all A Message from UUA Moderator and President.

[Erik Kesting]

A Message from Gini Courter and Bill Sinkford:

 


As many of you know, at the meeting of the UUA Board of Trustees
immediately following the close of the General Assembly in Ft. Worth,
the board heard reports of a series of distressing incidents involving
UU youth of color. The board subsequently authorized the issuance of an
open letter concerning these incidents.
(http://www.uua.org/TRUS/050706_letter.html)

In order to continue the process of gathering information on this series
of events, we have appointed a Special Review Commission. The following
Unitarian Universalists have generously agreed to serve on the
Commission:

Hafidha Acuay  (Portland, Oregon)

Rev. Jose Ballester  (Houston, Texas)

Rachel Davis  (Teaneck, New Jersey)

Janice Marie Johnson  (Brooklyn, New York)

Rev. Margaret Keip  (Grants Pass, Oregon)

The charge to the Special Review Commission is to review the trajectory
of events which impacted the Unitarian Universalist community of color,
especially the youth of color community, leading up to and during the
Ft. Worth General Assembly. The goal is to identify learnings about the
structures of racism and agism both within and outside our faith
community which we must address in our journey toward wholeness. We
expect no recommendations about the behavior of specific individuals;
institutional learning is our goal. We request that the SRC offer a
preliminary report to the UUA Board of Trustees at their October meeting
and a final report at the January Board meeting.

If you feel you have information relevant to the Special Review
Commission's investigations, please send an email to src at uua.org.

In faith,

Gini Courter, Moderator of the UUA
Bill Sinkford, President of the UUA

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