Plenary III
June 25, 2010
7:30AM CDT


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08:21:00:15    >> IT'S TIME.
08:32:22:24    OH, GOOD MORNING, UNITARIAN
08:32:24:06    UNIVERSALISTS.
08:32:28:22    >> GOOD MORNING.
08:32:30:00    I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE THIRD
08:32:31:12    PLENARY SESSION OF THE
08:32:32:09    29TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
08:32:34:04    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
08:32:34:19    ASSOCIATION.
08:32:42:12    I'VE ASKED THE LEADERSHIP OF
08:32:46:04    DRUM TO LIGHT OUR CHALICE THIS
08:32:48:15    MORNING.
08:32:49:00    PLEASE WELCOME THEM.
08:32:56:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:32:56:21    >> AS WE LIGHT THE FLAME
08:33:00:15    TODAY, MAY ITS LIGHT SUMMON
08:33:03:22    OUR ANCESTORS.
08:33:07:06    >> THOSE WHOM WE HERALD AND
08:33:09:03    ACCLAIM AND THOSE WHO COME AND
08:33:11:10    GO LARGELY UNSEEN, THEIR GIFTS
08:33:14:09    UNRECOGNIZED IN THEIR AGE.
08:33:19:06    >> MAY OUR GATHERING HERE
08:33:22:06    ELLUMINATE THE FAR HORIZON OF
08:33:24:21    OUR INTENTION.
08:33:25:24    >> GIVE VOICE TO THE UNHEARD.
08:33:29:28    >> KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE
08:33:33:06    UNSEEN.
08:33:36:12    >> AND ALLOW US NOT TO STUMBLE
08:33:38:16    OVER THE REFUSE OF OPPRESSION
08:33:43:21    WHILE WALKING TOWARD THE
08:33:45:04    LARGER COMMUNITY OF THE
08:33:46:01    BELOVED COMMUNITY.
08:33:47:07    >> I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
08:34:03:12    INTRODUCING TO YOU THE MEMBERS
08:34:05:13    OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
08:34:06:07    PLANNING COMMITTEE.
08:34:08:09    I'M A LITTLE OFF THIS MORNING.
08:34:10:03    FIRST, TWO THINGS.
08:34:11:18    THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE
08:34:12:12    LEADERSHIP OF DRUM THAT HAS A
08:34:13:25    MILLION THINGS TO DO, FOR
08:34:15:04    COMING AND LIGHTING OUR
08:34:16:03    CHALICE THIS MORNING.
08:34:16:24     [ APPLAUSE ]                                          2
08:34:17:12    >> AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK
08:34:24:00    THE FOLKS AT OUR UNITY
08:34:26:03    CONGREGATION HERE IN ST. PAUL
08:34:28:03    FOR EXCELLENT WORSHIP BEFORE
08:34:29:19    PLENARY TODAY.
08:34:31:01     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:34:34:06    >> NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
08:34:36:21    TO YOU THE CHAIR OF OUR
08:34:37:28    GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANNING
08:34:39:04    COMMITTEE, DR. BETH MCGREGOR
08:34:41:15    AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
08:34:42:12    PLANNING COMMITTEE.
08:34:45:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:34:46:03    >> GOOD MORNING, JINN GINI.
08:34:51:06    COME ON UP.
08:34:52:24    THE PURPLE PEOPLE WHO BRING
08:34:54:19    YOU GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE, IN
08:34:58:03    ALL OF BEST I CAL ORDER, I'M
08:35:03:09    BETH MCGREGOR, OUT OF AFTER AT
08:35:05:04    THAT BETTY CAL ORDER.
08:35:06:01
08:35:07:22    BARBARA ATLAS
08:35:08:03    JOAN BENZIGER
08:35:09:03    GINGER BROWN
08:35:10:12    MELODIE FEATHER
08:35:12:13    BARTON FROST
08:35:17:00    KIMBERLY HAMPTON
08:35:19:03    TIM MURPHY
08:35:21:09    LYNDA SHANNON
08:35:23:16    REVERAND WALTER WIEDER
08:35:28:00    EVA MARX, BOARD LIASON
08:35:31:25    DAVID LAUGH, 2010 DISTRICT
08:35:34:03    THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
08:35:34:28    TO SERVE YOU.
08:35:36:10     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:35:36:25    >> THANKS, BETH.
08:35:47:07    THANK YOU ALL.
08:35:48:21    I CALL UPON TIM WILSON TO LET
08:35:50:06    US KNOW ABOUT THIS GENERAL
08:35:52:15    ASSEMBLY'S SERVICE PROJECT.
08:35:58:06    I KNOW THERE'S A TIM IN OUR
08:35:59:24    FUTURE.
08:36:00:12    LET'S CHEER HIM ALL THE WAY UP
08:36:01:21    HERE.
08:36:02:07    IT JUST HELPS.
08:36:03:01     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:36:03:16    >> OH, YEAH.
08:36:07:06    >> THANKS, GINI.
08:36:09:06    >> THANKS, TIM.
08:36:09:19                                                           3
08:36:09:24    >> GOOD MORNING.
08:36:10:04
08:36:10:16    >> GOOD MORNING.
08:36:10:28
08:36:11:10    >> MY NAME IS TIM WILSON AND
08:36:13:03    I'M THE LIAISON FOR THE
08:36:14:24    SERVICE PROJECT AT THIS YEAR'S
08:36:16:15    LOCAL GA PLANNING COMMITTEE.
08:36:21:12    RIGHT NOW,  AT THIS MOMENT,
08:36:21:12    SEVERAL OF OUR FRIENDS ARE
08:36:22:21    PAINTING, PLANTING, AND
08:36:23:27    OTHERWISE TIDYING UP
08:36:26:06    PROPERTIES ON AND AROUND HOPE
08:36:31:00    BLOCK, THE ANCHOR OF HOPE
08:36:31:06    COMMUNITY, LOCATED AT THE
08:36:32:00    INTERSECTION OF FRANKLIN AND
08:36:39:00    PORTLAND AVENUES, JUST A FEW
08:36:39:15    BLOCKS FROM HERE.
08:36:39:15    AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE,
08:36:39:15    HOPE COMMUNITY IS OUR SERVICE
08:36:39:15    PROJECT THIS YEAR.
08:36:44:24    BEGINNING IN THE 1990S, A FEW
08:36:45:09    LOCAL ACTIVISTS GOT TOGETHER
08:36:46:25    TO TRY TO TURN AROUND AN AREA
08:36:48:07    THAT HAD DETERIORATED AND
08:36:49:27    BECOME A RELATIVELY SAFE PLACE
08:36:51:06    TO BUY CRACK COCAINE, BUT NOT
08:36:53:12    FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY.
08:36:59:12    THEY USED AS A BASE FOR THEIR
08:36:59:12    EFFORTS, AN EXISTING SHELTER
08:36:59:12    FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND
08:36:59:12    CHILDREN, SOMETHING NEAR AND
08:37:00:24    DEAR TO MY HEART SINCE I RUN A
08:37:02:06    HOMELESS SHELTER IN CEDAR
08:37:03:04    RAPIDS, IOWA.
08:38:15:09    THE GROUP INCORPORATED AND
08:38:15:09    GRAUDALLY ACQUIRED OTHER
08:38:15:09    PROPERTIES, SOME OF WHICH
08:38:15:09    COULD BE RENOVATED AND OTHERS
08:38:15:09    TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW
08:38:15:09    STRUCTURES OR PUBLIC SPACE.
08:38:15:09    OVER TIME, THE BLOCK WAS
08:38:15:09    REBUILT AND HOPE COMMUNITY WAS
08:38:15:09    ABLE TO HELP CREATE AFFORDABLE
08:38:15:09    HOUSING ON NEARBY BLOCKS IN
08:38:15:09    THIS AREA, KNOWN AS THE
08:38:15:09    PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD.
08:38:15:09    AS THE PREVIOUS DESTRUCTION
08:38:15:09    AND VIOLENCE GRADUALLY GAVE
08:38:15:09    WAY TO A NEW REALITY, A VISION                         4
08:38:15:09    FOR MORE AMBITIOUS GROWTH
08:38:15:09    EMERGED, BUILT ON PAST SUCCESS
08:38:15:09    AND AIMING TOWARD MORE
08:38:15:09    DIVERSITY AND EXPANDED
08:38:15:09    AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
08:38:15:09    THIS IS THE HOPE COMMUNITY
08:38:15:09    THAT WE ARE BECOMING PART OF
08:38:15:09    HERE DURING GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
08:38:15:09    THE CONTRIBUTIONS WE MAKE AT
08:38:15:09    THE HOPE COMMUNITY BOOTH IN
08:38:15:09    THE EXHIBIT HALL OR THROUGH
08:38:15:09    THE COLLECTION AT SUNDAY
08:38:15:09    WORSHIP WILL GO INTO A
08:38:15:09    RESERVE/MAINTENANCE FUN FOR
08:38:15:09    PROPERTIES OCCUPIED BY LOW
08:38:15:09    INCOME FAMILIES.
08:38:15:09    THE BLOCK PROPERTIES ARE UP TO
08:38:15:09    100 YEARS OLD IN SOME CASES,
08:38:15:09    AND EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE
08:38:15:09    BUILDINGS HAVE RECENTLY
08:38:15:09    RECEIVED REHABILITATION
08:38:15:09    FUNDING, THE FUNDINT AGENCIES
08:38:15:09    THAT ASSISTED WITH THAT WORK
08:38:15:09    DO NOT PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
08:38:15:09    MAINTENANCE RESERVES ON THOSE
08:38:15:09    BUILDINGS.
08:38:15:09    THUS, OVER THE COURSE OF THE
08:38:16:21    NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS, AS THE
08:38:18:16    BUILDINGS CONTINUE TO AGE AND
08:38:24:09    REQUIRE SIGNIFICANCE
08:38:25:03    MAINTENANCE, WE'LL PROVIDE
08:38:27:16    EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND
08:38:28:10    REPLACEMENTS ARE NEEDED.
08:38:29:09    OUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL HAVE A
08:38:31:12    POSITIVE IMPACT WELL BEYOND
08:38:33:18    OUR STAY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
08:38:34:19    OUR WORK WITH HOPE COMMUNITY
08:38:36:07    IN CREATING THIS MOMENT OF
08:38:37:21    ENGAGEMENT, HOWEVER BRIEF AND
08:38:38:09    THE WORK BEING DONE RIGHT NOW
08:38:38:09    BY VOLUNTEERS AND BY THOSE
08:38:38:09    VOLUNTEERING TOMORROW, WILL
08:38:38:09    HAVE LASTING IMPACE.
08:38:52:06    THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
08:38:53:15    ALREADY CONTRIBUTED AND TO
08:38:54:10    THOSE WHO WILL DO SO ON
08:38:55:13    SUNDAY.
08:38:59:06    PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY.
08:39:00:12    WE ARE LEAVING A BIT OF
08:39:01:12    OURSELF HERE AND HOPEFULLY WE                          5
08:39:02:21    WILL TAKE A BIT OF HOPE HOME
08:39:03:25    WITH US.
08:39:05:07    I KNOW I WILL.
08:39:06:21    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
08:39:06:27
08:39:13:04     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:39:13:19
08:39:14:21    >> THANKS, JIM.
08:39:16:21    TOM LOUGHREY, SECRETARY OF THE
08:39:19:15    ASSOCIATION, WILL NOW GIVE US
08:39:20:16    A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE
08:39:21:13    CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
08:39:22:15    PLEASE WELCOME HIM.
08:39:23:12
08:39:23:27     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:39:27:18    >> GOOD MORNING.
08:39:28:09    THERE ARE MANY OF US HERE THIS
08:39:29:13    WEEK IN MINNEAPOLIS.
08:39:31:27    THE DELEGATES ATTENDING, WE
08:39:33:15    HAVE 1,478 REGISTERED.
08:39:39:19    WE HAVE 378 MINISTERS,
08:39:41:15    TELEPHONE MINISTER EMERITUS,
08:39:43:24    TWO MASTERS LEVEL CREDENTIALED
08:39:45:19    DRE'S FIVE MEMBERS FROM THE
08:39:52:00    ASSOCIATE ORGANIZATIONS.
08:39:53:12    TEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
08:39:54:25    TRUSTEES.
08:39:55:10    A TOTAL OF 1,866 DELEGATES.
08:40:01:09    THESE REPRESENT 571
08:40:02:21    CONGREGATIONS FROM ALL 50 U.S.
08:40:05:00    STATES, TWO CANADIAN
08:40:06:15    PROVINCES, THE DISTRICT OF
08:40:07:27    COLUMBIA, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,
08:40:11:04    TOTAL REGISTRATION OF YOUTH,
08:40:13:12    146.
08:40:12:10
08:40:17:00     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:40:19:21    >> AND TOTAL REGISTRATION,
08:40:22:12    PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION OF
08:40:24:00    3,835 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS
08:40:27:09    IN MINNEAPOLIS THIS WEEKEND.
08:40:28:10
08:40:30:00     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:40:30:15
08:40:35:21    >> ON THE BASIS OF THE
08:40:36:28    PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE
08:40:37:25    CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE, I
08:40:39:22    DECLARE THAT A QUORUM IS AND
08:40:42:03    HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE THIS
08:40:43:12    MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER.                           6
08:40:45:28    AND NOW MAY I INTRODUCE THE
08:40:47:10    REVEREND HARLAN LIMPERT, VICE
08:40:49:27    PRESIDENT FOR MINISTRIES AND
08:40:51:12    CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT.
08:40:52:13    IN HIS ROLE AS THE UUA, HARLAN
08:40:54:10    LEADS AND MANAGES THE STAFF
08:40:55:18    GROUPS THAT WORK MOST CLOSELY
08:40:57:00    WITH OUR CONGREGATIONS.
08:40:59:09    THIS INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE
08:41:00:16    DISTRICT STAFF, THOSE WHO
08:41:02:01    SUPPORT OUR MULTI-CULTURAL
08:41:03:27    GROWTH AND WITNESS EFFORTS,
08:41:05:18    THOSE WHO ASSIST CONGREGATIONS
08:41:07:24    DURING CHANGES IN THEIR
08:41:08:19    PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, LIFE
08:41:11:09    SPAN SAFE DEVELOPMENT, AND
08:41:12:15    RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND MANY
08:41:14:09    OTHERS.
08:41:14:18    PLEASE WELCOME HARLAN LIMPERT.
08:41:15:24
08:41:16:16     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:41:16:28
08:41:25:00    >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
08:41:27:19    WHEN PRESIDENT PETER MORALES
08:41:29:18    TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THE
08:41:30:18    UUA STAFF CAN PLAY IN THE LIFE
08:41:32:15    OF CONGREGATIONS, HE SOMETIMES
08:41:34:01    SAYS HE WISHES THE UUA HAD
08:41:36:15    CREATED THE SLOGAN THAT HOME
08:41:38:15    DEPOT HAS MADE SO POPULAR IN
08:41:40:24    RECENT YEARS:  YOU CAN DO IT.
08:41:43:21    WE CAN HELP.
08:41:47:06
08:41:47:09    THIS CUTE AND CATCHY SLOGAN
08:41:49:09    CONVEYS A BELIEF THAT
08:41:50:13    CONGREGATIONS ALREADY HAVE THE
08:41:52:06    CAPACITY TO DO ALL THOSE
08:41:53:27    THINGS THAT ENABLE IT TO LIVE
08:41:55:24    OUT ITS MISSION IN THE WORLD.
08:41:59:28    THEY SOMETIMES JUST WANT HELP
08:42:01:00    AND SOMETIMES WE CAN PROVIDE
08:42:02:09    THAT.
08:42:04:15    AT OTHER TIMES, THE ROLE OF
08:42:06:13    UUA STAFF BECOMES THAT OF
08:42:08:04    LIFTING UP, LIFTING UP THE
08:42:09:15    GOOD WORK OF CONGREGATIONS AND
08:42:12:03    ENCOURAGING OTHER
08:42:13:03    CONGREGATIONS TO LEARN FROM
08:42:14:13    THEM.
08:42:16:22    THAT IS THE IDEA BEHIND THE                            7
08:42:18:15    BREAKTHROUGH CONGREGATION
08:42:19:18    INITIATIVE.
08:42:21:09    CREATED SIX YEARS AGO, IT WAS
08:42:23:16    AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY THOSE
08:42:25:03    CONGREGATIONS THAT HAVE
08:42:26:12    ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT AND
08:42:28:18    SUSTAINED NUMERICAL GROWTH AND
08:42:31:07    GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
08:42:32:25    SHARE AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHAT
08:42:35:12    THEY'VE DONE AND HOW THEY'VE
08:42:42:21    DONE IT.
08:42:43:01    WHY NOT LOOK TO THE EXPERTS,
08:42:44:06    THOSE LAY AND PROFESSIONAL
08:42:45:03    LEADERS WHO HAVE ALREADY CRACK
08:42:46:00    THE NUT AROUND GROWTH AND GIVE
08:42:47:21    THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AT
08:42:48:13    GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SHARE
08:42:49:28    THEIR EXPERIENCE?
08:42:52:15    THE FOUR BREAKTHROUGH
08:42:54:03    CONGREGATIONS FOR 2010
08:42:55:12    INCLUDE, NUMBER ONE, THE
08:42:57:04    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
08:42:58:13    FELLOWSHIP OF MANKATO,
08:43:00:21    MINNESOTA.
08:43:02:24    YEAH, YOU CAN CLAP.
08:43:03:12
08:43:03:24     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:43:04:09    NUMBER TWO, THE UNITARIAN
08:43:07:16    UNIVERSALIST AREA CHURCH AT
08:43:09:27    FIRST PARISH, SHERBORN,
08:43:13:13    MASSACHUSETTS.
08:43:14:13    THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
08:43:16:03    HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
08:43:16:24
08:43:17:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:43:17:27    AND THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
08:43:20:13    SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.
08:43:21:01
08:43:21:19     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:43:22:10    AND NOW MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU
08:43:25:03    THE LEADERS OF THE FIRST OF
08:43:26:24    OUR FOUR BREAKTHROUGH
08:43:29:04    CONGREGATIONS, THE UNITARIAN
08:43:31:07    CHURCH OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.
08:43:32:06
08:43:33:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:43:34:00
08:43:41:00    >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH,
08:43:42:03    HARLAN.
08:43:42:21    THANK YOU FOR THE WORK IN OUR                          8
08:43:44:15    CONGREGATIONS TO HELP US DO
08:43:45:24    THE THINGS WE DREAM OF BETTER.
08:43:47:10    I WANT TO WELCOME AND
08:43:50:03    INTRODUCE TUESDAY OUR DIRECTOR
08:43:51:09    OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, OUR
08:43:54:25    YOUTH MINISTER, EMILY BOGUS,
08:43:58:09    BOARD CHAIR, AND CHAIR OF OUR
08:43:59:15    SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE, GARY
08:44:00:19    METZENBAUM JOINING ME HERE.
08:44:04:18    YOU'LL SEE OTHER MEMBERS OF
08:44:05:24    THE CONGREGATION IN THE VIDEO,
08:44:07:06    PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LEADERS
08:44:08:06    IN OUR SUCCESS OVER THE LAST
08:44:09:22    FIVE YEARS, A TIME OF
08:44:11:27    EXPERIMENTATION AND DEBATE AND
08:44:16:13    QUANDARIES AND WONDERFUL
08:44:17:13    SURPRISES.
08:44:17:28    WE'VE LEARNED THAT IT TAKES A
08:44:20:03    CONGREGATION OF LEADERS, OF
08:44:26:04    DEVOTED LEADERS TO MAKE
08:44:27:04    COMMUNITIES COME ALIVE THE WAY
08:44:28:24    WE DREAM OF.
08:44:30:00    SO THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
08:44:31:18    EVERYONE IN THIS HALL WHO
08:44:33:09    GIVES THEIR PASSION AND
08:44:34:01    DETERMINATION TO THEIR OWN
08:44:37:21    CONGREGATIONS, UNFOLDING AND
08:44:39:00    DISCERNING WHAT THAT MIGHT BE,
08:44:40:09    ONE OF THE INCREDIBLE
08:44:41:00    BLESSINGS AND GIFTS OF GENERAL
08:44:42:01    ASSEMBLY FOR ME IS ALWAYS TO
08:44:44:18    HEAR AND TO SEE WHAT OTHER
08:44:47:00    INSPIRING AND CREATIVE AND
08:44:49:28    FIERCE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS
08:44:52:27    ARE DOING AND ARE UP TO IN
08:44:54:27    THIS WORLD.
08:44:56:18    THANK YOU FOR THAT.
08:44:59:13    WE WANT TO THANK WALTER SONACK
08:45:02:12    OF OUR CONGREGATION, HEAD OF
08:45:03:24    MIDNIGHT MEDIA, WHO PUT THIS
08:45:06:10    FILM TOGETHER.
08:45:07:04    MANY A LATE NIGHT WERE
08:45:08:16    INVOLVED.
08:45:08:27    LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
08:45:10:03    ABOUT SUMMIT.
08:45:10:27    IT'S A COMMUTER SUBURB EVER
08:45:12:03    NEW YORK WITH A HISTORY OF
08:45:13:09    GREAT PREACHERS LIKE A POWELL
08:45:16:01    DAVIES AND JACOB TROUT AND
08:45:18:12    MORE RECENTLY DAVID BOMBA.                             9
08:45:20:28    HE HAS A GEM OF A SANCTUARY
08:45:22:16    THAT SEATS OFFICIALLY 180, BUT
08:45:24:09    WITH FULL VISIBILITY OF ONLY
08:45:26:06    111 SEATS.
08:45:30:13    WE HAD A BUILDING CAMPAIGN
08:45:31:07    THAT BROUGHT TWO BUILDINGS
08:45:32:15    TOGETHER INTO ONE LANDLOCKED
08:45:34:21    LITTLE HALF ACRE WITH NO
08:45:36:09    PARKING.
08:45:38:04    OUR YOUTH MEET AT NIGHT,
08:45:39:19    BECAUSE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
08:45:41:06    THEM AT THE INN ON SUNDAY
08:45:43:06    MORNINGS, SO EVERYTHING THAT
08:45:44:00    YOU WILL HEAR THIS MORNING
08:45:45:28    THAT IS GOOD IS ABSOLUTELY
08:45:47:25    TRUE, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
08:45:50:00    IT'S UP AGAINST A PRETTY
08:45:51:15    SERIOUS BACKDROP OF STRUCTURAL
08:45:53:06    LIMITS AGAINST WHICH WE STILL
08:45:56:06    STRUGGLE.
08:45:57:15    IN FIVE YEARS, DESPITE THOSE
08:46:01:06    LIMITS, OUR ADULT MEMBERSHIP
08:46:02:21    HAS GROWN 20% AND OUR YOUTH
08:46:04:10    AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS HAS
08:46:05:15    GROWN ALMOST 65% SO THAT WE
08:46:08:24    HAVE  --
08:46:09:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:46:09:21    >> SOY WE HAVE ABOUT 520
08:46:18:12    ADULTS, BUT 300 CHILDREN AND
08:46:19:18    YOUTH.
08:46:24:18    MORE REMARKABLE IS THE SENSE
08:46:25:21    OF ENTHUSIASM AND CLARITY
08:46:27:12    ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE
08:46:28:19    ARE ABOUT AND ABOUT JUST HOW
08:46:34:06    MUCH WE CAN MAKE POSSIBLE IN
08:46:35:09    THE WORLD.
08:46:35:21    THIS VIDEO TALKS ABOUT SOME OF
08:46:37:00    THAT, SOME OF THE LATTER
08:46:39:00    CHANGES, SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN
08:46:40:06    GOING ON IN SUMMIT IN THE LAST
08:46:41:27    FIVE YEARS.
08:46:43:00    THERE'S A WORKSHOP LEADER
08:46:44:10    TODAY IF YOU WANT TO HEAR
08:46:45:10    MORE.
08:46:46:10    WE HOPE YOU GET SOMETHING OUT
08:46:48:15    OF IT AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE
08:46:50:09    OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.
08:46:52:10    SO LET'S GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE.
08:46:53:10
08:47:01:06    >> PROGRAM BLOSSOMED 40 OR 50                         10
08:47:09:28    YEARS BEFORE, AND IT HAD THE
08:47:11:16    CHURCH IN A LITTLE VICTORIAN
08:47:13:09    HOUSE.
08:47:13:21    IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THERE WERE
08:47:14:24    TWO CHURCHES.
08:47:15:21    THERE WAS THE CHURCH ON SUNDAY
08:47:17:13    WHERE MOSTLY ADULTS GATHERED
08:47:19:10    IN THE SANCTUARY AND THEN
08:47:21:15    THERE WAS UNITARIAN HOUSE
08:47:22:18    WHERE THE CHILDREN HAD THEIR
08:47:24:24    SERVICE AND THEIR CLASSROOMS
08:47:29:07    AND THEIR RELIST EDUCATION
08:47:30:24    CLASSES.
08:47:31:03    AND THE TWO DIDN'T ALWAYS COME
08:47:32:06    TOGETHER.
08:47:32:21    AND IT BEGAN TO BE DIVISIVE, I
08:47:34:07    THINK.
08:47:35:07    AND SO AFTER YEARS OF
08:47:37:12    RANKLING, DECIDED TO BRING THE
08:47:39:09    TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER,
08:47:40:09    SELLING ONE, CONSOLIDATING ON
08:47:41:28    ANOTHER.
08:47:42:13    AND WHEN I CAME, THEY WERE
08:47:43:22    BUSY, YOU KNOW, DIGGING UP THE
08:47:46:18    FOUNDATIONS OF THIS CHURCH AND
08:47:47:21    LIFTING IT UP AND BUILDING AN
08:47:48:25    EXTENSION.
08:47:49:25    AND THAT ACTUALLY BEGAN THE
08:47:51:12    FIRST SET OF CHANGES.
08:47:53:18    WHERE THE CONGREGATION WAS
08:47:54:18    TOGETHER, LARGER, MANY
08:47:55:24    MINISTERS IN ONE PLACE, PEOPLE
08:47:57:22    GOT THE SENSE OF SYNERGY AND
08:47:59:21    IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS MORE
08:48:00:15    PROGRAMMING AND MORE LIFE JUST
08:48:01:21    BY THAT ONE RISKY CHANGE.
08:48:05:21    AND THEN ONE SUMMER, THE STAFF
08:48:07:21    SAT DOWN AND WE ALL TALKED
08:48:09:00    ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT THE
08:48:09:28    MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY WAS.
08:48:10:28    WE WERE TRYING TO GET ALIGNED
08:48:12:04    ABOUT OUR VISION FOR WHAT WE
08:48:14:21    WERE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD
08:48:16:00    AND WHAT SPIRIT.
08:48:17:00    AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS WAS
08:48:18:13    THIS UNEXPECTED SYNERGY.
