Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry

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Mitra Rahnema, Editor.
c.2017 by the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association.
Publisher: Boston : Skinner House Books, [2017].

In October 2015, a group of distinguished UU religious professionals of color gathered together in Chicago, sponsored by UUMA-CARAOMC, to embark on a radical project. The conference worked from the premise that discussions of race in Unitarian Universalism have too often presupposed a White audience and prioritized the needs, education, and emotions of the White majority. The goal was to reframe UU anti-oppression work by putting the voices, experiences and learnings of people of color at the center of the conversation. The resulting book captures the papers that were presented and the rich dialogue from the conference to share personal stories and address the challenges that religious leaders of color face in exercising power, agency, and authority in a culturally White denomination.

This book, along with “Daring Democracy: Igniting power, meaning and connection for the America we want“, was selected as a UUA ‘Common Read” for 2017-1018.  More info…