<div dir="ltr">Hello, all,<div><br></div><div>I know that after the events of the weekend many of you have showed up in public witness against hate and white supremacy - in person and on social media. I know that many of you are also engaged in deeper reflection and faith formation by reading books and talking with others. Thank you for all the ways you are engaged in this important work of transformation.</div><div><br></div><div>You may have heard that hate groups had been planning a rally in Boston on the Commons for this Saturday. It is unclear whether those events will still go on, but the "Fight Supremacy Resistance Rally" and accompanying events are still happening.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is an e-mail with some information on events taking place in Boston over the next few days to show up for love and against hate in case it is of interest to any of you.</div><div><br></div><div>In faith and solidarity,</div><div><br></div><div>Joan</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394"><b>Rev. Joan Javier-Duval</b></font><font color="#000000"> |<b> </b></font></font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394">Minister</font></b></span><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a> | <span style="font-size:small">802-223-7861 x1 | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#444444"><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i>"We are each other's harvest; </i></font><i style="font-size:small"><font size="2">we are each other's business; </font><font size="2">we are each other's magnitude and bond."</font><font size="2"> --Gwendolyn Brooks</font></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">New England Region UUA</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newengland@uua.org">newengland@uua.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 5:11 PM<br>Subject: What We Can Do To Fight White Supremacy<br>To: <a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="m_6799904933472790426content_LETTER.BLOCK6"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6799904933472790426Content m_6799904933472790426MainText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#403f42;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><br><div style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">We are all horrified by recent events that evidence an emboldened white supremacist influence and aggression. The vandalism at Boston's Holocaust Memorial last night and the gathering of hate groups to Boston Common planned for this coming Saturday are wake up calls to anyone who might believe New England is immune from openly hostile and violent institutional expressions of hate.</span><br> <br><div>Standing on the Side of Love staff has been in conversation with Boston-based activists organizing a counter-rally and protest, with local clergy, and with Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism. They have compiled information that lets you know how you can be part of efforts to resist the hate. <strong>Read below to learn how to support this effort financially, and where, when and how you can show up to embody love.</strong></div><br><div>We encourage everyone to follow through on what you are called to do, to stay centered in love and prayer, and to stay awake to the realities of hate and fear that threaten marginalized communities around the country.</div><br><div><em>Meck Groot, Justice Ministries Lead, New England Region UUA</em></div></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#000000" bgcolor="#000000" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="m_6799904933472790426content_LETTER.BLOCK19"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6799904933472790426Logo m_6799904933472790426OuterText" style="padding:15px 20px 15px 20px;color:#000000" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center">
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</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="m_6799904933472790426content_LETTER.BLOCK20"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6799904933472790426Content m_6799904933472790426MainText" style="padding:8px 20px 9px 20px;color:#403f42;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><br><div style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">Beloveds,</span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span><br><span>I am not sure of most things these days. But I do know that white supremacy lives everywhere - and so does love and resistance. Everywhere. Absolutely everywhere.