Mission Statement

Mission Statement:
Our mission is to raise awareness about racial injustice, focus on developing solutions, and foster
community collaboration for positive change.

Chair: Dr. Bettye Baker

Vision Statement

We envision a world where racial justice is woven into the fabric of society, dignity, equity, and
opportunity for all.

Description

The UUG Faith and Community Committee was established in 2020. We began by creating The
Pledge to End Racism, is mounted and displayed on the wall in the UUG Pulpit. This Pledge can
be signed on our UUG Website. We then formed a Gettysburg-wide representative Committee,
which resulted in a joint decision to name the committee Pathways to Racial Justice to carry
out our mission. Membership on this committee includes the Unitarian Universalists of
Gettysburg, Gettysburg College Office of Multicultural Engagement, the Office of Religious and
Spiritual Life, the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice, and representatives of the Gettysburg
Ministerium (Gettysburg Presbyterian Church, St. James Lutheran Church) in partnership with
the YWCA and the Justice Ministries for Lower Susquehanna and Delaware-Maryland Synods,
ELCA. We offer educational multicultural concerts (Deeper Than the Skin) and quarterly Unity
Dinners. We support local anti-racist projects, including the film Adams County Underground
Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania by Brad Wade. We coordinate with other regional
activist groups, including the Chambersburg Racial Reconciliation and the Carlisle Moving
Circles Friendship Dinner groups.