Faithful Action Leadership Council Application Draft JN 3 25 15.pages
FIRST UNIVERSALIST FAITHFUL ACTION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL APPLICATION Applications must be received by June 30, 2015. Submit to: [email protected] If you submit an application and do not get a confirmation within 2 days please contact Justin. ! Your name: Home phone number: Work phone number: Mobile/cell phone number: Email address (optional): What year (approximately) did you join First Universalist? ! Please answer the following questions. We appreciate a brief response; you may use additional paper if needed. Please describe your past involvement with First Universalist. What roles have you had with faithful action and/or racial justice work or learning opportunities? ! ! Please provide other professional, volunteer, or leadership experience that you feel is relevant to the Faithful Action Leadership Council (FALC) in social justice and/or racial justice work. ! ! ! Please describe your goals related to this position. Why are you interested in becoming a member of this group? What do you hope to contribute? ! ! ! ! ! ! How are racial justice and faithful action work part of your faith/spiritual journey? ! ! ! How might we as a church effect systemic change while also serving immediate needs? ! ! ! Please read and affirm the guiding principles for the FALC (below). you. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Briefly state what they mean to ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Guiding principles of racial justice! ! • We are choosing to focus on the social construct of race. Racism is a fundamental component of every social and environmental justice issue.! • Racism exists when a dominant group with institutional and cultural power denies and extracts resources from a non-dominant group. ! • Racism is morally incompatible with our faith.! ! Guiding principles of faithful action ministry! • Racial justice is primary in all that we do. All of our faithful action efforts will be implemented and evaluated through a racial justice lens. ! • We achieve a balance between advocacy/systems change and attending to immediate needs.! • We work through partnerships.! • We learn from the lived experiences of people of different backgrounds.! • We support our volunteers in understanding their experiences through the lens of race, racism and whiteness. We support our volunteers in leadership development and spiritual growth.! • We engage with stakeholders and make room for stakeholder leadership (i.e. the people that we serve or partner with). ! • ! • We balance our desire for focus and consistency with our desire to be responsive and nimble. ! • We provide transparent, clear, ongoing communication with the congregation, faithful action teams/groups and with our partners and community stakeholders.! • We evaluate our effectiveness and we celebrate. ! • We encourage opportunities for the whole church to be involved across ages and abilities.! • We connect all efforts to Unitarian Universalism and our faith. Be clear about how our efforts are rooted in our faith and explore how they inform our spiritual journey.! !
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