Rest is resistance because it is a counternarrative to the script of capitalism and white supremacy for all people.

Like the free-roaming roosters of the Caribbean, no one can tell me I don’t belong.

May we remember the atrocities that brought us here.

This ritual is written for a congregation to bless a Black Lives Matter banner and raise it on their church building. It could easily be adapted for rededication of a banner, or for other banners that a congregation might display on their building to declare their values.

The Mosaic is an online hub of connection, resources, and support for dismantling racism & oppression... and fostering belonging & liberation in Unitarian Universalist congregations and communities.

Mosaic Congregations: engaged in antiracist multicultural transformation

The Mosaic hub was launched by the Unitarian Universalist Association to help UUs dismantle racism and build something beautiful.

Book banning threatens democracy because it chips away at a person’s right to choose what they want to read and believe, according to Beacon Press.

When someone lists Unitarians or Universalists, they usually name white men. Never anyone Black like me.

The Mosaic is a hub of connection, resources, and support for Unitarian Universalists dismantling racism and oppression. Through resources, programs, trainings, and gatherings, The Mosaic fosters belonging and liberation in Unitarian Universalist congregations and communities.

From the beginning, the story of Black people in America has been told through the lens of white supremacy.

If you’re seeking sacred Black “text” in our tradition, you have to examine the way our Black ancestors lived.

Spirit and Breath, create an openness that violence has constricted.

Let us be grateful for the vital force that wakes us and moves us.

Every time we open ourselves to one another, we become more human.

I rise on the shoulders of ancestors whose names I can not know.

If you’re trying to build a worship service that's anti-racist and decenters whiteness, you start in one spot.

We have to keep finding ways to widen the circle of care and concern.