</span><br><br><span>You may have heard that there are white supremacists gathering on the Boston Common on Saturday August 19th. And in so many cities and college campuses. Maybe yours. There is no neutrality. Now is when we show up. To confront hate - in the form of white supremacists gatherings and the white supremacy that is in our laws, our school systems, our families, our congregations, our land. Find your frontlines. Below is a request from one our frontlines - <strong>Boston,</strong> where our UU congregations and clergy and UUA staff will be showing up as best we know how. </span><br><br><strong>Show up:</strong><br><ul><li><span>Join <em>Violence in Boston, Black Lives Matter Boston and Black Lives Matter Cambridge</em> to </span><strong><a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_zrqlGX3cexXsqC3AMwCPVVRYtiEjDgpdLVJItEw1PQhhCN7u0cGYzf7jeiIIw6pyLeIE9ER8Nw8iUN5mhrohdrlMtrbEfJqcj4tbsqKGli7ibxGpXHGD9PH0-msENTR_IvAFzApK-owsiow622sMkw==&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://www.facebook.com/events/165697793990647/" target="_blank">Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest and Resistance Rally</a></strong><span>. Gather at 10am at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Be sure to check the event page for opportunities to make signs.<br> </span></li><li><span>Use Sunday, August 20th to talk and pray about how white supremacy lives in your congregation, your community and institutions in your city/town/state.<br> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Whether or not you can show up in body, showing up with resources is key. <strong>Give over your collection, give personally.</strong> Organizers have asked that you contribute to and ask others to donate directly to local Black and queer organizers and Black, Indigenous, People of Color victims of white supremacy in your area and in your congregations. </span><strong style="font-size:11pt">BLM Network/BLM Cambridge have also set up a <a style="color:#febe10;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_QYufWPxkxkOw_fbpfLsyj289QYF6slsSXCBqQDWTX_o5EUQ6thNOazOtkf5yFm0lqP_XkNDaxOXYfF5uHz62hqncn-F9n5nbcQ3q_u6zbtlzNYFJm74XoXZ2PxhBqRxGwJdXKOZS326UIBZmdHyNgpUEfltiyOFjK9viDPnNXhRoAjvfofpmkQ==&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://www.youcaring.com/blmnetworkblmcambridgeresistanceresponsefund-903133" target="_blank">Fund</a> - support it and share it widely!</strong><span style="font-size:11pt"> You can directly support the healing and medical care needed for folks attacked last weekend. Support </span><a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_lUuvQGeu2WXwx6gySJaCBjsRPSHp2UV_42eb9dvnWyHr-AZENvnpEHsdpSLWB-m8Xq7S9WBCOpEhK4rQxpv4XGnyXJ3S6Wa2Q4hH36MDL9MwhqgLD7LoUkreWGvXtUsv6R9Owg2ufpMv6h29KOVe-A==&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://www.youcaring.com/alexismorrisnoellemorris-903027" target="_blank">Alexis and Nicole</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> and </span><a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_Eml3w-i_W0yVoW2Fk5dKuresPHnKpty2HnWwfGS_Dk8rBTQ3umZQi4fTZSt_lhFdjbvbL9KbLSpHLbj8kXuPNUcw1Jt6J3JZVn-ZZj-GZ968II7QR-E7tEg6o7IHL59AepCqN8cnsF6jLKZC-Fr0j_2PWHs0SUWB&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://www.gofundme.com/i-was-beaten-by-white-supremacists" target="_blank">Dre directly here</a><span style="font-size:11pt">. This is </span><a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_liyd224ujykPJU5114abNZpfsCvCgseFo7hX9zh3YND0AvZA20NLAX8y0IkQ-3c-1HaMBKmGW1esMncyN4xZORHUCa5aFgk05VejVUU3ZpQ4Rys4k2493vCZ5IKv4FpPwr8rmZv5Ku3aaU3uc9Lf-kqrfweiODGmPMJLRGXorZifAX50VVs7HPLCrWTdSa52&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://mxgm.org/2017/08/02/blackaugust-the-true-history-culture-practice/" target="_blank">Black August</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> so we have an opportunity to practice abolition by supporting bailing out Black families and community members today. Contribute to Southerners on New Grounds <a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_glIjuHOwCqZb1FJrn9Hdz7XdQg8BVOS_uJ5CrpVMNjv9pa0iq0tuPgW3zKQCJ5KRMHoHEAcY8yrHEIxzbTMGRxrrc12ae3_pf6GfPZllleij6LAeqCjJpzf41tIsRHxnSStmZjV0LrFxgGJjOHVKauasXyA4AloSPEzHqSy9ChyETVhQBf20yhMs9R2hIrFpYG8jNdVq2Lw=&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" shape="rect" alt="https://database.southernersonnewground.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10" target="_blank">Black August Bail Out Actions</a><span style="font-size:11pt">. <br> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><em>Fight Supremacy!