08:48:20:18    AND THAT, IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE
08:48:21:27    IT IN ONE PHRASE, WOULD BE
08:48:23:06    ESSENTIALLY THE CHURCH'S JOB
08:48:24:24    WAS TO EQUIPMENT PEOPLE FOR                           11
08:48:27:16    BOLD LIVING, BOLD LIVING OF
08:48:28:24    OUR VALUES, BUT NONETHELESS
08:48:31:27    BOLD LIVING IN THE WORLD.
08:48:32:21    SO EVERYTHING WE DID, THEN,
08:48:35:10    REALLY BEGAN AROUND A
08:48:36:18    CONVERSATION OF IS THIS DOING
08:48:38:00    THE WORK OF EQUIPPING OUR
08:48:40:00    PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR VALUES
08:48:42:19    BOLDLY IN THE WORLD IS THIS
08:48:43:15    AND WE PREACHED A SERMON ABOUT
08:48:44:27    THE FACT THAT OUR JOB WAS EVE
08:48:49:10    EQUIPMENT ONE ANOTHER TO LIVE
08:48:51:27    BOLDLY.
08:48:52:09    IF I HAD TO QUICK A MOMENT, I
08:48:53:18    WOULD SAY THAT REALLY SET THE
08:48:55:09    TONE FOR A BUNCH OF
08:48:57:10    CONVERSATIONS AND THE
08:48:58:01    FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT WE WERE
08:48:58:27    DOING THAT WAS TRANSFORMATIVE.
08:49:00:24    ASKING WHAT IS THE BOLD THING
08:49:01:27    TO DO CAN BE EXHAUSTING.
08:49:03:06    SOMETIMES IT'S JUST NICER TO
08:49:04:22    ASK, WHAT IS THE GOOD ENOUGH
08:49:06:15    THING TO DO, NOT WHAT IS THE
08:49:07:21    BOLD THING TO DO.
08:49:08:15    AND SO IT'S CONSTANT
08:49:09:21    CHALLENGE.
08:49:11:16    EVERY SO OFTEN WE HAVE TO SAY
08:49:12:24    IN A BOARD MEETING OR A
08:49:14:00    COMMITTEE MEETING, OKAY, THAT
08:49:15:03    SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE
08:49:16:03    CHOICE, BUT IS THAT THE BOLD
08:49:18:04    ONE?
08:49:18:25    AND ARE WE CALLED TO THE BOLD
08:49:20:24    DECISION IN THIS CASE?
08:49:22:12    AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT
08:49:24:18    TO BE THERE, BUT WE'RE TRYING
08:49:27:00    TO CALL EACH OTHER THERE.
08:49:27:16
08:49:29:00    >> THE STAFF HAD A LONG,
08:49:30:18    EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT
08:49:33:10    COMMISSION GRANTING.
08:49:35:00    PEOPLE HAD IDEAS AND THEY WERE
08:49:36:24    REALLY ASKING TO SAY YES, WE
08:49:40:12    SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR IDEAS.
08:49:41:19    OF COURSE THAT DONE MEAN WE
08:49:42:16    SAY YES TO EVERYTHING, BUT
08:49:43:15    GENERAL WHEN I THOSE IDEAS
08:49:44:18    WERE GOOD IDEAS, WE WANTED TO
08:49:45:12    SUPPORT THEM.                                         12
08:49:46:00    AND WHAT WE SAID TO PEOPLE
08:49:47:03    WAS, GREAT, YOU'VE GOT THIS
08:49:48:13    BRILLIANT IDEA.
08:49:49:10    WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE SYSTEMS
08:49:50:15    AND THE STRATEGIES TO MAKE IT
08:49:51:21    HAPPEN.
08:49:51:21
08:49:52:21    >> THEY COME TO THIS PLACE
08:49:53:27    WITH THINGS THEY WANT TO DO,
08:49:55:06    WITH DREAMS, WITH HOPES.
08:49:56:22    AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A WAY
08:49:58:18    TO DO IT.
08:50:00:24    AND WHILE TALKING ABOUT
08:50:01:12    POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IS A
08:50:03:16    LITTLE BORING SOMETIMES, IT
08:50:05:21    DOES PUT IN PLACE A WAY FOR
08:50:08:12    PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDEAS TO COME
08:50:10:00    AND DO THINGS.
08:50:10:15
08:50:11:07    >> SO AFTER A FEW YEARS OF
08:50:20:00    THIS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US
08:50:21:10    IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
08:50:22:12    RELIGIOUS LIVES, IT ACTUALLY
08:50:24:15    CAME TO BE OUR
08:50:25:12    100TH ANNIVERSARY.
08:50:27:04    AND SO TWO LAY PEOPLE WERE
08:50:28:07    CHOSEN AS THE HEAD OF OUR
08:50:30:06    CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND WE
08:50:31:15    WERE BASICALLY TOLD, YOU TELL
08:50:32:27    US WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
08:50:34:13    WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD
08:50:34:28    LOOK LIKE FOR US TO CELEBRATE
08:50:37:03    OUR HUNDRED BIRTHDAY,
08:50:38:18    APPROPRIATELY.
08:50:38:18
08:50:39:18    >> WE THOUGHT THAT AFTER
08:50:40:19    SPEAKING WITH THE LEADERSHIP
08:50:42:15    IN THE CONGREGATION THAT
08:50:44:03    RAISING $100,000 IN OUR
08:50:46:21    HUNDRED YEAR TO GIVE AWAY
08:50:49:28    WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
08:50:50:04
08:50:51:24    >> LOTS OF CONGREGATIONS USE
08:50:53:27    THEIR CENTENNIALS TO RAISE
08:50:55:18    MONEY.
08:50:56:03    USUALLY IT'S FOR AN ENDOWMENT
08:50:57:22    OR TO CHANGE SOMETHING ABOUT
08:50:58:27    THEIR BUILDING, BUT THEIR IDEA
08:51:00:27    WAS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT ALL
08:51:02:12    AWAY.                                                 13
08:51:03:03    EVERY CENT.
08:51:03:09
08:51:03:28    >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
08:51:05:04    REMEMBER WAS WHEN THE
08:51:06:07    CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE CAME TO
08:51:07:18    THE BOARD AND SAID, YOU KNOW,
08:51:09:15    WE WANTED TO DO ALL OF THESE
08:51:11:00    THINGS.
08:51:11:10    WE WANT TO RAISE $100,000.
08:51:12:22    AND THE FIRST THING IN MY MIND
08:51:14:15    WAS, THERE'S NO WAY.
08:51:17:06    I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO STOP
08:51:18:24    THIS.
08:51:19:04    WE'RE OUT THERE RAISING MONEY
08:51:20:19    FOR THE CHURCH.
08:51:21:21    THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS
08:51:22:27    GOING ON AND KIND OF RIGHT IN
08:51:25:21    THE MIDDLE OF THAT THOUGHT I
08:51:27:13    SAID, THIS IS INSANE!
08:51:29:12    I'VE HAD THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE
08:51:31:12    WHO ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
08:51:32:18    ABOUT DOING THIS.
08:51:33:13    THEY'VE GOT GREAT IDEAS.
08:51:35:01    THEY WANT TO ASIA LOT OF
08:51:36:07    MONEY.
08:51:36:27    AND OF COURSE WE SHOULD
08:51:39:00    ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT.
08:51:40:09
08:51:40:24    >> BUT ALSO, WE ASKED EVERYONE
08:51:43:10    IN OUR CONGREGATION IF THEY
08:51:44:21    COULD COME UP WITH WAYS TO
08:51:48:09    LIVE THIS SERVICE THROUGHOUT
08:51:49:18    THE YEAR, AND WE ASKED THEM
08:51:51:13    GOING ALONG WITH THE IDEA OF
08:51:52:16    THE CENTENNIAL TO PERFORM 100
08:51:55:09    HOURS OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT
08:51:56:12    THE YEAR.
08:51:58:00    SOME YOUNGER CHILDREN SAID
08:52:00:10    THEY WERE GOING TO HELP THEIR
08:52:01:27    MOTHERS.
08:52:03:09    OTHER OLDER PEOPLE SAID THEY
08:52:04:06    WERE GOING TO DELIVER FOOD TO
08:52:05:19    PEOPLE ILL IN THE
08:52:06:19    NEIGHBORHOOD.
08:52:07:10    BUT I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS
08:52:09:03    WE STARTED THE MOMENTUM AND WE
08:52:11:15    TRIED TO INVOLVE AS MANY
08:52:12:28    DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND AS MANY
08:52:15:15    DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CHURCH
08:52:16:15    AS POSSIBLE SO THAT EVERYBODY                         14
08:52:18:09    WAS INVOLVED AND IT JUST KEPT
08:52:19:21    ON ROLLING AND ROLLING AND
08:52:20:28    ROLLING.
08:52:20:28
08:52:21:19    >> WE FEEL VERY GRATEFUL TO
08:52:23:06    THE CONGREGATION FOR STEPPING
08:52:25:15    UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND
08:52:27:03    MEETING IT IN MANY DIFFERENT
08:52:29:04    WAYS.
08:52:29:04
08:52:30:27    >> WHEN SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU,
08:52:36:15    HERE'S A BUDGET.
08:52:37:25    HERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO
08:52:39:09    WANT TO HELP YOU.
08:52:40:21    NOW COME UP WITH A VISION OF
08:52:42:06    WHAT ASSOCIATION ILL YOU WANT
08:52:43:09    TO FIX.
08:52:45:22    IT'S A DRAMATICALLY
08:52:48:00    INTERESTING MOMENT, BECAUSE
08:52:49:24    NOW YOU HAVE TO SAY, OKAY,
08:52:51:09    WELL WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME
08:52:53:04    AND WHAT IS ACHIEVABLE AND HOW
08:52:55:00    CAN I DO THE BEST I CAN WITH
08:52:56:15    THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE?
08:52:58:18    AND WHAT I CAME UP WITH, WITH
08:53:00:16    THEIR HELP, WAS TO GO INTO A
08:53:04:12    CHALLENGED COMMUNITY.
08:53:07:03    THE ISSUE WAS COULD WE FIND
08:53:08:28    ONE WHERE WE COULD PARTNER
08:53:10:01    WITH THE MAYOR?
08:53:11:18    WITH THE ACTUAL
08:53:12:06    ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE
08:53:13:18    SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SO
08:53:15:04    THAT WE WOULD NOT BE GOING IN
08:53:16:10    AT A LEVEL WHERE WE WOULD NOT
08:53:18:03    BE ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
08:53:20:00    I WANTED TO BRING US IN AT THE
08:53:21:19    HIGHEST LEVEL OF THEIR
08:53:22:19    GOVERNMENT TO ASK THEM A VERY
08:53:25:21    IMPORTANT QUESTION.
08:53:26:27    HOW CAN WE HELP?
08:53:28:09    AND THEY ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO
08:53:30:19    THAT.
08:53:31:07    AND THE MAYOR PUT US IN TOUCH
08:53:33:03    WITH ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR,
08:53:34:27    THE CHANCELLOR AVENUE SCHOOL.
08:53:37:03    IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND
08:53:39:04    WE MADE CONNECTIONS WITH THE
08:53:41:18    PRINCIPAL AND THE VICE
08:53:43:09    PRINCIPAL, THE PTA.                                   15
08:53:45:19    EVEN SOME OF THE TEACHERS.
08:53:47:13    YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW
08:53:48:27    WHAT A UNITARIAN WAS.
08:53:51:06    WE KEPT BEING CALLED THE
08:53:52:12    UKRAINIAN CHURCH.
08:53:54:25    BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY,
08:53:57:00    EVERYTHING SORT OF COALESCED
08:53:59:18    VERY WELL.
08:54:00:15    THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING.
08:54:01:19    WE DISCUSSED TUTORING.
08:54:04:09    MAYBE TUTORING IN READING AND
08:54:05:15    MATH.
08:54:06:06    AND JUST STARTING AND ENDING
08:54:08:00    WITH THAT AND SEEING HOW FAR
08:54:09:13    WE COULD GET.
08:54:10:27    WE DID THAT FOR MAYBE SIX
08:54:12:12    WEEKS.
08:54:13:06    IT WORKED EXTREMELY WELL.
08:54:15:25    WHEN THAT WORD SPREAD AMONG
08:54:18:06    OUR CONGREGATION, WE HAD MORE
08:54:19:15    APPROXIMATE MORE PEOPLE IN THE
08:54:21:06    CONGREGATION AND WANTED TO GO
08:54:22:18    DOWN AND WANTED TO TUTOR.
08:54:23:19    WE ENDED UP HAVING MORE
08:54:24:25    VOLUNTEERS THAN WE COULD
08:54:26:00    HANDLE.
08:54:26:12    WE HAD MORE VOLUNTEERS THAN
08:54:28:00    THERE WERE KIDS TO TUTOR.
08:54:29:06    FROM THERE, WE MOVED INTO
08:54:30:10    OTHER AREAS.
08:54:32:07    WE ACTUALLY WERE INVOLVED IN
08:54:33:15    THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE
08:54:35:06    SCHOOL ITSELF.
08:54:35:27    THERE WAS A DAY IN THE SPRING
08:54:37:28    WHEN THEY ASKED US TO COME
08:54:39:04    DOWN AND HELP THEM PLANT
08:54:40:15    THINGS AND BEAUTIFY THE PLACE.
08:54:43:15    AND WE HAD EASILY 30
08:54:45:00    CONGREGANTS GO DOWN THERE AND
08:54:48:15    DO THIS.
08:54:48:22    IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL,
08:54:50:06    WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
08:54:51:09    IRVINGTON HAS BEEN A 100%
08:54:54:25    POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF
08:54:55:25    US.
08:54:55:25
08:54:56:06    >> I THINK MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
08:54:57:12    CONGREGATION NEEDED TO RESPOND
08:54:59:21    TO THE WAR IN IRAQ IN A WAY
08:55:01:22    THAT FELT MEANINGFUL TO THEM.                         16
08:55:03:21    AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE N
08:55:05:12    WORSHIP, WERE ABLE TO DO THAT
08:55:07:09    WAS TO RING OUR GONG AND
08:55:09:25    CHIMES IN HONOR OF THE
08:55:11:06    AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO HAD LOST
08:55:12:15    THEIR LIVES THERE, AND AS WELL
08:55:14:12    AS THE IRAQI SERVICES AND
08:55:16:16    CIVILIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
08:55:20:12    THERE.
08:55:20:18    AND THAT RITUAL THAT WE DID
08:55:22:00    EVERY SUNDAY AT THE END OF
08:55:22:27    SERVICES BECAME VERY POWERFUL.
08:55:25:22    AND IT WAS ABLE TO HOLD THOSE
08:55:27:09    PEOPLE WHO WERE FOR THE WAR
08:55:28:15    AND PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST
08:55:29:12    THE WAR.
08:55:30:21    A MOVING TOWARDS PEACE
08:55:31:22    COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN ORDER
08:55:34:27    TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE
08:55:35:21    GOING TO TAKE A STAND ON
08:55:36:24    PEACE.
08:55:37:06    ONE OF THE CENTRAL THINGS THAT
08:55:38:12    THEY DID WAS TO MAKE A DISPLAY
08:55:41:01    ON THE FRONT OF OUR
08:55:42:12    CONGREGATION'S BUILDING, FROM
08:55:46:12    THE SANCTUARY BUILDING THAT
08:55:47:19    HAD RIBBONS, BEAUTIFUL RIBBONS
08:55:48:27    IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
08:55:50:21    AND ON EACH RIBBON WAS WRITTEN
08:55:53:28    THE NAMES OF U.S. SOLDIERS WHO
08:55:55:24    HAD LOST THEIR LIVES.
08:55:56:22    AND EACH RIBBON HAD A
08:55:57:24    DIFFERENT MEANING, WHETHER IT
08:55:58:24    WAS A SOLDIER IN NEW JERSEY OR
08:56:03:22    10,000 SOLDIERS IN IRAQ OR
08:56:07:09    100,000 CIVILIANS.
08:56:10:00    EACH RIBBON WAS BEAUTIFULLY
08:56:11:07    DISPLAYED.
08:56:11:28    AND IT TRANSFORMED OUR ACTUAL
08:56:15:18    BUILDING FROM ONE THAT PEOPLE
08:56:16:15    IN THE CITY OF SUMMIT
08:56:17:21    OVERLOOKED AGAIN AND AGAIN TO
08:56:19:15    THIS PLACE WHERE PEOPLE KNEW
08:56:21:27    THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING
08:56:23:27    HERE.
08:56:24:09    AND THEN ON MEMORIAL DAY, THE
08:56:26:22    MOVING TOWARDS PEACE COMMITTEE
08:56:27:25    LED A SERVICE.
08:56:28:24    AND AFTER THAT SERVICE, THEY
08:56:30:09    READ EACH OF THE NAMES RIGHT                          17
08:56:32:03    IN FRONT OF THIS DISPLAY FOR
08:56:33:22    ANYONE TO LISTEN TO.
08:56:35:25
08:56:36:07    >> WE ARE NOT THE LAST WORD ON
08:56:39:06    SOCIAL ACTION IN THIS
08:56:40:06    CONGREGATION.
08:56:41:22    THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
08:56:43:07    SOCIAL ACTION THAT GOES ON
08:56:44:15    COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF OUR
08:56:46:15    INITIATIVES, AND WE LOVE THAT.
08:56:49:07
08:56:51:16    >> I THINK WHAT'S MAGICAL IS,
08:56:53:21    THAT'S THE FIRST HUNDRED
08:56:55:09    YEARS.
08:56:55:21    THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
08:56:56:25    NEXT HUNDRED YEARS, AND THAT'S
08:56:58:27    VERY EXCITING TO BE ON THE
08:57:00:27    CUSP OF.
08:57:01:12
08:57:01:24    >> 100 YEARS FROM NOW WILL
08:57:04:04    THEY LOOK BACK ON US AS A
08:57:05:21    CONGREGATION THAT DREAMED BIG
08:57:07:03    DREAMS AND MADE THOSE DREAMS
08:57:09:06    COME TRUE?
08:57:11:16    OR WOULD THEY THINK WE WERE
08:57:12:19    ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, BUT WE LIVED
08:57:14:24    WITH BIG HEART, WE LIVED
08:57:16:24    BOLDLY AND WE TRIED AND SOME
08:57:19:13    OF THE THINGS WE DID SUCCEEDED
08:57:21:27    WILDLY, OTHERS SUCCEEDED SORT
08:57:24:09    OF, AND SOME DIDN'T SUCCEED AT
08:57:25:21    ALL, BUT AT LEAST WE WERE A
08:57:27:10    CONGREGATION THAT WAS WILLING
08:57:28:15    TO TAKE RISKS AND BIG CHANCE
08:57:32:09    TO HIS MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER
08:57:33:28    PLACE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT
08:57:35:19    WALKING THE WALK.
08:57:36:03
08:57:36:15    >> IN THIS CONGREGATION, FOR
08:57:37:27    WHATEVER REASON, WE HAVE A
08:57:38:21    GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
08:57:40:06    ENERGIZED AND READY TO GO, AND
08:57:42:16    ALL THEY REALLY NEED IS FOR
08:57:44:21    THE INSTITUTION TO OPEN UP AND
08:57:46:03    ALLOW IT TO COME DOWN ON THE
08:57:48:03    SIDE OF LIFE.
08:57:48:15
08:57:50:00    >> WE WERE MOVING OUR
08:57:51:10    CONGREGATION ALONG IN WAYS
08:57:53:03    THAT WE HAD NEVER MOVED                               18
08:57:54:03    BEFORE.
08:57:55:21    AND NOW THAT WE'RE THERE, I
08:57:57:15    SEE US CONTINUING.
08:57:57:28
08:57:58:16    >> IF WE KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE
08:58:00:07    DOING, IT WILL TOUCH MORE AND
08:58:02:18    MORE PEOPLE AND WE WILL HAVE A
08:58:05:03    BIGGER AND BIGGER IMPACT.
08:58:06:04
08:58:06:25    >> THE IDEAS ARE SO EXCITING
08:58:08:27    AND WE ARE SO DRIVEN BY THEM
08:58:11:03    BECAUSE THEY SPEAK TO WHO WE
08:58:12:09    ARE AS UNITARIAN
08:58:12:24    UNIVERSALISTS.
08:58:13:22    KEEP ON LIVING OUT THESE VERY
08:58:16:27    BOLD VISIONARY DREAMS THAT WE
08:58:18:09    HAVE AND THAT'S WHY WE COME
08:58:19:27    HERE.
08:58:19:27
08:58:20:19    >> THAT'S WHAT THIS ALL SEEMS
08:58:22:19    TO BE ABOUT IS LEARNING TO
08:58:24:12    LIVE YOUR PRINCIPLES.
08:58:26:00
08:58:26:12    >> I THINK FUND AN MENTALLY
08:58:27:15    THE REALITY IS LIFE IS TOO
08:58:29:25    SHORT TO DO THAT'S NOT BOLD
08:58:35:15    AND EXCITING AND PUSHING OUR
08:58:36:13    BOUNDARIES TO LIVE OUR FAITH
08:58:37:16    IN THE WORLD FULL THROTTLE.
08:58:39:07    IF WE REALLY BELIEVE, IF WE
08:58:41:12    BELIEVE WE HAVE THE POWER TO
08:58:42:12    CHANGE LIVES AND WE'RE
08:58:43:06    COMMITTED TO SEEING THEM
08:58:44:00    INSTITUTIONALIZED ACROSS, YOU
08:58:45:19    KNOW, ALL MAJOR PIECES OF OUR
08:58:49:09    LIFE, EDUCATION, POLITICAL,
08:58:50:21    SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS,
08:58:52:07    WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WHAT ARE
08:58:54:00    WE WAITING FOR?
08:58:55:06    WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME.
08:58:56:00
08:59:01:19     [ APPLAUSE ]
08:59:01:28
08:59:24:00    >> OH, YEAH.
08:59:30:13    YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
08:59:31:21    REVEREND MEG RILEY,
08:59:33:24    NEWLY-CALLED MINISTER OF THE
08:59:35:15    CHURCH OF THE LARGER
08:59:36:09    FELLOWSHIP A LOT AT THIS
08:59:38:19    GENERAL ASSEMBLY.                                     19
08:59:39:15    MEG, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME
08:59:41:09    INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST?
08:59:42:18
08:59:45:00    >> GOOD MORNING.
08:59:47:22    YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WONDER A LOT.
08:59:50:06    THEY SAY, YOU LIVE IN
08:59:51:03    MINNESOTA.
08:59:51:15    EXPLAIN HOW THE SAME STATE
08:59:52:18    THAT BROUGHT PAUL WELLSTONE
08:59:55:01    ALSO BRINGS MICHELLE BACHMAN.
08:59:58:03    AND I SAY, THERE ARE COMPLEX
08:59:59:24    REASONS FOR THAT, BUT ONE OF
09:00:01:01    THEM IS WE HAVE A SECRETARY OF
09:00:04:03    STATE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO
09:00:05:18    MAKING SURE THAT EVERY VOTE
09:00:08:00    COUNTS, WHETHER IT'S A VOTE HE
09:00:11:27    WOULD CAST OR A VOTE HE WOULD
09:00:13:15    DESPERATELY WISH WERE NOT
09:00:14:21    CAST, HE WILL LAY HIS LIFE ON
09:00:16:28    THE LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT
09:00:18:10    THAT VOTE CAN BE CAST.
09:00:21:15    HE BECAME A STATE WISE FIGURE
09:00:22:24    AND A NATIONAL FIGURE DURING
09:00:24:06    THE MOST LENGTHY VOTE COUNT OF
09:00:29:03    LAST ELECTIONS, THAT FOR
09:00:31:03    SENATOR AL FRANKEN, AND HE WAS
09:00:32:27    THERE DAY AFTER DAY
09:00:34:04    STEADFASTLY MAKING SURE THAT
09:00:36:15    DEMOCRACY WORKS.
09:00:38:06    IT IS A DEEP PLEASURE FOR ME
09:00:39:18    TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE
09:00:41:16    SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE
09:00:42:22    GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA, WHO
09:00:44:27    IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER AT
09:00:46:27    THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
09:00:49:07    IN MINNEAPOLIS, MARK RITCHIE.
09:00:52:21
09:00:53:24     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:00:54:09
09:00:57:01    >> THANK YOU, MEG.
09:00:59:03    AND WELCOME TO MINNESOTA.
09:01:00:00
09:01:01:24     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:01:02:09
09:01:02:21    >> WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE
09:01:04:07    YOU HERE.
09:01:06:07    THERE HASN'T BEEN THIS MUCH
09:01:07:18    LOVE IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
09:01:09:15    SINCE THE TWINS WON THAT WORLD
09:01:10:21    SERIES BACK IN 1991, SO THANK                         20
09:01:13:01    YOU.
09:01:16:06    THIS GREAT CITY WAS LARGELY
09:01:18:09    SHAPED BY THE NEW ENGLANDERS,
09:01:24:03    THE YANKEES, MANY OF THEM
09:01:25:15    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS WHO
09:01:26:09    CAME HERE BEFORE THE CIVIL
09:01:27:07    WAR.
09:01:27:16    THEY BROUGHT THEIR VALUES OF
09:01:29:01    DEVOTION, TO LIBERTY AND
09:01:30:24    JUSTICE IF ALL, AND THEY BUILT
09:01:33:15    THIS CITY WITH THOSE VALUES IN
09:01:34:22    THE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS
09:01:37:03    COMMUNITY, IN THE POLITICAL
09:01:38:06    COMMUNITY, IN BUSINESS.
09:01:40:06    THE FOUNDERS OF MY CHURCH,
09:01:41:19    FIRST UNIVERSALIST, WERE SOME
09:01:45:00    OF THOSE LEADERS.
09:01:45:27    THE FIRST MAYOR OF THIS CITY,
09:01:47:03    BUSINESS LEADERS LIKE THE
09:01:48:09    PILLSBURY, THE CRAWSBURYS, OUR
09:01:54:12    CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, THE
09:01:56:04    ORCHESTRA AND MANY FOUNDATIONS
09:01:57:19    THAT WE ENJOY TODAY.
09:01:59:00    THAT VISION AND THOSE VALUES,
09:02:00:06    THAT DEDICATION TO FREEDOM, TO
09:02:01:18    LIBERTY, TO JUSTICE SHAPED THE
09:02:04:10    INSTITUTIONS THAT MADE THIS
09:02:05:27    CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
09:02:07:15    MADE THIS STATE WHAT IT IS
09:02:08:15    TODAY.
09:02:09:09    AND WE ARE THE PROUD
09:02:11:19    RECIPIENTS AND THE INHERITORS
09:02:14:00    OF THOSE GIFTS.
09:02:15:27    BUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE
09:02:16:27    ALSO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING
09:02:18:06    TO FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND
09:02:20:07    JUSTICE.
