On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m., WUUC members will discuss the congregation’s commitment to support the movement for Black lives. The discussion will be followed by a formal vote of members on Dec. 4.

Here is the proposed statement, which is subject to revision after feedback from the congregation:

The Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Congregation commits to supporting the movement for Black lives with resources, time, energy, and physical presence.

Our white members commit to doing the internal work of addressing our privilege and racism so that we may better act to build beloved community.

We will work to create and maintain covenantal relationships with the Black community in the Seattle Area and Seattle’s East Side. We will risk being vulnerable and courageous in the building of these relationships acknowledging that we need to step up and step in behind Black leadership. We will let those relationships inform and guide our actions in support of the movement for Black lives. We will be responsive, responsible, and firm in our commitment to the movement for Black lives.

We commit to compassionate and non-violent actions in support of the inherent worth and dignity of all Black people.

We will act to dismantle structural racism against Black communities in education, employment, housing, voting rights, and access to health care. We will act to reverse the disproportionate effects of environmental degradation on the Black community. We will work for the equitable and ethical treatment in the administration of criminal justice in the Black community.

We will engage in faithful discernment that we may know when to speak and when to listen, when to lead by following, when to be a presence, and when to witness.

The Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church is committed to the transformation of our own and other’s lives. As such we claim the movement for Black lives as a religious and spiritual mandate.