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An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Available for preorder!Book | By Ben Mattlin | July 15, 2023 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Activism, Disability, Justice, RightsProduct -
In this brave and devastatingly beautiful anthology, the illustrious poet and editor Aracelis Girmay gathers complex and intimate pieces that illuminate the nuances of personal and collective histories, analyses, practices, and choices surrounding pregnancy. Available for pre-order...Book | By Aracelis Girmay | February 4, 2023Tagged as: Birth, Justice, Rights, WomenProduct -
In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled - and what if that's not a bad thing?Book | By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | November 4, 2022Tagged as: Community, Compassion, Disability, Health, Human Rights, Inclusion, RightsProduct -
A searing novel, told in letter form, that explores the South African legacy of apartheid through the lens of a woman whose Black son has just murdered a white woman...Book | By Sindiwe Magona | May 26, 2022Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Conflict, Family, Human Rights, Justice, Mothers, Oppression, Rights, Trauma, Violence, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Racial JusticeProduct -
Two authors with decades of experience promoting human rights argue that, as the world changes around us, rights hardly imaginable today will come into being Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz delivers the Minns Fall 2021 Lecture Series - October 7, 14 & 21...Book | By William F. Schulz, Sushma Raman | October 3, 2021Tagged as: Rights, Social JusticeProduct -
Citizenship stripping exemplifies the bundle of contradictions that is the United States of America.By Amanda Frost | May 1, 2021 | From UU WorldTagged as: Democracy, History, Immigration, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, RightsPage/Article -
http://ecziemer.tumblr.com/post/153200833191/lgbtq-youth-survival-guide… Youth Survival Guide: Trump Edition Dear beautiful, fabulous gender creative and sexually non-conforming youth and teens–all those who are queer, trans, non-binary, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and a hundred other wonderful...By Evin Carvill Ziemer | November 21, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Community, Discernment, Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Prayer Practices, Rights, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, LGBTQ Issues, Multiculturalism, News, WorshipPage/Article
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Fiercely UU is a blog series where Unitarian Universalist young adults tell stories about what our faith requires of us and how they follow that call. To be fiercely UU is to proclaim human worth and interdependence. In an individualist, greed-based, shame and fear fueled...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | October 31, 2016 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Connections, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Nourishing the Spirit, Rights, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, LGBTQ Issues, Faith DevelopmentPage/Article -
Discounted Registration Rate for Young Adult Women International Women’s Convocation affirms each person’s right to identify for themselves who they are and to express themselves in a way that is authentic to them. Members of the International Women’s Convocation include individuals who...By Ted Resnikoff | August 16, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Connections, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Congregational Action, Economic Justice, Reproductive Justice, Faith Development, NewsPage/Article -
Small But Mighty The set up was in some ways completely familiar. The cushions on the floor, the snacks arranged casually around the yet unlit chalice. Students drifting in and sitting down, late evening on a weekday. I could have been in the basement of the chapel back at my small Midwestern...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | March 24, 2016 | From On CampusTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Campus Ministry, Community, Connections, Education, Faith, Growth, Identity, Meaning, Rights, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), LGBTQ Issues, Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, WorshipPage/Article -
Unitarian Universalists are showing up to commemorate this event that pushed UUs have gathered to be in Ferguson on this anniversary, invited by interfaith organizers. Others marched in their home communities, LGBTQ+first principle is that we believe everyone has inherent worth and dignity, we...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | August 13, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Community, Connections, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, Rights, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, LGBTQ Issues, Multiculturalism, Racial Justice, Faith Development, Personal InspirationPage/Article -
Electrified the Amplified Crowd Summer Seminary alumni Kara Marler presented this inspiring toast at the Annual Program Fund "Amplify Unitarian Universalism" event celebrating the Learn about opportunities to become a youth leader of Unitarian Universalism Watch what Kara said here: Learn about...By Ted Resnikoff | July 14, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Business Meetings, Coming Out, Commitment, Community, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Marriage Equality, General Assembly, News, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article
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This chalice burns with twin flames. The first flame burns for those who seek and defend the right to a free and responsible search for truth and meaning so that each person may live according to conscience in a democratically elected society. The second flame burns for the defenders of freedom,...Chalice Lighting | By Tracy Bleakney | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, America, Anti-Oppression, Commitment, Democracy, Freedom, July 4th, Justice Sunday, Memorial Day, Oppression, Power, Responsibility, Rights, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWebWorship element -
This blogpost was written by young adult Unitarian Universalist and lawyer with the The suicide of transgender teen conversion therapy increased her sense of isolation and rejection....By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | January 22, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Connections, Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Meaning, Rights, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, LGBTQ Issues, Faith Development, Personal InspirationPage/Article -
SERMON DELIVERED BY REV. ROBERT WEST at the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York on September 8, 1963. This was Rev. Robert West's first sermon at First Unitarian in Rochester. Late on a Sunday afternoon, five weeks ago, my family and I drove into Rochester to begin our life here with...Sermon | By Robert Nelson West | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, History, Race/Ethnicity, Rights, Anti-OppressionWorship element
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Cast Abigail Adams Julia Ward Howe Frances Watkins Harper Clara Barton Florence Nightingale Lydia Maria Child Script All the women file onto the stage (through the side door on the stage, and stand with shawls over their heads, their backs to the audience). Narrator: Women in the 18th and 19th...Script | By Susan Jhirad | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Equity, Gender, Human Rights, Rights, Secular, WomenWorship element
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It is 2 a.m. I am sleeping in the chaplain’s on-call room at an inner city hospital. My room hovers over the Emergency Entrance and the darkness is punctuated with sirens and lights. It is my night to be available for those unexpected things that happen in the night. But, unlike most of my calls,...Sermon | By Krista Taves | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Grief, Reproductive Justice, Rights, Reproductive JusticeWorship element
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We re-post the monthly newsletter of our friends of the Office of Multicultural Growth and Witness of the Unitarian Universalist Association with a call to action – pledge your support to help end racial motivated acts of police brutality. – Ed. December 2014: Black Lives Matter—Are You Signed...By Ted Resnikoff | December 9, 2014 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Education, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Social Justice, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article -
Witness – and Make History in March, 2015 Living Legacy Project is hosting a conference, Marching in the Arc of Justice, in Birmingham, AL on March 5-8, 2015. It is open to people of all ages, and we would love to see a contingent of Unitarian Universalist...By Bart Frost | December 5, 2014 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Community, Equity, Growth, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU History, Youth Sunday, Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Anti-Racism, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, Social JusticePage/Article -
UU Young Adult Tells United Nations: Stop Torture of Queer Youth Samantha Ames is a total rock star. Not a literal rock star. I’ve never seen her play an instrument and performance is not her jam. But Sam is the kind of person who you meet and are instantly impressed by, the kind of person you...By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | November 11, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Connections, Growth, Human Rights, Meaning, Rights, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, LGBTQ Issues, Personal InspirationPage/Article