Adults, Young Adults and Older Youth
Curriculum
Weaving the
Fabric of Diversity: An Anti-Bias Program for Adults by Jacqui James
and Judith Frediani, with Jose Ballester, Helen Bishop, Marjorie
Bowens-Wheatley, Catherine Carpenter, Eugene Navias, and Meg Riley.
Eight
sessions. An anti-bias, pro-diversity program that involves participants in
examining and challenging some of our "isms"—ableism, racism, heterosexism,
ageism, and classism—in the safe, respectful environment of religious community.
(UUA, 1996)
Films and Discussion Guides
Film as Theological Text (PDF): a film discussion series for adults and senior youth, by Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley. Films with race and class themes include A Time to Kill, Dead Man Walking, Amistad, Sankofa, Schindler's List, Daughters of the Dust, The Spitfire Grill, and more.
Anti-Racism Movie Resources (PDF) provides discussion questions for the films American History X, Slam, Smoke Signals, and Mi Familia. For youth and adults.
Books and Discussion Guides
From the UUA: Book Discussion Series on Diversity
Beacon Press: Fiction and nonfiction book group guides for Beacon books, several of which pertain to race and class.
Skinner House Books:
- Call to Selma: Eighteen Days of Witness, by Richard D. Leonard
- How Much Do We Deserve? An Inquiry into Distributive Justice, by Richard S. Gilbert. Discussion guide (PDF).
Other Unitarian Universalist Publishers:
- Black Pioneers in a White Denomination, Third Edition, by Mark D. Morrison-Reed
- The Long Challenge: The Empowerment Controversy (1967-1977), by Victor Carpenter
For more information contact religiouseducationatuuadotorg.
Last updated on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.
