First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville (FUUN) https://www.firstuunash.org/ Widening the Circle of Concern (WTC) Program as of March 2023 https://www.firstuunash.org/widening-the-circle-of-concern/   Background Planning and pre-work for WTC began in August 2021 after discussions with other…

After three zoom meetings with Rev. Michael Crumpler (UUA) where 25 members discussed sections of the report in relation to our community, we are going to start a four month (8 session) program using the Study Guide (starting March 2022). The Creative Salon will begin on Zoom but hopefully move to in-person…

We have formed a sub group of the Beloved Community Committee and are meeting with key groups to create buy in. We presented at our Board, congregational meeting and Program Council. We are applying for a grant from our Trust to fund resources such as books and people from the District and UUA.

This Board of Trustee Task Force will be a leadership and facilitation team. Membership includes Board members, Senior Ministry staff and members of the Congregation. The Task Force will set up discussion groups, presentations, guest lectures and other activities for reflection and learning.

15 people gathered over the past 18 months to read and study Widening the Circle. The group made recommendations to the Board and various teams/committees on actions that could be taken to more fully live in to Beloved Community.

This is a congregational task force working through the document published by the UUA Commission on Institutional Change. Basically, we're just reading through different chapters a little at a time, and discussing them using the Study Guide questions provided by the UUA. We also try to work messages from the document…

March thru May 2021-- Several congregants met (via Zoom) for a 12-week study & exploration of the Widening the Circle of Concern report, facilitated by our Vice-President. Spring Parish Meeting-- After much thoughtful discussion and viewing of a presentation by our VP, the congregation voted to accept the…

Lynn Gardner and I are co-ministers and are the 'we/our' i'm referring to: UUSS Board-reviewed governance section and is pondering how to apply learnings. UUSS Program Staff-reviewing the report and the study guide a tiny bit at a time At our request, the Hudson Mohawk Cluster leaders are reviewing and…

We are engaging in a congregation-wide invitation to take part in learning circles and for each to conduct an audit of some aspect of our shared church life. The All Souls Board will be the pilot small group. This will be promoted within our several communications channel, and in our virtual campus.

We have a group of 18-20 meeting on Zoom once a week from January - March 2021 using the Widening the Circle of Concern Study guide. I am facilitating the group and creating a Powerpoint from the questions in the study guide to use in each week's meeting. I would be glad to share these materials with other…

Our church board dedicated half of its meeting to discuss the contents of the book and what ways we can make creative change. We read 2 chapters per month.

Members of five Central Illinois congregations are joining together to read, discuss, and plan actions based on the report. Led by ministers and religious educators from Urbana, Bloomington, Peoria, Decatur, and Springfield, the group is meeting online weekly from January 21-April 1.

We started educating leaders about the report through our Ending Racism Committee. We now have 5 of 9 Board members including the Board President planning to be at all the meetings, another 2 Board members planning to be at at least some of the meetings and 4 of the 5 Ministry Executive Team members at all of the…

Advisory team conducting biweekly conversations with minister & staff for examination, interrogation, and expansion of congregational inclusion across race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and other areas of historic marginalization

Beginning in February 2021, our congregation will be using the Widening the Circle of Concern Study/Action Guide for group discussion with interested members of the congregation. Our Minister Rev. Victoria Ingram and Religious Educator Tim Versteeg will be facilitating the group. In December 2020 Rev. Victoria began…

We are just beginning to go through the study guide, to bring our congregation together, and to work to transform our community and dismantle white supremacy culture.

Board members are reading Widening the Circle of Concern. A sub group of the Board will meet before the first Board meeting each month to discuss the assigned pages and possible action steps for our congregation. At the Board Meeting these ideas will be presented and other members of the Board will provide…

Our Program Council (staff and ministry team leads) has begun to act on the report. We have a working group reviewing the report in depth & will begin a full-group discussion this month about next steps, including actions we can begin to take as ministry teams right away.