Amen to Uprising Action of Immediate WitnessAmen to Uprising AIW from Jason Lydon on Vimeo. |
What is AIW?The Action of Immediate Witness process at General Assembly offers UUs the opportunity to courageously affirm what is just and good through a statement that demonstrates solidarity with those who are mistreated or that imagines collective liberation. This takes place during GA.
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UUJAZ is part of a coalition in the Phoenix Metro area to create a Civilian oversight, and increased community accountability for the Phoenix Police. The Coalition includes partners like Poder In Action, Black Phoenix Organizing Collective, Puente Human Rights Movement, Equality AZ, and more. Phoenix UUs have shown up in yellow shirts at City Council meetings, made appointments with council member Debra Stark and Mayor Kate Gallego, and sent Rev. Christine Dance and Executive Director Janine Gelsinger to speak to Council.
Speak Your Values - Contact Electeds
If you can't make the council meetings in person, you can call, email, or schedule an appointment with your city council member and/or Mayor Gallego. A sample script:
Dear ________,
My name is __________ and I live in your district at ______________(your address). I'm contacting you because I am concerned about the lack of accountability and oversight for the Phoenix PD. I'd like to add my voice in calling for a Civilian Review Board that is independent, investigative, transparent, and community-driven. ____________(add any other thoughts on why this is personal to you).
Dear ________,
My name is __________ and I live in your district at ______________(your address). I'm contacting you because I am concerned about the lack of accountability and oversight for the Phoenix PD. I'd like to add my voice in calling for a Civilian Review Board that is independent, investigative, transparent, and community-driven. ____________(add any other thoughts on why this is personal to you).
A People's Report from Poder in Action
About UUJAZ Organizing Fellowships
Babies + Bailouts
Babies & Bailouts is a chance for communities to come together to learn more about the money bail system and also gather much-needed baby supplies for women and families being impacted by mass incarceration. This Babies & Bailouts "End Money Bail Facebook Live Panel" Watch Party was created in conjunction with over 50 local Watch Parties & Donation Drives around the country.
Access the BLUU End Money Bail: Community Workbook here.
Access the BLUU End Money Bail: Community Workbook here.
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Day at the Legislature: Racial Justice and Incarceration and the AZ Legislature
From Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 Racial justice means dismantling systemic racism, in not just ourselves and our communities, but defeating policies that keep structures of white supremacy in place. From the budget to criminal (in)justice, hear from our partners at Mass Liberation AZ and the ACLU of AZ about the bills in play that attempt to move us towards a more racially equitable AZ, and those that perpetuate racism. |
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Beloved Conversations: Spring 2021 Register on Feb 1st, course begins March 15th Beloved Conversations curriculum developers at Meadville Lombard Theological School have responded to the needs to learn how race and ethnicity shape our personal and collective lives and practices, in a virtual format. In 2020, 93 UUs from Arizona joined 1200 UUs in participating in the first half of Beloved Conversations: Within. |
The first phase, Within will open for registration in February, and focuses on the internal work that each of us needs to do as we engage racial justice. This work is different for White folks and for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) and will be done entirely in race-based caucuses. You do not need to have taken the Fall session to register for Spring: the two halves of Within can be taken in any order.
Within work will include individual Lessons, using videos, music, and readings, accompanied by reflection prompts and suggested conversations with Critical Friends chosen by the participants; bi-weekly small group conversations in a Learning Pod; and larger, monthly, facilitated Meaning-Making Sessions on Zoom. You can expect to spend 3-5 hours each week.
We hope you join us to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice, to heal the impact of racism on our lives, in order to get free together.
Registration coming February 1st.
Within work will include individual Lessons, using videos, music, and readings, accompanied by reflection prompts and suggested conversations with Critical Friends chosen by the participants; bi-weekly small group conversations in a Learning Pod; and larger, monthly, facilitated Meaning-Making Sessions on Zoom. You can expect to spend 3-5 hours each week.
We hope you join us to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice, to heal the impact of racism on our lives, in order to get free together.
Registration coming February 1st.
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What legacy will you leave your beloved: your children, grandchildren, congregation, community, and/or country about how you worked to dismantle systemic racism during your lifetime? What will you bequeath to your beloved? What is your hope for their future, for Beloved Community?
Join Rev. Tina Squire and Steve Kraynak on the third Friday of each month for a justice-centered book discussion from the perspective of our Unitarian Universalist values. Here we will use reading, conversation, and writing to answer these questions for ourselves. |
Book GroUUp is free to all our monthly sustaining donors. If you wish to join but aren't a donor, you can contribute a suggested donation of $10 at uujaz.org/donate. If you aren't financially able to donate, join us anyway!
Purchasing your books from the UUA Bookstore, InSpirit, supports the work of our faith tradition. |
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