09:02:21:21    WHEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN CALLED
09:02:22:24    FOR TROOPS TO DEFEND THE
09:02:24:09    UNION, MINNESOTA'S FIRST
09:02:25:25    VOLUNTEERS WERE THE FIRST IN
09:02:27:21    THE NATION TO RESPOND.
09:02:30:15    WHEN NAZIISM AND JAPANESE
09:02:32:09    THREATENED THE WORLD WITH
09:02:33:28    TOTALITARIANISM, A MAN RUNNING
09:02:35:22    FOR GOVERNOR HERE, HAROLD
09:02:38:00    STATSON, SAID I WILL BE
09:02:40:09    ELECTED.
09:02:41:10    I WILL COMPLETE A BUDGET.
09:02:42:19    THEN I WILL RESIGNING AND TO                          21
09:02:44:03    WAR TO STOP THE NAZIS AND
09:02:45:21    TOTALITARIANISM, AND HE DID
09:02:47:21    THAT.
09:02:48:00    AND HE WAS SO DEVOTED TO PEACE
09:02:50:00    AND TO JUSTICE, PRESIDENT
09:02:52:21    FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT ASKED HIM
09:02:54:27    TO COME, AND HE BECAME ONE OF
09:02:56:01    THE CENTRAL FOUNDERS OF THE
09:02:58:01    UNITED NATIONS ITSELF.
09:02:59:18    AND WHEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
09:03:00:21    STRUGGLE WAS THREATENED BY THE
09:03:03:25    VIOLENCE, THE ANGER, THE
09:03:04:28    HATRED, THOUSANDS OF
09:03:08:00    MINNESOTANS AND OUR LEADERS
09:03:11:10    LIKE HUBERT HUMPHREY
09:03:12:22    RESPONDED.
09:03:13:10    WE BELIEVE IN LIBERTY AND
09:03:15:24    JUSTICE FOR ALL.
09:03:16:15    WE BELIEVE IN FIGHTING FOR
09:03:17:15    THEM AS WELL.
09:03:18:00    WHEN WE FIGHT FOR THINGS THAT
09:03:18:25    ARE IMPORTANT TO US, WE KNOW
09:03:20:07    WE MUST DO THIS WITHIN THE
09:03:21:18    BOUNDS OF CIVILITY AND
09:03:22:18    DEMOCRACY.
09:03:23:09    OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS VERY
09:03:25:09    IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
09:03:26:04    WE WILL DEBATE THEM
09:03:27:07    VIGOROUSLY.
09:03:28:09    BUT WITHIN A DEMOCRACY AND
09:03:29:21    WITHIN A COMMUNITY AND WITHIN
09:03:31:09    A COMMUNITY OF LOVE, WE COME
09:03:34:01    TOGETHER.
09:03:35:27    WE MOVE AHEAD.
09:03:38:18    WE MAKE SERIOUS DECISIONS.
09:03:40:06    WE KNOW THOSE DECISIONS ARE
09:03:41:09    FOR BRINGING US INTO A MUCH
09:03:42:25    DEEPER FELLOWSHIP TO CREATE A
09:03:45:06    BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL.
09:03:46:21    I WON'T BE WITH YOU TODAY.
09:03:48:06    YOU MIGHT KNOW TODAY OUR
09:03:49:22    ABSENTEE VOTING STARTS FOR OUR
09:03:52:24    PRIMARY.
09:03:54:03    WE START PICKING OUR NEXT
09:03:55:06    GOVERNOR AND LEADERS TODAY.
09:03:56:16    I CAN'T BE WITH YOU TODAY.
09:03:57:07    BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
09:03:58:07    THE LOVE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT
09:03:59:12    TO US IS FELT BY THE PEOPLE OF
09:04:02:03    MINNESOTA FOR YOU AND THAT                            22
09:04:04:04    LOVE WILL HELP US DEBATE, THAT
09:04:06:00    LOVE WILL HELP US REMEMBER
09:04:07:09    WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT.
09:04:09:03    THAT LOVE WILL HELP US COME TO
09:04:10:25    DECISIONS THAT ARE FAITH-BASED
09:04:13:01    AND FAITHFUL TO OUR VALUES.
09:04:15:03    AND THEN WILL BRING US
09:04:17:15    TOGETHER IN DEEPER COMMUNITY
09:04:18:15    GOING FORWARD.
09:04:19:01    WELCOME AGAIN TO MINNESOTA.
09:04:20:07    THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
09:04:21:01    I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN THIS
09:04:22:09    EVENING AND OTHER TIMES AS
09:04:23:12    WELL.
09:04:23:24    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:04:25:03    AND BLESS YOU.
09:04:25:15
09:04:26:10     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:04:26:25
09:04:38:10    >> THANK YOU, MR. RITCHIE.
09:04:42:15    I ASK JOAN LUND, TRUSTEE FROM
09:04:45:00    THE FLORIDA DISTRICT AND
09:04:46:12    SECOND VICE MODERATOR OF THE
09:04:47:24    UUA BOARD TO COME TO THE
09:04:49:27    PODIUM TO PRESENT AN IMPORTANT
09:04:51:00    AWARD.
09:04:51:25    JOAN?
09:04:51:25
09:04:52:10    >> GOOD MORNING.
09:05:16:06    IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME
09:05:19:03    YOU TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE
09:05:21:16    DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO
09:05:24:09    THE CAUSE OF UNITARIAN
09:05:28:10    UNIVERSALISM.
09:05:29:07    THIS AWARD IS THE HIGHEST
09:05:30:27    HONOR THE ASSOCIATION BESTOWS
09:05:34:09    AND IS GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THE
09:05:36:22    PERSON WHO IS DETERMINED TO
09:05:38:00    HAVE PROVIDED WELL
09:05:40:09    DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS
09:05:42:27    DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF
09:05:45:04    TRUSTEES.
09:05:46:04    I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE
09:05:47:21    COMMITTEE WHO MADE THE
09:05:49:03    RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR.
09:05:51:18    AND ALSO SERVING ON THE
09:05:53:01    COMMITTEE WERE JOHN BLEVINS
09:05:54:10    AND PETER MORALES.
09:05:58:12    IT IS MY HONOR, MY REAL HONOR
09:06:02:22    TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS                              23
09:06:04:03    YEAR'S RECIPIENT, REVEREND
09:06:08:15    JANE RZEPKA.
09:06:08:25
09:06:10:04     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:06:10:21    READING THE AWARD CITATION IS
09:06:42:12    REVEREND MARK BELLETINI,
09:06:44:12    MINISTER IN COLUMBUS, OHIO,
09:06:47:13    WHO IS JANE AND HER FAMILY'S
09:06:49:09    LONG-STANDING CLOSE FRIEND.
09:06:52:00    REVEREND BELLETINI.
09:06:52:12
09:06:53:22    >> THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY
09:07:00:24    MOVING TO ME.
09:07:07:21    JANE RECOMMENDS CAN ISS
09:07:08:18    EXEMPLIFIES THE BEST OF
09:07:10:24    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM.
09:07:13:04    RAISED IN A UNITARIAN
09:07:14:12    UNIVERSALIST FAMILY IN MENTOR,
09:07:16:18    OHIO, THESE THE OLDEST OF FIVE
09:07:20:22    IN A THEOLOGICALLY DIVERSE
09:07:22:21    FAMILY.
09:07:23:06    JANE THRIVES IN OUR RELIGIOUS
09:07:24:21    EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TAKING TO
09:07:27:22    HEART THE EXCELLENT WISDOM
09:07:29:27    OFFERED THERE.
09:07:32:12    DEEP RESPECT FOR DIFFERENT
09:07:33:15    CHOICES AND WAYS OF SEEING
09:07:34:24    THINGS, GRATEFULNESS FOR HER
09:07:37:22    RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, AND A
09:07:41:18    PATIENT, REASONED APPROACH.
09:07:45:07    A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
09:07:46:07    OF MICHIGAN, JANE EARNED HER
09:07:49:06    MASTER OF DIVINITY FROM THE
09:07:51:22    STAR KING SCHOOL FOR THE
09:07:52:28    MINISTRY AND WAS ADMITTED TO
09:07:54:15    FELLOWSHIP IN THE UUA IN 1976.
09:07:58:21    SHE WAS ORDAINED THE FOLLOWING
09:08:00:25    YEAR AND IN 1983, SHE RECEIVED
09:08:03:00    HER PHD IN RELIGION AND
09:08:07:07    PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE GRADUATE
09:08:09:00    THEOLOGICAL UNION.
09:08:10:06    JANE HAS SERVED THREE OF OUR
09:08:11:21    CONGREGATIONS.
09:08:13:24    SHE SERVED AS AN ASSOCIATE
09:08:14:25    MINISTER IN WINCHESTER,
09:08:17:09    MASSACHUSETTS, FOR FIVE YEARS.
09:08:19:00    SHE SERVED AS THE SENIOR
09:08:20:09    MINISTER IN REDDING,
09:08:21:22    MASSACHUSETTS, FOR 15 YEARS.
09:08:24:03    AND FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS                            24
09:08:25:12    SHE'S BEEN SENIOR MINISTER AT
09:08:27:06    THE CHURCH OF THE LARGER
09:08:28:10    FELLOWSHIP, OUR ASSOCIATION'S
09:08:30:15    LARGEST CONGREGATION.
09:08:35:09    CLF ADDED MORE THAN 1,000
09:08:37:07    MEMBERS DURING JANE'S MINISTRY
09:08:40:24    AND CLF'S OUTREACH THROUGH THE
09:08:42:27    CHURCH OF THE YOUNGER
09:08:44:00    FELLOWSHIP, ITS PRISON
09:08:45:10    MINISTRY, AND ITS MILITARY
09:08:47:00    MINISTRY HAS MADE UNITARIAN
09:08:51:10    UNIVERSALISM AVAILABLE TO
09:08:52:16    THOUSANDS OUTSIDE OF OUR
09:08:54:03    CONGREGATIONAL WALLS.
09:08:56:09    IN ADDITION TO THESE
09:08:57:21    MINISTRIES, JANE REALLY IS A
09:09:00:04    MINISTER'S MINISTER.
09:09:02:06    SHE HAS SERVED TWICE ON THE
09:09:04:12    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UU
09:09:07:07    MINISTER'S ASSOCIATION, TWICE
09:09:08:27    ON THE BOARD OF STAR KING
09:09:10:24    SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRY, AND A
09:09:12:15    FULL TERM ON HER MINISTERIAL
09:09:14:22    FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE,
09:09:16:03    CREDENTIALING NEW MINISTERS.
09:09:18:09    AT THE 1990 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
09:09:20:13    IN MILL, SHE PREACHED THE
09:09:22:27    SERMON OF THE LIVING TRADITION
09:09:24:24    TO UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM, AND SHE
09:09:27:22    DELIVERED ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE
09:09:28:25    SERMON FOR HIS HER COLLEAGUES
09:09:30:09    ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER
09:09:32:09    MINISTRY IN THE YEAR 2002.
09:09:35:19    SHE IS A MINISTER'S MINISTER
09:09:37:21    AND A PREACHER'S PREACHER.
09:09:40:21    FOR 13 YEARS, JANE CO-TAUGHT A
09:09:43:07    CLASS ON PREACHING WITH THE
09:09:45:15    REVEREND KEN SAWYER AT THE
09:09:47:09    HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL.
09:09:49:03    IN 2002, SHE AND KEN
09:09:51:19    COAUTHORED THEMATIC PREACHING,
09:09:54:21    WHICH IS ESSENTIAL READING FOR
09:09:56:00    MINISTERS NEW AND EXPERIENCED
09:10:00:12    AND HER SKINNER HOUSE
09:10:01:12    MEDITATION MANUAL, A SMALL
09:10:04:06    HEAVEN, REMAINS A CLASSIC
09:10:05:28    EXPRESSION OF JANE'S CAPACITY
09:10:08:06    TO USE WRY OBSERVATION AND
09:10:11:12    EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE TO REVEAL
09:10:13:04    THE DEPTHS OF LIFE.                                   25
09:10:15:18    INDEED, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
09:10:19:18    JANE TO PREACH OR WRITE
09:10:22:25    WITHOUT, AT THE VERY LEAST, A
09:10:24:18    TWINKLE IN HER EYE, ALTHOUGH
09:10:27:12    OUTRIGHT LAUGHTER IS FAR MORE
09:10:29:13    COMMON.
09:10:30:22    RICHLY HUMANIST IN HER
09:10:32:21    THEOLOGY, JANE IS BROAD IN HER
09:10:34:15    WELCOME, INCLUSIVE IN SPIRIT
09:10:37:04    AND SUBSTANCE, AND ALWAYS
09:10:40:12    QUOTABLE.
09:10:42:18    JANE'S MINISTRY IS INFORMED
09:10:44:07    AND NURTURED BY HER LOVING
09:10:45:22    FAMILY.
09:10:47:15    IN 1970, SHE MARRIED CHARLES
09:10:50:00    RZEPKA, AND TOGETHER JANE AND
09:10:53:16    CHUCK HAVE RAISED TWO
09:10:54:21    EXTRAORDINARY SONS, ADAM AND
09:10:56:18    TOBY.
09:10:59:24    WITH HER FAMILY, YOU HAVE TO
09:11:01:04    SEE HER.
09:11:02:21    CAMPING UNDER THE STARS IN THE
09:11:04:18    SAHARA DESERT, TRAVERSING THE
09:11:07:15    TIBETAN PLATEAU, BOATING DOWN
09:11:10:09    THE AMAZON, WALKING THE
09:11:12:00    STREETS AND ALLEYS OF PRAGUE,
09:11:15:25    THESE ARE JANE'S UNALLOYED
09:11:18:24    JOYS.
09:11:19:09    THROWING HER HEAD BACK IN
09:11:20:12    LAUGHTER WITH HER FRIENDS,
09:11:22:00    EATING A SLICE OF CHOCOLATE
09:11:24:10    CAKE WITH NOTABLE PLEASURE,
09:11:26:18    REFUSING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
09:11:28:18    AILMENTS, A CONSISTENTLY
09:11:33:09    NON-ANXIOUS PRESENCE IN ALL
09:11:35:15    SITUATIONS.
09:11:36:09    THESE DID HE MENTIONS OF JANE
09:11:40:01    ARE PERHAPS LESS KNOWN FOR
09:11:41:24    THOSE WHO ONLY KNOW THOSE FROM
09:11:43:18    HER BOOKS OR E-MAILS.
09:11:45:28    JANE IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST
09:11:47:04    ARTICULATORS ALIVE WHAT IT
09:11:53:12    MEANS TO BE A UNITARIAN
09:11:54:04    UNIVERSALIST IN WORD, IN LIFE,
09:11:57:12    IN LOYALTY, IN IDENTITY, AND
09:12:01:09    IN HONESTY.
09:12:04:13    IT IS, THEREFORE, WITH DEEP
09:12:05:18    GRATITUDE, ADMIRATION, AND
09:12:08:00    PRIDE THAT WE NOW CONFER ON
09:12:09:12    YOU, JANE RANDY RZEPKA, THE                           26
09:12:13:24    HIGHEST HONOR OUR ASSOCIATION
09:12:15:21    CAN BESTOW, THE ANNUAL HONOR
09:12:18:00    FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO
09:12:21:01    THE CAUSE OF UNITARIAN
09:12:29:27    UNIVERSALISM.
09:12:30:06
09:12:30:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:12:31:00
09:12:42:15    >> THANK YOU.
09:12:52:24    THANK YOU, MARK, FOR THOSE
09:12:54:06    GENEROUS WORDS.
09:12:56:01    I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
09:12:57:15    FLABBERGASTED I FEEL,
09:13:00:00    FLABBERGASTED AND HONORED, AND
09:13:03:10    I THANK THE COMMITTEE AND THE
09:13:05:21    BOARD FOR KNOWING HOW MUCH
09:13:08:12    THIS WOULD MEAN TO ME, EVEN
09:13:10:25    THOUGH I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW IT
09:13:12:04    UNTIL NOW MYSELF.
09:13:15:27    MARK, AS YOU POINTED OUT, I
09:13:17:24    HAVE BEEN A MINISTER FOR QUITE
09:13:20:21    AWHILE, AND I HAVE WORDS FOR
09:13:22:18    EVERY OCCASION, EVEN A WHOLE
09:13:25:28    SERMON.
09:13:26:22    BUT I DON'T HAVE WORDS FOR
09:13:28:22    THIS.
09:13:31:09    I DON'T HAVE A SERMON FOR AN
09:13:33:06    OCCASION LIKE THIS.
09:13:35:28    BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT
09:13:37:00    FEELS LIKE.
09:13:39:24    WHEN I WAS A BABY, I WAS
09:13:41:21    DEDICATED IN OUR UNITARIAN
09:13:44:01    CHURCH.
09:13:44:18    I WON'T BE REMEMBERING THE
09:13:46:00    EXACT WORDS, BUT I'M PRETTY
09:13:47:21    SURE THE MINISTER SAID
09:13:48:24    SOMETHING LIKE, LITTLE BABY,
09:13:54:12    IN OUR RELIGION, EVERYBODY
09:13:57:12    GETS CELEBRATED.
09:13:59:07    EVERYBODY GETS LOVED.
09:14:03:12    TODAY IT'S YOUR TURN.
09:14:04:21    YOU GET THE ROSE BUD TO HOLD
09:14:06:21    IN YOUR HANDS AND CHEW ON IF
09:14:08:10    YOU LIKE, BUT LITTLE BABY,
09:14:11:15    EACH OF US IS WORTHY OF
09:14:13:28    CELEBRATION.
09:14:16:19    AND THEN ALL THOSE DECADES AGO
09:14:18:27    WE PROBABLY WENT ON TO SAY
09:14:20:09    SOMETHING LIKE I AM HOLDING
09:14:22:13    YOU IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE                          27
09:14:25:24    WHO FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR
09:14:26:27    RELIGION.
09:14:28:09    YOU ARE SURROUNDED THIS
09:14:29:15    MORNING BY ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
09:14:31:16    WHO ARE GROUNDED, CENTERED IN
09:14:34:12    OUR VALUES AND COMMITMENTS,
09:14:38:22    AND THESE PEOPLE HERE BY
09:14:41:06    DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO YOU AND
09:14:43:03    TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO THE
09:14:45:03    WORLD ON THIS DAY AND
09:14:46:19    EVERYDAY.
09:14:49:09    LITTLE BABY, THEY WILL BE YOUR
09:14:52:18    SPRING BOARD AS YOU MAKE YOUR
09:14:55:07    NAME YOUR OWN.
09:14:56:12    THEY WILL BE YOUR COMFORT AND
09:14:58:06    YOUR INSPIRATION AND YOUR JOY,
09:15:01:00    AND THAT'S A PROMISE.
09:15:06:09    LET ME TELL YOU WHO THE PEOPLE
09:15:07:15    IN THAT SANCTUARY WERE.
09:15:10:10    WE WERE A TINY CONGREGATION.
09:15:12:01    WE WERE A FELLOWSHIP SO SMALL
09:15:14:21    THAT ON WEDNESDAYS IN THE
09:15:15:24    SUMMERTIME, ALMOST EVERYBODY
09:15:17:25    CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE TO SWIM
09:15:20:00    IN OUR POND.
09:15:21:06    UNITARIAN WEDNESDAYS, WE
09:15:22:24    CALLED THEM, AND THE POND WAS
09:15:25:22    MUDDY AND MUCKY AND MOSQUITOEY
09:15:28:15    AND FULL OF CAT TAILS AND
09:15:32:13    CLOUDS OF ALGAE AND FROGS AND
09:15:34:19    THESE WILEY NIPPY LITTLE FISH.
09:15:39:06    AND AS IT TURNED OUT, THE POND
09:15:40:21    WADS FULL OF UNITARIAN
09:15:42:04    UNIVERSALISTS, TOO.
09:15:44:12    EVERY WEDNESDAY.
09:15:44:21
09:15:45:03     [ LAUGHTER ]
09:15:45:18    >> SO IN MY MIND'S EYE, WHEN I
09:15:49:01    THINK BACK TO MY SPIRITUAL
09:15:50:25    DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE LOCAL UU
09:15:53:12    HEROS WHO HELPED FORM ME, I
09:15:57:22    SEE A COLLECTION PRETTY
09:16:00:18    VIVIDLY OF UNITARIAN
09:16:03:24    UNIVERSALISTS, ALL AGES AND
09:16:05:28    SHAPES AND SIZES THERE IN THE
09:16:08:01    POND DRIPPING WITH MUCK AND
09:16:11:24    SLIME, ALGAE IN THEIR HAIR,
09:16:14:01    MUD BETWEEN THEIR TOES.
09:16:15:19    THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WITH
09:16:19:06    THEIR DEDICATION TO UNIVARIAN                         28
09:16:20:18    UNIVERSALISM AND ITS COMMUNITY
09:16:25:18    ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE
09:16:26:18    GATHERING HERE IN THIS ROOM.
09:16:29:21    OKAY.
09:16:30:04    MINUS THE MUD, MINUS THE
09:16:32:01    DANGLING ALGAE, BUT OTHERWISE,
09:16:35:15    THEY WERE NO DIFFERENT, MY
09:16:38:06    FRIENDS FROM YOUTH.
09:16:40:01    YOU ARE LOCAL HEROS ALL.
09:16:45:21    I KNOW I SHOULD PROBABLY USE
09:16:46:21    MY TIME HERE AT THIS
09:16:47:19    MICROPHONE, ONE LAST STAB AT
09:16:51:06    PROPHECY, AT WISDOM, OR EVEN
09:16:55:07    PITHY CRITIQUE.
09:16:57:00    CERTAINLY SOMETHING
09:16:57:15    DISTINGUISHED.
09:17:01:12    BUT IT IS GRATITUDE THAT I
09:17:02:19    FEEL.
09:17:03:13    GRATITUDE FOR YOU WHO
09:17:04:19    REPRESENT THE LARGER MOVEMENT
09:17:10:27    YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
09:17:11:19    FULFILLED THE PROMISE OF THE
09:17:12:16    WORDS OF THE DEDICATION BACK
09:17:14:00    WHEN I WAS A BABY.
09:17:16:00    YOU HAVE BEEN MY SPRING BOARD,
09:17:18:25    MY COMFORT, MY INSPIRATION, MY
09:17:23:06    JOY.
09:17:25:24    YOU HAVE KEPT THE DEDICATION
09:17:28:28    PROMISE, AND I ASK ONLY THAT
09:17:30:09    YOU KEEP ON KEEPING THE
09:17:31:09    PROMISES YOU MAKE WHEN YOU
09:17:35:09    DEDICATE YOURSELVES TO YOUR
09:17:36:16    CONGREGATION'S BABIES.
09:17:42:03    I HAVE SERMONS ABOUT EQUAL
09:17:44:04    MARRIAGE AND TRANSYLVANIA AND
09:17:46:07    FORGIVENESS AND THE FOURTH OF
09:17:47:24    JULY, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE
09:17:49:24    A SERMON FOR AN OCCASION LIKE
09:17:51:10    THIS.
09:17:54:21    I CAN ONLY TELL YOU HOW I FEEL
09:17:57:24    AND WHAT I FEEL IS GRATITUDE.
09:18:02:01    THANK YOU.
09:18:02:16
09:18:03:15     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:18:04:00
09:18:30:10    >> HUM, NOT A BAD  -- NOT A
09:18:42:00    SERMON, HUH?
09:18:42:18
09:18:43:03     [ LAUGHTER ]
09:18:44:00    >> HUM.                                               29
09:18:47:25    I CALL ON THE CONVENER OF OUR
09:18:50:00    RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM FOR A
09:18:51:15    REPORT ON HOW WE'RE DOING
09:18:52:18    TOGETHER.
09:18:53:12    PLEASE WELCOME GARNER
09:18:56:22    TAKAHASHI MORRIS.
09:18:57:10
09:18:57:27     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:18:58:06
09:19:04:10    >> GOOD MORNING.
09:19:07:00    I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT
09:19:09:09    LANGUAGE THIS MORNING.
09:19:10:03    ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN
09:19:11:18    SLOWLY LEARNING IS THAT NO
09:19:13:04    MATTER WHAT I SAY, NO MATTER
09:19:15:12    HOW CAREFULLY I CONSTRUCT MY
09:19:17:15    WORDS, EACH PERSON IN THIS
09:19:19:13    ROOM HEARS THEM DIFFERENTLY
09:19:21:16    AND I WILL HURT SOMEONE.
09:19:23:27    I WILL SAY, LET US STAND
09:19:26:00    TOGETHER, AND EXCLUDE MY
09:19:28:10    SIBLINGS IN WHEELCHAIRS.
09:19:30:12    I WILL SAY, GAY IN A LIST OF
09:19:33:06    IDENTITIES AND EXCLUDE ALL MY
09:19:35:04    OTHER QUEER SIBLINGS.
09:19:37:16    I WILL SAY CHURCH AND EXCLUDE
09:19:39:06    MY SIBLINGS FOR WHOM THAT HAS
09:19:40:27    BEEN A PAINFUL WORD.
09:19:43:13    YESTERDAY MORNING BEFORE THIS
09:19:44:19    ASSEMBLY, I RAISED UP THAT
09:19:47:24    THERE WERE FACES OF COLOR
09:19:48:24    MISSING FROM A DEPICTION OF
09:19:49:27    WHO WE ARE, BUT FAILED TO
09:19:52:07    MENTION THAT DIFFERING
09:19:54:15    ABILITIES WERE NOT VISIBLE
09:19:55:15    EITHER.
09:19:56:06    MY GOAL IS NOT TO MAKE US
09:19:57:28    AFRAID TO OPEN OUR MOUTH, BUT
09:20:00:15    TO ENCOURAGE US TO BE OPEN
09:20:02:12    WITH EACH OTHER.
09:20:04:03    I WILL HURT MEMBERS OF THIS
09:20:05:21    BELOVED COMMUNITY
09:20:06:25    UNINTENTIONALLY AND THE ONLY
09:20:09:00    WAY TO HEAL THAT IS TO BE
09:20:11:09    WILLING TO HEAR WHERE THEY ARE
09:20:12:15    COMING FROM.
09:20:14:10    I ASK THAT WE ALL DO THAT.
09:20:16:21    I KNOW THAT WE CAN.
09:20:19:27    A FEW SPECIFIC ISSUES I'VE
09:20:22:13    BEEN ASKED TO ADDRESS.                                30
09:20:23:16    IN PLENARY HALL WE MAY NOT
09:20:25:18    ALWAYS KNOW WHO WE'RE SITTING
09:20:27:12    NEAR.
09:20:28:00    THAT REALLY NOISES CAN BE
09:20:29:10    PAINFUL TO FOLKS WITH HEARING
09:20:32:03    AIDES.
