What are YOU called to do next? Responses from the 2018 Justice Summit

At the close of the 2018 UU Justice Summit,
we assessed our day — what we had accomplished and what we were called to do next.  Here are our answers to the question: What are YOU called to do next? In random order:

• Persevere.  Resist.  Encourage.  Model JUUstice.  GP
• I feel called to make my climate justice work intersectional —  not just a white people thing.
• Learn, prioritize, take a break.

• I’m called to continue my work with indigenous people…
• I am called to take action to understand and address systemic oppression.
• I am called to continue working on our Racial Justice Committee and writing a Stand on Racial Justice for our congregation to approve.
• Read and reflect on several titles from the bibliography handed out this morning.
• Lobby city, county, and state legislators.
• Make economic justification for climate change.  How will it hit a person’s pocketbook.  Educate.
• Work on tax equity, universal income, and better policy for the homeless and criminalized.
• Feeling part of a community.  Judy
• Support my congregation’s group: Justice Awareness and Advocacy.  To continue educating our congregation on white privilege and criminal justice.
• Read and study Justice on Earth.
• I am called to address and take action on climate change.
• Pull all resources together.  Phil Myers
• Activism, influence, educate, inspire.
• I am called to do inner exploration and attempt to expand the Flash Stance Franchise.  Maury Edwards
• Work harder for social justice!
• I am called to reflect on the many perspectives and experiences shared with me today and answer the question: “How can I honor these gifts?”  Cynthia Good
• Love all people and all the earth.
• Continue learning.  Keep ears and eyes open for opportunities to make a difference.
• Share what I can do to work for Justice.
• Bring what I learned to the Social Justice Committee.
• I want to read “Beloved.”  I want to team up with other congregations around the Poor People’s Campaign.
• Contact WA Leg reps re: tax equity analysis report proposal.
• End the paradigm of FEAR by revealing to the slaves the very mechanisms of their enslavement.
• Develop really deep relationships with people of color — mostly in my congregation.  Infuse racial justice work with spirituality.
• Stay engaged with justice work.  Find how I will be connected to new organization.
• I will say something when I hear/see a microaggression.  Judy
• Keep on keeping on learning and understanding.
• Complete my essay or sermon “Put on your own oxygen mask first.” (from Airline preflight; 2 yrs thought)
• I am called to be as effective as possible in stemming the adverse impacts of global climate change.
• Good conversations with 3 people I know.
• Reach out to other congregations regarding their program/activities on refugees and immigrants.
• Look beyond my church for resources and allies.  Continue to work on the issues within our congregation.
• Commit to using EDI guidelines, keeping them central.  Gretchen Faulstich
• I’m called to confront this very question – what can I do, what should I do?
• Continue education and learning on restorative justice circles and using non-violent communication concepts and techniques in racial justice work.  Leslie Schmidt
• Create program to share with our initial group of 4 congregations (aim to go UU wide).
• Act out my faith and commitment to racial justice in concrete ways.  Jenny Hall
• Speak up when racism shows itself.
• Be an ally.  VOTE.  Influence the law makers.  Vicky Kleinman
• I am called to NOT SLOW DOWN.
• I will try for kindness in every interaction – no, I will BE kind in every interaction.  Judy
• Reflect, write, write some more, and share.
• Work on climate justice more.
• Pursue individual and collective  climate change actions.
• Continue self education on my white supremacy.  Be an ally.  To be; not to do.  Listen more.
• Nurture (practically)
• Listen and speak up on social justice issues now that I’m more informed.
• Get the Backbone Campaign on Olympic Peninsula to do a tactical workshop.  To connect people around immigration support/solidarity.  Julia Cochrane
• To be a Power Lobbyist and networker.
• I will check out leg.wa.gov .  Judy
• I’m called to continue my climate justice I-1631 work…