[JTWNews] Pastoral Letter and "Voices from the Gulf"

[Unitarian Universalist Association]

(Boston - August 30, 2006) Noting the first anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina's landfall on the Gulf Coast, UUA President William G. Sinkford
has issued a pastoral letter reflecting on the significance of that
catastrophe and the larger issue of racism and classism in American
society. Sinkford says, in part, "You do not need to go to the Gulf to
see systems of power and privilege. Simply look down the street, or into
a neighboring community.... We need to develop the capacity to see and
know the reality of oppression...even when, or especially when, we only
have to look next door."

 

The full text of Rev. Sinkford's pastoral letter is available at
http://www.uua.org/president/060830_katrina.html.

 

The UUA's website also features "Voices from the Gulf," a compilation of
anniversary reflections that includes reports from New Orleans by UUA
Moderator Gini Courter; a letter from the Rev. Meg Riley, chair of the
UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief fund; sermons and reflections from Gulf Coast
UU ministers Marta Valentin, Jim VanderWeele, and Jacqueline Luck; and
profiles of Gulf Coast Relief Fund partners working to restore the Gulf
Coast region.

 

"Voices from the Gulf" can be found at
http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/1year/

 

For more information on the work of UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund,
please see http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/index.html