09:20:32:15    IF SOMEONE ASKS TO SAVE A SEAT
09:20:34:00    OR TO SIT IN A SPECIFIC SPOT
09:20:36:09    OR IS USING A SCOOTER, THE
09:20:38:25    VERY SPECIFIC HEARING MOBILITY
09:20:40:18    OR SPACE-RELATED REASONS FOR
09:20:42:03    THEIR DOING THAT LET'S TRY TO
09:20:46:22    TAKE THE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH
09:20:47:24    EACH OTHER BEFORE GETTING
09:20:48:24    FRUSTRATED.
09:20:49:15    IN WORKSHOPS WHERE FOLKS ARE
09:20:50:21    SHARING THEIR IDENTITY-BASED
09:20:52:03    EXPERIENCES, KNOW THAT ONE
09:20:56:03    VOICE CAN NOT SPEAK FOR
09:20:57:00    EVERYONE WHO SHARES THAT
09:20:57:21    IDENTITY.
09:20:59:00    I ALSO WANT TO RAISE UP THE
09:21:00:13    VOICES OF THOSE WHO HEARD
09:21:02:01    WEDNESDAY'S CHALICE LIGHTING.
09:21:04:06    MANY FOLKS FOUND IT INQUIRING
09:21:05:24    AND BEAUTIFUL.
09:21:07:19    MANY OTHERS HEARD IT AS SEXUAL
09:21:10:00    AND WERE PAINED AND
09:21:10:21    UNCOMFORTABLE.
09:21:12:12    WHAT WE SAY IS HEARD
09:21:14:03    DIFFERENTLY BY EACH PERSON WHO
09:21:16:07    HEARS IT.
09:21:18:12    AND I WANT TO USE THE WORDS OF
09:21:20:21    REVEREND PAIGE GETTY FROM
09:21:25:07    YESTERDAY'S SERVICE AND ASK
09:21:26:07    THAT WE BE WILLING, AS A
09:21:28:06    BELOVED COMMUNITY, TO GET A
09:21:29:15    LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE
09:21:31:00    NAME OF GOOD AND LOVE AND
09:21:32:10    REALLY HEAR EACH OTHER.
09:21:34:15    THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
09:21:35:12
09:21:37:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:21:37:21
09:21:47:27    >> HOW ARE WE DOING?
09:21:51:04    ALL RIGHT.
09:21:53:12    OUR CONGREGATIONAL DELEGATES
09:21:55:21    REFERRED THE PROPOSED
09:21:56:19    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE ON
09:21:57:25    PEACEMAKING THAT WAS ON LAST                          31
09:21:59:15    YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA
09:22:01:00    BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON
09:22:02:15    SOCIAL WITNESS FOR FURTHER
09:22:03:18    STUDY.
09:22:04:25    IN THE  -- EXCUSE ME.
09:22:07:12    IN THE YEAR SINCE, THE
09:22:08:09    COMMISSION HAS DONE A LOT OF
09:22:09:12    WORK, INCLUDING CONSULTING
09:22:11:21    WITH UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
09:22:15:03    THEOLOGIANS WHO ARE WORKING ON
09:22:17:12    PEACE.
09:22:18:09    THIS IS WORK THAT YOU WOULD
09:22:19:13    NOT KNOW ABOUT UNLESS THERE
09:22:20:28    WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
09:22:22:06    HEAR FROM THEM.
09:22:23:21    AND I CALL UPON DAVID MAY,
09:22:25:18    CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON
09:22:26:24    SOCIAL WITNESS, TO GIVE US A
09:22:28:07    REPORT REGARDING THE
09:22:29:06    COMMISSION'S WORK ON OUR
09:22:30:15    PROPOSED STATEMENT OF
09:22:31:12    CONSCIENCE.
09:22:33:24    PLEASE WELCOME DAVID MAY.
09:22:35:13
09:22:35:28     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:22:36:10
09:22:42:18    >>> OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS
09:22:44:04    WILL BE TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON
09:22:45:16    THE DRAFT STATEMENT OF
09:22:46:21    CONSCIENCE, CREATING PEACE.
09:22:49:27    DELEGATES TO THE 2006 GENERAL
09:22:51:19    ASSEMBLY SELECTED THE TOPIC
09:22:53:27    PEACEMAKING AS THE
09:22:55:12    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
09:22:56:27    ISSUE.
09:22:58:15    THIS IS THE FIRST
09:22:59:22    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
09:23:01:21    ISSUE UNDER THE AMENDED UUA
09:23:04:03    BYLAWS THAT EXTENDS TO STUDY
09:23:07:06    AND ACTION FROM TWO YEARS TO
09:23:08:22    FOUR YEARS.
09:23:09:15    THIS EXTRA TIME ALLOWS
09:23:11:06    CONGREGATIONS TO CONDUCT A
09:23:12:21    GREATER DEPTH OF STUDY AND
09:23:14:06    ACTION.
09:23:15:04    THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
09:23:16:15    WITNESS AND THE UUA OFFICE,
09:23:19:06    WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR ADVOCACY
09:23:20:21    ESTABLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME
09:23:22:04    A VOLUNTEER PEACEMAKING CORE                          32
09:23:24:01    TEAM TO PREPARE STUDY
09:23:26:27    MATERIALS FOR THE
09:23:28:06    CONGREGATIONS.
09:23:30:01    THEY ALSO ADVISED THE
09:23:31:04    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
09:23:32:24    AS IT PREPARED THE FIRST DRAFT
09:23:34:15    OF THE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:23:35:18    ON PEACEMAKING.
09:23:38:16    THIS CORE TEAM DID.
09:23:39:24    THE ORIGINAL COCHAIRS OF THE
09:23:42:06    CORE TEAM WERE JUDY MORGAN OF
09:23:44:06    AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND JOHN
09:23:45:22    HOOPER, A MEMBER OF THE
09:23:47:07    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS.
09:23:48:09    IN THE LAST YEAR, THE CORE
09:23:49:12    TEAM WAS REPLACED BY A
09:23:50:27    VOLUNTEER UU PEACE MINISTRY
09:23:53:13    NETWORK CREATED TO PROVIDE
09:23:55:09    ONGOING ASSISTANCE TO
09:23:57:09    CONGREGATIONS ON ALL ASPECTS
09:24:00:07    OF CREATING PEACE.
09:24:02:12    THE CHAIR OF THE PEACE
09:24:03:06    MINISTRY NETWORK IS MACK
09:24:05:09    GOEKLER.
09:24:08:22    THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
09:24:09:18    WITNESS PRESENTED A DRAFT
09:24:10:27    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE ON
09:24:11:27    THIS TOPIC TO THE DELEGATES TO
09:24:13:15    THE 2009 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN
09:24:14:25    SALT LAKE CITY.
09:24:15:27    THE DELEGATES VOTED TO REFER
09:24:19:03    THE DRAFT BACK TO THE
09:24:20:00    COMMISSION FOR AN ADDITIONAL
09:24:20:24    YEAR OF STUDY.
09:24:23:04    THE COMMISSION HAS CONDUCTED
09:24:24:15    THAT ADDITIONAL STUDY,
09:24:27:00    SUBMITTED A REVISED DRAFT TO
09:24:28:13    THE CONGREGATIONS LAST
09:24:29:22    NOVEMBER, AND RECEIVED THEIR
09:24:30:27    COMMENTS BY FEBRUARY 1ST THIS
09:24:33:06    YEAR.
09:24:34:12    THE COMMISSION REVISED THAT
09:24:35:28    DRAFT AND BROUGHT IT TO THIS
09:24:39:06    GA.
09:24:40:21    YESTERDAY, THE COMMISSION HELD
09:24:41:27    A FOUR-HOUR  -- THREE-HOUR, IT
09:24:45:10    SEEMED LIKE FOUR  --
09:24:46:21     [ LAUGHTER ]
09:24:47:06    >> MINUTE A ASSEMBLY WITH
09:24:48:18    DELEGATES AND ATTENDEES TO                            33
09:24:51:19    RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PROPOSE
09:24:52:19    AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT.
09:24:54:12    THE COMMISSION REVIEWED THESE
09:24:55:06    PROPOSALS LAST EVENING AND
09:24:56:24    REVISED THE DRAFT AGAIN.
09:24:59:04    WE BRING THIS LATEST DRAFT TO
09:25:00:16    YOU THIS MORNING FOR YOUR
09:25:01:24    CONSIDERATION AND VOTE.
09:25:04:24    THE COMMISSION DID NOT ACCEPT
09:25:06:28    ALL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
09:25:10:06    FROM YESTERDAY'S
09:25:11:06    MINI-ASSEMBLY.
09:25:12:09    THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE NOT
09:25:13:19    ACCEPTED ARE LISTED BELOW THE
09:25:15:12    DRAFT IN THE CSW ALERT, THOSE
09:25:17:18    YELLOW HANDOUTS THAT YOU GOT
09:25:18:27    AS YOU CAME IN, I HOPE.
09:25:22:19    WE GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION
09:25:27:06    THERE OF WHY WE DID NOT ACCEPT
09:25:30:25    EACH PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
09:25:32:24    ADVOCATES FOR THOSE
09:25:33:27    UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS WILL
09:25:35:03    HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOU
09:25:36:10    TO VOTE TO OVERRULE THE
09:25:37:16    COMMISSION, AS WILL THOSE OF
09:25:41:03    YOU WHO DO NOT WANT TO INCLUDE
09:25:42:12    THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE
09:25:44:13    COMMISSION ACCEPTED.
09:25:46:16    WHEN YOU DEBATE AND VOTE ON
09:25:48:21    THE AMENDMENT, WHEN THE DEBATE
09:25:50:03    AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS IS
09:25:51:19    COMPLETE, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO
09:25:52:16    VOTE ON WHETHER TO ADOPT THE
09:25:53:22    FINAL DRAFT STATEMENT OF
09:25:54:27    CONSCIENCE.
09:25:55:15    OUR BYLAWS REQUIRE A
09:25:56:21    TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE BY
09:25:59:01    DELEGATES TO ADOPT A STATEMENT
09:26:00:18    OF CONSCIENCE.
09:26:03:00    THIS STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:26:04:03    THEN BECOMES THE POLICY OF THE
09:26:05:09    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
09:26:06:15    ASSOCIATION.
09:26:09:15    IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
09:26:10:24    REALIZE THAT THE DRAFT
09:26:11:24    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE CAN
09:26:12:21    NOT BE REFERRED BACK TO THE
09:26:14:00    COMMISSION FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF
09:26:16:07    STUDY.
09:26:18:06    THE UUA BYLAWS ALLOW ONLY ONE                         34
09:26:20:27    REFERRAL.
09:26:22:04    THEREFORE, A STATEMENT OF
09:26:23:10    CONSCIENCE ON THE TOPIC OF
09:26:24:12    PEACE MUST EITHER BE ADOPTED
09:26:28:00    NOW OR IT DIES NOW.
09:26:30:03    IF IT DIES NOW, WE CAN NOT
09:26:31:25    RECONSIDER THE TOPIC OF PEACE
09:26:33:27    UNTIL IT IS PROPOSED AGAIN AS
09:26:36:12    A CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ACTION
09:26:37:24    ISSUE.
09:26:40:01    EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL BE ASKED
09:26:41:18    TO SELECT THE NEXT
09:26:42:24    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ACTION
09:26:44:00    ISSUE AFTER WE FINISH
09:26:45:24    CONSIDERING THE DRAFT
09:26:46:22    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE, THE
09:26:49:00    NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE A
09:26:51:00    PEACEMAKING TOPIC WILL BE
09:26:53:21    2012.
09:26:55:04    A DRAFT STATEMENT OF
09:26:55:28    CONSCIENCE ON THAT TOPIC, IF
09:26:57:21    IT WERE SELECTED, WOULD NOT BE
09:27:00:00    DRAFTED AND VOTED ON UNTIL
09:27:03:22    2015.
09:27:04:15    THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
09:27:06:27    WITNESS BELIEVES THAT THE
09:27:07:21    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE SHOULD
09:27:08:18    BE ADDRESSED TO UNITARIAN
09:27:09:12    UNIVERSALISTS AS A GUIDE TO
09:27:12:15    OUR WORK AS INDIVIDUALS,
09:27:13:24    CONGREGATIONS, AND AS AN
09:27:15:12    ASSOCIATION.
09:27:17:21    WE BELIEVE THAT A STATEMENT OF
09:27:19:04    CONSCIENCE IS A POLICY
09:27:20:15    STATEMENT.
09:27:21:27    THIS STATEMENT ADDRESSES THE
09:27:23:15    CREATION OF PEACE, NOT JUST AT
09:27:26:04    THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, BUT
09:27:27:21    AT ALL LEVELS OF HUMAN
09:27:29:00    INTERACTION.
09:27:30:09    IT IDENTIFIES PRINCIPLES ON
09:27:31:27    CREATING PEACE BY ITS NATURE,
09:27:37:09    A POLICY STATEMENT SHOULD
09:27:39:21    STATE PRINCIPLES THAT
09:27:40:18    WITHSTAND THE TEST OF TIME AND
09:27:41:28    SHOULD NOT PARSE EVERY
09:27:43:25    POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCE OF THOSE
09:27:44:27    PRINCIPLES.
09:27:46:18    IDEALLY, THE PRINCIPLES WILL
09:27:48:13    GUIDANCE INDIVIDUAL IN                                35
09:27:50:04    MANAGING THE CONSEQUENCE OF
09:27:51:27    THOSE PRINCIPLES.
09:27:54:00    I WOULD LIKE NOW TO TAKE THE
09:27:55:27    OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THREE
09:27:57:25    ADVISORS THE COMMISSION HAS
09:27:59:15    USED FOR THE PAST YEAR IN
09:28:00:18    DRAFTING THE STATEMENT OF
09:28:01:12    CONSCIENCE.
09:28:03:06    WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THEIR
09:28:05:01    SAGE ADVICE.
09:28:06:15    THEY ARE DR. SHARON WELCH,
09:28:08:24    PROFESSOR AND PROVOST OF
09:28:10:12    MEADVILLE-LOMBARD THEOLOGICAL
09:28:12:10    SCHOOL, DR. DAN MA MCKANAN,
09:28:18:24    RALPH WALDO EMERSON UNITARIAN
09:28:20:07    UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
09:28:23:18    SENIOR LECTURER AT DIVINITY AT
09:28:26:24    HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, AND
09:28:28:16    REVEREND DR. PAUL RASOR,
09:28:30:18    DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF THE
09:28:31:24    STUDY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT
09:28:33:06    VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE.
09:28:34:21    THEY HAVE ALL WRITTEN ABOUT
09:28:35:22    PEACE.
09:28:35:27    THEY WILL SPEAK NOW ON THEIR
09:28:37:27    PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THIS
09:28:39:06    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE.
09:28:39:21
09:28:40:09    >> WHEN I WAS FIRST A PEACE
09:28:47:03    ACTIVIST, THE CHOICES FACING
09:28:49:21    US SEEMED CLEAR.
09:28:52:16    THE LIMITED VIOLENCE OF JUST
09:28:55:18    WAR OR THE RENUNCIATION OF
09:28:57:12    VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM.
09:29:01:10    NOW, HOWEVER, OUR OPTION ARE
09:29:02:21    HIS GATOR AND OUR CHOICES ARE
09:29:04:00    MORE COMPLEX.
09:29:05:03    THE DEBATE BETWEEN ADVOCATES
09:29:06:24    OF JUST WAR AND ADVOCATES OF
09:29:09:22    CREATIVE NONVIOLENCE HAS BEEN
09:29:13:00    TRANSFORMED BY A THIRD WAY:
09:29:16:13    JOINT EFFORTS TO STOP WAR, TO
09:29:20:03    STOP GENOCIDE, AND REPAIR THE
09:29:22:27    DAMAGE CAUSED BY ARMED
09:29:24:10    CONFLICT.
09:29:26:22    PEACE ACTIVISTS, MILITARY
09:29:28:18    PERSONNEL, AND GOVERNMENT
09:29:30:18    OFFICIALS ARE ASKING A NEW SET
09:29:32:13    OF QUESTIONS:  IF WAR IS THE
09:29:34:27    LAST RESORT, WHAT ARE THE                             36
09:29:37:21    FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH,
09:29:39:06    AND FIFTH RESPONSES TO
09:29:41:16    AGGRESSION, DOMINATION, AND
09:29:43:21    EXPLOITATION?
09:29:45:12    AND IF WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER,
09:29:50:00    WHAT IS THE ANSWER?
09:29:53:18    MY THINKING ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL
09:29:54:24    ISSUES OF WAR AND PEACE WAS
09:29:56:10    TRANSFORMED WHEN I MOVED TO
09:29:57:16    MISSOURI, AND I MUST CONFESS,
09:29:59:09    FOR THE FIRST TIME, WORKED
09:30:00:27    CLOSELY WITH CONSERVATIVE
09:30:02:28    STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES.
09:30:04:27    IN LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES
09:30:06:21    AND STUDENTS, I REALIZED THAT
09:30:08:18    THE PEACEMAKING STRATEGIES
09:30:10:16    THAT I HAD USED BEFORE WERE
09:30:12:12    SADLY MISGUIDED.
09:30:15:21    I HAD THOUGHT THAT IF WE COULD
09:30:17:09    ONLY CONVINCE PEOPLE OF THE
09:30:18:19    TRAGEDY AND UNINTENDED
09:30:20:18    CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, THAT WE
09:30:22:15    WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TURN TO
09:30:24:24    CONCRETE AND EFFECTIVE FORMS
09:30:26:13    OF PEACE BUILDING.
09:30:30:03    THAT STRATEGY WAS INEFFECTIVE,
09:30:33:19    FOR IT ASSUMES WHAT IS NOT THE
09:30:36:07    CASE, THAT THOSE WHO HAVE
09:30:38:03    FAMILIES IN THE MILITARY, THAT
09:30:41:10    THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO SERVE, WHO
09:30:42:22    SUPPORT MILITARY ACTION IN
09:30:44:06    CERTAIN SITUATIONS, DO NOT
09:30:46:00    KNOW THE COST OF WAR.
09:30:50:13    THEY DO.
09:30:51:24    THEY BEAR THOSE COSTS IN THEIR
09:30:53:27    BODIES, IN THEIR LIVES, IN
09:30:58:13    SOULS AND PSYCHES RAVAGED BY
09:31:01:09    THE TRAUMA OF COMBAT.
09:31:04:25    THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER OR
09:31:06:25    NOT WAR IS DESTRUCTIVE.
09:31:11:00    THE ISSUE IS QUITE DIFFERENT.
09:31:13:28    WHAT ARE CONCRETE, TESTED,
09:31:15:07    SYSTEMATIC, INSTITUTIONALIZED,
09:31:18:03    NONVIOLENT RESPONSES TO
09:31:20:16    TERRORISM, TO THREATS TO
09:31:22:15    NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
09:31:23:09    SECURITY, TO VIOLATIONS OF
09:31:25:09    INTERNATIONAL LAW, TO GENOCIDE
09:31:27:28    AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY?
09:31:32:06    WE LIVE IN A TIME IN WHICH                            37
09:31:34:09    PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
09:31:35:12    ARE EXPLORING SUCH
09:31:36:06    ALTERNATIVES, AND ARE CREATING
09:31:38:24    INSTITUTIONS TO FOSTER THE
09:31:40:21    MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WORK OF
09:31:43:03    CREATING VIABLE ALTERNATIVES
09:31:45:10    TO WAR.
09:31:48:00    WE CAN JOIN OTHERS AND TAKE UP
09:31:49:18    THE TRIPLE TASKS OF PEACE
09:31:52:10    BUILDING, ADDRESSING THE ROOT
09:31:54:15    CAUSES OF ARMED CONFLICTED,
09:31:56:15    PEACEMAKING, NEGOTIATING
09:31:58:21    EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
09:32:02:03    PEACE ACCORD.
09:32:02:24    AND PEACEKEEPING, INTERVENING
09:32:06:00    IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
09:32:06:21    CONFLICTED TO STOP GENOCIDE
09:32:08:19    AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
09:32:13:09    WILLIAM SCHULZ, IN HIS
09:32:15:06    ENDORSEMENT OF THE CREATING
09:32:16:13    PEACE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE,
09:32:18:03    STATES, QUOTE, "THAT SOME MAY
09:32:20:21    BE TEMPTED TO REGARD CREATING
09:32:22:15    PEACE AS A PROMISE BETWEEN
09:32:28:27    DISTRICT PACIFISM AND
09:32:30:15    HARD-EDGED REALISM.
09:32:32:28    BUT IT IS NOT THAT.
09:32:34:07    IT IS A FULL-THROATED
09:32:35:27    ARTICULATION OF THE MOST
09:32:38:00    RESPONSIBLE POSITION POSSIBLE:
09:32:40:07    A PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR
09:32:41:22    PEACE GROUNDED IN SOLID
09:32:44:18    PROGRESSIVE THEOLOGY COUPLED
09:32:46:21    WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THE
09:32:48:10    WORLD IS NOT A SIMPLE PLACE."
09:32:56:25    THIS STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:32:57:27    IS ENDORSED BY UNITARIAN
09:32:58:24    UNIVERSALISTS WHO SERVE IN THE
09:33:00:09    MILITARY AND BY UNITARIAN
09:33:01:21    UNIVERSALISTS WHO ARE
09:33:02:19    COMMITTED TO PACIFISM AND A
09:33:04:04    CREATIVE NONVIOLENCE.
09:33:06:09    TOGETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
09:33:08:09    IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY NO TO
09:33:10:25    WAR.
09:33:12:07    WE CAN DO FAR MORE.
09:33:14:18    TO QUOTE THE STATEMENT ITSELF:
09:33:17:06    "TOO OFTEN WE HAVE ALLOWED OUR
09:33:19:13    DISAGREEMENTS TO DISTRACT US
09:33:22:09    FROM ALL THAT WE CAN DO                               38
09:33:23:15    TOGETHER.
09:33:24:27    THIS STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:33:26:25    CHALLENGES US TO ENGAGE WITH
09:33:28:22    MORE DEPTH, PERSISTENCE AND
09:33:31:03    CREATIVITY IN THE COMPLEX TASK
09:33:34:19    OF CREATING PEACE."
09:33:37:03    I SUPPORT THE STATEMENT OF
09:33:39:21    CONSCIENCE AND BEAR WITNESS
09:33:41:19    THAT MUCH CREATIVE WORK IS THE
09:33:44:15    BEST GIFT THAT WE AS
09:33:46:12    INDIVIDUALS, CONGREGATIONS,
09:33:49:07    AND AS AN ASSOCIATION CAN
09:33:51:24    BRING AT THIS TIME TO A WORLD
09:33:54:09    LONGING FOR PEACE AND WEARY OF
09:33:57:10    WAR.
09:33:57:10
09:34:00:24    >>
09:34:05:00     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:34:05:09
09:34:14:09    >> I AM DELIGHTED TO JOIN MY
09:34:15:25    COLLEAGUES IN SPEAKING ON
09:34:17:01    BEHALF OF THIS STATEMENT OF
09:34:18:00    CONSCIENCE.
09:34:19:27    I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW
09:34:21:06    WORDS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A
09:34:23:13    PACIFIST AND MY PERSPECTIVE AS
09:34:25:07    A HISTORIAN.
09:34:27:00    AS A COMMITTED PACIFIST, I
09:34:28:15    FIRST CAME TO UNITARIAN
09:34:32:22    UNIVERSALISM BECAUSE I HAD
09:34:33:24    BEEN INSPIRED BY THE PROPHETIC
09:34:35:27    WITNESS FOR PEACE THAT SO THEN
09:34:37:28    OUR TRADITION, INCLUDING NOAH
09:34:39:25    WORCESTER, ADIN BALLOU, SAMUEL
09:34:43:24    JOSEPH MAY, AND JOHN HAYNES
09:34:45:28    HOLMES.
09:34:46:16    WE HAVE A VITAL PEACE
09:34:47:10    TRADITION, ONE THAT IS A BIT
09:34:50:00    DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE
09:34:51:03    HISTORIC PEACE CHURCHES.
09:34:53:28    WHILE THOSE CHURCHES HAVE
09:34:55:04    GENERALLY CALLED FOR PEACE
09:34:56:00    BECAUSE GOD DEMANDS IT,
09:34:57:12    UNITARIAN AND UNIVERSALISTS
09:34:59:00    PACIFISTS HAVE TYPICALLY
09:35:00:15    CALLED FOR PEACE BECAUSE
09:35:02:16    HUMANITY DEMANDS IT.
09:35:05:06    OUR INHERENT DIGNITY MAKES US
09:35:07:09    CAPABLE OF SOLVING PROBLEMS
09:35:08:15    NONVIOLENTLY AND IT REQUIRES                          39
09:35:10:28    US TO RESIST THE DIGNITY
09:35:14:12    DESTROYING VIOLENCE OF WAR.
09:35:17:06    PERSONALLY, I PROBABLY WOULD
09:35:19:22    HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH A
09:35:21:03    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE THAT
09:35:21:24    SIMPLY REPUDIATES WAR ON THOSE
09:35:25:21    HUMANISTIC GROUNDS.
09:35:27:10    HOWEVER, MY WORK AS A
09:35:29:21    HISTORIAN MAKES MIA WEAR THAT
09:35:31:15    THERE IS ANOTHER UNITARIAN AND
09:35:33:28    UNIVERSALIST PEACE TRADITION,
09:35:37:12    ONE CHERISHED BY MOST OF OUR
09:35:39:00    PREDECESSORS AND PERHAPS BY
09:35:40:15    MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY.
09:35:42:25    THAT TRADITION AFFIRMS THAT
09:35:44:18    EVERYONE, PACIFIST OR NOT, CAN
09:35:47:24    WORK FOR PEACE.
09:35:51:04    THE AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY,
09:35:52:21    WHICH GREW OUT OF A GATHERING
09:35:54:09    IN WILLIAM ELLORY CHANNING'S
09:35:56:28    PARLOR, HAD MANY PACIFIST
09:35:59:12    MEMBERS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED
09:36:00:18    GOVERNORS, JUDGES, AND
09:36:03:06    OFFICERS IN THE MILITARY.
09:36:05:28    TOGETHER, THESE PEOPLE WORKED
09:36:08:03    TO PROMOTE INSTITUTIONS OF
09:36:09:24    INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
09:36:12:06    COOPERATION.
09:36:14:04    TOGETHER THEY STOOD AGAINST
09:36:15:15    THE INJUSTICE OF THE WAR OF
09:36:17:00    1812 AND THE MEXICAN WAR.
09:36:20:18    THAT SAME SPIRIT OF
09:36:21:22    COOPERATION WAS PRESENT WHEN
09:36:24:15    UU'S, SOME PACIFISTS AND SOME
09:36:27:24    NOT, WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE
09:36:29:22    THE UNITED NATIONS AND
09:36:32:03    CONTINUE TO WORK TODAY TO
09:36:33:21    STRENGTHEN THE UN.
