Justice Work

I believe that justice work is one of the cornerstones of Unitarian Universalist ministry. I recognize that the whiteness of my skin has afforded me privileges that others have not had so I choose to use that privilege to do my best to leave the world a better place while challenging my own and other’s comfort around a culture of white centered respectability.

There are countless ways we can work for justice. Any time we take our UU principles to heart we will find a path to follow – from marching in protest, to writing letters, to changing our habits, to working to create inter-faith and cross-cultural relationships, to putting our bodies on the line. Sometimes the most important thing I can do as a minister is to just show up.

What I have found to be true is that sharing this work with others makes a huge difference. I look forward to working with a congregation in ways that strengthen our mutual resolve to recognize and support the inherent worth and dignity of all beings because it is clear that the world that we live in does NOT recognize that all beings deserve such basic considerations.

Following our UU principles means more than reciting them - it means using our power and putting our bodies on the line to change structures that don't recognize that worth. It requires more than avowing that all beings have worth and dignity - it requires naming the specific places where that dignity is denied, as it so clearly is in the case of race in our country - and working alongside those who focus on righting those concrete wrongs.