By Danna Mattocks, Anti-Racism Ministry Team
Danna Mattocks with her husband and son last summer
We need your help to take UUFR’s Anti-Racism efforts to the next level: Vote YES for the important new statement of conscience at UUFR’s congregational meeting on November 14th. (To attend the congregational meeting, join us in person or on Zoom … read more.
Even when they can’t leave home, UUFR members are still hungry to do good in the world. Over the past few months, UUFR members have been part of an effort that has distributed more than 900 masks and face shields to Raleigh’s communities of color.
The … read more.
The many videos of police killings of blacks and the starkly unequal impact of Covid -19 on people of color have stripped us of the capacity to ignore both the systemic and the viscerally personal and violent presence of racism in America. What are we … read more.
The UUFR Social Justice Council has chosen Village of Wisdom (VOW) as the recipient of the June 2020 Justice Sunday Collection. The selection was made on the recommendation of UUFR’s Anti-Racism Ministry (ARM) team. The June Justice Sunday Collection will take place at UUFR’s … read more.
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In any conflict, it’s important to understand our opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. It’s also critical to know our own strengths and weaknesses. As we fight COVID-19, strategic evaluations focus on our needs for intelligence (pathology, testing and contact tracing) defensive armor (PPE … read more.
At the end of the 15th Century, Europeans noticed a “new” disease (syphilis) and promptly blame-named it for their neighbors/rivals; the French called it the “Neapolitan Disease;” their Neapolitan foes labeled it the “French Disease.” People who attack Chinese and Asians, blaming them for COVID-19 … read more.
Welcome to the first entry in the ARM Blog. In 2015 the UUFR Board created the Anti-Racism Ministry (ARM) to begin transforming our congregation into an actively anti-racism community. By 2016 we were working toward offering a 12-hour education and awareness raising workshop, Living the Pledge … read more.
