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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
URBAN MINISTRY

Our work begins in Roxbury. It doesn't end there.

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OUR MISSION: WE WORK ACROSS RACE & PLACE TO DISMANTLE

RACISM & WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE & TO ADVANCE RACIAL, ECONOMIC, & SOCIAL JUSTICE

Our Vision: We envision a Greater Boston where all people live with freedom and dignity, and have equitable access to resources and opportunity to shape the present and the future.

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Last year, the UU Urban Ministry and the Roxbury Historical Society invited Aabid Allibhad, a PhD candidate in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, to write a report focused on the history of racism and enslavement at First Church in Roxbury. 

In February, the report entitled,  "Race & Slavery at the First Church in Roxbury (The Colonial Period 1631-1775)", was published.  It is available by clicking on the image, or by visiting the History of First Church in Roxbury page of our website.

We Speak Now:  Race & Enslavement at First Church in Roxbury

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EXAMINING OUR HISTORY

IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY 200 YEARS

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The average amount of hours each month that our youth participate in programming through Roxbury Youth Programs (RYP).  This includes students who utilize our after school drop in programming, as well as our RYP Interns.

150+

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Audience members logged-in to our first-ever virtual Community Conversation, featuring historian and former State Representative Byron Rushing.

We recently finished our third season of the series that discusses issues facing communities of color, and look forward to Season 4.

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Years providing safe housing and healing counseling to families fleeing from domestic violence through our emergency shelter, Renewal House.

120+

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Survivors of domestic violence that have graduated from Believe in Success, our job- and education-readiness training program, since its founding in 2017.

You're Invited!

UPCOMING URBAN MINISTRY EVENTS

RECENT HAPPENINGS AT UUUM

 188th Annual Meeting

On May 25th, we held the 188th Annual Meeting in our organization's history.  This event brings together our community, delegates, board members, UUUM staff, and others to look back on the previous year, and to look ahead to the next.

The evening consisted of updates from our board chair, executive director, treasurer, staff, and others.  The recording of the event can be found on our "Video Library" page HERE.  You can also see the UUUM's most recent Annual Report HERE. 

We are grateful for the work that all of us did to make last year successful, and look forward to the work we will do together moving forward.

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Community Conversations: A New Path to Closing the Racial Wealth Gap (w/ Dr. Karilyn Crockett)

Our third season of Community Conversations ended on a high note, as we were honored to be joined by Dr. Karilyn Crockett to discuss ways to close the racial wealth gap.

Karilyn Crockett served with the Mayor's Office of Economic Development as the Director of Economic Policy & Research and the Director of Small Business Development for the City of Boston. She was also the city's first Chief of Equity. Karilyn holds a faculty appointment in MIT's Department of Urban Studies & Planning. Her career mission is to continue to work at the nexus of education, economic development policy and urban revitalization.

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