IMCC Sponsored Social Engagement Activities

Racial Affinity Groups

Since 2013, IMCC has offered racial awareness training to its members based on a model designed and described by Ruth King in her book Mindful of Race. Racial affinity groups, led by IMCC sangha members, meet for a minimum of one year and provide opportunities for a personal investigation into our racial conditioning with members of our own race. The overarching goal is to be able to see more clearly our role in both racial harming and healing. 

We’ve found that the experience deepens our practices of mindfulness and compassion, and prepares us to act in the world with more wisdom and skill. 

On our resource list compiled by training leaders, you will find relevant articles, books, websites, audio and video materials.

To inquire about joining a Racial Affinity Group, email Sarah Adams at sarah.e.adams91@gmail.com 

Charlottesville Clergy Collective
Supervising Teacher: Sharon Beckman-Brindley

IMCC is a member of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective (www.cvilleclergycollective.org), an interfaith group of clergy and lay persons who gather regularly to discuss and address the challenge of race relations in the Charlottesville and Albemarle region of Virginia.

In 2017, the community of Charlottesville, VA experienced racial violence reflecting national unrest around issues of white supremacy. The Clergy Collective was then, and continues to be, an active presence and voice in offering peaceful gatherings to support all community members.

Charlottesville Pride Community Network

The Charlottesville Pride Community Network's (www.cvillepride.org) mission is to create a vibrant, visible, and inclusive LGBTQ community presence in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and the surrounding region to promote equality through events, education, outreach, and advocacy.

IMCC is a sponsor of PrideFest. Our leadership has undergone Safe Space Training by SafeCville to be designated, not only an organization that welcomes LGBTQ members and visitors, but one that has policies in place affirming a commitment to inclusion and non-discrimination and whose leaders are allies prepared to offer spaces in which LGBTQ individuals can feel not just welcomed but be truly safe.

Interfaith Movement Promoting Action by Congregations Together
IMCC is a member of IMPACT, which has the mission to empower the faith community of
greater Charlottesville to create significant social change through unified direct action.
IMPACT’s focus is to empower local leaders to identify community problems, develop
solutions, and negotiate publicly with the decision-makers who can implement these
solutions. In its short existence IMPACT has won victories on an array of community issues
including transportation, housing, dental and mental health care, education, and interpretive services. These are all large-scale changes to the community that actually change the lives of individuals on a micro-level. IMPACT’s effectiveness relies on People Power. It takes the power of people to move our systems towards fair practices. Please join us in this powerful community action.

For more information, visit IMPACT’s website https://impactcville.com/justice-ministry/
To join IMCC’s representation at IMPACT, email Brianna at opsdirector@imeditation.org

Habitat for Humanity partners with people in our local community to help them build or
improve a place they can call home. Each year in February Habitat invites members of
Charlottesville’s faith communities to work together on a building project.
To join IMCC’s representation at Faith Build, Email Brianna at opsdirector@imeditation.org