(this is the first of three questions that I will pose to the candidates. if you aren't interested in UUA politics, check back in about a week-and-a-half.)
Susan. Alison. Jeanne.
As always, it was good to see you this weekend at both the Board meeting and the New England Region forum.
So I have three questions for you. Each of them will be their own post. And I never do a question without set-up. This first question is probably going to be the longest.
Dr. King once said that 11:00 on Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week. Let's lean in to that for a few moments, instead of bristling.
Instead of trying to make already existing UU congregations into mini-Rainbow Coalitions (and hurting POCI in the process while white ppl do their work), is the UUA capable of encouraging the creation of congregations in "nontraditional" UU areas and not being stumbling blocks to them (i.e.-Ethelred Brown and the Harlem Unitarian Church)?
1. What do you see as the UUA's role in helping entrepreneural ministries in underserved UU areas?
2. Given the very mixed history of ministers of color in the UUA and its parent organizations , what do you see as the UUA's role in helping achieve successful ministries when ministers of color are called to already existing UU congregations?
There's more I could ask on this subject, but these questions/ideas seem big enough.