09:36:36:22    THAT SPIRIT WAS PRESENT DURING
09:36:37:25    THE VIETNAM WAR WHEN THE
09:36:39:21    ARLINGTON STREET CHURCH
09:36:41:09    PROVIDED SANCTUARY AND SUPPORT
09:36:43:00    TO YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL FAITH
09:36:44:16    AND ALL IDEOLOGIES WHO FOUND
09:36:47:15    THEY COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN
09:36:49:00    AN IMMORAL, IMPERIAL WAR IN
09:36:52:01    SOUTHEAST ASIA.
09:36:54:18    THE PROPOSED STATEMENT OF
09:36:55:27    CONSCIENCE STANDS VERY MUCH IN
09:36:58:06    THIS TRADITION.                                       40
09:37:00:07    IT DOES NOT PROVIDE EASY
09:37:01:21    ANSWERS AND IT DOES NOT
09:37:04:21    RESOLVE THE DIFFICULT QUESTION
09:37:05:28    OF WHETHER VIOLENT COERCION IS
09:37:07:19    JUSTIFIED IN EXTREME
09:37:09:03    CIRCUMSTANCES.
09:37:11:15    WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISAGREE
09:37:13:12    ABOUT THAT.
09:37:16:01    BUT IT INSISTS THAT THOSE
09:37:17:21    DISAGREEMENTS NOT PREVENT US
09:37:19:21    FROM WORKING TOGETHER TO END
09:37:22:13    THE GROSSLY UNJUST VIOLENCE
09:37:25:03    THAT IS SO COMMON IN OUR
09:37:26:06    WORLD.
09:37:29:00    THE PROPOSED STATEMENT OF
09:37:30:06    CONSCIENCE CHALLENGES A
09:37:32:04    PACIFIST LIKE ME TO REMEMBER
09:37:34:18    THAT PACIFISTS ARE NOT THE
09:37:36:21    ONLY ONES NEEDED TO BUILD
09:37:38:00    PEACE.
09:37:39:25    IT CHALLENGES THOSE OF YOU WHO
09:37:41:06    ARE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY TO
09:37:43:27    ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH
09:37:46:00    WAR IN WHICH YOU ARE ASKED TO
09:37:47:07    SERVE.
09:37:49:06    IT CHALLENGES ALL OF US TO
09:37:51:21    STAND TOGETHER IN OUR
09:37:53:06    DIVERSITY.
09:37:55:16    I SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THIS
09:37:57:06    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE.
09:37:58:00    AND THANK YOU.
09:37:58:09
09:37:59:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:37:59:15
09:38:11:06    >> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY
09:38:12:25    WRITINGS AND PUBLIC LECTURES
09:38:14:18    OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE
09:38:16:09    FOCUSED ON FINDING A NEW WAY
09:38:18:21    TO THINK ABOUT ISSUES OF PEACE
09:38:20:04    AND WAR, SPECIFICALLY A WAY TO
09:38:23:12    MOVE BEYOND THE OLD DUALISTIC
09:38:25:21    PARADIGM OF JUST WAR AND
09:38:28:10    PACIFISM.
09:38:30:03    I'VE TRIED TO KEEP TWO MAIN
09:38:31:21    GOALS IN MIND IN THIS WORK.
09:38:34:12    THE FIRST WAS TO HONOR OUR
09:38:37:04    GENUINE DIFFERENCES IN A WAY
09:38:38:24    THAT AFFIRMS OUR DEEPER
09:38:40:21    COMMONALITIES AND HELPS US
09:38:42:06    AVOID FALLING INTO OLD                                41
09:38:44:19    PATTERNS OF DIVISIVENESS.
09:38:47:18    THE SECOND WAS TO NAME THE
09:38:49:24    MORAL AND THEOLOGICAL
09:38:51:04    PRINCIPLES THAT GROUND US IN
09:38:52:21    THIS WORK AND MAKE OUR STANCE
09:38:57:28    ONE THAT IS TRULY UNITARIAN
09:38:59:07    UNIVERSALIST.
09:39:00:22    THE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE WE
09:39:01:27    CONSIDERED LAST YEAR ATTEMPTED
09:39:03:18    TO DO THIS, AND I WAS
09:39:05:00    DISAPPOINTED WHEN IT DID NOT
09:39:06:28    PASS.
09:39:08:12    YET AS I LOOK BACK, I CAN SEE
09:39:10:15    THAT LAST YEAR'S PROPOSAL AND
09:39:12:24    EVEN SOME OF MY OWN EARLIER
09:39:14:10    WRITING ON THIS SUBJECT WAS
09:39:16:12    STILL LARGELY GROUNDED IN THE
09:39:18:12    OLD DUALISTIC PARADIGM, EVEN
09:39:21:04    AS IT TOOK SOME IMPORTANT
09:39:22:16    STEPS TO MOVE BEYOND IT.
09:39:24:15    I CAME TO SEE THE REFERRAL FOR
09:39:26:06    FURTHER STUDY AS A BLESSING,
09:39:29:19    ONE THAT GAVE US THE CHANCE TO
09:39:30:24    START FROM SCRATCH RATHER THAN
09:39:32:12    SIMPLY FINE-TUNE OUR EARLIER
09:39:34:18    LANGUAGE.
09:39:37:01    THE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:39:38:06    YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY
09:39:39:18    REPRESENTS A RADICALLY NEW
09:39:41:12    APPROACH.
09:39:42:25    IT'S NOT SIMPLY A COMPROMISE
09:39:45:18    THAT TRIES TO HOLD OUR OLD
09:39:47:09    DISAGREEMENTS IN SOME SORT OF
09:39:49:03    PRECARIOUS BALANCE.
09:39:51:01    INSTEAD, IT MOVES US BEYOND
09:39:52:22    THE OLD PARADIGM IN BOTH ITS
09:39:55:12    LANGUAGE AND ITS FUNDAMENTAL
09:39:58:25    ORIENTATION.
09:39:59:13    IT STATES IN POSITIVE TERMS
09:40:01:06    THE IDEALS WE ESPOUSE, THE
09:40:04:21    PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE US, THE
09:40:07:10    SPECIFICALLY UNITARIAN
09:40:08:21    UNIVERSALIST THEOLOGICAL AND
09:40:10:15    HISTORICAL GROUNDING FOR THOSE
09:40:11:27    PRINCIPLES, AND THE
09:40:13:16    COMMITMENTS WE ARE LED TO
09:40:15:01    AFFIRM AS A RESULT.
09:40:18:27    BEING CLEAR ABOUT OUR
09:40:20:09    THEOLOGICAL GROUNDING IS AN
09:40:22:04    IMPORTANT STEP FOR US.                                42
09:40:25:03    OF THE NEARLY 100 RESOLUTIONS
09:40:27:03    AND OTHER STATEMENTS ON ISSUES
09:40:28:21    OF PEACE AND WAR, WE HAVE
09:40:30:22    ADOPTED SINCE 1961, ONLY SIX
09:40:35:21    BOTHER TO NAME EVEN ONE OF OUR
09:40:37:21    PRINCIPLES.
09:40:39:16    MOST READ LIKE POLITICAL
09:40:41:06    PLATFORMS OR SOCIAL POLICY
09:40:43:03    STATEMENTS.
09:40:44:18    THIS STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:40:46:10    LETS US KNOW AND LETS OTHERS
09:40:48:27    KNOW WHY WE ARE TAKING THIS
09:40:50:24    STAND AS A RELIGIOUS
09:40:52:06    COMMUNITY.
09:40:52:06
09:40:54:04     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:40:54:19    THIS IS A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT,
09:41:02:09    AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT.
09:41:05:21    REJECTING IT WOULD DO FAR MORE
09:41:07:03    THAN SET US BACK SIX YEARS OR
09:41:09:04    MORE.
09:41:10:04    IT WOULD SEND A SIGNAL TO
09:41:11:22    OTHER RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES,
09:41:13:12    AND TO THE LARGER WORLD, THAT
09:41:15:03    WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ON
09:41:17:00    ISSUES OF WAR, PEACE AND
09:41:19:04    PEACEMAKING.
09:41:20:27    BUT WE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS
09:41:22:21    HAVE MUCH TO SAY, MUCH THAT
09:41:26:07    OUR WORLD NEEDS TO HEAR.
09:41:27:21    AND ONE OF THE THINGS OUR
09:41:28:18    WORLD BADLY NEEDS TO HEAR
09:41:30:00    TODAY IS THE MESSAGE CONTAINED
09:41:31:24    IN THIS STATEMENT OF
09:41:33:19    CONSCIENCE ON CREATING PEACE.
09:41:35:00
09:41:37:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:41:37:18
09:41:49:21    >> WELL, I GUESS NOW WE WILL
09:41:52:19    TAKE UP ACTION ON THE UUA'S
09:41:54:09    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE.
09:41:55:06    THE PROPOSED STATEMENT OF
09:41:56:00    CONSCIENCE IS CALLED CREATING
09:41:57:15    PEACE, AND IT IS FOUND ON
09:41:58:19    PAGES TEN THROUGH 12.
09:42:00:04    FINAL AGENDA.
09:42:02:15    THAT'S THE SKINNY BOOK WITH
09:42:04:06    THE BLACK AND WHITE PRINT
09:42:05:21    COVER.
09:42:07:04    IF YOU ARE A DELEGATE, WHEN                           43
09:42:08:24    YOU CAME INTO THIS PLENARY
09:42:10:06    SESSION TODAY, YOU WERE
09:42:11:21    PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE
09:42:13:15    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE WITH
09:42:15:15    AMENDMENTS PROPOSED AT THE
09:42:17:06    MINI-ASSEMBLY, BUT NOT
09:42:18:27    INCORPORATED BY THE
09:42:19:27    COMMISSION.
09:42:21:15    THAT WAS A PIECE OF PAPER THAT
09:42:23:04    LOOKED LIKE THIS.
09:42:25:15    WHO IS A DELEGATE WHO DOES NOT
09:42:29:00    HAVE ONE?
09:42:29:19    RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DON'T,
09:42:30:19    AND TELLERS NEARBY WILL
09:42:32:06    PROVIDE ONE.
09:42:32:24    THE OTHER AMENDMENTS APPEAR IN
09:42:35:15    THE ORDER OF PRIORITY
09:42:37:04    DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE
09:42:38:01    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS.
09:42:40:27    IN CONJUNCTION AND
09:42:42:03    CONSULTATION WITH THE
09:42:43:03    PARLIAMENTARIAN, OUR LEGAL
09:42:45:28    COUNSEL, AND ME, IF I'M
09:42:47:09    NEEDED.
09:42:48:03    ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 12 OF
09:42:49:21    THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, THE
09:42:50:21    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
09:42:51:22    HAS A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING
09:42:53:07    THE LENGTH OF TIME TO DEBATE
09:42:55:09    THE MAIN MOTION BEFORE TAKING
09:42:56:27    UP ANY AMENDMENTS.
09:42:59:16    THERE HE COMES BACK AGAIN.
09:43:00:22    WILL THE CHAIR OF THE
09:43:02:00    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
09:43:03:00    PLEASE GIVE US THE CSW
09:43:04:27    RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE
09:43:06:04    TIME FOR DEBATE WITHOUT
09:43:07:22    CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS, AND
09:43:09:00    MAKE THE APPROPRIATE MOTION?
09:43:10:12
09:43:14:06    >> I MOVE THAT THE DEBATE
09:43:17:06    BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF
09:43:18:09    AMENDMENTS BE LIMITED TO 30
09:43:20:18    MINUTES.
09:43:20:18
09:43:23:19    >> THANK YOU.
09:43:24:04    AND WHILE YOU ARE HERE,
09:43:25:21    MR. MAY, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE,
09:43:27:03    I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO
09:43:28:24    TYPOS AND TIMES IN THE CSW                            44
09:43:31:10    ALERT.
09:43:31:10
09:43:31:18    >> YES.
09:43:31:22
09:43:32:03    >> AND I WANT TO CLEAR THOSE
09:43:33:15    UP WHILE YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE
09:43:34:21    SURE I DO IT RIGHT.
09:43:35:21    ON YOUR CSW ALERT HERE, THE
09:43:40:21    FIRST SAYS WE HAVE A DEBATE IN
09:43:42:24    BOTH THIS MORNING AND WE
09:43:44:00    ACTUALLY WILL GO 9:30 TO
09:43:46:10    10:45:00 A.M. OR SOMETHING,
09:43:48:24    NOT 1:45 IN THE MORNING.
09:43:49:27
09:43:50:09    >> RIGHT.
09:43:52:13    , WE HOPE.
09:43:52:25
09:43:53:10    >> AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE
09:43:55:00    ACTUALLY, THE NEW CSAI WILL
09:43:58:03    START AT 10:45 A.M. AND WE
09:44:00:01    WILL END AT ONE 1:45 OR SO
09:44:02:00    A.M., NOT PM IMPORTANT.
09:44:04:15    RIGHT?
09:44:04:15
09:44:04:18    >> RIGHT.
09:44:04:24
09:44:05:06    >> DID IT FEEL LIKE THESE
09:44:08:07    TIMES WERE ACTUALLY ACCURATE
09:44:09:27    WHEN THEY WERE TYPED LAST
09:44:10:21    NIGHT?
09:44:11:06    LIKE THE COMMISSION?
09:44:11:21    THEY DID, DIDN'T THEY?
09:44:12:27
09:44:14:09    >> YES, I'M SURE THEY DID.
09:44:15:13    IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, YES.
09:44:16:19
09:44:17:00    >> OKAY.
09:44:17:07    THANK YOU.
09:44:17:21    GOOD.
09:44:18:06    ALL RIGHT.
09:44:18:18    JUST IN THE INTEREST OF
09:44:19:27    SCARING FEWER OF US.
09:44:25:10    SO WE HAVE A MOTION, AND I
09:44:26:12    HAVE SOMEONE AT THE PROCEDURAL
09:44:27:12    MICROPHONE.
09:44:27:12
09:44:28:24    >> MY NAME IS MARY FRANCIS.
09:44:30:25    I'M A MEMBER OF TWO
09:44:32:06    CONGREGATIONS.
09:44:33:03    THE NORMAN UNITARIAN                                  45
09:44:34:27    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AND
09:44:37:22    THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
09:44:41:21    COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NORMAN.
09:44:43:00    BOTH OF THEM HAVE ASKED ME TO
09:44:44:06    BE THEIR DELEGATE, BUT THE
09:44:45:25    SECRETARY ONLY ALLOWS ME ONE
09:44:47:27    VOTING CARD.
09:44:48:06
09:44:49:03    >> RIGHT.
09:44:49:12
09:44:49:21    >> OKAY.
09:44:51:15    I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT IN
09:44:56:03    THE UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT,
09:44:59:18    D, WHERE IT SAYS LINE 21, IS
09:45:02:16    ACTUALLY -- THAT WAS THE
09:45:04:15    ORIGINAL LINE, AND IT WAS
09:45:06:27    ACTUALLY ON-LINE 18.
09:45:08:13    THAT WAS MY AMENDMENT.
09:45:08:28
09:45:10:22    >> GOTCHA.
09:45:11:01
09:45:11:21    >>YEAH.
09:45:12:21    SO ON PAGE SIX WHERE THE
09:45:14:27    UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENTS ARE
09:45:16:10    LISTED, YOU'RE OFFERING A
09:45:18:01    CORRECTION THAT SAYS PEOPLE,
09:45:20:15    ITEM D, A, B, C, D, IT SAYS
09:45:23:16    YOU WOULD FIND THIS ON-LINE
09:45:24:22    21, BUT THEY WOULD FIND IT
09:45:26:06    ON-LINE 18?
09:45:26:06
09:45:27:00    >> 18 NOW.
09:45:27:27    IT SAYS 18.
09:45:28:21    SIMPLE TYPO.
09:45:29:06
09:45:29:24    >> OKAY
09:45:31:16    SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE
09:45:36:18    TIME LIMIT.
09:45:37:21    DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
09:45:38:21    THE 30 MINUTES THAT'S
09:45:39:19    RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION.
09:45:41:00    SO IT'S VOTING CARD TIME.
09:45:42:15    WE'RE GOING TO STARTED GETTING
09:45:43:21    A LITTLE EXERCISE.
09:45:45:00    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:45:47:13    MOTION, THE TIME FOR STATEMENT
09:45:49:03    OF CONSCIENCE TO BE DEBATED
09:45:50:12    WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BE 30
09:45:51:24    MINUTES, IF THERE'S DEBATE.
09:45:53:28    THANK YOU.                                            46
09:45:54:07    YOU MAY LOWER THOSE.
09:45:55:21    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
09:45:57:24    WHY WOULD WE?
09:45:58:21    OKAY.
09:45:59:03    THE MOTION CLEARLY PASSES.
09:46:00:09
09:46:01:00     [ LAUGHTER ]
09:46:01:16    >> THANK YOU.
09:46:05:24    AND SO NOW I NEED THE CHAIR OF
09:46:07:06    THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
09:46:08:21    WITNESS BACK UP HERE.
09:46:12:06    THIS IS A NEW DANCE, ISN'T IT?
09:46:14:12    THERE'S A LOT OF EXERCISE FOR
09:46:15:21    THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON
09:46:16:28    SOCIAL WITNESS.
09:46:17:04
09:46:17:25    >> I HAVE TO GET MY VOTING
09:46:19:27    CARD.
09:46:19:27
09:46:20:06    >> IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR
09:46:21:03    VOTING CARD, BECAUSE NOW THAT
09:46:22:12    WE KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE TO
09:46:23:09    DEBATE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO
09:46:24:19    MOVE THE STATEMENT OF
09:46:25:07    CONSCIENCE FOR ADOPTION.
09:46:26:00
09:46:26:09    >> OKAY.
09:46:28:15    I MOVE TO ADOPT THE UUA'S
09:46:31:19    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
09:46:32:16    ENTITLED CREATING PEACE IN THE
09:46:35:03    MANNER AND TEXT SET FORTH AT
09:46:39:19    THE PAGES NINE THROUGH 12 OR
09:46:42:18    SET FORTH IN THE REVISED SOC
09:46:44:15    DOCUMENT.
09:46:44:24    OH, OKAY.
09:46:52:24    ALL RIGHT.
09:46:53:27    IT'S GOING TO BE AS SET FORTH
09:46:55:25    IN THE REVISED SOC DOCUMENT IN
09:46:57:27    OUR CSW ALERT.
09:46:59:24
09:47:00:18    >> RIGHT.
09:47:01:06    SO THIS JUST BECAME OUR TEXT.
09:47:02:18    ARE WE GOOD?
09:47:04:10    OKAY.
09:47:04:25    THANK YOU.
09:47:06:06    THANK YOU.
09:47:08:15    YOU CAN GO NOW.
09:47:09:24    IT'S ALL GOOD.
09:47:10:21    OKAY.
09:47:11:13    GREAT.                                                47
09:47:12:16    SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
09:47:13:21    DEBATE ABOUT THIS.
09:47:14:24    WE HAVE A PRO MICROPHONE.
09:47:16:09    WE HAVE A CON MICROPHONE.
09:47:18:15    INTERESTING.
09:47:19:19    I GO FIRST, THEN, TO THE CON
09:47:21:16    MICROPHONE.
09:47:22:18    PLEASE TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
09:47:24:09    YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SORT
09:47:25:12    OF BEING THE CANARY IN THE
09:47:27:07    COAL MINE OR THE GUINEA PIG OR
09:47:28:21    WHATEVER.
09:47:29:00    YOU'RE THE PILATE, BECAUSE WE
09:47:30:12    NEED TIMERS UP ON THE SCREEN,
09:47:31:15    PLEASE.
09:47:33:15    OKAY.
09:47:33:24    SO THE TWO MINUTES IS YOURS TO
09:47:35:10    BE ATTENTIVE TO.
09:47:36:10    CAN YOU SEE?
09:47:37:01    YOU GOOD?
09:47:38:00    ALL RIGHT.
09:47:38:21    TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND GET
09:47:39:27    GOING.
09:47:40:09    THANK YOU.
09:47:40:09
09:47:40:15    >> I AM TERESA WILMOT,
09:47:43:07    DENOMINATIONAL AFFAIRS CHAIR
09:47:44:16    OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
09:47:45:21    CHURCH OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
09:47:48:18    WHO IS OUR AUDIENCE FOR OUR
09:47:51:10    STATEMENTS OF CONSCIENCE?
09:47:52:21    I THINK OUR REAL AUDIENCE, A
09:47:56:00    VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE
09:47:56:24    MEMBERS OF OUR OWN
09:47:57:19    CONGREGATIONS.
09:48:00:06    I PUBLISH ARTICLES IN OUR
09:48:01:15    NEWSLETTER ABOUT OUR SOCS AND
09:48:04:00    REFER MEMBERS TO LINKS ON OUR
09:48:06:16    WEBSITE TO THE FULL DOCUMENTS.
09:48:08:12    LAST WEEK OUR CONGREGATION OF
09:48:10:27    365 MEMBERS VOTED ON THIS
09:48:14:07    PEACEMAKING SOC.
09:48:17:12    OF EIGHT RESPONSES, FIVE
09:48:18:24    PEOPLE VOTED YES AND THREE
09:48:21:07    VOTED NO OPINION.
09:48:23:01    PERCENTAGE OF OUR CONGREGATION
09:48:25:18    THAT BOTHERED TO READ AND
09:48:27:12    THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE WAS
09:48:29:22    1.3%.
09:48:33:00    I THINK THAT OUR TARGET                               48
09:48:34:06    AUDIENCE IS PEOPLE WITH
09:48:36:06    ADVANCED COLLEGE DEGREES, BUT
09:48:39:12    THESE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
09:48:40:21    INTIMIDATE MOST OF OUR
09:48:42:06    MEMBERS.
09:48:44:03    HOW MANY OF THE DELEGATES AT
09:48:46:04    THIS GA WILL EVEN READ THE
09:48:49:18    ENTIRE THREE-PAGE DOCUMENT
09:48:51:09    BEFORE VOTING ON IT?
09:48:54:04    I WORRY THAT WE ARE NEGLECTING
09:48:56:06    THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR
09:48:57:24    MEMBERS AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS.
09:49:00:04    DO WE WANT VISITORS TO SEE US
09:49:02:10    AS ELITIST?
09:49:04:15    I PROPOSE THAT FUTURE
09:49:06:06    STATEMENTS OF CONSCIENCE BE
09:49:08:06    VERY BRIEF AND CONCISE AND
09:49:10:25    THAT THEY BE WRITTEN TO THE
09:49:12:09    READING LEVEL OF A HIGH SCHOOL
09:49:14:09    STUDENT.
09:49:15:09    I PROPOSE A CHANGE TO ARTICLE
09:49:16:28    4G, SECTION 4.12 ON UUA
09:49:21:03    STATEMENTS OF CONSCIENCE
09:49:22:27    LIMITING THE ACTUAL STATEMENT
09:49:24:09    TO NO MORE THAN 100 WORDS.
09:49:31:03    LET THE DETAILS, THE HISTORY,
09:49:32:06    AND THE RESEARCH BE IN OUR
09:49:33:10    RESOURCES FOR THE
09:49:33:25    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ACTION
09:49:35:06    ISSUE AND FOR THE
09:49:38:12    IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE
09:49:41:00    SOC.
09:49:41:15    PERHAPS THEN THEY MAY HAVE
09:49:42:28    SOME AFFECT ON THE WORLD.
09:49:50:15    >>THANK YOU, I RECOGNIZED
09:49:52:07    DELEGATE AT THE PRO
09:49:53:06    MICROPHONE.
09:49:53:24    >> I AM MATT GECKLER, THE UU
09:49:57:00    CHURCH AT CANTON IN OHIO.
09:50:00:19    I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE
09:50:01:18    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE.
09:50:02:15    NOWHERE IN OUR 49-YEAR HISTORY
09:50:05:00    HAVE WE WORKED SO LONG, SO
09:50:06:25    HARD TO DEVELOP A STATEMENT OF
09:50:09:24    CONSCIENCE LIKE THIS.
09:50:11:18    NOT ONLY IN WRITING IT, BUT IN
09:50:14:03    ALSO DOING THE WORK OF PEACE.
09:50:20:24    I THINK IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT
09:50:21:27    THAT WE REALIZE HOW MUCH INPUT
09:50:23:09    HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS, HOW                           49
09:50:24:10    MANY REVISIONS AND REWRITES
09:50:25:22    AND AMENDMENTS AND WHATEVER.
09:50:29:12    I THINK IT'S TIME TO MOVE
09:50:30:15    FORWARD.
09:50:31:24    IT'S TIME FOR US PEACE MAKERS
09:50:34:07    TO GO OUT AND DO PEACE WORK.
09:50:37:09    AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
09:50:39:06    CREATING A CULTURE OF PEACE.
09:50:41:01    THANK YOU.
09:50:42:12    >> THANK YOU.
09:50:43:00     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:50:43:15    >> DO I HAVE A DELEGATE AT THE
09:50:46:28    CON MICROPHONE?
09:50:54:12    I RECOLLECTING ON NIGHTS THE
09:50:55:06    DELEGATE AT THE CON
09:50:56:28    MICROPHONE.
09:50:57:22    >> I AM OTOO [INAUDIBLE]
09:51:00:24    RETIRED MINISTER OF OUR
09:51:04:10    DENOMINATION IN 1962 WHEN I
09:51:08:27    WAS ORDAINED, AND I'M A VERY
09:51:12:06    HAPPY CAMPER, NOW THAT I'M
09:51:16:18    RETIRED, AT THE JEFFERSON
09:51:17:21    UNITARIAN CHURCH IN GOLDEN,
09:51:19:24    COLORADO.
09:51:22:16    , WHICH GAVE US PETER MORALES.
09:51:26:21    THE REASON I THINK THE
09:51:31:01    PREVIOUS SPEAKER, WHO SAID
09:51:34:24    THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM THE WAY
09:51:40:01    IT IS CONSTRUCTED, HAS A
09:51:44:12    POINT.
09:51:45:24    AND MY POINT IS THAT AS A
09:51:49:22    UNITARIAN, I BELIEVE AND I
09:51:54:00    THINK EVERYBODY HERE MIGHT
09:51:56:16    AGREE OR WOULD AGREE WITH ME
09:52:00:27    THAT UNITARIANISM STANDS FOR
09:52:02:27    THE UNITY OF THE WORLD, NOT
09:52:05:25    JUST THE UNITY OF A NATION,
09:52:08:03    STATE, OR OF AN IMPERIAL
09:52:11:16    POWER.
09:52:12:04    BUT THE UNITY OF THE WHOLE
09:52:14:21    FAMILY OF MAN AND WOMEN AND
09:52:17:27    CHILDREN.
