It’s that time of year again… We are currently looking for 2 more members to join our DRUUMM Asian/ Pacific Islander Caucus steering committee. Could this be you?
You’ll be joining the continuing members — Kate Goka, Ameena Amdahl-Mason, Alex Lee-Jobe and parnee poet. We hope to continue to offer Virtual Coffee Hours to build connections and community. And we are also hoping to work with DRUUMM on an Asian/ Pacific Islander American UU worship service in the coming church year as well as make more connections with API UUs worldwide. Even though things have been different this past year, we hope that our APIC spaces have offered a place of refuge and renewal for you.
The main time commitments for being a steering committee member are:
- monthly steering committee meeting (about 90 min)
- monthly Coffee Hour (1.5-2 hours)
- occasional newsletter articles or asking members to for submissions
- other areas that are of interest to you
We want to send deep thanks to Amlan Mukerjee and Florence Tang for all they brought to our group for the last two years as they rotate off the steering committee. It’s been a pleasure and honor to learn from and grow with you!
APIC/ DRUUMM Purpose Statement
The Asian/Pacific Islander Caucus (“A/PIC”) of the UUA People of Color Organization, DRUUMM (Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries) endeavors to build a safe and sacred community among DRUUMM members based in the US or Canada who identify, wholly or in part, as Asian, Asian-American, and/or Pacific Islander.To this end, we pledge to:
- Support one another in our spiritual journeys as UUs;
- Create a supportive, resilient, and spiritual community that fosters identity formation and ministers to our culturally-specific needs, honoring the complex diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander histories and cultures;
- To effectively advocate for our needs within Unitarian Universalism;
- Expand and implement existing anti-racism and anti-oppression work of the UUA by sharing with others our A/PI perspective and experiences, especially addressing the role of white supremacy in our denomination and communities;
- Provide advocacy and education for the respectful use of authentic API heritage, culture and customs, and spiritual traditions within our spiritual communities;
- Work in synergy with DRUUMM and other partners, including BLUU, to collectively identify and transform the structures of oppression towards an equitable, inclusive, and just community.
If you have questions or feel this is a place you could contribute, please reach out to us:
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