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By Mary Lou Dahms, Racial Justice Ministry As our thoughts turn toward family and holiday gatherings, it’s also a good time to think of those beyond the warm embrace of our families and the glow of our lit chalice and bring them within that warmth and light. The Racial Justice Ministry is part of the … Continue reading ‘Tis the Season: Giving the Gift of Your Time
By Mary Lou Dahms, Racial Justice Ministry On Thursday, October 16, a group of members and friends of UUCWC took part in the First Annual Revolutionary Mile, a 1.55-mile run and historical walk through downtown Trenton. We were recognized as the largest team to complete the historical walk, with 16 members and friends, including our … Continue reading Walking the Walk on the Revolutionary Mile
By Mary Lou Dahms, Racial Justice Ministry The Racial Justice Ministry (RJM) creates opportunities to support your journey toward justice. Here are some upcoming highlights for this October: Run (or Walk) the Revolutionary Mile in Trenton – October 16 The First Annual Revolutionary Mile will be held in downtown Trenton on Thursday, October 16. Members … Continue reading Racial Justice Ministry Activities for October 2025
By Denny Rodgers, Racial Justice Ministry If you are of the age when you must take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from your IRAs, you can elect to make Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) to eligible co-organizations like, for example, our church. Your broker will send checks directly to them, and you will not be taxed on … Continue reading A Win-Win Way of Supporting Racial Justice Causes
By Victoria Locane, Racial Justice Ministry At a recent Racial Justice Ministry (RJM) meeting, the team came together to answer the question: How do we show others the mission of UUCWC? Inspired by other advocacy groups, we were inspired to show the UUCWC mission in the world via a T-shirt. We thought that, as a group, seeing … Continue reading Wearing Our Mission: New UUCWC T-Shirts Amplify Our Advocacy and Community
by Susan Irgang, Congregational Administrator Don’t ever think that one person can’t make a difference. Our Racial Justice Ministry (RJM) noted that Ewing Township had not passed a resolution endorsing the enactment of the New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act. On behalf of RJM, Ewing resident Denny Rodgers decided to do something. In December 2023, … Continue reading The Power of Persistence and Perseverance
by Regina Podhorin Zilinski The Racial Justice Ministry (RJM) recently hosted a speaker from the Unitarian Universalist Faith Action New Jersey (UUFANJ) Reparations Task Force to update us on their activities and plans to move forward the conversation about reparations in New Jersey. As a result of this conversation, we have decided to engage more … Continue reading Racial Justice Ministry Considers Reparations
by Geri Koblis, for the Racial Justice Ministry If you have ever taken an online quiz or survey which presents multiple choice answers and asks you to fill in a number to indicate your most important choice to your least, you have done Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). In some states such as New Jersey, this … Continue reading Ranked Choice Voting and the 8th Principle
The Racial Justice Ministry (RJM) has developed a plan for 2022 to engage congregants in the communal and individual work of antiracism. We know many of you long for opportunities to both work together as well as have resources for individually staying abreast of new insights into antiracism work. As a result, we are announcing … Continue reading Racial Justice Ministry Antiracism Learning/Allyship Opportunities for 2022
The members of the Racial Justice Ministry (RJM) met within two hours of the verdict being announced in the George Floyd murder case. We had planned a few days prior to meet and prepare to support the congregation through any outcome. We started our meeting by checking in on how people were feeling after hearing … Continue reading UUCWC Racial Justice Ministry Reflects on Derek Chauvin Conviction
