Our Among program is currently accepting new applications for the 2023–2025 congregational cohort!
The program application is open until May 31, 2023, and newly accepted congregations will engage in the Among program from October 2023 until May 2025.
We are excited to welcome new congregations into our Among program for the Fall of 2023! The program application will be open from March 1 – May 31, 2023, and newly accepted congregations will engage in the Among program from October 2023 until May 2025.
In this second phase of our program, we take our learnings from Within and focus them on institutional, anti-racist systemic change in our congregations. In spite of our own, personal efforts to end racism, white supremacy culture still thrives in our congregational systems- in the way we make decisions, in the ways we worship, in our efforts towards social justice. What would it look like to work together to dismantle systems of oppression in our own congregations and build communities that center liberation? We will explore this together in Among!
In Among, participants work with a dedicated Among Coach and a core group of up to 20 Within alums from their congregation to:
Together, we can move our congregations closer to alignment with our Unitarian Universalist values and a vision of the Beloved Community. We are excited to work with congregations who are looking to transform! With that aim in mind, congregations applying to the program must have a demonstrated commitment to anti-racism, a majority of lay and professional leadership who have taken at least one term of Within, and can point to ways their congregation has been accepting of change.