Common use of Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression and Multicultural Awareness Clause in Contracts

Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression and Multicultural Awareness. In engaging in this critically important work, the Congregation may begin by examining its own policies and practices that have hindered living our Unitarian Universalist values. Such an examination might include an analysis of lessons learned from past efforts to become more equitable and diverse, a review of Congregational hiring decisions, development of hiring practices, and procedures for mitigating bias, and a commitment to increase the capacity of all staff and leaders to serve a diverse Congregation with emotional intelligence, cross- cultural humility, and equity. Various resources are available through the UUA including Congregational Life staff and the Multicultural Growth and Witness Office. In addition, the congregation should explore resources available in the broader community particularly communities of color or other historically marginalized groups. identities, the congregation understands that the minister must be free to determine the extent to which they are called to lead in dismantling injustices in which the minister holds a target identity.6

Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression and Multicultural Awareness. In engaging in this critically important work, the Congregation may begin by examining its own policies and practices that have hindered living our Unitarian Universalist values. Such an examination might include an analysis of lessons learned from past efforts to become more equitable and diverse, a review of Congregational hiring decisions, development of hiring practices, and procedures for mitigating bias, and a commitment to increase the capacity of all staff and leaders to serve a diverse Congregation with emotional intelligence, cross- cultural humility, and equity. Various resources are available through the UUA including Congregational Life staff and the Multicultural Growth and Witness Office. In addition, the congregation should explore resources available in the broader community particularly communities of color or other historically marginalized groups. identities, the congregation understands that the minister must be free to determine the extent to which they are called to lead in dismantling injustices in which the minister holds a target identity.6identity.5