09:52:20:28    AND UNIVERSALISM SIMILARLY,
09:52:24:03    EVEN THOUGH ORIGINALLY IT WAS
09:52:27:00    ABOUT UNIVERSAL SALVATION,
09:52:29:16    WELL, THE UNIVERSAL SALVATION
09:52:32:09    WE WILL NOT HAVE UNLESS THE
09:52:35:15    UNITED STATES, THE UNITE
09:52:39:00    NATIONS ARE BASICALLY REFORMED
09:52:42:00    AND THAT IS NOT GIVEN IN OUR                          50
09:52:45:01    DOCUMENT.
09:52:45:28    OUR DOCUMENT SAYS AFTER WARS
09:52:50:24    OCCUR, WE WILL HELP IN THE
09:52:52:09    REBUILDING.
09:52:52:28    I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NOT
09:52:55:07    HAVE WARS ANYMORE IN THE 21ST
09:52:57:18    CENTURY.
09:52:59:12    >> THANK YOU, REVEREND GELSEY.
09:53:02:15    THANK YOU.
09:53:03:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:53:03:27    >> YES, YOU HAVE, SIR.
09:53:09:25    THANK YOU.
09:53:11:15    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATIONS AT
09:53:15:00    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
09:53:17:04    >> MY NAME IS SARA SURFACE AND
09:53:19:06    I'M A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UU
09:53:21:03    CHURCH OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
09:53:23:09    WE, THE YOUTH CAUCUS OF
09:53:25:15    GA2010, STAND AT THIS
09:53:28:06    MICROLOAN SUPPORT OF
09:53:29:24    PEACEMAKING, BECAUSE WE DO NOT
09:53:31:21    WANT TO STILL BE STANDING HERE
09:53:33:01    IN THE YEARS TO COME TRYING TO
09:53:35:00    PASS THIS SAME RESOLUTION WHEN
09:53:37:03    WE HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO
09:53:39:19    BRING ABOUT PEACE NOW.
09:53:42:00    THE STATEMENT CONTAINS MANY
09:53:43:24    LEVELS THAT RELATE TO US, BOTH
09:53:45:15    AS YOUTH AND AS A LARGER
09:53:47:25    STATE.
09:53:48:10    EACH OF OUR UU PRINCIPLES ARE
09:53:50:07    SUPPORTED BY CREATING PEACE
09:53:52:06    INTERNATIONALLY.
09:53:53:27    AS YOUTH THAT HIGHLY VALUE OUR
09:53:56:01    PRINCIPLES, WE FIND THAT
09:53:57:16    PASSING THIS STATEMENT IS
09:53:59:06    CRUCIAL.
09:54:00:06    AS WE, THE YOUTH, COME TO TAKE
09:54:01:27    UP THE MANTLE OF PEACEMAKING,
09:54:03:28    SO WELL EXERCISED BY TODAY'S
09:54:06:24    UUA, WE MUST BE CONFIDENT THAT
09:54:08:24    OUR WARS ARE JUST AND THAT OUR
09:54:10:19    PEACEMAKING IS BENEFICIAL FOR
09:54:12:27    ALL OF MANKIND.
09:54:14:18    IT IS OUR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION
09:54:16:24    TO REPRESENT UU VALUES IN SUCH
09:54:19:04    CONFLICTS AMONGST EACH OTHER
09:54:20:15    AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
09:54:22:06    WE WANT TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES
09:54:24:06    IMPRISONED BY VIOLENT WARS AND                        51
09:54:26:10    TRANSFORM THOSE HEARTS THAT DO
09:54:27:27    NOT BELIEVE THAT PEACE WILL
09:54:29:21    EVER BE POSSIBLE.
09:54:30:18    IN OUR CONGREGATIONS, OUR
09:54:33:04    RELATIONSHIPS AND IN
09:54:34:13    OURSELVES, PEACE MUST PROSPER.
09:54:37:15    WE, THE YOUTH, PUT OUR FULL
09:54:39:09    SUPPORT BEHIND THE STATEMENT
09:54:40:12    OF CONSCIENCE AS PASSIONATE
09:54:43:01    MEMBERS OF THE UU MOVEMENT AND
09:54:45:00    HOPE THAT YOU WILL AS WELL.
09:54:47:18    YOUTH CAUCUS, AS A WHOLE, WAS
09:54:49:19    FULLY ABLE TO COMFORT AND
09:54:52:12    UNDERSTAND THE STATEMENT OF
09:54:53:06    CONSCIENCE.
09:54:54:18    THANK YOU.
09:54:55:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:54:55:28    >> THANK YOU.
09:55:09:01    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
09:55:10:24    THE CON MICROPHONE.
09:55:12:00    >> MY NAME IS FINLAY C.
09:55:15:13    CAMPBELL FROM THE FIRST
09:55:16:15    UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO.
09:55:19:03    OUR CHURCH DID VOTE TO SUPPORT
09:55:22:04    THIS PROPOSAL, BUT I RISE TO
09:55:25:21    OPPOSE IT NOT BECAUSE IT
09:55:28:06    DOESN'T SAY A LOT OF GOOD
09:55:29:03    THINGS, BUT BECAUSE IT IS KIND
09:55:31:10    OF AN ILLUSION.
09:55:33:12    I'M NOW WEARING MY JUNIOR ERA
09:55:36:24    HAT.
09:55:37:16    THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW,
09:55:39:06    HE'S A PESSIMISTIC PROPHET.
09:55:41:00    WE ARE WARNED TO BE AWARE THAT
09:55:43:09    THERE CAN BE NO PEACE IN A
09:55:45:04    WORLD FILLED WITH INJUSTICE,
09:55:47:27    BARBARIANISM, MANIFESTED BY
09:55:50:00    THE U.S. IMPERIAL POLICIES IN
09:55:52:10    AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND
09:55:53:19    PAKISTAN.
09:55:56:03    IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO CREATE
09:55:57:15    THE ILLUSION THAT YOU CAN HAVE
09:55:59:00    PEACE IN A WORLD FILLED WITH
09:56:01:04    VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE.
09:56:04:03    IT IS AN ILLUSION THAT OUR
09:56:05:18    YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE BROUGHT
09:56:08:10    TO ATTENTION THAT WARS AND
09:56:09:25    RUMORS OF WARS ARE INEVITABLE
09:56:12:09    IN A RACIST CAPITALIST SYSTEM
09:56:15:06    DRIVEN BY GREED, POWER, AND                           52
09:56:17:06    PRIVILEGE.
09:56:18:18    FOR US TO PASS THIS IS TO GIVE
09:56:21:00    A VISION THAT WE CAN, IN FACT,
09:56:24:10    TRANSFORM A WORLD WHEN WITHIN
09:56:26:24    OUR OWN RANKS WE HAVE
09:56:27:27    DIVISIONS AND INTERNAL
09:56:29:09    DEBATES.
09:56:30:28    CERTAINLY PEACE IS SOMETHING
09:56:32:04    THAT WILL COME, BUT IT WILL
09:56:34:15    NOT COME BY RESOLUTIONS AND BY
09:56:36:09    PROPOSALS.
09:56:37:15    IT WILL COME BY THE HARD,
09:56:39:07    DIRTY FIGHTING THAT IS GOING
09:56:40:07    TO BE NECESSARY TO MOVE NOT
09:56:42:12    JUST THIS COUNTRY, BUT THE
09:56:44:00    WORLD FROM ONE SYSTEM OF
09:56:45:15    MONEYISM TO A SYSTEM OF
09:56:47:15    HUMANISM, WHETHER CHRISTIAN,
09:56:50:00    SOCIAL, OR EXISTENTIAL.
09:56:52:00    FOR THAT REASON, THEN, I MUST
09:56:53:10    OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT, THIS
09:56:57:21    PROPOSAL, BECAUSE IT DOES LEAD
09:56:59:12    US TO AN ILLUSION.
09:57:00:15    WE DO NOT NEED ANY ILLUSIONS
09:57:01:28    DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME.
09:57:05:21    THE 21ST CENTURY IS A TIME OF
09:57:07:27    DARKNESS, A VERY LONG DARK
09:57:09:06    NIGHT, AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
09:57:10:10    SHOULD WAKE UP TO THE FACT
09:57:11:27    THAT THEY DO HAVE A WORLD TO
09:57:13:03    WIN, BUT IT WON'T BE A
09:57:14:03    PEACEFUL STRUGGLE.
09:57:16:00    >> THANK YOU.
09:57:16:22     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:57:17:04    >>
09:57:19:07    >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
09:57:20:27    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
09:57:22:03    >> GOOD MORNING.
09:57:23:24    REPRESENTING UNITARIAN
09:57:24:19    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF THE
09:57:28:03    EMERALD VOTE, VALPARAISO.
09:57:32:07    I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
09:57:33:25    I'M A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER
09:57:35:06    AND I'LL CORRECT ONE THING YOU
09:57:36:21    SAID.
09:57:38:00    I THOUGHT I HAD FOUGHT IN A
09:57:40:12    NUMBER OF JUST WARS.
09:57:42:12    I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN
09:57:43:15    ANY JUST WAR.
09:57:45:21    BUT HAVING READ THIS PROPOSAL,                        53
09:57:48:13    I STAND IN LINE WITH IT AS A
09:57:51:03    NAVAL OFFICER AND AS A
09:57:53:12    CONTINUING SUPPORTER OF OUR
09:57:55:10    DEFENSE.
09:57:56:07    I FIND PEACEMAKING TO BE THE
09:57:59:06    ULTIMATE GOAL OF OUR UNITARIAN
09:58:01:03    UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION.
09:58:03:06    THANK YOU.
09:58:04:04    >> THANK YOU.
09:58:04:28     [ APPLAUSE ]
09:58:05:10    >> SO THAT WE ARE NOT CONFUSED
09:58:13:28    DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER, I
09:58:15:00    HAVE NO SPEAKERS AT THE CON
09:58:17:00    MICROPHONE.
09:58:17:27    THEREFORE, I WILL NOW GO TO
09:58:19:03    THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
09:58:21:19    >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS
09:58:23:21    DAVID KEPPLE, AND I'M CHAIR OF
09:58:26:03    THE JUST PEACE TASKFORCE OF
09:58:29:01    THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
09:58:32:00    CHURCH OF BLOOMINGTON,
09:58:33:06    INDIANA.
09:58:33:21    AND I THANK THE COMMISSION FOR
09:58:36:13    ITS OUTSTANDING JOB AND ALL
09:58:39:21    WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON
09:58:40:24    THIS.
09:58:41:06    THERE IS ONE VERY IMPORTANT
09:58:42:21    AMENDMENT HERE, AND IT WAS A
09:58:45:15    GROUP PROCESS AMENDMENT DURING
09:58:47:09    THE MINI-ASSEMBLY, AND I'M
09:58:49:15    DISAPPOINTED THAT IT WAS NOT
09:58:50:28    INCORPORATED.
09:58:54:03    A CRUCIAL PART OF THIS
09:58:56:09    DOCUMENT IS HOW WE DEFINE WHAT
09:59:01:15    WE BELIEVE, WHAT THE DIVERSITY
09:59:04:18    OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS
09:59:07:28    BELIEVES OR BELIEVE.
09:59:11:18    AND ONE PART OF THIS IS THOSE
09:59:14:15    OF US WHO BELIEVE THAT IN SOME
09:59:18:18    CIRCUMSTANCES, FORCE IT
09:59:19:27    NECESSARY AS A LAST RESORT.
09:59:21:15    THAT FORMULA WAS ALL RIGHT.
09:59:23:19    THE OTHER HALF OF THE FORMULA
09:59:26:24    WAS VERY DISTURBING TO MANY OF
09:59:28:18    US.
09:59:29:24    THE OTHER HALF OF THE FORMULA,
09:59:32:13    WHICH IS STILL HERE, BECAUSE
09:59:36:24    THE COMMISSION CHOSE NOT TO
09:59:37:21    INCORPORATE THE AMENDMENT,
09:59:40:04    SAYS THAT NONVIOLENCE IS                              54
09:59:41:21    ADEQUATE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
09:59:44:06    WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY
09:59:46:00    INSTEAD IS THE CONSISTENT
09:59:49:18    PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENCE LEADS
09:59:52:27    TO GREATER LONG-TERM SECURITY,
09:59:57:27    PEACE, AND JUSTICE.
10:00:03:13    WE DO NOT THINK  -- WE KNOW
10:00:04:19    THAT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES
10:00:05:10    IN WHICH NOTHING IS ADEQUATE,
10:00:08:15    BUT WE BELIEVE THAT
10:00:11:06    NONVIOLENCE IS A COMMITMENT, A
10:00:14:21    LONG-TERM COMMITMENT WHICH
10:00:16:09    MUST BEGIN NOW TO TRANSFORM
10:00:20:04    OUR WORLD.
10:00:21:19    WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL HAVE
10:00:24:18    BETTER LONG-TERM RESULTS, AS
10:00:26:18    WELL AS IMMEDIATE RESULTS FOR
10:00:28:07    OUR LIVES.
10:00:32:18    INSOFAR  --
10:00:33:06    >> OKAY.
10:00:33:21    MR. KEPPLE, HANG AN FOR JUST A
10:00:36:10    SECOND.
10:00:36:22    STAY HERE WITH ME, PLEASE.
10:00:37:16    STAY HERE WITH US.
10:00:39:15    SO YOU'RE MOVING, ACTUALLY,
10:00:41:00    AMENDMENT A.
10:00:42:00    CORRECT?
10:00:42:21    >> I AM, MADAM MODERATOR.
10:00:44:19    >> ALL RIGHT.
10:00:45:12    SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A
10:00:48:00    TEACHING MOMENT TOGETHER,
10:00:48:24    BECAUSE WE'RE FRIENDS AND WE
10:00:49:21    CAN DO THIS.
10:00:50:13    SO WHEN YOU GO UP TO THE
10:00:51:10    MICROPHONE FOR THE AMENDMENT
10:00:53:00    MIKE, TELL PEOPLE FIRST,
10:00:54:12    POSITION PEOPLE IN THE
10:00:55:09    DOCUMENT.
10:00:56:03    SO I WOULD HAVE HAD YOU START
10:00:57:19    TO SAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
10:00:59:10    MOVE AMENDMENT A FOR US, AND
10:01:01:18    THEN FOR MY TIMERS, BECAUSE
10:01:02:27    WE'RE ALL STARTING, AND YOU
10:01:03:27    COULD EVEN READ WHAT THE
10:01:05:07    CHANGE IS, WE WON'T START THE
10:01:07:00    CLOCK ON YOUR ADVOCACY UNTIL
10:01:08:21    YOU'VE DONE THAT.
10:01:09:21    DOES THAT ALL MAKE SENSE?
10:01:11:00    >> THANK YOU.
10:01:11:21    YES.                                                  55
10:01:11:27    >> SO STAY HERE NOW AND PLEASE
10:01:13:16    MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT FOR US.
10:01:15:00    >> MADAM MODERATOR, I MOVE
10:01:18:06    AMENDMENT A, WHICH IS TO
10:01:23:15    DELETE "SOME OF US BELIEVE
10:01:24:24    THAT NONVIOLENCE IS ADEQUATE
10:01:26:06    IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES" AND
10:01:31:12    INSTEAD TO SAY "OTHERS OF US
10:01:35:15    BELIEVE THE CONSISTENT
10:01:37:16    PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENCE BRINGS
10:01:39:27    GREATER LONG-TERM SECURITY,
10:01:42:12    PEACE, AND JUSTICE."
10:01:46:07    AND THIS REFERS TO LINE 19 OF
10:01:47:24    THE DOCUMENT.
10:01:48:09    >> PERFECTLY DONE, SIR.
10:01:49:21    THANK YOU.
10:01:50:00    >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM.
10:01:51:06    >> OKAY.
10:01:51:16    SO NOW WHEN WE DO PRO AND CON,
10:01:53:15    IT'S PRO AND CON ON THIS
10:01:55:18    AMENDMENT.
10:01:56:06    ARE WE CLEAR?
10:01:57:00    OKAY.
10:01:57:09    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
10:01:58:28    >> HI.
10:01:59:15    MY NAME IS ERICA BARRON.
10:02:01:21    I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE
10:02:02:21    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
10:02:03:21    OF RUTLAND, VERMONT, AND I'M
10:02:06:15    RISING HERE AS A POINT OF
10:02:07:15    INFORMATION.
10:02:07:27    I WAS WONDERING IF DAVID COULD
10:02:09:21    TELL US, COULD FLESH OUT THIS
10:02:14:21    HINT ABOUT WHY THE CSW DIDN'T
10:02:18:06    INCORPORATE THIS A LITTLE BIT
10:02:19:19    MORE.
10:02:19:28    I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
10:02:20:19    SAYS, BUT I WOULD LIKE A
10:02:21:18    LITTLE MORE.
10:02:22:09    >> CERTAINLY.
10:02:22:27    MR. MAY?
10:02:24:00    SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR GREATER
10:02:25:15    EXPLANATION OF CSW REASON
10:02:27:19    NOTED UNDER AMENDMENT A.
10:02:29:09    RIGHT?
10:02:29:21    >> EXACTLY.
10:02:31:03    THANK YOU.
10:02:31:09    >> PERFECT.
10:02:32:03    GO RIGHT AHEAD.
10:02:33:00    >> YOU CAN SEE WE DISCOVERED                          56
10:02:36:15    LAST NIGHT THAT MAKING IT IS
10:02:38:15    DECISION ABOUT WHICH TO
10:02:40:06    INCORPORATE AND WHICH TO NOT
10:02:42:13    WAS RELATIVELY SIMPLE.
10:02:43:25    WRITING OUR EXPLANATION WAS A
10:02:44:27    LOT HARDER.
10:02:47:12    JUST TO FOCUS IT AND NOT HAVE
10:02:49:09    IT BE A VERY WORDY STATEMENT,
10:02:56:21    I DON'T HAVE IT INCORPORATED
10:02:57:27    IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, BUT
10:02:59:04    LOOKING AT THIS, THE ORIGINAL
10:03:03:03    LANGUAGE COMPARES THE USE OF
10:03:07:10    FORCE AS A LAST RESORT VERSUS
10:03:12:00    USING NONVIOLENCE IN ALL
10:03:13:21    CIRCUMSTANCES.
10:03:16:16    BY INSERTING THIS IN PLACE OF
10:03:19:15    "OTHERS OF US BELIEVE THAT
10:03:20:21    CONSISTENT  -- BY REMOVING
10:03:23:06    "SOME OF US BELIEVE THAT
10:03:24:10    NONVIOLENCE IS ADEQUATE IN ALL
10:03:26:03    CIRCUMSTANCES" AND PUTTING IN
10:03:27:21    THE OTHER STATEMENT, "OTHERS
10:03:30:15    OF US BELIEVE THAT THE
10:03:31:19    CONSISTENT PRACTICE OF
10:03:32:22    NONVIOLENCE BRINGS GREATER
10:03:34:21    LONG-TERM SECURITY, PEACE, AND
10:03:36:15    JUSTICE," IT TAKES AN
10:03:38:28    OBSERVATIONAL STATEMENT OF THE
10:03:42:27    TWO POLES AND MAKES IT INTO AN
10:03:45:12    ADVOCACY STATEMENT ON THE USE
10:03:49:00    OF NONVIOLENCE.
10:03:51:03    AND IT SUGGESTS, IN ADDITION,
10:03:53:12    THAT FORCE AS A LAST RESORT
10:03:55:22    PRECLUDES THE USE OF
10:03:57:03    NONVIOLENCE IN MOST
10:03:58:12    CIRCUMSTANCES.
10:03:59:18    SO WE RECOMMEND STAYING WITH
10:04:01:15    THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND NOT
10:04:05:27    GETTING IT OUT OF KILTER.
10:04:08:15    >> THANK YOU, MR. MAY.
10:04:09:24    AND NOW WE'LL SEE WHAT THE
10:04:11:25    DELEGATES THINK ABOUT THAT.
10:04:12:24    I'M GOING FIRST TO THE CON
10:04:15:03    MICROPHONE, SPEAKING AGAINST
10:04:16:09    THE AMENDMENT.
10:04:17:00    >> I'M DAVID ANDERSON FROM THE
10:04:19:21    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
10:04:20:12    IN SEATTLE.
10:04:21:09    AND I BELIEVE THAT THE
10:04:22:03    EXPLANATION IS WELL-FOUNDED.                          57
10:04:27:16    THIS ADVOCACY REALLY BLOWS THE
10:04:29:21    WHOLE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
10:04:31:12    WIDE OPEN, AND I WOULD NOT BE
10:04:32:28    ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CONSCIENCE
10:04:36:09    IN THAT WAY.
10:04:37:06    >> OKAY.
10:04:37:21    I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE COMING
10:04:39:06    TO THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:04:40:13    >> ETHAN FIELD, FIRST PARISH
10:04:44:06    IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
10:04:48:21    I MOVE IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT
10:04:50:13    A.
10:04:51:10    I ACTUALLY REALLY THOUGHT THAT
10:04:54:06    THE STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
10:04:54:27    WAS IMPROVED THIS PAST YEAR,
10:04:57:27    AND IN READING THROUGH IT,
10:04:59:15    THIS LINE WAS THE ONLY ONE
10:05:00:21    THAT GAVE ME TROUBLE, BECAUSE
10:05:02:27    IT WAS THE WAY OF INCLUDING,
10:05:04:28    YOU KNOW, INCLUDING MY
10:05:05:28    PERSPECTIVE ON NONVIOLENCE AND
10:05:09:12    DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL INCLUDED
10:05:12:04    TO THE POINT ABOUT ADVOCACY, I
10:05:13:25    FEEL LIKE SAYING THAT MANY OF
10:05:15:09    US BELIEVE THAT FORCE IS
10:05:16:27    SOMETIMES NECESSARY AS A LAST
10:05:18:21    RESORT IS A STATEMENT OF A
10:05:20:13    POSITION OF ADVOCACY THAT SOME
10:05:23:09    DELEGATES WOULD HAVE, SOME
10:05:24:15    CONGREGANTS WOULD HAVE.
10:05:26:19    AND THAT THE LANGUAGE, THE
10:05:32:24    LANGUAGE THAT SOME OF US
10:05:34:03    BELIEVE THAT NONVIOLENCE IS
10:05:35:06    ADEQUATE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES
10:05:36:25    DOESN'T REPRESENT WHERE I'M
10:05:38:01    AT, BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE
10:05:39:18    PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENCE TO A
10:05:41:18    CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AND THAT'S
10:05:45:16    NOT WHERE I'M AT.
10:05:46:21    IT IS THE CONSISTENT PRACTICE
10:05:48:15    OF NONVIOLENCE THAT BRINGS
10:05:50:18    ABOUT PEACE AND NOT DEALING
10:05:53:07    WITH CHOICES TO BE VIOLENT OR
10:05:56:24    NONVIOLENT ON A CASE-BY-CASE
10:05:59:13    BASIS.
10:05:59:28    THANK YOU.
10:06:00:22    >> THANK YOU.
10:06:01:15    I HAVE A DELEGATE AT THE
10:06:02:18    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:06:04:00    >> GOOD MORNING.                                      58
10:06:05:09    MADAM MODERATOR.
10:06:06:28    I'M DEBRA BOYD FROM FIRST
10:06:08:07    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
10:06:09:06    OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND I HAVE
10:06:11:03    A POTENTIAL FRIENDLY AMENDMENT
10:06:12:28    TO THE AMENDMENT.
10:06:14:28    BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN ABOUT
10:06:15:27    THE  -- I'M SORRY.
10:06:22:04    HANG ON ONE SECOND.
10:06:23:07    IF WE JUST DROP THE WORDS
10:06:25:15    AFTER THE CONSISTENT PRACTICE
10:06:26:12    OF NONVIOLENCE AND DON'T SAY
10:06:28:18    WHAT THAT MIGHT  -- WHY THEY
10:06:30:19    ARE TAKING THAT STAND, THEN WE
10:06:33:06    ARE SIMPLY SAYING THAT WE HAVE
10:06:34:27    SOME PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT
10:06:37:03    FORCE AS A FINAL RESOLUTION,
10:06:39:22    AS AN OPTION OF LAST RESORT,
10:06:41:21    AND OTHERS WHO BELIEVE IN THE
10:06:42:27    CONSISTENT PRACTICE OF
10:06:43:28    NONVIOLENCE.
10:06:45:13    I HAVE SPOKEN WITH DAVID AND
10:06:47:18    HE IS POTENTIALLY OPEN TO THIS
10:06:49:06    FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND,
10:06:50:06    THEREFORE, I PUT IT FORTH
10:06:51:03    BEFORE THE BODY IF THAT MIGHT
10:06:52:06    BE POSSIBLE.
10:06:54:22    >> MR. KEPPLE?
10:06:56:24    >> I WELCOME THE AMENDMENT AND
10:07:01:28    CONSIDER IT VERY FRIENDLY AND
10:07:03:21    HOPE THAT WILL SATISFY THE
10:07:06:00    COMMISSION.
10:07:08:19    WHAT DEEPLY TROUBLED US ABOUT
10:07:11:24    THE ACTION OF THE COMMISSION
10:07:14:09    WAS THAT THE WORD "ADEQUATE"
10:07:16:25    IS NOT DESCRIPTIVELY ACCURATE
10:07:20:03    FOR WHAT THOSE OF US WHO
10:07:21:24    BELIEVE IN NONVIOLENCE
10:07:24:13    BELIEVE.
10:07:24:21    WE KNOW THERE ARE
10:07:25:16    CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH NOTHING
10:07:26:22    IS ADEQUATE, BUT WE CHOOSE THE
10:07:29:21    CONSISTENT PRACTICE OF
10:07:30:24    NONVIOLENCE.
10:07:36:09    >> WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT A
10:07:37:21    SECOND.
10:07:38:06    TALK AMONG YOURSELVES.
10:07:39:06    HUM A TUNE TOGETHER.
10:07:41:07    WE'RE HAVING A DIFFERENCE OF
10:07:42:10    OPINION UP HERE.                                      59
10:09:00:24    >> WE ARE BACK.
10:09:01:27    SO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DECIDED.
10:09:06:22    THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DECIDED.
10:09:08:03    WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE.
10:09:09:12    I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF
10:09:10:00    INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHAT'S
10:09:11:13    BEING SUGGESTED IS AN
10:09:12:10    AMENDMENT THAT ACTUALLY WAS
10:09:13:19    PROPOSED AND LESS OF AN
10:09:15:12    AMENDMENT.
10:09:16:15    WE COULDN'T AD SIGNIFICANT
10:09:18:03    CHANGES IN LANGUAGE HERE, BUT
10:09:19:25    TO SAY PART OF WHAT WAS
10:09:21:22    ALREADY AVAILABLE, AND TO GIVE
10:09:23:15    YOU THE WHOLE PICTURE, THE
10:09:25:18    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
10:09:26:24    SAYS, WELL, WE DIDN'T THINK WE
10:09:28:13    COULD DO THAT.
