Category: Racial Justice

UCF Racial Justice Work

We feel that the comprehensive work that UCF is doing on Racial Justice deserves its own blog.  This Racial Justice blog will highlight our work and keep everyone up to date on where we have been and where we are going as a congregation committed to advocating for racial justice.

COOKED: Survival by Zip Code

The Green Sanctuary/Racial Justice Team is showing a film on Thursday, July 11 from award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, COOKED: Survival by ZIP Code reveals the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine unequal response and recovery to environmental disaster. By linking the deadly Chicago heat wave of 1995 to the underlying manmade disaster of structural … Continue reading COOKED: Survival by Zip Code

“Wilmington on Fire” – September 14 6:30 pm

UCF is hosting our first Social Justice Film Series!The Social Justice Committee, the Welcoming Congregation Team, the Green Sanctuary Team, The Anti-Racist Team and the Adult Spiritual Enrichment Committee will be teaming up in the next months to bring you a series of documentaries concerning several areas of Social Justice. Our very first film will … Continue reading “Wilmington on Fire” – September 14 6:30 pm

Eighth Principle Adopted by UCF

Wonderful news! In our June Annual Meeting the members of the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship voted to adopt the Eighth Principle: “We covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse and multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” … Continue reading Eighth Principle Adopted by UCF

Racial Justice Update

Big News! The Racial Justice Group under the umbrella of the Social Justice Committee is requesting that the UCF Board put the following Resolution on the Agenda for the Annual Meeting on June 11, 2023! We, the congregation of the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship vote to pass this existing 8th Principle at our June 11, 2023, … Continue reading Racial Justice Update

Implicit Bias – March 8 at 3:00 and 6:30

“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: 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.” We, at our Unitarian Coastal Fellowship, are continuing our journey towards voting on … Continue reading Implicit Bias – March 8 at 3:00 and 6:30