Which activities, experiences, models, and methods in Building the World We Dream About helped you stretch or deepened your understanding of race and equity? Please describe a particular activity that was successful in helping you learn....

At the next and final workshop, you will consider actions to integrate learning from Building the World We Dream About into the life of the congregation....

Plan a worship service that invites your guests to join you in the work of building an antiracist/multicultural faith community. Use these questions and template as a guide. I. Questions for Reflection What stories do you wish to tell as individuals? As a group?...

A congregation in search of a new minister schedules a Beyond Categorical Thinking workshop for the congregation....

Your group has two choices: Craft your own case study—based on lessons learned during the community field trip, presentations by the community panel, or a controversy with racial/ethnic overtones that has flared up in your congregation. Develop one of the case studies in Handout 8, Case Study...

As a group, brainstorm a list of personalities to weave into the simulation. Work together to develop character profiles, choosing gender, age, ethnic identity, interests, occupation, family status, and personality attributes. Once your group has created the character profiles, decide who will...

George Horowitz, 45, a White male, is an artist and interior designer born in the former Soviet Union. After moving to the area, he met and married a Korean woman who later died from Parkinson's Disease. The power of that experience has led him to be a crusader against social injustice towards...

Mandy Patel, 38, a White female, is a stay-at-home mom with four children. She is very interested in environmental issues and chairs the 7th Principle Committee for the congregation. She has a perky personality, but often takes on too much and is seen by many as disorganized. Mike Freeman, 17, a...

The Minister Rev. Christopher Emerson is a 43-year-old, single White male who is a third-generation Unitarian Universalist minister. He is known for his enthusiasm, charisma, and considerable oratorical skills. He spends an extraordinary amount of time doing the work of the congregation and has...

The Scenario The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Anytown has been growing by leaps and bounds for several years. This growth has resulted from new ministerial leadership as well as the congregation's well-publicized stances on behalf of equal marriage and in support of immigrant families.

From a Birmingham Lecture, delivered March 8, 2002 in Birmingham, Alabama at the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association Convocation. Used courtesy of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association. When I was younger, in my community, it was popular to end a conversation with: "Keep the...

Use these questions to help you reflect on your experiences, insights, and observations following the panel presentation and/or the community walk. What energizes you most about what you heard or experienced? How do you think the broader community "sees" you? What kind of relationship do you have...

During your community walk, observe and gather information. If the group chooses to go to a restaurant or a coffee shop, make sure the establishment you select is wheelchair accessible. What explicit and implicit values are conveyed by how the neighborhood is designed? What is important? Who is...

Category Statement Policies and Practices Congregants in the dominant racial group are comfortable talking about issues of race with persons from non-dominant racial groups....

Choose a timekeeper to keep the group on task. You will have 20 minutes to create your skit Invite each person in your small reflection group to share a personal experience where the multicultural skill or practice was absent or well done. Limit yourselves to a brief, one-minute story. Choose the...

Participate in Cross-Cultural or Multicultural Conversations Create opportunities to learn about and engage others in conversations across differences. Live Multiculturally Be aware and competent in talking about racial, ethnic, or cultural differences. Create policies and practices to guide your...

From the forthcoming Tapestry of Faith program, A History of Unitarian Universalist Resistance and Transformation. The involvement of Unitarian Universalist clergy and laypeople in the series of civil rights marches in and between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 is often regarded as a...

"Report examines racism, youth at 2005 General Assembly," by Tom Stites and Christopher L. Walton. Reprinted with permission from UU World online, February 6, 2006. Copyright 2006 Unitarian Universalist Association. After conducting more than 80 interviews to probe events distressing to Unitarian...

I. Background The question of cultural appropriation (sometimes called misappropriation) is a hot topic among ministers and other worship leaders in our time. I first remember hearing about it couched in a story of worship leaders who had adapted certain First Nations rituals for use in Unitarian...

Competency Comments Can listen and behave without imposing your own values and assumptions on others. Carries an attitude of respect when approaching people of different cultures, which entails engagement in a process of self-reflection and self-critique; has the ability to move beyond own biases.