JUUstice Washington

A Unitarian Universalist State Action Network

Ongoing Hollaback Bystander Trainings, Various Times/Dates

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Hollaback Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian Harassment and Xenophobia

See webpage for training dates and to register for free online.

One-hour, interactive training will teach Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention strategy: distract, delegate, document, delay, and direct.  Learn about the “spectrum of disrespect” and types of disrespect that Asian and Asian American folks face (i.e. microaggressions to violence).  Learn what to look for and the positive impact that bystander intervention has on individuals and communities.

JUUstwa Offers Bystander Intervention Training, April 23, 2021, online

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On Friday evening, April 23rd from 6 p.m. to roughly 7:30, the JUUstice Washington’s Interrupting the School to Prison Pipeline racial justice action team will be offering an online Bystander Intervention trainer.   Courtney Wooten is the developer and presenter of the training.  For more information, see Suburbia Rising

 

The intention of the training is twofold.  The session will provide online training to members of the ISPP committee, but more importantly, the committee invites Washington State UU congregation to designation a member of the congregation to experience the training and use the experience to consider asking Courtney to offer this or other trainings that Courtney has developed to their respective congregations.  If your congregation would like to send a representative, please contact John Hilke at jchilke@comcast.net so that he can include your representative on the Zoom invitation list for the training.

 

Workshop: UUA New Day Rising Conference National 2021

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Saturday, February 27 9am-6pm PT/10-7 MT/11-8 CT/12-9 ET, With plenty of breaks

Is your congregation ready to take a new step in changing white supremacy culture? Want to learn what your fellow congregations are working on, and how you might apply it at home? Join a continent of UUs as we explore next steps in creating Beloved UU Communities. On your own: Watch compelling video TED-talk style testimonials from selected congregations around the continent sharing their learnings, hopes and next steps in their quest for racial equity in their congregations. Together on February 27 Worship ~ Workshops ~ Caucusing. Be sure not to miss the worshop “Congregational paths to address both Climate Crisis and Systemic Oppression” with Rev. Karen Brammer!

School to Prison Pipeline Action Group Needs your Help

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The Interrupting the School or Prison Pipeline group is exploring bystander intervention training opportunities that JUUstice Washington might offer to congregations.  We are checking various options and there are a couple of training opportunities coming up in February that help this exploration.

Bystander intervention training opportunities.  One is coming up on February 13th.  Some key providers include Cortney Wooten, Seattle 350, Peace Keepers, and Poor People’s Campaign.

The first, on February 13, is by a training team out of DC.  They describe it as “an interactive, participatory, beginner’s workshop designed for those that may have none to little prior studies of bystander intervention.”  Payment is on a sliding fee scale.  The two times listed are two sections of the same training.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUlPNGG7coDk5dQPYW-nbntdz08_iEr2Blj4-07g5SOp4N-Q/viewform

Edmonds United Methodist Church is offering a related workshop “Stepping into Allyship” workshop will be on February 9 from 6-8 pm. As we seek to create beloved community and dismantle racism, we are intentionally making the workshop free for all participants. The workshop will be led by local equity consultant and organizer, Courtney Wooten, who has collaborated with Edmonds UMC over the last three years. We hope that this offering will bless your communities as we work to together dismantle racism and white supremacy.  Registration information is available at Stepping into Allyship (google.com)  The presenter also does bystander intervention training.

The Interrupting the School or Prison Pipeline (post-Summit) group is exploring potential ways to find and boost existing programs that directly interrupt the school to prison pipeline.  Two programs that we are looking into are Speaking Justice and Community Passageways.  If you already work with either of these programs or have insights about their work, please let us know by contacting John Hilke at jhilke@juustwa.org.

The Interrupting the School or Prison Pipeline (post-Summit) group is monitoring and encouraging your engagement with the following legislative proposals dealing the police reforms and racial justice improvements.  We welcome additional assistance in monitoring and insights about these bills.  Please contact John Hilke at jhilke@juustwa.org, if you would like to help.

 

HB 1054 (Johnson) banning choke holds etc.

HB 1092 (Lovick) database of police use of force

HB 1089 (Ramos) compliance with I-940 on independent investigations of police violence

HB 1082 (Goodman) reform process of decertification and sanctions for police misconduct

HB 1088 (Lovick) standardizing reporting of police misconduct and impeaching office testimony

SHB 1044 educational opportunities in prisons

HB 1078/SB 5086  restoration of voting rights when persons leave prison

HB 1090  ban on private prisons

HB 1282/SB 5285 reduced prison terms for participating in educational programs

HB 1310  statewide de-escalation standard and limits on use of force

SB 5226  end debt-based suspensions of driver licenses

HB 1186 youth alternative corrections

SB? 5228 Antibias curriculum development

SB 5229 continuing education regarding antibias practices

UU Ministry for Earth Invites All People of Color to work on Climate (In)Justice

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Climate change promises not to be kind on anyone, least of all on us in the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Time and time again, we have witnessed the disproportionate and disastrous impacts of climate change on communities of color – whether it is from storms, floods, heat waves, or the everyday injustices, amplified by the challenges faced by people of color and exacerbated by unique circumstances of marginalization or pandemics such as Covid.

A small group of us, working collaboratively with the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth, are moved to form a new community: A BIPOC caucus focused on the intersections of racial, environmental and climate injustices.  Our thinking is inspired by the UU Seventh Principle (respect for the interdependent web of all existence) and the Eight Principle (accountably dismantle racism and all other oppressions).

This is a call to invite all people who identify as belonging to any of the communities of color to join hands and gather to reflect on the current moment of climate emergency, exchange our aspirations and learn how our UU values can strengthen our commitments. Paula Cole Jones and Rashid Shaikh are honored to take on the inaugural planning of this caucus (see bios below).  The dates and proposed topics for discussion of the initial meetings are given below. If you fill out this form, we will gladly send you details about how to join the meetings on Zoom. The BIPOC Caucus will feature presentations and opportunities to work in small groups.

Session 1:

Thursday, February 18 at 5pm PT/ 6 MT/ 7CT/ 8ET
Connecting with the UU 7th and 8th Principals

Session 2:

Thursday, March 18 at  5pm PT/ 6 MT/ 7CT/ 8ET
Lessons from the book Justice on Earth

Session 3:

April – Date TBD
The Green New Deal and the Biden Plan on Climate

Register here for more information.
In solidarity,
Paula Cole Jones and Rashid Shaikh