We pray for our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color siblings who have disproportionately borne the burdens of an unjust society.

We seek the dismantling of the white supremacy culture. We acknowledge this dismantling to be the work of “white” people.

We, who carry privilege in our physical presentation, seek enlightenment into our own reactions and pray for authenticity and humility as we seek ways to center those who have been historically marginalized.

We call for financial reparation for descendants of enslaved people in acknowledgment that this country was built by their ancestors who were then purposefully excluded from any profit made from their labor. 

We offer apologies to all descendants of the enslaved people brought to this land and to the descendants of the original inhabitants from whom the land was violently torn.

We open our arms to all who by naming their true gender identity are endangered or cast out.

We pray for the unhoused and all who suffer from the brutal use of the power of wealth.

We pray for all who are targets of violence, hatred, and terror—wherever and whoever they are.

We pray for the fragile structures of US democracy that they might finally be transformed into institutions that reflect the values of justice and equality.

We pray all of this so that we may act to make it happen, for prayer without action is no prayer at all.

Adapted by Lannie MacAndrea for INUUC’s Social Justice Circle updated July 18, 2022

Based on other prayers for action and most specifically on the Church of the Larger Fellowship’s Prayer for Action used after the Jan. 6, 2021 attempted coup at the US Capitol.