Racial Justice
Our Racial Justice Ministry Team’s mission is to create a beloved and just multiracial community within East Shore Unitarian Church and in the wider world by acting to address racial justice issues. We seek to dismantle white supremacy, unfair privilege and injustice in ourselves, our church and our community.
Proposed 8th Principle
We have a group working to begin the discussion at East Shore to adopt the 8th Principle here, which has already been adopted by dozens of congregations across the country.
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
Upcoming Events
Join us for one of our upcoming events as we live our values!
Black Lives Matter Flash Stances
Inspired by his 2015 trip to Selma, AL to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, church member Manuel (Manny) Brown felt called to action. He was further inspired when he attended the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly (yearly UU convention) a few months later when our governing body urged UUs across our country to support the Black Lives Matter Movement. Since then, a group of members meets most Sundays all over the eastside to share the message and spark conversations.
Beloved Conversations
Beloved Conversations is an experiential curriculum that provides a space to reform the brokenness of racism into new patterns of thought and behavior ushering in social and spiritual healing. Conversation and probing dialogue promote new ways of being.
News & Resources
Why I Support the 8th Principle
When I was 12 my brother went to Italy and an exchange student from Uganda came to be my big brother. 50 people in my town outraged my parents with a petition that he not come because he was...
Board Buzz: The 8th Principle
As a member of your Board of Trustees, I am writing to talk about a “milestone” congregational initiative. The Board is to be considering this initiative to support ESUC in its journey of becoming...
Pitch to the East Shore Board of Trustees Regarding the 8th Principle
We ask the Board to place the 8th Principle on the Annual Meeting ballot. We ask the Board to endorse passage of the 8th Principle. Over 40 congregations have done so in a national grassroots...
Why I Support ESUC Ratifying the 8th Principle
The existing seven principles of Unitarian Universalism describe what we are striving for, our guiding lights, what we are journeying toward. Supporting the 8th Principle also means covenanting to...
Why Do I Want to Ratify the Eighth Principle Here at East Shore?
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved...
Why do I want to ratify the Eighth Principle here at East Shore?
To start my discussion of “Why”, I need to define the Eighth Principle as it relates to East Shore. “We, the members of the East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Bellevue, covenant to affirm...