Sample Master Level Reflection Paper - Unitarian Universalist ...

Core CompetenciesAnti-Oppression/ Anti-Racism/ Multi-cultural. The motivation andlearning for this competency comes from relationship. Many of my familymembers are on welfare, struggle with addictions and domestic violenceand access to adequate health care. I have one chronically homeless uncleand two cousins in prison. Navigating public agencies with my multi-racialfoster daughters opened my eyes to institutional racism. My grief is thatmost of our congregations currently would not be welcoming to my family.I learn best from stories, whether they be in literature or over ashared meal or in a pastoral care moment. Stories pull my center to themargin through empathy and connection. When my own story is woven intothe that of the “other” I am often transformed and I recommit to being aloving ally.Learning in action:• Changed district registration and volunteer policies that addressclassism and elitism, such as compensated childcare for boardmembers and consultants.• Collaborated with the Muckleshoot Tribe and the UnitarianUniversalist Services Committee to create a Human Rights Camp. Webrought together Unitarian Universalist youth and Muckleshoot youthfor a week-long experience of analyzing how race, economy, andecology are all intertwined.• Helped create The Pierce County Interfaith Middle School Camp, nowin its fifth year. I led stereotyping sessions for the first two years and10