The BLM social justice team strongly advocated for the adoption of the UUA’s eighth principle, which our congregation unanimously adopted on Dec. 12, 2021. Now, the UU Fellowship embraces the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Shared Values and Beliefs (2024). The six shared values uphold the eighth principle:

• Interdependence: We honor the interdependent web of all existence and acknowledge our place in it.
• Pluralism: We are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology.
• Justice: We work to be diverse multicultural Beloved Communities where all feel welcome and can thrive.
• Transformation: We adapt to the changing world.
• Generosity: We cultivate a spirit of gratitude and hope.
• Equity: We declare that every person is inherently worthy and has the right to flourish with dignity, love, and compassion.

Generally, we meet once a month on Zoom, although sometimes our collaborations with SUNY Plattsburgh can bump into our regular meeting time! All are welcome to these learning circles! We have a rich partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Please join us in our activities. View our BLM news for upcoming dates and topics.

Monday, November 3, 2025. Black Solidarity Day at SUNY Plattsburgh. Teach-in sessions will run all day. Stay tuned for the full schedule.     Check out some of the events we have collaborated on, have hosted or participate in.

• Saturday, May 31, 2025. We screened a 2021 Disney animated film in partnership with the SUNY Interfaith Alliance! A film for the whole family (PG)! Wonderful characters, fabulous songs and dancing. Themes of family, fantasy, secrets, empathy, immigration. Film begins at 3:30 p.m. Running time: 1 hour, 42 minutes. FREE and open to the public. Join us for a family potluck immediately afterwards . . . or starting when the kids get hungry! For details or more information: Contact the BLM team at love@uuplattsburgh.org.
• March-April, 2025. Community Read of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (Resmaa Menakem).
• Sunday, April 6, 2025. We showed a 2023 biographical drama based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, who travels to many countries to research the history of their caste systems. In partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh Interfaith Alliance. FREE and open to everyone. Refreshments will be available.
• MLK Celebration. Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. Warren Ballrooms in the Angell College Center (SUNY). Facilitators’ Training for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation circles (July 17 and September 15, 2024).
• Black Solidarity Day, November 4, 2024.
• Celebration of our indigenous ancestors, November, 2024.
• Partnered with SUNY Interfaith Alliance for Interfaith Movie Series: inaugural event on May 5, 2024, at the fellowship. More movies to come!
• SUNY Plattsburgh DEI and Black History Month, February 2024.
• Co-sponsor of National Day of Racial Healing 2024 events on the SUNY Plattsburgh Campus.
• Member of the SUNY Plattsburgh Interfaith Alliance Council.
• Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation circles, first Fridays of the month during the academic year at SUNY Plattsburgh (noon-1 p.m.) in the H. U. B. in the Angell College Center.
• Poetry slams.
• Learning circles that include reading and discussion of authors such as the late bell hooks, Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi.
• Film screenings and discussions (“Get Out” and “Black Panther”).
• Study of the eighth principle of the UUA.
• Planning several worship services.
• Book readings and monthly meetings