The Great Wound

American racism had its genesis in American slavery. This is as true for Unitarian Universalist racism as it is for any other form. We seldom look at the connection. Yet if there is any hope for healing the Great Wound of racism, we must find the courage to do so.

Rev. Collier is Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara. Before his retirement in 2007, he served churches on both coasts. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh and an MDiv from Starr King School for the Ministry. He is also the author of the Skinner House book, “Our Seven Principles”, two volumes of poetry, and most recently, “The Great Wound: Confessions of a Slaveholding Family”, several copies of which he will have with him.

He and his wife, Anne Anderson, live in Santa Barbara with their little dog, a Shih Tzu named Bodhi.