</em> Organizing Committee, Karlene Griffiths Sekou, Black Lives Matter, Boston and Rev. Dr. Pamela R. Lightsey Clergy, United Methodist Church, are <strong>calling all clergy</strong> who are planning to attend the march and would like to stand in solidarity with this effort to attend a pre-gathering on </span><strong style="font-size:11pt">Friday, August 18th 6:00-8:00 at Union United Methodist Church at 485 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. </strong><span style="font-size:11pt">If you are a clergy person and attending, please email: <a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" href="mailto:m4blmboston@gmail.com" shape="rect" target="_blank">m4blmboston@gmail.com</a>.</span></li></ul></span><strong>Or don't show up.</strong> As <a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_cKsjE1txjzuyGAsUxOYJy37wr-0QR8Ri3JW0s_jRQhJQbdg1XGqe9eYEs2tJ66YULJZ0FeQNlw_Eh5TV0TV6uGjp_cyESLsTkMBRIxzV_omPP2dzdVKhqnk2zJuQA34ban5WeGJQSr6glqJjRX57zQUtCk24xXDr&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://medium.com/@BlackLivesUU/we-are-with-you-c7be00e89be" target="_blank">Black Lives of UU</a> says "To Black UUs, organizers of any faith or no faith, and our UU of color siblings, we struggle with you....To you, we say be where you need to be. Feel what you need to feel, and do what you need to do. Text a friend and meet up. Message someone you met at GA on Facebook. Go to a solidarity vigil, or avoid one-but find community, somehow."<span><br><br><strong>If you are called to show up - here's how:</strong><br><ul><li><strong>Let us know you're coming by filling out <a style="color:#febe10;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017GmiwczqDqmVRIQQaANSnIxiPEaxDWDWrLXSNN9BmV0o0VGJLnDYUpf5Y2M37fu_tQH6z0zjXQQZmQ4ajqeXjGuIOxH_H6InVffCf4yoUbgwQnwAX6Ryop37S2tBR3Je3vN9QxNBhOYRDr0HZobuRin9lxuUiquK9spy7yt3FBy3bZBy5zSj3hCiUSXjseHn0iv00bsnpS-HLDCY16hegg3RGmtWL2nVy2PvDtygNySRHdjgbezme1SuM3iz25GyQEwSwr0uke7q5diTPXGzQCC-f7MN-lWbm4OBsrird0o=&c=Pwj5fFCY4i9OeT61Xc7_NSySIlzwbImVSmbIqBR-39iwqxuPqwrTew==&ch=eegdEJ9JJfrqtmoFm7dIqmbu-2piqNxQ5QTM-tPDtESjcdD8vGbdwg==" alt="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qv-W2U-duHuu6v-2PGtYfwzxo-I0FPLUfoHbaGsM1Bc/viewform?edit_requested=true" target="_blank">this form</a></strong><span><strong>. </strong><br> </span></li><li><span><strong>Ground in our faith.</strong> In our seventh principle of interdependence and deep connection means that none of us are safe and beloved until we are all safe and beloved. In our fourth principle of a free and </span><strong>responsible </strong><span>for truth meaning means that when someone's search means that our friends, family, siblings of color are not safe and beloved, it is no longer responsible. And our responsibility is to confront and dismantle white supremacy with reparations and repair.<br> </span></li><li><span><strong>White folks</strong> are being asked to show up to:</span></li><ul><li><span>Provide resources to the most marginalized</span></li><li><span>Serve as a buffer between white nationalists/police and people of color</span></li><li><span>Take up as little physical and rhetorical space as possible (Don't speak over Black, Indigenous, People of Color or clamor to get to microphone or bullhorn, etc)</span></li><li><span>Speak up and uplift the voices of the most marginalized</span></li><li><span>Realize that whatever they're doing, some will interpret it as "wrong" or insincere and they have to accept that and continue to work or move aside</span></li><li><span>Examine what to do AFTER these rallies and how to capitalize on the momentum and dismantle white supremacy that's less "obvious."</span></li></ul></ul><span><strong>Non-violent Direct Action Training (NVDA)</strong> which includes a "Know Your Rights" legal component, or a comprehensive training that includes NVDA, "Know Your Rights, and MEDIC components trainings are </span><span>strongly encouraged</span><span>. Schedule below:</span><br><ul><li><strong>Thursday, August 17th, 5-10pm, Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 </strong></li><li><strong>Friday, August 18th, 10am - 8pm, Union United Methodist Church, 485 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02118 </strong></li><ul><li><span>Schedule: 10:00-1:00 NVDA ▪ 2:00-4:00 MEDIC ▪ 5:00-7:00 Legal Advisory: Know Your Rights</span></li></ul></ul><ul><li><strong>Friday, August 18th, 5-10pm Hope Central Church, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 </strong></li></ul><span>Again, </span><strong>NVDA Trainings are strongly encouraged</strong><span><strong>.</strong> Questions? 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