BLACK LIVES OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM

360° Council of Elders

The BLUU 360° Council of Elders provides support to BLUU leadership through historical insight, experience, and wisdom. They serve as ambassadors of BLUU’s goals and vision and endeavor to protect the integrity of the organization.

  • Overview

    The BLUU 360° Council of Elders provides support to BLUU leadership through historical insight, experience, and wisdom. They serve as ambassadors of BLUU’s goals and vision and endeavor to protect the integrity of the organization.

  • Working Agreements

    Trust & Flexibility

    When plans and life shift we must trust each other to find another space and time to catch up, recalibrate. Communicate honestly, lovingly, and with trust, and create time and space for flexibility.

    Centering Health and Healing

    We aspire to build intentional time each day for exercising, spiritual, mental work and support, art + creativity, breathing and nourishing our bodies, and eating together (when applicable).

    Presence

    In working together, we create space and time for listening and being fully present for each other, understanding we all move in different ways and at different speeds.

    Working through Mistakes

    Approach ourselves and each other with grace and compassion and honor. We can press pause, give space to breathe, cry, sleep, get frustrated, hold each other’s feels, as needed. And reflect before responding. Know that there is a way back and that no one is disposable. Know that we are committed to moving the work forward in a principled way.

    Building Community

    Connect with others within community, especially across other faiths and spiritual paths. We must practice building intersectional awareness and expanding our perceptions, beliefs, and truths.

    Grace & Love

    Support each other with grace and love in all that we do. We aspire to extend grace to ourselves and our community, and always come back to love, even when it’s the hardest thing to do.

    Kindness and Authenticity

    We strive to infuse our interactions and our work with integrity, honesty and a commitment to kindness.

Carmelita Carter-Sykes

360° Council Member

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Leon Spencer

360° Council Member

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Carol Carter Walker

360° Council Member

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Paula Cole Jones

360° Council Member

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Elizabeth Ann Terry

360° Council Member

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Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika

360° Council Member

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