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Agenda Sept 8th, 2022
Meeting 8:30-10:00 a.m. PDT via Zoom or in person
In Fellowship Hall at Hillcrest UCC (404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill).

Race and the Cosmos prelude to our gathering:    • Race and the Cosmos — A Meditation  

Minutes from Aug 11th, 2022, attached with agenda or follow the link below to be approved:

8:30: Moderator’s Welcome – Dave Longhurst, Vice Chair of Gov. Board
• Approving the August 11th Minutes –
• Land Acknowledgement of Zulu peoples and Opening Statement - Rev. Will McGarvey
• Reading of the covenant – Leonard Dorin

In solidarity with one another we each affirm:
Our dialogue is an interfaith dialogue. We all have different communication styles, and varying views. We commit to be in dialogue with respect for all, expanding listening to hear multiple points of view.
We realize that we are responsible for the growth of I4C and each of us shares a duty to interfaith growth. The Governing Board provides leadership, and the Elected Council works towards progress and the fulfillment of I4C goals as we grow.
*We recognize that we are imbued with interfaith responsibility. As such we commit to hold ourselves and each other accountable to merit that trust; respect for the diverse traditions, beliefs and spiritual paths of all those we encounter; hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards and accountable to our communities and to I4C.
Our shared time together is interfaith time. We commit to honoring the start and end times each time we meet.
8:35–8:45: Gov. Board report on the upcoming Fundraising dinner that has been moved to Nov. 6th, and other I4C events. All reports are on pages 2-12

8:45-9:50: Defining Racism and Resistance Across the Generations: Rev. Sandhya Jha
RACISM = Race Prejudice + Institutional / Systemic Power

1st
   • The Origin of Race in the USA  

White supremacy culture (Tema Okun)
WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE IS THE WIDESPREAD IDEOLOGY BAKED INTO THE BELIEFS, VALUES, NORMS, AND STANDARDS OF OUR GROUPS (MANY IF NOT MOST OF THEM), OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR TOWNS, OUR STATES, OUR NATION, TEACHING US BOTH OVERTLY AND COVERTLY THAT WHITENESS HOLDS VALUE, WHITENESS IS VALUE.

2nd
https://www.raceforward.org/research/...

Breakout room to discuss: https://www.cacgrants. org/assets/ce/Documen ts/2019/WhiteDominant Culture.pdf

15 expressions of white supremacy culture
Perfectionism
Sense of Urgency
Defensiveness
Quantity Over Quality
Worship of the Written Word u Only One Right Way
Paternalism
Either/Or Thinking
Power Hoarding
Fear of Open Conflict
Individualism
I’m the Only One
Progress is Bigger, More u Objectivity
Right to Comfort

• Where have you experienced one of those values AND its alternative value? How were they different?
• Where do you see your faith commitments in the right column?
• If you’re brave, where do you see your faith community in the left
column? Why might that be? What could you do about it?

9:50 – 10:00: Closing Remarks and Benediction – Father Tom Bonacci, on the Pope’s recent trip to Canada.

Interfaith Calendar – from https://www.interfaith-calendar.org/2...