10:09:29:07    AND THEY PROBABLY CAN'T, BUT I
10:09:30:27    THINK  -- AND SO DOES LEGAL
10:09:33:15    COUNSEL AND THE
10:09:34:06    PARLIAMENTARIAN.
10:09:35:19    YOU PROBABLY CAN IF YOU WANT
10:09:36:22    TO.
10:09:37:06    OKAY?
10:09:37:27    ALL RIGHT.
10:09:41:00    SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT
10:09:43:25    ACCEPTED BY THE MAKER OF THE
10:09:45:15    ORIGINAL AMENDMENT, AND SO
10:09:47:15    WHAT IS NOW ON THE FLOOR IN
10:09:48:24    FRONT OF US IS REPLACING AT
10:09:52:25    LINE 19 THE PHRASE "SOME OF US
10:09:55:00    BELIEVE THAT NONVIOLENCE IS
10:09:56:03    ADEQUATE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES"
10:09:58:03    WITH THE PHRASE "OTHERS OF US
10:10:02:00    BELIEVE IN A" AND WE HAVE TO
10:10:06:03    CHANGE IT TO MAKE SENSE "IN A
10:10:08:07    CONSISTENT PRACTICE OF
10:10:09:06    NONVIOLENCE."
10:10:12:21    PERIOD.
10:10:18:16     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:10:19:00    >> THAT'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE YOU
10:10:19:21    WERE AGREEING TO.
10:10:20:18    THAT IS WHAT WE ARE NOW
10:10:21:15    DEBATING.
10:10:22:03    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:10:23:13    >> MADAM MODERATOR, VALERIE
10:10:26:27    WHITE FROM SHARON,
10:10:27:15    MASSACHUSETTS.
10:10:29:03    CONSULTING  WITH OTHER                                60
10:10:29:21    DELEGATES, IT WAS MY CLEAR
10:10:31:10    RECOLLECTION THAT YOU GAVE A
10:10:34:00    HALF HOUR TO THIS DEBATE, BUT
10:10:36:15    THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK GAVE US AN
10:10:38:03    HOUR AND IT STILL SAYS 36
10:10:40:19    MINUTES.
10:10:41:01    CAN YOU CLARIFY?
10:10:42:03    >> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY CLARIFY.
10:10:44:18    THANK YOU.
10:10:44:24    WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAID THE
10:10:46:28    MOTION WE PASSED EARLIER,
10:10:49:10    THERE IS A TOTAL OF AN HOUR
10:10:50:21    FOR THIS DEBATE ACCORDING TO
10:10:53:06    OUR RULES.
10:10:53:27    THE MOTION IS HOW LONG SHOULD
10:10:56:07    WE AGREE TO TALK TOGETHER
10:10:57:21    BEFORE WE MUST GO TO
10:10:59:06    AMENDMENTS?
10:10:59:27    WE DIDN'T EVEN USE ALL THAT
10:11:01:28    TIME.
10:11:02:25    MAKE SENSE?
10:11:03:16    THANK YOU.
10:11:04:15    VERY HELPFUL.
10:11:05:12    OKAY?
10:11:05:27    TOTAL TIME OF AN HOUR, THAT'S
10:11:07:09    IN THE RULES YOU ADOPTED ON
10:11:08:18    WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
10:11:10:19    WE MAY NOT EVEN USE ALL OF
10:11:12:09    THAT NOW.
10:11:12:21    OKAY.
10:11:12:27    I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WHO WANTS
10:11:14:24    TO DEBATE AGAINST THIS
10:11:15:27    AMENDMENT.
10:11:20:15    ALL RIGHT.
10:11:21:03    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
10:11:22:18    INCORPORATING AMENDMENT A AS
10:11:25:03    MODIFIED HERE ON THE FLOOR,
10:11:26:25    RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS.
10:11:31:06    THANK YOU.
10:11:31:15    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
10:11:33:21    THAT CLEARLY PASSES.
10:11:35:04    I RETURN TO THE AMENDMENT
10:11:36:16    MICROPHONE.
10:11:38:12     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:11:38:27    >> MY NAME IS KEVIN DEBECK.
10:11:44:18    I AM FROM THE UNITARIAN
10:11:45:09    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF
10:11:46:21    ELKHART, INDIANA.
10:11:48:06    I COME TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT
10:11:49:21    AMENDMENT B, LINE 31 TO 34, TO                        61
10:11:53:27    DELETE "YET WE CONFESS" AND
10:11:56:09    NAME IT WITH THE WORD
10:11:57:22    "VIOLENCE."
10:11:58:25    THE REASON I FEEL THIS
10:11:59:16    AMENDMENT SHOULD PASS IS THOSE
10:12:01:12    LINES TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
10:12:02:27    HAVEN'T DONE, AND IF WE'RE
10:12:04:28    GOING TO PASS SOMETHING THAT
10:12:05:25    TALKS ABOUT PEACEMAKING, LET'S
10:12:07:18    STICK TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
10:12:09:03    DO, NOT WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE.
10:12:10:28    THANK YOU.
10:12:14:27    >> THANK YOU.
10:12:18:24    I THINK SOME FOLKS WANT TO
10:12:20:03    DEBATE THAT.
10:12:20:22    I GO FIRST TO THE CON
10:12:21:22    MICROPHONE.
10:12:22:15    >> I AM MACK GECKLER FROM THE
10:12:29:01    UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF KENT,
10:12:31:06    OHIO.
10:12:31:24    >> I NEED MORE VOLUME ON THIS
10:12:33:21    MIKE, PLEASE, ON THE CON MIKE.
10:12:38:00    START AGAIN, PLEASE.
10:12:38:24    >> I AM MACK GECKLER FOR THE
10:12:41:03    UU CHURCH OF CANTON, OHIO, AND
10:12:43:28    I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
10:12:45:00    AMENDMENT.
10:12:46:24    THIS IS A CONCLUDING STATEMENT
10:12:48:00    TO THIS WHOLE SECTION, AND TO
10:12:50:19    REMOVE IT I THINK TAKES AWAY
10:12:53:27    THE MESSAGE.
10:12:55:18    I THINK WE NEED TO CONFESS
10:12:57:25    WHAT'S HAPPENED.
10:12:59:10    WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE
10:13:00:24    STAND.
10:13:02:06    YES, THIS IS A FUTURE-LOOKING
10:13:04:12    DOCUMENT, BUT WE HAVE TO START
10:13:05:06    SOMEPLACE.
10:13:06:01    AND I THINK WE NEED TO START
10:13:07:27    WITH WHERE WE'RE AT.
10:13:09:09    THANK YOU.
10:13:09:27    >> THANK YOU.
10:13:12:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:13:12:15    >> I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE
10:13:14:27    COMING TO THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:13:17:06    OH, I HAVE PROCEDURAL.
10:13:18:03    SORRY.
10:13:18:15    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
10:13:19:28    >> MADAM MODERATOR, I
10:13:22:21    APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING                            62
10:13:23:24    THIS OUT MUCH EARLIER IN THE
10:13:25:03    DISCUSSION.
10:13:25:12    JIM KAVANAUGH, UNITARIAN
10:13:27:13    CHURCH OF HARRISBURG,
10:13:28:13    PENNSYLVANIA.
10:13:29:01    WHEN I OPENED THE ALERT
10:13:31:09    DOCUMENT TO PAGE THREE, I
10:13:34:12    REALIZED THAT A UU FRIEND OF
10:13:36:04    MINE WHOSE EYES AREN'T ADS
10:13:38:09    YOUNG AS THEY USED TO BE, IF I
10:13:40:18    SHOWED THIS TO HER, SHE WOULD
10:13:41:27    SAY, WHY CAN'T IT BE IN A TYPE
10:13:44:13    LARGE ENOUGH TO READ?
10:13:45:24    I AM RISING TO AN
10:13:47:03    ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE.
10:13:48:12    >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:13:49:03    >> THE FIRST PAGE IS 12 FONT
10:13:50:13    OR SO.
10:13:51:04    THE SECOND PAGE STARTING WITH
10:13:54:03    THREE COULD BE 12 FONT.
10:13:56:12    WE'D USE MORE PAPER AND IT
10:13:57:21    WOULD ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
10:13:59:07    THOSE OF US WHO NEED THAT.
10:14:00:16    >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:14:01:12    THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT A POINT
10:14:02:18    OF PRIVILEGE IS SUPPOSED TO
10:14:03:18    BE.
10:14:04:00    >> THANK YOU.
10:14:04:21    >> IN THE FUTURE, PRINT THAT
10:14:06:25    WE HAVE AT THIS GENERAL
10:14:07:15    ASSEMBLY, COULD WE MAKE SURE
10:14:08:15    THAT WE'RE USING A LARGE
10:14:09:21    ENOUGH TYPE FOR FOLKS TO BE
10:14:11:21    ABLE TO READ IN THE HALL ON
10:14:13:01    THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO
10:14:14:01    DEBATE?
10:14:14:21    THANK YOU.
10:14:15:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:14:15:18    >> PRO MICROPHONE.
10:14:20:13    >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS
10:14:24:27    REVEREND MARIE DE YOUNG.
10:14:28:28    I AM REPRESENTING AS A
10:14:30:22    DELEGATE, THE GULF COAST
10:14:32:06    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:14:32:21    FELLOWSHIP IN GULF PORT,
10:14:34:15    MISSISSIPPI.
10:14:34:24    AND YOU'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF
10:14:36:16    OUR CONGREGATION, AS HAS OUR
10:14:39:00    DENOMINATION.
10:14:40:09    I AM BOTH A LIFELONG PEACE                            63
10:14:43:15    ACTIVIST AND SOMEONE WHO HAS
10:14:45:10    SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
10:14:46:12    ARMY AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES
10:14:50:18    OFFICER AND THE FIRST UU AND
10:14:52:19    THE FIRST WOMAN CHAPLAIN IN
10:14:55:12    MANY MILITARY COMBAT UNITS.
10:14:57:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:14:58:06    >> SO THANK YOU.
10:15:02:21    MY GOAL IN STANDING HERE IS TO
10:15:04:24    SAY, FOR GOD'S SAKE, TO WHOM
10:15:10:00    IT MAY CERTAIN'S SAKE, CAN WE
10:15:12:18    PLEASE PASS THE OVERALL TODAY?
10:15:16:22    AND I DO THINK IT WILL HELP IF
10:15:18:18    WE DELETE THIS, "YET WE CON
10:15:21:12    FOES VIOLENCE," BECAUSE THERE
10:15:23:13    IS SUCH A TENSION BETWEEN
10:15:25:15    THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND
10:15:27:12    THOSE WHO ARE LIFELONG ONLY
10:15:31:09    PEACE ACTIVISTS WHO HAVEN'T
10:15:32:19    BEEN IN THE MILITARY.
10:15:33:22    AND WE HAVE MANY FIREMEN,
10:15:36:12    POLICEMEN, MILITARY WHO HAVE
10:15:38:21    HAD TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE
10:15:41:07    FOR THE GREATER GOOD, FOR THE
10:15:43:27    GREATER GOOD.
10:15:44:24    THEY HAVE NO REASON TO CONFESS
10:15:46:21    AND THEY HAVE NO REASON TO BE
10:15:47:28    FORGIVEN.
10:15:49:04    BUT AS A PEACE ACTIVIST, WE
10:15:51:00    KNOW THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE
10:15:53:03    HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR WORLD
10:15:55:06    AND BEGIN TO MOVE BACK IN A
10:15:57:07    DIRECTION OF WORLD PEACE.
10:15:58:21    AND I BELIEVE BY DELETING THAT
10:16:00:24    SMALL PHRASE WE CAN RECONCILE
10:16:04:04    THE LARGER MESSAGE AND PASS
10:16:08:06    THIS STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE
10:16:09:15    TODAY.
10:16:10:09    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:16:11:10    >> THANK YOU.
10:16:18:12    I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT THE
10:16:20:01    CON MICROPHONE.
10:16:20:28    >> HELLO.
10:16:21:21    MY NAME IS LUKE O'MARA.
10:16:23:15    I'M REPRESENTING THE UNITARIAN
10:16:25:00    CHURCH OF BRUNSWICK IN
10:16:26:03    BRUNSWICK, MAINE.
10:16:26:27    AND I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE
10:16:28:01    AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I FEEL AS A
10:16:29:21    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE, I                            64
10:16:30:18    FEEL CONSCIENCE IMPLIES A
10:16:33:03    DEBATE WITHIN YOURSELF, WHAT
10:16:34:25    YOU'VE COME TO TERMS WITH,
10:16:36:06    YOUR PAST, TO MOVE INTO THE
10:16:38:15    FUTURE.
10:16:39:06    AND I THINK DELETING THIS
10:16:40:09    TAKES AWAY FROM THE WORK WE'VE
10:16:41:25    DONE, THE WORK WE HAVEN'T
10:16:42:25    DONE, AND RECOGNIZING WHAT
10:16:45:03    WE'VE FAILED TO DO, BUT AT
10:16:47:03    LEAST IN MY MIND, A FIRE UNDER
10:16:49:06    US, WHAT WE'VE FAILED TO DO IN
10:16:51:15    THE PAST AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN
10:16:52:21    THE FUTURE.
10:16:53:15    SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING THIS
10:16:55:09    REMINDER OF OUR PAST WEAKENS
10:16:57:22    OUR RESOLVE.
10:17:00:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:17:01:03    >> I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT
10:17:07:16    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:17:09:09    >> MARY FRANCIS AGAIN OF THE
10:17:12:03    NORMAN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:17:13:24    FELLOWSHIP AND THE UNITARIAN
10:17:14:28    UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY CHURCH.
10:17:18:15    I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
10:17:20:06    WHAT WE'RE DELETING IS NOT
10:17:22:13    JUST A FEW WORDS.
10:17:26:12    WELL, I WILL GO BACK TO THE
10:17:28:00    PRO MIKE AND SPEAK LATER ABOUT
10:17:30:01    THAT, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
10:17:32:07    WE ARE DELETING LINES 31
10:17:36:00    THROUGH 34 WHERE IS IT STARTS
10:17:39:25    WITH "YET WE CONFESS WE HAVE
10:17:42:09    NOT DONE ALL WE WOULD TO
10:17:43:18    PREVENT THE SPREAD OF ARMED
10:17:44:15    CONFLICT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
10:17:45:21    AT TIMES WE HAVE LACKED THE
10:17:47:04    COURAGE TO SPEAK AND ACT
10:17:48:06    AGAINST VIOLENCE AND
10:17:49:00    INJUSTICE.
10:17:50:12    AT TIMES WE HAVE LACKED THE
10:17:52:00    CREATIVITY TO SPEAK AND ACT IN
10:17:54:10    CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS.
10:17:55:15    AT TIMES WE HAVE CONDEMNED THE
10:17:57:18    VIOLENCE OF OTHERS WITHOUT
10:17:59:03    ACKNOWLEDGING OUR OWN
10:18:00:06    COMPLICITY IN VIOLENCE."
10:18:03:27    IS THAT CORRECT?
10:18:04:03    >> THAT IS CORRECT.
10:18:05:06    >> THANK YOU.                                         65
10:18:05:18    >> THAT IS THE AMENDMENT
10:18:06:21    BEFORE US.
10:18:11:21    CON MICROPHONE?
10:18:16:15    YES, SIR?
10:18:16:21
10:18:16:28    >> HELLO.
10:18:18:19    MY NAME IS REVEREND DAVID
10:18:20:18    PILE, AND I WAS A MEMBER OF
10:18:21:27    THE CSI CORE TEAM ON
10:18:23:21    PEACEMAKING.
10:18:24:19    I AM A VETERAN.
10:18:26:19    I AM A MILITARY OFFICER.
10:18:28:09    AND AS OF TOMORROW I WILL
10:18:31:03    BECOME A UNITARIAN
10:18:31:18    UNIVERSALIST MILITARY
10:18:34:10    CHAPLAIN.
10:18:35:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:18:35:12    >> I HAVE SOME HESITANCE TO
10:18:41:25    SUPPORT THIS FULL DRAFT, AND
10:18:46:21    HOWEVER, AS OF YESTERDAY AND
10:18:48:00    THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
10:18:49:25    GIVEN AT THE MINI-ASSEMBLY, I
10:18:52:00    RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE
10:18:54:06    STATEMENT AS A WHOLE.
10:18:55:27    I OPPOSE THIS PARTICULAR
10:18:57:07    AMENDMENT.
10:18:58:07    IT IS MY HOPE, MY DREAM THAT I
10:19:00:12    CAN TAKE THIS STATEMENT OF
10:19:02:12    CONSCIENCE AND I CAN PUT IT IN
10:19:04:19    THE HANDS OF SERVICE MEMBERS
10:19:07:15    WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR
10:19:09:03    OWN WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE
10:19:10:18    LIVED UP TO THEIR BEST SELVES,
10:19:14:25    AND I THINK IT IS POWERFUL
10:19:15:18    WHEN WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT
10:19:16:24    LIVED UP TO OUR BEST SELVES.
10:19:19:12     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:19:26:03    >> IN LOOKING FORWARD, WE CAN
10:19:29:06    NOT AFFORD TO SEE WHERE WE
10:19:31:04    HAVE BEEN, AND FOR THAT
10:19:34:27    REASON, I OPPOSE THIS
10:19:36:00    AMENDMENT.
10:19:36:27    THANK YOU.
10:19:37:03    >> THANK YOU.
10:19:37:21    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE?
10:19:38:22
10:19:38:28    >> MY NAME IS ELLEN SIMMER AND
10:19:41:27    I'M SAY DELEGATE FROM THE
10:19:43:09    CHURCH OF THE YOUNGER
10:19:44:00    FELLOWSHIP.                                           66
10:19:44:18    I HAVE A POINT OF INFORMATION.
10:19:47:13    WELL, A QUESTION.
10:19:48:21    IN LINE 34, WELL, REALLY THAT
10:19:51:24    WHOLE SECTION, IS THE "WE"
10:19:54:01    SPOKEN ABOUT AS A SYSTEMIC
10:19:56:07    QUESTION, SAYING WE THE
10:19:57:21    ASSOCIATION OR IS IT
10:19:58:12    INDIVIDUAL?
10:19:58:21    IS IT SAYING WE, LIKE THE
10:20:00:03    INDIVIDUALS, HAVE NOT DONE
10:20:01:04    THIS?
10:20:02:25    IS THAT CLEAR?
10:20:07:24    IS IT A COLLECTIVE WE, THE
10:20:09:03    ASSOCIATION?
10:20:09:06
10:20:09:13    >> WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE
10:20:12:07    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:20:13:03    ASSOCIATION.
10:20:14:00    >> OKAY.
10:20:14:18    THANK YOU.
10:20:15:03    >> SO THE WE HERE ACTUALLY IS
10:20:17:06    OUR CONGREGATIONS.
10:20:20:27    THANK YOU.
10:20:23:09    MAKE SENSE?
10:20:25:21    IT'S THE ONLY WE THAT GETS TO
10:20:27:10    VOTE HERE.
10:20:28:12    OKAY.
10:20:30:27     [ LAUGHTER ]
10:20:31:12    >> IT TAKES A MINUTE SOMETIMES
10:20:32:18    FOR ME, BUT I CAN GET ON
10:20:33:16    TRACK.
10:20:35:15    I HAVE NO ONE AT THE PRO
10:20:37:00    MICROPHONE.
10:20:37:21    YOU MUST BE READY TO VOTE ON
10:20:39:18    THIS AMENDMENT.
10:20:41:07    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF -- LET
10:20:45:09    ME BE CLEAR WHAT I'M SAYING.
10:20:46:24    PARDON.
10:20:47:03    ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF
10:20:48:09    AMENDMENT B, WHICH IS TO
10:20:49:28    DELETES THE LINES QUOTED
10:20:51:18    EARLIER FROM 31 THROUGH 34,
10:20:54:00    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
10:20:55:09    AMENDMENT B TO DELETE THOSE
10:20:56:25    LINES, RAISE YOUR VOTING
10:20:57:22    CARDS.
10:20:59:12    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
10:21:01:00    MOTION CLEARLY FAILS.
10:21:04:19    THOSE LINES WILL REMAIN.
10:21:06:12    I RETURN TO THE AMENDMENT                             67
10:21:07:18    MICROPHONE.
10:21:08:18    THANK YOU, SIR.
10:21:09:06    >> GOOD MORNING.
10:21:11:28    MY NAME IS TAMAKAS.
10:21:14:18    I'M FROM THE UNITARIAN
10:21:15:06    UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF
10:21:16:27    ATLANTA.
10:21:17:12    I AM RISING TO ASK WE
10:21:19:22    INCORPORATE  -- I UNDERSTAND I
10:21:22:03    CAN ONLY DO THEM ONE AT A
10:21:23:12    TIME, SO I WILL TALK ABOUT
10:21:24:18    AMENDMENT E FIRST.
10:21:25:12    AMENDMENT E STATES IN LINE 54,
10:21:27:16    CHANGE THE TERM THEOLOGICAL
10:21:29:00    PRINCIPLES TO THEOLOGICAL
10:21:30:15    GROUNDING.
10:21:32:18    I STAND HERE IN PASSIONATE
10:21:33:28    SUPPORT OF AMENDMENTS E AND F,
10:21:36:00    BOTH WHICH PASSED WITH THE
10:21:37:06    MAJORITY AS A MINI GROUP AT
10:21:39:00    THE MINI-ASSEMBLY AND THE CSW
10:21:41:16    CHOSE NOT TO INCORPORATED.
10:21:43:21    AT THE MINI-ASSEMBLY PEOPLE
10:21:45:03    SEEMED TO REALLY OVERLOOK
10:21:46:06    SECTION TWO, BUT THIS TO ME
10:21:47:10    HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REALLY
10:21:49:04    REDEFINE OUR FAITH AS WE KNOW
10:21:50:24    IT.
10:21:51:06    CALLING THESE THEOLOGICAL
10:21:52:03    PRINCIPLES IS A SUBTLE
10:21:53:18    INFERENCE TO OUR SEVEN
10:21:54:25    PRINCIPLES, WHICH AS A NEW
10:21:56:07    YOUNG ADULT UU I REALLY
10:21:57:24    GRAVITATED TOWARDS WHEN I
10:21:58:24    FIRST STARTED ATTENDING THE
10:22:00:18    UUGA.
10:22:01:21    SOME OF THESE VALUES LISTED
10:22:02:19    ARE REALLY NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
10:22:03:27    IN OUR FAITH OUTSIDE OF THIS
10:22:05:15    DOCUMENT.
10:22:07:12    MORAL DUALITY APPEARS STATED
10:22:08:28    WHERE IN OUR SEVEN PRINCIPLES.
10:22:10:16    HUMILITY?
10:22:11:15    I MEAN, COME ON.
10:22:12:12    WE UUS AREN'T ALWAYS THE MOST
10:22:14:12    HUMBLE PEOPLE.
10:22:15:12    OKAY?
10:22:15:27    I LIKE THESE STATEMENTS, BUT
10:22:17:01    CALLING THEM UNITARIAN
10:22:17:25    UNIVERSALIST THEOLOGICAL                              68
10:22:20:00    PRINCIPLES GOES TOO FAR.
10:22:22:21    THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A
10:22:24:10    CREED-LIKE STATEMENT OF OUR
10:22:25:25    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, WHERE
10:22:27:18    IF YOU DON'T AGREE, YOU AREN'T
10:22:28:27    A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST.
10:22:30:15    NO PRIOR STATEMENT OF
10:22:31:13    CONSCIENCE AVAILABLE ON THE
10:22:32:22    UUA WEBSITE HAS A SIMILAR
10:22:34:24    SECTION OUTLINING THEOLOGICAL
10:22:36:27    PRINCIPLES NOT PART OF OUR
10:22:38:06    SEVEN PRINCIPLES.
10:22:40:10    THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
10:22:41:27    WITNESS SAYS IN THE REASONING
10:22:43:09    THESE PRINCIPLE ARE HIS FROM
10:22:44:27    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:22:45:15    THEOLOGY AND THE REASONING
10:22:48:15    AGAINST THESE AMENDMENTS.
10:22:49:18    I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO GAVE
10:22:50:18    THE SOCIAL WITNESS COMMISSION
10:22:51:12    THE ABILITY TO DENOTE OUR
10:22:53:13    THEOLOGY AND BELIEFS.
10:22:54:19    THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD COME
10:22:55:15    FROM THE MINISTER'S
10:22:56:21    ASSOCIATION TO ME, NOT THE
10:22:57:18    CSW.
10:22:59:18    I CAN NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
10:23:01:04    VOTE FOR THIS STATEMENT OF
10:23:02:01    CONSCIENCE WITHOUT THESE
10:23:04:00    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES
10:23:05:15    CHANGED.
10:23:05:27    WE NEED TO AVOID CREED LIKE
10:23:07:09    STATEMENTS, CHANGING THE
10:23:08:04    WORDING TO VALUES, SPIRIT, BUT
10:23:10:22    AVOID THE CONFLICT WITH OUR
10:23:12:12    SEVEN PRINCIPLES IN YOUR
10:23:14:21    CREEDLESS NATURE.
10:23:15:12    I URGE YOU WITH EVERY BONE OF
10:23:16:22    MY BOYD, EVERY OUNCE OF MY
10:23:18:01    BEING, EVERY PART OF MY SOUL
10:23:19:03    TO INCORPORATE AMENDMENTS E
10:23:20:12    AND F AND PROTECT OUR SEVEN
10:23:21:27    PRINCIPLES.
10:23:22:19    THANK YOU.
10:23:22:28    I MOTION THAT WE INCORPORATE
10:23:24:10    AMENDMENT E TO THE STATEMENT
10:23:26:21    OF CONSCIENCE.
10:23:28:12    >> THANK YOU.
10:23:30:15    HUM.
10:23:35:00    I'M GOING TO GO TO THE CON                            69
10:23:36:06    MICROPHONE NOW.
10:23:37:06    THANK YOU.
10:23:37:15    >> I'M BACK.
10:23:45:12    >>YEAH.
10:23:47:09    THAT MIKE IS SHORTER EVERY
10:23:48:16    TIME YOU GO UP THERE, ISN'T
10:23:50:06    IT, MACK?
10:23:50:18
10:23:50:21    >> I THINK I'LL HOLD IT UP.
10:23:52:06    >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
10:23:53:15    >> MACK GECKLER OF THE UU
10:23:57:18    CHURCH OF CANTON, OHIO.
10:23:58:27    I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
10:24:00:21    AMENDMENT.
10:24:01:15    CLEARLY THIS SECTION IS ABOUT
10:24:03:01    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES.
