings, reflections, and rituals to honor and celebrate the mattering of Black lives.
Community: Gatherings and Groups for BIPOC UUs
- Finding Our Way Home, an annual retreat for UU religious professionals of color.
Partnership for Anti-Racist Transformation
Effective justice ministry depends on partnership, since racial discrimination touches everyone. UU partners in racial justice work, beyond the Unitarian Universalist Association, include Side With Love, UU State Action Networks, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Diverse & Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM), and Allies for Racial Equity. UUs also form interfaith partnerships, such as with the Interfaith Organizing Initiative, Congregation-Based Community Organizations, the Forward Together movement, the NAACP, and the Living Legacy Project.