Reclaim Our Democracy
Leader: Fred Van Deusen
Meets: at various times during the year depending on the projects and events we are working on, and the availability of our members. All those who support democracy are welcome to attend our meetings. Please contact … read more.
Immigration Justice Task Force
Leaders: Laurie Van Loon or Regina Corrao
Meets: the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Immigration is an extremely complex issue. It is also a moral one. Extreme violence and a changing climate in other countries have led to increased flight … read more.
Anti-Oppression Resources
Sample Organizations
COIC has found useful anti-oppression information on both the following sites:
Harvard – https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/
Middlebury College – https://www.middlebury.edu/office/twilight-project
You’ll find the content on these websites is updated with some regularity.
COIC Reports
We hope you will read our first report to the First Parish … read more.
The First Parish Transition Team helps the interim minister take the pulse of the congregation, Throughout the 2-year transition, the team leads events and discussions with the congregation about its past, present and vision for the future of First Parish. [The team is separate from … read more.
All ages are welcome and encouraged to join us on-site or online! Our Coming of Age Service is the culmination of our 9th grade program co-led by Kristin Moore and Dawn Van Patten with additional mentoring by Eric Moore, and Amy Freedman. Youth will present their credos, personal statements of belief, … read more.
COIC Past Updates – 2022- 23
June 18, 2023 Update
King’s Chapel in Boston is working to come to terms with its connections to slavery. Read The Boston Globe article.
A recent Boston Globe poll indicates some improvement in the lives of Black Americans. … read more.
A Community in Ferment: The Transcendentalists and Concord’s First Parish
Sunday, June 6, at 2:30 p.m., via Online Presentation
In his new book, The Transcendentalists and Their World, Prof. Robert Gross examines how everyday life in Concord, Massachusetts entered powerfully into the … read more.
This website has many social action resources!
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Find current Social Action Opportunities HERE.
Have time for Social Action Study?
Women’s Reproductive Rights
Get up to speed on the latest in reproductive rights in Massachusetts via the … read more.
Support for Individual Congregants and Families
Social action is an expression of our Unitarian Universalist faith. We endeavor to live our commitment to our Seven Principles plus the 8th Principle. First Parish in Concord presently has a full-time Social Action Manager with decades’ experience as a … read more.
“We can never be the bearers of love and justice that the world so desperately needs if the foundation that sustains us is still perpetuating the very problem we long to solve.”
Sofia Betancourt, GA 2018
I want to read the COIC’s … read more.
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