At its March 9 meeting your UU Detroit Board of Trustees voted unanimously to support a MidAmerica Regional Assembly Resolution on Muslim Solidarity. We were one of 11 congregations — from Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio — to sign the Resolution.

The Resolution was presented and approved at Regional Assembly on April 30; Kathe Stevens and Glenn Maxwell attended Regional Assembly as delegates and joined in the vote to approve the Resolution.

The Resolution wasn’t just a token of good will. Rev. Kimi Riegel, the minister at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church, organized a meeting of MidAmerica Region board members, ministers, imams, and other religious leaders on May 19 at NWUU.

Eric Huffer, MidAmerica board president, presented the Resolution to the Muslim leaders; the presentation was followed by a roundtable discussion on future interfaith community action.

A May 19 Detroit News article describes the intent of the meeting:

When Unitarian Universalists approved a resolution recently to show solidarity with Muslims, they had more in mind than just words on paper. They wanted to send a message about fighting Islamophobia and resisting bigotry toward Muslims, so they organized a meeting with Metro Detroit Muslim religious leaders.

A copy of the signed resolution is on the bulletin board in our narthex.

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