Show how you have applied the Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism lens in five or more competencies.

Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism (ARAOMC)

Throughout your portfolio, provide evidence of how ARAOMC shapes your work as a religious educator. You should seek to address a variety of forms of bias, marginalization, and oppression. As racism is a dominant social challenge of our time, you must include anti-racism in some of your lenses, in addition to writing your reflective essay on anti-racism.

Scope of Knowledge and Skills

• Concepts and theories that inform Unitarian Universalist ARAOMC work
• Systemic impact of racism and other forms of oppression
• Self-awareness with regard to power, privilege, and role in ARAOMC work
• Interconnections between different facets of ARAOMC throughout Religious Education and congregational life
• Ability to recognize and address bias and marginalization in their many forms (e.g., classism, ableism)
• Ability to promote truly multicultural spaces

Examples

• Providing resources to, collaborating with, and/or supporting the work of groups empowered to engage ARAOMC within the congregation
• Utilizing curricula and resources at applicable points along the lifespan to engage ARAOMC issues.
• Evaluating curricula through an ARAOMC lens and making appropriate changes.
• Editing Religious Education (RE) Program brochures and forms to be more inclusive of nontraditional family structures
• Adapting RE Program activities to create an inclusive experience for children with disabilities