Many Paths, One Journey

JUUST Change Anti-Oppression Consultancy and Resources

“There is no hierarchy of oppression . . . I know that people cannot profit from the oppression of any other group . . . I know that I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only.” – Audre Lorde

The Unitarian Universalist Association honors and supports the anti-oppression work congregations are already doing, and offers more than one path on the journey. In 2005 we launched JUUST Change anti-oppression consulting. Drawing on insights and experiences from work with linked oppressions, we are reaching out to congregations with support for justice work already being done, with an offer to work with them to identify their next steps and help to build on their strengths, and with encouragement to expand their capacity to engage the work of justice - including work on racism - that is rooted in Unitarian Universalist identity, theology and values.

JUUST Change is a new resource that is tailored to fit and able to meet congregations where they are, and that encompass a broader range of voices and experiences. Engagement in this work will require that we as Unitarian Universalists, to paraphrase Soul Work: Anti-Racist Theologies in Dialogue, "deepen our discourse, and in light of new information, reconsider how we live out our Unitarian Universalist principles."

Our consultancy work will be grounded in institutional/power analysis of racism, heterosexism/homophobia, ableism, gender oppression, and classism; the intersection of oppressions; and wisdom about congregational change/transformation.

• Call for JUUST Change Applications from Congregations and Districts
• Congregational Application for JUUST Change (Please download and save this form. Complete it as a Word document and return it to trobinsonharris@uua.org as an attachment.) The JUUST Change application deadline for the early part of the 2007-2008 church year is May 15, 2007.
• JUUST Change Consultants
• Many Paths, One Journey: Update on Anti Oppression Consultancy; Report to the Board April 2004
• Testimonials
• Anti-Oppression Consultancy Program; Report to the Board, April 2003
• Anti-Oppression Consultancy Program, Report to the Board, April 2005

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