January 2015
Theme: Racism/Justice

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Rev. Jame Reeb

Despite the proclamations of pundits and the wishful hopes of people of good will, the election of the first African-American president in US history in 2008 did not mark the end of racism in America.  Disparities in educational and economic opportunity, rates of incarceration and tensions between communities of color and law enforcement continue to highlight the sad truth that racism remains a significant barrier to the fulfillment of this nation’s promise of liberty and justice for all.  

How are we, as people of faith, as Unitarian Universalists call respond to racism, wherever it might dwell within or among us or however it manifests itself in our communities and institutions?  

For reflection on this question, you’re invited to visit:

Beacon Press: Witnessing For The Truth

There you will find a copy of Witnessing For The Truth: Martin Luther King Jr., Unitarian Universalism, and Beacon Press containing two writing by the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  The first is “A Witness to the Truth”, the eulogy Dr. King gave for the Rev. James Reeb at Brown Chapel in Selma Alabama.  Reeb was a young UU minister who died of injuries sustained in an attack by white segregationists in Selma in 1965 while participating in the Selma Voting Rights Movement.  The second is the 1966 Ware Lecture, “Don’t Sleep Through The Revolution”, which Dr. King delivered at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in 1966 in Florida. Both writings present powerful, challenging, and relevant words for us today.