Category: Religious Education

Please join us on Sunday (13 December 2015) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — Book Study and Discussion — The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Our Discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow continues with Chapter 6 — “The Fire This Time” — which explores the multi-faceted strategies necessary to begin to address the problem of mass incarceration.

This will be our last class meeting for this book.  After this Sunday, the adult religious education class will take a break until after the holiday season is over.

Two books are still available (cost $12.00).  Also, if you want a book, you may have one.  Don’t let the cost be an obstacle.  You are welcome to buy or have a book whether or not you come to the class.

You are welcome to come to the class whether or not you are reading the book.

We have good discussions that stand on their own, although you will probably get more out of them if you do the reading.

Books are available from Amazon or let Susan know if you want one reserved for you.

Please join us on Sunday (6 December 2015) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — Book Study and Discussion — The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Our Discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow continues with Chapter 5 — “The New Jim Crow” — which will expound on the many parallels between the era of Jim Crow and the current era of mass incarceration.

This will be our next to last class meeting for this book.  After next Sunday (13 December 2015), the adult religious education class will take a break until after the holiday season is over.

Two books are still available (cost $12.00).  Also, if you want a book, you may have one.  Don’t let the cost be an obstacle.  You are welcome to buy or have a book whether or not you come to the class.

You are welcome to come to the class whether or not you are reading the book.

We have good discussions that stand on their own, although you will probably get more out of them if you do the reading.

Books are available from Amazon or let Susan know if you want one reserved for you.

Please join us on Sunday (29 November 2015) at 9:15 AM as we continue our discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.

We will cover Chapter 4 — “The Cruel Hand” — which will look at the way the caste system operates after people are released from prison.

Please join us on Sunday at 9:15 AM for a screening of Dr. Cornel West giving his 2015 Ware Lecture at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly.

This past summer in Portland OR, over 3000 Unitarian Universalists had the honor and privilege to hear author, theologian and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West.

Grounding his talk in questions asked by the late W.E..B. Dubois to the younger generation and in his own deep faith, Dr. West shakes the rafters as he calls us to action on many of the human rights issues of the present day.

Kathy Osuch will facilitate discussion of the video.

In two weeks (29 November 2015) — Our Discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow continues with Chapter 4 (“The Cruel Hand”) which will look at the way the caste system operates after people are released from prison.

We will not have class next week (22 November 2015) which is the day of our Thanksgiving service and feast.  Class will resume on 29 November 2015.

The 9:15 AM Sunday Adult Religious Education Class will meet this week (Sunday, 8 November 2015).

We will be discussing Chapter 3 (“The Color of Justice”) in the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.  This chapter looks at the role of race in the criminal justice system:

Given the relatively balanced rate of criminal activity by whites and blacks, how does a supposedly race-neutral system round up, arrest, and imprison such a large number of black and brown men?