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Restorative Work
Truth, Justice & Reconciliation
Committed to our UU Values & Principles, UUCF works to actively dismantle racism and oppression in accordance with our 8th Principle:
Journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.
Unitarian Universalists have radical roots and a history as self-motivated spiritual people: we think for ourselves and actively object to what we believe is wrong. We have a track record of standing on the side of love, justice, and peace. But we are never perfect, and this work is never complete. Care for vulnerable populations is a life-long commitment, an orientation toward justice that must be consistently revisited and renewed. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton affirms and promotes this covenant.
Some of our work will be shared on this page for transparency, humbleness, collaboration, and accountability.
Indigenous Land & Labor Task Force
Original artwork by Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee-Yakama) bunkyechohawk.com
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton recognizes that we reside and worship on unceded land, the ancestral lands of the Tongva, Kizh, and Acjachemen peoples. As a reminder to this truth, we have made this acknowledgment out loud regularly, as we begin our Sunday service in preparation for our community worship.
Upon taking a critical look at our practices, however, we acknowledge that we had done barely more than stating our hopes and intentions. While we firmly promote justice, pluralism, interdependence, generosity, love, equity, and transformation, it is time to take action to realize our desire to help restore what has been broken through colonialism, secularism, and assimiliation by oppressive regimes, and live into a new solidarity with Indigenous communities and the Earth.
Moving beyond our symbolic statement, the UUCF is establishing a Land and Labor Acknowledgement Task Force to gain the wisdom on how we can support Indigenous-led initiatives to live into a new solidarity with indigenous communities and the Earth.
We will research the Indigenous history of our area, build relationships with local tribes, and learn what needs our indigenous community has, so we can put into practice our anti-racist, anti-oppression Unitarian Universalist values of love, plurality, interdependence, equity, justice, generosity and transformation.
Follow this page for more information. If you would like to join in our congregation's work, or need more information than that which is shared on this page, please email outreach@uufullerton.org.
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DRUUMM is a Unitarian Universalist People of Color Ministry and anti-racist collective bringing lay and religious professionals together to overcome racism through resistance and transform Unitarian Universalism through our multicultural experiences. We developed from several older ministries, namely the African American UU Ministries and Jubilee World anti-racism change trainings.
DRUUMM has a growing membership of UU People of Color from every region. As an all-volunteer ministry, DRUUMM continues to lead efforts to fulfill the Journey Towards Wholeness Resolution towards becoming an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, multicultural UUA, creating space for youth, young adult and our families of color to heal and work collectively, and steward an effective organization that develops new leadership and manages consistent communication with members.
DRUUMM is a collective of people who identify as People of Color. Allies are welcome and organized as Allies for Racial Equity. Together we are open to all people. We are grounded in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, and maintain a close relationship with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.