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I Work, Therefore I Am …
by Bethany Ramirez UU Class Conversations Advisory Board member Defining Working Class How do you define “working class”? The girlfriend of a friend of mine used to insist that she was working class because her parents worked. They paid for her car, utilities and all of her credit card bills. They paid all of […]
Broke vs. “Broke” vs. Broken
by Kellie C. Kelly In Broke vs. ‘Broke’, Class Action trainer Nicole Brown explains one of the many ways class identity affects the college experience, especially in graduate school. Everyone I have ever known in graduate school has made significant sacrifices of time and treasure to complete their degrees. In order to discuss our “sacrifices […]
UU Class Conversations at GA 2014
General Assembly 2014 was amazing, and UU Class Conversations definitely lifted above our weight during the June 25-29 event in Providence R.I. From holding a standing room only workshop to speaking in favor of Escalating Inequality as the 2014-2018 Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI), our volunteers were seemingly everywhere.
UUA Commission on Appraisal to Study Class and Classism
A blog response by the Rev. Dr. Dorothy Emerson, UU Class Conversations Rev. Dorothy Emerson Class and Classism were among the topics chosen for study by the UUA Commission on Appraisal at GA 2014. This is a big deal because the Commission is in a unique position to lift up issues that are central to […]