Confronting Our Racism Group News
Dear CORG Members and Friends, I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are surviving this Holiday Season! As you know, CORG...
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Join us at 11:30 this Sunday
We are watching UUA General Assembly ONLINE and having Discussion via ZOOM
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Living our 1st Principle:
"The inherent worth and dignity of every person"
Living our 2nd Principle:
"Justice, equity and compassion in human relations"
Living our 7th Principle:
"Respect for the interdependent web of existence of which we are all a part"
Volunteer for Our MSJE Team!
Come join us and see how you can help bend our community toward justice!
The Ministry for Social Justice and the Earth (MSJE) for short, is the social action and community outreach team of UUCBV. We strive to understand and address the many injustices faced by the surrounding community, and partner with like-minded organizations and individuals in order to further our efforts.
We are always open to new directions, ideas, and partnerships. You are welcome to join our Email List for updates, and you can join our monthly Social Justice Team meetings by finding the link on our calendar.
What is a Reproductive Freedom Congregation?
Too often, congregations – even progressive faith communities – perpetuate a conspiracy of silence around reproductive health issues, especially abortion. This silence can make women reluctant to share their experiences or reach out for support, for fear of being shamed, judged, or stigmatized.
The Reproductive Freedom Congregation initiative is a first step in bringing these issues out of the shadows.
Reproductive Freedom Congregations publicly affirm three principles:
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We trust and respect women.
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We promise that people who attend our congregation will be free from stigma, shame, or judgment for their reproductive decisions, including abortion.
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We believe access to comprehensive and affordable reproductive health services is a moral and social good.
CORG
Confronting Our Racism Group (CORG)
Race matters in our community and it is time that we have open and truthful conversations about it. With community readings/viewing of films/presentations followed by virtual panel discussions, we hope to address persistent racial disparities intentionally, explicitly, and comprehensively and to learn from these discussions. We hope to provide the community forum to effectively engage, sustain and deepen interracial dialogue so that, as a community, we can make changes that will benefit all.
“Confronting Our Racism: A Community Conversation,” that we hope will open up conversations about racism in the community. The proposal is based on a template that another UU congregation, San Gabriel UU in Georgetown, used to stage community readings in Georgetown, TX in August 2020. They had over 270 participants from the community. We have since begun discussions with the BVAAM and UUCBV Boards of Trustees, Brazos Valley Black Lives Matter (BLM) Group, TAMU faculty including Prof. Joe Feagin, Directors of the Bryan and College Station Library Systems and other concerned citizens; all groups involved are very enthusiastic about our proposal to open up discussions about race.
All are welcome.