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Told through the powerful stories of Black lives that were ravaged by racism, this manifesto holds 10 demands to rectify racial injustice...Book | By Solomon Jones | July 7, 2022Tagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Despair, History, Human Rights, Justice, Nonviolence, Oppression, Power, Privilege, Trauma, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice, Social JusticeProduct -
Reimagines a contemporary version of the Beloved Community that will inspire and unite Americans...Book | By Adam Russell Taylor, John Lewis | August 19, 2021Tagged as: America, Community, Interdependence, NonviolenceProduct -
A message to white Unitarian Universalists.By Susan Frederick-Gray | June 4, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Justice, Nonviolence, Politics, Violence, Anti-RacismPage/Article -
Origami boxes memorialize people killed by guns.By Elaine McArdle | March 1, 2020 | From UU WorldTagged as: Grief, Nonviolence, PoliticsPage/Article -
During brief protest of Unitarian Universalist support for LGBT lives by Westboro Baptist Church, police arrest a local activist. General Assembly Safety Team works to de-escalate situation with police.By Elaine McArdle | June 21, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Activism, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Nonviolence, Anti-Oppression, General AssemblyPage/Article -
I have a voice. It is a small voice, perhaps, but it will not be silenced. When you call for black people to be beaten, and excluded, and even removed—I will say no. When you attempt to silence Latinx voices—I will say no. When you mock the disabled and threaten the oppressed—I will say no.Reading | By Amy Petrie Shaw | September 29, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Anger, Anti-Oppression, Character, Commitment, Democracy, Direct Experience, Justice, Limitations, Nonviolence, Oppression, SecularWorship element -
Oh God of the black, the white, the brown and . . . the blue, Oh God of Keith Lamont Scott*, of Justin Carr*, and . . . of Brently Vinson* and of their grieving, troubled families, Oh God of those in our streets bearing the oppressive weight of armor and armaments, and of those in our streets...Prayer | By James (Jay) C Leach | September 26, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, America, Anti-Oppression, History, Nonviolence, Race/Ethnicity, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, ViolenceWorship element -
A Unitarian Universalist minister in Colorado Springs receives praise, criticism after calling Planned Parenthood shooter ‘domestic terrorist’ during vigil.By Kenny Wiley | November 30, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Grief, Nonviolence, Reproductive Justice, Violence, Congregational ActionPage/Article
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Source of all, This is my third attempt at a prayer. The first two revealed to me that I am angry, which I didn’t realize until I just couldn’t bend those prayers into what I thought they should be. What is wrong with us, how can we be so depraved and cruel, how is it we do not learn, how can we...Prayer | By Elizabeth Lerner Maclay | November 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Compassion, Hope, Human Rights, Interdependence, Nonviolence, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, ViolenceWorship element -
My prayer today is that I learn to stay a war atheist— my prayer today for each of us, for everyone in this nation, in this world, is that we all learn to be war atheists. I don’t believe in war anymore. My prayer today is that I never again succumb to fear, fear which seduces me to believe that...Meditation | By Jessica Purple Rodela | March 2, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Hiroshima Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Memorial Day, Nonviolence, Peace, Remembrance DayWorship element
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In his avant-garde theatrical “The Last Supper At Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” New York choreographer/dancer Bill T. Jones includes a backwards broadcast of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech: Last At Free Are We. Almighty God Thank! The jumbled juxtaposition of the great orator’s...Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | February 19, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Belief, Challenge, Faith, Love, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Nonviolence, VulnerabilityWorship element
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We gather on this beautiful morning, the anniversary of a day painful to remember but impossible to forget ... We remember all the heroes and heroines of that day, the firefighters and emergency responders who demonstrated such courage in the midst of crisis....Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), America, Democracy, Nonviolence, PeaceWorship element
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Overview: Organize a discussion and develop a relationship with the local or regional School of the Americas Watch (SOA) organization dedicated to addressing the military school in Geogia run by the US Army and held responsible for violent, repressive and corrupt leadership training of Latin...Complete Service | By Joseph Lyons | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: International, Justice, Nonviolence, Peace, Violence, WarWorship element
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John Haynes Holmes was born into a Unitarian family soon after the Civil War. He grew up just outside of Boston, and his father would take him to Unitarian churches in Boston every Sunday so that he would hear the best preaching the city had to offer. Holmes idolized his grandfather, John Haynes,...Story | By Paul Sprecher | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: History, Nonviolence, Unitarianism, WarWorship element
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In prayer, we call to mind the peacemakers.Meditation | By Eric Cherry | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Courage, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Faith, Fear, Healing, History, International, Nonviolence, Peace, WarWorship element -
A child I know, when asked this week whether she would answer the call of her elementary school principal to wear red, white and blue clothes on Thursday, was in a quandary. She put down the crayon with which she was painstakingly trying to squeeze the words Peace is Possible onto the white bars...Sermon | By Victoria Safford | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Democracy, Nonviolence, Terrorism, WarWorship element
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November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Justice, Nonviolence, Power, PresenceCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Presence of Angels" Optional: Computer with Internet access and large monitor or digital projector and screen Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Read the discussion questions....Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Compassion, Justice, Nonviolence, Power, PresenceCurriculum page -
May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1 | From World of WonderTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Children, Growth, History, Humanism, Interdependence, Nature, Nonviolence, Vulnerability, WonderCurriculum page
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May 7, 2013 | From Building BridgesTagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Hinduism, Nonviolence, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Professional Development for Religious EducatorsCurriculum page