Assembly rejects proposal to delay Mosaic Project

Finley C. Campbell, a member of First Unitarian Church of Chicago who called himself an "Old Black Dude, '34," offered a responsive resolution urging the UUA to delay implementation of the "Mosaic Project," an assessment of the ministry needs of youth and young adults of color. Campbell said that the Mosaic report calls for mandatory racial caucusing. His resolution also called for the UUA to declare itself a "multiracial" religion. A long line of opponents argued that the Mosaic report does not mandate racial segregation and that the report expresses the experiences and needs of people of color. The resolution failed by a wide margin.