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    DISMANTLING WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE


    SEE Justice presentation April 24, 2022 at noon, after church service, by Michelle Buselli

    RESOURCES


  • Original "White Supremacy Culture" article published in 1999 by Tema Okun and Kenneth Jones
  • White Supremacy Culture:
    "[The following] is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture which show up in our organizations."
    From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001

    Source:
    Dept. of Inclusion and Community Engagement
    Minnesota Historical Society

    Posted on the Internet by the Texas Historical Commission.


  • White Supremacy Culture.info Web site [2021 revision by Tema Okun]

  • White Supremacy Culture: Characteristics [NOTE: Scroll to the VERY BOTTOM of document for link to 32-page PDF printable version of the updated characteristics.]


    Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM) [Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color]


  • DRUUMM Bylaws (Adopted 2000, Amended by Membership Vote 2015

    Section 2. Racial Justice Community Covenant: Resistance and Harmony

    Our unique identity within Unitarian Universalism as a diverse, anti-racist People of Color community, carries with it both responsibilities and opportunities.

    Therefore, we covenant with one another to:

    Change the racial status quo in the Unitarian Universalist Association,

    Develop tools and strategies to work together,

    Remain together and present with one another through disagreement and conflict,

    Connect to this organization and one another throughout our professional and personal affiliations with the UUA,

    Provide vision and leadership for the Journey Toward Wholeness,

    Hold one another accountable in our efforts to become an anti-oppressive faith community.


    Dedham Covenant (Full Text of document)


  • The Dedham Covenant was a covenant that governed the early settlement of Dedham, Massachusetts. It mandated that only those with similar, Puritan, community values could live in the town and set about a method for mediating disputes. It also required each resident to pay their fair share of taxes for the common good. Eventually 125 men would sign the covenant.


    Covenant of Right Relationships (Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Church)


    In the spirit of affirming the dignity and human worth of all persons, and in our search for truth and meaning, as congregants of Northwoods Unitarian Universalist Church, we make the following commitments to one another.

    We work to build community.

    - We treat one another in a friendly, open, and welcoming manner.

    - We participate in the life of the community, and give generously of ourselves and our resources.

    - We actively listen to each other.

    - We care for one another.

    - We inspire others to participate in the life of the church and acknowledge their contributions.

    We work toward open and respectful communication.

    - We assume the best of others and treat them with courtesy, honesty, and good faith.

    - We speak for ourselves alone.

    - We discuss issues out in the open and avoid gossip.

    - We nurture person-to-person and group-to-group relationships.

    - We give and seek constructive feedback in our relationships with one another.

    We accept responsibility to work constructively to maintain right relationships.

    - We treat others with dignity and sensitivity even when in disagreement.

    - We stay in the conversation, even when conflicts arise.

    - We attempt to understand the perspective of the other even while in disagreement with that viewpoint.

    - We seek common ground rather than dwell on differences and challenge ourselves to forgive past wrongs.

    - We commit to working within those processes that have been developed to resolve conflict and keep our congregation healthy.


    A Minister’s Musings: But I’m not a … [See White Supremacy Iceberg/Triangle graphic in this blog post. Click iceberg to enlarge (to read it easier).]


    What's The Difference Between An Ally and Accomplice? (YWCAWorks.org)


    In 2017, the Unitarian Universalist Association established the Commission on Institutional Change. The commission worked for three years and its report is Widening the Circle of Concern.

  • In particular, it was noted that young people raised as UUs drifted away and few non-white people seem to be part of UU congregations. In fact, we have majority white AND aging congregations at this time. (The new people who do join UU are mostly white and come from outside the UU faith.)

  • "What is at stake is nothing less than the future of our faith." (Michelle Buselli presentation April 24, 2022 at church.)

  • Widening the Circle of Concern (Unitarian Universalist Assn.)[Note: This is the Web version. Purchase full-text print version here from UUA book and gift shop.]
  • Black Lives Matter Houston
  • NAACP Houston Branch | NAACP Montgomery County Texas Branch | Peace and Justice Network of Montgomery County, Inc. |
    Showing Up for Justice (SURJ)
    SURJ [HTX] is a group focused on organizing white people for racial justice.
  • Houston SURJ | SURJ HTX [Facebook] |
  • SURJ Montgomery County, TX | SURJ Spring/Montgomery County [Facebook] |
  • Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement? By Tom Kertscher, PolitiFact | July 21, 2020 |
  • Column: What was Marx’s position on high-end real estate? Ask BLM’s Patrisse Khan-Cullors By John Kass, Chicago Tribune | April 15, 2021 AT 5:16 AM |
  • Black Lives Matter: Where are the Black clergy?: They were the leaders of the civil rights era in the US, but what role do Black clergy play in today’s BLM movement? By Myriam Renaud & Lerone Jonathan Wilder, Aljazeera | 24 Feb 2021 |
  • Equal Justice Initiative | National Memorial for Peace and Justice [Lynchings memorial] | Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror (3rd ed.) |
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