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February 10, 2019
When the Dirt Shows
Rev. Rob Gregson
Policing across the country, and within the state of NJ, is in crisis. Years of mistrust and high profile police abuse cases–often captured on smartphones and social media–has landed many Americans in alternate universes of “Black” vs. “Blue” Lives Matter. Relying on the new report,
The Force
, about policing across NJ communities, Rev. Gregson calls on UUs and allies to speak up locally so that everyone–minority citizens and the police themselves–are safer, less prone to violence and working together for a common good that, in many ways, has never existed before.
Music by Pick UUp Band, Thomas Cannizzaro, Louise Chernosky.
Rev. Gregson is the current Executive Director of UU FaithAction NJ (formerly UULMNJ), the advocacy and social justice arm of all 21 NJ UU congregations. He served previously as Director of the British Unitarian nonprofit, SimpleGifts in E. London UK, and first settled minister at First UU Fellowship, Hunterdon Co. NJ. He and his two teenage children live in South Orange, NJ.