10:24:04:22    PLEASE, LET'S NOT CONFUSE
10:24:06:15    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES WITH
10:24:08:00    THE UUA PRINCIPLES.
10:24:10:25    THERE ARE SOME OVERLAPS, OF
10:24:12:10    COURSE, BECAUSE THERE ARE
10:24:13:06    THEOLOGICAL BASIS FOR OUR
10:24:14:21    PRINCIPLES, BUT THEOLOGICAL
10:24:17:25    PRINCIPLES IS A STRONG
10:24:19:16    STATEMENT.
10:24:19:22    JUST CALLING THEM VALUES
10:24:22:06    DEVALUES THEM.
10:24:23:06    PLEASE, LET'S KEEP IN HIM THE
10:24:26:22    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES.
10:24:28:06    THANK YOU.
10:24:29:06    >> PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE?
10:24:30:18
10:24:30:21    >> MY NAME IS RALPH CROGUE.
10:24:35:07    I RISE TO A POINT OF
10:24:36:12    PROCEDURE.
10:24:36:24    >> YES, SIR.
10:24:37:09    >> I'M WITH THE BAY AREA
10:24:39:21    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.
10:24:40:19    WE VOTED AND PASSED AN
10:24:41:19    AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT A.
10:24:44:03    >> YES.
10:24:44:18    >> BUT DID WE EVER VOTE ON
10:24:46:06    AMENDMENT A?
10:24:47:00    WE JUST MOVED ON.
10:24:50:07    >> IT WAS A FRIENDLY
10:24:51:09    AMENDMENT, SO IT WAS
10:24:52:15    INCORPORATED AND THE VOTE WE
10:24:54:12    TOOK  --
10:24:55:19    >> WAS NO BOTH?
10:24:56:16                                                          70
10:24:56:19    >> WAS FOR THE AMENDED A.
10:25:00:00    >> AH, OKAY.
10:25:01:03    THE VOTE WE TOOK WAS FOR THE
10:25:02:09    AMENDED A?
10:25:02:27    THANK YOU.
10:25:03:06    >> OKAY.
10:25:04:25    DO YOU STILL LIKE YOUR VOTE?
10:25:05:27
10:25:07:00     [ LAUGHTER ]
10:25:07:12    >> THAT'S IMPORTANT.
10:25:10:21    I'LL TRY TO BE MORE CLEAR NEXT
10:25:12:01    TIME.
10:25:12:10    I'M SORRY.
10:25:14:12    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:25:15:15    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:25:16:18    >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
10:25:18:28    MY NAME IS JESSICA HIGGINS.
10:25:20:22    I AM A DELEGATE FROM UNITARIAN
10:25:22:00    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF
10:25:23:12    AIMS, IOWA.
10:25:24:15    AND LIKE TIM, I AM A NEW-ISH
10:25:31:06    YOUNG ADULT AND I GRAVITATED
10:25:33:00    TOWARD THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES
10:25:34:03    WHEN I FIRST BECAME A MEMBER.
10:25:37:19    AND IN READING THIS WORDING, I
10:25:40:09    DO AGREE THAT THE TERM
10:25:42:24    "PRINCIPLES" IS POTENTIALLY
10:25:46:12    CONFUSING AND MISLEADING TO
10:25:47:21    SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR
10:25:49:00    ENTIRELY YET IN WHAT WE STAND
10:25:50:25    FOR AS UNITARIAN
10:25:51:16    UNIVERSALISTS.
10:25:54:18    I AGREE WITH THE REPLACEMENT
10:25:56:12    OF VALUES AS A STATEMENT  --
10:26:03:00    GROUNDING, I'M SORRY.
10:26:04:03    GROUNDING INSTEAD OF
10:26:05:00    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES.
10:26:06:27    THE PRINCIPLES, AGAIN, I
10:26:09:01    ASSOCIATE WITH THE SEVEN
10:26:10:09    PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVARIAN
10:26:11:03    UNIVERSALISM VERSUS THEOLOGY,
10:26:14:09    WHICH I DON'T ENTIRELY
10:26:15:13    UNDERSTAND.
10:26:16:19    IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT COULD
10:26:17:16    BE VERY EASILY MISTAKEN FOR A
10:26:20:21    CREED, WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS
10:26:22:21    UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE ARE A
10:26:23:28    CREEDLESS FAITH.
10:26:31:24    AND I JUST WOULD LIKE EVERYONE
10:26:32:22    TO CONSIDER THIS.                                     71
10:26:33:19    >> THANK YOU.
10:26:40:09    DO I HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE CON
10:26:41:19    MICROPHONE?
10:26:42:16    MAYBE?
10:26:42:19
10:26:42:25    >> I'M ERICA BARRON AGAIN FROM
10:26:46:00    THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:26:47:09    CHURCH OF RUTLAND, VERMONT I'M
10:26:50:07    A MEMBER OF THE UNITARIAN
10:26:51:16    MINISTER'S ASSOCIATION AND I
10:26:52:18    WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY
10:26:53:18    EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THOSE OF
10:26:54:15    US WHO YOU HAVE ORDAINED, HAS
10:26:56:06    THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
10:26:58:22    TO HELP US ARTICULATE OUR
10:27:01:00    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES,
10:27:02:09    INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ON
10:27:07:01    SOCIAL WITNESS.
10:27:08:12    I THINK THE PRINCIPLES HERE IS
10:27:09:15    THOUGHT CAPITALIZED, SO I
10:27:10:27    THINK IT'S CLEAR TO ME, ANY
10:27:11:24    WAY,THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR
10:27:14:19    SEVEN PRINCIPLES.
10:27:15:18    IT MEANS OUR BROADER
10:27:17:06    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AS
10:27:18:18    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS, AND
10:27:19:12    THESE, I THINK, ARE A REALLY
10:27:21:07    GOOD STATEMENT OF SOME OF OUR
10:27:24:12    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AS THEY
10:27:25:27    RELATE TO THE ISSUE OF
10:27:26:24    PEACEMAKING.
10:27:27:09    SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO REJECT
10:27:28:19    THIS AMENDMENT.
10:27:29:21    THANK YOU.
10:27:32:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:27:32:15    >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:27:34:21    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:27:36:15    >> LUKE O'MARA, BRUNSWICK.
10:27:40:09    I'M SPEAKING FOR THIS, BECAUSE
10:27:42:00    MOSTLY FOR THE REASON THAT THE
10:27:44:15    CSW DID NOT INCORPORATE IT.
10:27:46:06    THEY SAID PRINCIPLE REFLECTS
10:27:48:00    BASIC ASSUMPTIONS WHICH BEST
10:27:50:01    CHARACTERIZE THE FOLLOWING
10:27:50:25    STATEMENT:  I SEEM TO BE
10:27:52:00    HEARING A LOT OF THE ARGUMENTS
10:27:53:27    OVER THE WORD PRINCIPLES, AND
10:27:55:06    I WOULD SAY, WHAT'S MORE BASIC
10:27:56:15    THAN THE WORD GROUNDING?
10:27:58:22    IF YOU SAY THEOLOGICAL                                72
10:28:00:09    GROUNDING, YOU IMPLY
10:28:01:15    PRINCIPLES, BUT YOU AVOID THE
10:28:03:15    CONFUSION THAT HAS ERUPTED
10:28:05:13    FROM USING PRINCIPLES, AND
10:28:09:21    THAT STAYING GROUNDING IS A
10:28:11:06    BASIC ASSUMPTION.
10:28:12:04    THEY ARE BASIC
10:28:12:19    CHARACTERISTICS.
10:28:13:22    THEY ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS
10:28:14:27    THAT ARE BASIC.
10:28:15:18    I THINK IT'S A GOOD CHANGE TO
10:28:17:03    AVOID CONFUSION.
10:28:18:00    >> OKAY.
10:28:19:06    THANK YOU.
10:28:19:12    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:28:20:19    THE CON MICROPHONE.
10:28:22:06    >> I AM TERESA NOVAC, MINISTER
10:28:24:12    OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:28:25:27    CHURCH OF OGDEN, UTAH.
10:28:28:22    AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT
10:28:30:09     -- I MEAN, I SPEAK AGAINST
10:28:31:18    THIS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I
10:28:34:13    THINK THE ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF
10:28:35:16    IT CREATES THE DANGER OF
10:28:37:21    SEEING OUR SEVEN PRINCIPLES AS
10:28:39:24    A CREED, WHICH THEY ARE NOT.
10:28:43:21    THE THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES
10:28:45:15    DESCRIBED HERE ARE PART OF OUR
10:28:47:12    FAITH.
10:28:48:21    AND THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES ARE
10:28:50:07    NOT LOCKED IN STONE OR WRITTEN
10:28:52:00    IN STONE.
10:28:52:18    THANK YOU.
10:28:54:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:28:55:03    >> WHO ELSE HERE IS, LIKE,
10:28:57:04    ABSOLUTELY RIVETED BY THIS
10:28:59:15    CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW?
10:29:02:03    I MEAN, THIS WAS NOT ANYTHING
10:29:03:12    I EXPECTED.
10:29:04:10    HOW COOL.
10:29:06:16    SURPRISE ME AGAIN NOW,
10:29:08:00    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:29:11:21    >> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN
10:29:13:04    SURPRISE YOU.
10:29:13:28    MY NAME IS JIM GRAHAM.
10:29:15:03    I'M FROM VALLEY UNITARIAN
10:29:16:24    UNIVERSALIST IN CHANDLER,
10:29:18:24    ARIZONA.
10:29:19:09    I HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY.
10:29:20:16    >>YEAH.                                               73
10:29:21:00    >> I'M CONCERNED THAT WE ARE
10:29:23:06    SEEMING TO DEBATE BOTH
10:29:24:09    AMENDMENTS E AND F.
10:29:27:00    AND E IS THE ONLY ONE ON THE
10:29:28:04    TABLE.
10:29:28:12    >> WE'RE DEBATING E.
10:29:29:18    THAT IS ALL THAT IS ON THE
10:29:30:12    TABLE.
10:29:30:27    >> OKAY.
10:29:31:12    THANK YOU.
10:29:33:15    >> SO IF WE CHOOSE TO DEBATE
10:29:35:01    OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEVER GET
10:29:36:10    TO VOTE O IT'S PROBABLY A POOR
10:29:38:03    USE OF OUR TIME.
10:29:39:00    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:29:40:03    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:29:41:13    >> FINLAY CAMPBELL, FIRST
10:29:44:12    UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO.
10:29:46:00    I HAVE I NOW PUT ON MY
10:29:48:06    REVEREND HAT.
10:29:49:16    ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNITARIAN
10:29:50:16    UNIVERSALIST CHRISTIAN
10:29:52:09    FELLOWSHIP.
10:29:52:24    I SIMILARLY RESPECT THE FACT
10:29:54:06    THAT WE ARE KEEPING THE WORD
10:29:55:03    THEOLOGICAL.
10:29:55:24    THAT'S COOL, BECAUSE WE COME
10:29:57:01    OUT OF A THEOLOGICAL
10:29:58:10    TRADITION, AND I AM PROUD OF
10:30:00:00    THAT TRADITION AS A UU
10:30:01:18    CHRISTIAN.
10:30:02:15    BUT THE GROUNDING HAS A MORE
10:30:04:28    POWERFUL, BROADER HUMANISTIC
10:30:09:15    POSSIBILITY.
10:30:10:09    GROUNDING IS, PARDON THE
10:30:13:04    EXPRESSION, ONTOLOGICAL IN THE
10:30:17:06    SENSE THAT WE STAND ON THESE
10:30:17:27    THINGS, BUT WE DON'T MAKE THEM
10:30:19:16    A PRINCIPLE THAT HAS SOME KIND
10:30:20:19    OF POTENTIAL EXCLUSIONARY
10:30:22:21    QUALITY.
10:30:24:00    THE WORD GROUNDING IS VERY
10:30:26:00    STRONG FOR ME, BECAUSE THIS IS
10:30:27:04    HOW I PERSONALLY VIEW THE
10:30:28:16    SEVEN PRINCIPLES AS MY
10:30:30:00    GROUNDING, AND IN FACT, I CALL
10:30:31:18    MYSELF A SEVEN PRINCIPLED
10:30:34:10    CHRISTIAN.
10:30:35:04    SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH
10:30:36:21    THIS AMENDMENT, BECAUSE IT                            74
10:30:38:03    DOES COVER THE BASES WITHOUT
10:30:40:03    HAVING SOME POTENTIAL
10:30:41:01    EXCLUSIONARY LANGUAGE.
10:30:44:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:30:44:21    >> I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:30:46:00    THE CON MICROPHONE.
10:30:47:09    >> I'VE BEEN THINKING FOR
10:30:50:10    AWHILE, AS I SAID THIS MORNING
10:30:53:12    ABOUT WORDS BEING UNDERSTOOD
10:30:54:27    DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT
10:30:56:03    PEOPLE.
10:30:56:18    AND WE MAY BE QUIBBLING ABOUT
10:30:58:19    WORDING HERE THAT IS NOT
10:30:59:15    SIGNIFICANT.
10:31:01:03    I DO THINK OUR PRINCIPLES,
10:31:03:12    THAT THESE ARE WRITTEN AS
10:31:04:25    SEPARATE PRINCIPLES.
10:31:06:10    THEY ARE, IN EFFECT, ITEMIZED
10:31:07:24    AND, THEREFORE, THE WORD
10:31:10:24    PRINCIPLES LENDS ITSELF IN
10:31:12:00    THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT.
10:31:17:24    I'M SORRY.
10:31:19:03    I'M RICHARD SCROFF FROM THE
10:31:21:22    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:31:22:04    FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTINGTON, NEW
10:31:23:15    YORK.
10:31:24:06    >> THANK YOU.
10:31:28:19    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:31:29:25    >> I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ME
10:31:31:18    ANYMORE.
10:31:32:06    I WAS GOING TO CALL THE
10:31:33:18    QUESTION.
10:31:33:24    >> NO, YOU DON'T.
10:31:35:06    WE'VE RUN OUT OF PEOPLE AT THE
10:31:36:10    PRO MICROPHONE.
10:31:37:19    JUST IN TIME, WHEN WE WERE ALL
10:31:38:24    KIND OF HAVING THAT IMPULSE.
10:31:41:06    INTRIGUED THOUGH I WAS, IT WAS
10:31:42:28    TIME.
10:31:46:00    SO FIND YOUR VOTING CARDS,
10:31:47:09    PLEASE.
10:31:51:24    YES.
10:31:52:13    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:31:53:15    >>YEAH.
10:31:54:00    MY NAME IS LINDA HAMBURGER
10:31:55:18    FROM THE UU FELLOWSHIP IN
10:31:59:10    RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
10:32:00:10    IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME, ARE WE
10:32:03:21    VOTING ON LINE 54 OR ARE WE
10:32:06:03    ALSO VOTING ON LINE 55?                               75
10:32:07:25
10:32:07:28    >> WE ARE VOTING ON LINE 54
10:32:10:03    ONLY.
10:32:11:12    >> OKAY.
10:32:12:03    THANK YOU.
10:32:13:09    >> I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
10:32:15:07    YOUR CONFUSION.
10:32:21:03    A GREAT LINE STOLEN FROM MEG
10:32:22:27    RILEY.
10:32:23:09    SO WE ARE VOTING ON E ONLY.
10:32:24:25    THE AMENDMENT WAS TO CHANGE
10:32:26:00    THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE TO HIS
10:32:27:12    THEOLOGICAL GROUNDING.
10:32:30:21    I DON'T, PROCEDURAL
10:32:31:15    MICROPHONE.
10:32:32:10    HELL SNOW.
10:32:32:22    >> HELLO.
10:32:33:21    WINDY DEGROTT, FIRST UNITARIAN
10:32:38:09    CHURCH OF RICHMOND.
10:32:39:10    I WANT TO SUGGEST A MOMENT OF
10:32:41:07    REFLECTION.
10:32:41:22    POINT OF INFORMATION.
10:32:42:15    I WAS NOTING THAT SEVERAL OF
10:32:45:12    THE DELEGATES WHO SPOKE AT THE
10:32:47:06    PRO MIKE WERE FROM OUR YOUNG
10:32:49:07    ADULT GROUP, AND THEY ARE
10:32:50:18    LIKELY TO BE
10:32:51:21    DISPROPORTIONATELY
10:32:53:06    UNREPRESENTED IN THE DELEGATE
10:32:54:15    CARDS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE
10:32:55:16    RAISED.
10:32:56:07    SO I THOUGHT WE MIGHT TAKE
10:32:57:06    JUST A MOMENT OF REFLECTION
10:32:58:21    BEFORE THE CARDS ARE RAISED TO
10:33:00:15    CONSIDER THAT.
10:33:06:24    >> NICELY DONE.
10:33:15:21    THIS IS PART OF THE SEEING
10:33:18:12    EACH OTHER PIECE.
10:33:19:21    RIGHT?
10:33:24:27    ALL THOSE, THEN, IN FAVOR OF
10:33:26:12    CHANGING THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
10:33:29:13    TO HIS THEOLOGICAL GROUNDING,
10:33:31:12    RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS.
10:33:34:03    THANK YOU.
10:33:37:16    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
10:33:38:25    PUT YOUR ARMS DOWN.
10:33:44:09    TIME TO GO TO WORK, GUYS.
10:33:48:21    AS IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING THE
10:33:50:00    WHOLE TIME ALREADY, YOU KNOW?
10:33:53:28    OKAY?                                                 76
10:33:54:13    AND THE VOTE WE'RE GOING TO
10:33:55:25    NEED ON THIS AS AN AMENDMENT
10:33:58:12    IS MAJORITY, SIMPLE MAJORITY.
10:34:01:03    THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
10:34:02:01    IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
10:34:03:01    OKAY.
10:34:03:10    NOT EASY.
10:34:04:00    OKAY.
10:34:04:12    SO DON'T DO THE THING OF
10:34:05:12    WAVING IT AROUND OR ANYTHING.
10:34:06:15    DO THIS.
10:34:06:27    READY?
10:34:07:09    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS
10:34:09:00    AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR VOTING
10:34:10:19    CARDS AND HOLD THEM THERE FOR
10:34:11:27    US.
10:34:24:21    GOOD.
10:34:25:27    THANK YOU.
10:34:27:06    ALL THOSE  -- LOWER THEM.
10:34:29:16    YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE.
10:34:30:18    YOU CAN LOWER THEM NOW.
10:34:31:27    ALL OF THEM.
10:34:34:09    I'M SORRY.
10:34:35:06    IF SOMEONE NEAR YOU STILL HAS
10:34:36:19    THEIR ARM IN THE AIR, PULL IT
10:34:38:03    DOWN FOR THEM, PLEASE.
10:34:41:03    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
10:34:49:06    I DIDN'T NEED YOU TO COUNT.
10:34:53:04    I'M SORRY.
10:35:12:10    PUT YOUR ARMS DOWN.
10:35:14:21    WE ARE GOING TO COUNT THIS
10:35:15:12    ONE, BUT I HADN'T ASKED FOR A
10:35:17:15    COUNTED VOTE YET TELLERS.
10:35:19:21    OKAY?
10:35:20:01    ALL RIGHT.
10:35:20:13    ALL RIGHT.
10:35:20:28    SO LET'S JUST EASE BACK FOR A
10:35:23:15    MINUTE.
10:35:26:06    JOHN HUBERT, YOU KNOW THIS IS
10:35:27:25    GOING TO BE YOUR TIME, SO
10:35:29:15    HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
10:35:31:21    WHERE ARE OUR TELLERS?
10:35:32:24    LET'S HEAR FROM OUR TELLERS.
10:35:34:13    YEAH!
10:35:36:04     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:35:36:16    >> WE'RE GOING TO PULL UP THE
10:35:38:03    HOUSE LIGHTS.
10:35:39:15    WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE AND
10:35:41:00    WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MUSIC
10:35:42:13    DURING THAT VOTE.                                     77
10:35:44:16    THIS IS NOT A TIME, LIKE TO,
10:35:46:27    YOU KNOW -- IT'S HARD.
10:35:48:12    LIKE DON'T SING AND DO THIS.
10:35:51:19    ALL RIGHT?
10:35:52:07    IT'S LIKE THAT, BUT JOHN WILL
10:35:53:21    COME DO SOMETHING WITH US OR
10:35:55:06    PROVIDE SOME MUSIC FOR US, AND
10:35:56:21    YOU WILL KNOW YOU CAN PUT YOUR
10:35:57:22    ARMS DOWN WHEN THE TELLER IN
10:35:58:28    YOUR SECTION TELLS YOU TO PUT
10:36:00:21    YOUR ARMS DOWN.
10:36:01:15    SO WATCH FOR THE STRIPED VEST.
10:36:03:27    IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME HAD BY
10:36:05:22    ALL.
10:36:06:01    ALL RIGHT?
10:36:06:21    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
10:36:10:18    UNINCORPORATED AMENDMENT E TO
10:36:13:07    CHANGE THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
10:36:15:00    TO THEOLOGICAL GROUNDING ON
10:36:16:12    LINE 54, RAISE YOUR VOTING
10:36:18:09    CARD AND HOLD IT THERE WHILE
10:36:19:28    THE COUNT IS TAKEN.
10:36:52:25    >> I'M LOOKING FOR MY HEAD
10:39:41:16    TELLER TO TELL ME IF WE'RE
10:39:43:06    READY FOR THE OTHER HALF OF
10:39:43:24    THE VOTE?
10:39:45:18    YES?
10:39:49:21    YES?
10:39:51:16    OKAY.
10:39:53:06    READY?
10:39:57:18    ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO
10:40:03:03    INCORPORATING UNINCORPORATED
10:40:04:09    AMENDMENT E AT LINE 54 TO
10:40:06:12    CHANGE THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES
10:40:08:13    TO THEOLOGICAL GROUNDING
10:40:09:24    RAISED, RAISE YOUR VOTING
10:40:11:24    CARDS AND HOLD THEM IN PLACE
10:40:13:06    WHILE WE HAVE MORE PLEASANT
10:40:14:10    MUSIC.
10:40:16:27    MORE OF THE PIANO MAGIC OF
10:40:20:00    JUNE HUBERT.
10:40:21:03    >> PIANO STYLINGS.
10:40:25:06    >> OKAY.
10:43:21:13    TELLERS, WHERE ARE WE?
10:43:25:03    ARE WE GOOD TO GO?
10:43:26:09    I'M LOOKING FOR  -- IS OUR
10:43:38:21    COUNT COMPLETE ON THE FLOOR?
10:43:41:28    I SEE A TELLER RUNNING.
10:43:45:03     [ LAUGHTER ]
10:43:45:12    >> SOMETIMES A GOOD SIGN.                             78
10:44:00:19    OKAY.
10:44:01:21    THE COUNT IS COMPLETE, BUT
10:44:02:24    THEY NOW HAVE TO TALLY.
10:44:04:03    HERE IS MY SUGGESTION TO YOU,
10:44:05:12    AND IT WOULD TAKE SOMEBODY
10:44:09:00    MAKING A MOTION LATER, NOT
10:44:10:12    NOW.
10:44:10:18    MY THOUGHT, AND I'VE TALKED
10:44:11:24    WITH THE FOLKS AT THE
10:44:12:09    AMENDMENT MICROPHONE, IS THAT
10:44:14:01    E AND F ARE A LOT ALIKE.
10:44:15:22    RIGHT?
10:44:17:15    AND RATHER THAN US NOW DEBATE
10:44:19:18    F WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WE
10:44:21:01    VOTED ON E, I WOULD PROPOSE
10:44:23:07    THAT WE MOVED ON TO OTHER
10:44:25:18    AMENDMENTS BEYOND F AND THE
10:44:28:13    MAKER OF F IS WILLING TO DO
10:44:29:28    THAT, IT IS ACTUALLY HIS RIGHT
10:44:31:18    TO MOVE THE NEXT ONE, AS LONG
10:44:33:03    AS WE AGREE TO EXTEND TIME A
10:44:35:04    LITTLE BIT IF WE NEED TO TO
10:44:36:16    COME BACK TO F AFTER WE HAVE A
10:44:38:24    COUNT.
10:44:39:06    IS THAT OKAY WITH THE BODY?
10:44:40:12
10:44:42:24    >> YES!
10:44:44:01    >> OKAY.
10:44:44:13    THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO,
10:44:46:06    THEN.
10:44:46:15    NO, THERE'S NO MOTION TO BE
10:44:47:27    MADE.
10:44:48:03    IT'S OKAY.
10:44:48:15    WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION
10:44:49:21    TO EXTEND TIME WHEN WE NEED
10:44:50:19    IT.
10:44:51:04    OKAY?
10:44:51:16    WE MAY NOT NEED IT.
10:44:52:07    WE'RE OKAY.
10:44:52:27    I'M GOING TO GO BACK, THEN, TO
10:44:54:12    THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
10:44:55:12    SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE WE
10:44:56:06    ARE OR NO?
10:44:56:27    LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.
10:44:58:19    THEY TOOK THE VOTE.
10:44:59:22    NOW THEY HAVE TO ADD THEM ALL
10:45:00:27    UP IN THE BACK.
10:45:01:27    WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
10:45:04:00    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE, YES,
10:45:05:28    MARY FRANCIS.                                         79
10:45:06:24    >> YES, FROM THE NORMAN
10:45:08:24    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:45:09:21    ASSOCIATION.
10:45:10:03    >> AT LEAST.
10:45:10:24    >> AND OTHERS.
10:45:15:07    DID WE TOTALLY SKIP D?
10:45:17:15
10:45:17:24    >> NO ONE MOVED D.
10:45:19:12    >> OH.
10:45:19:24    AND SO THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY
10:45:21:25    TO DO THAT?
10:45:22:15
10:45:23:00    >> YOU COULD GO TO THE END OF
10:45:26:12    THAT LONG LINE.
10:45:28:22    IN OTHER WORDS, THE MAKER OF D
10:45:30:01    DID NOT COME TO MOVE THAT
10:45:31:09    MOTION.
10:45:31:24    >> OKAY.
10:45:32:06    I'M THE MAKER OF D AND THE
10:45:34:03    LINE HAS FORM, A LONG LINE,
10:45:37:03    AND I DIDN'T REALIZE.
10:45:38:21    I MEAN, ARE WE GOING BY THAT
10:45:40:00    LINE OR ARE WE GOING BY RIGHT
10:45:43:15    DOWN THE LIST?
10:45:43:27
10:45:44:01    >> IT'S OKAY.
10:45:45:01    WE'VE GOT YOUR QUESTION.
10:45:46:00    HANG ON.
10:45:46:15    >> YOU GO BY THE LETTER, AND
10:45:49:27    THE COMMISSIONER MADE A
10:45:51:28    DISTINCT EFFORT TO FIND YOU,
10:45:54:00    COULD NOT FIND YOU, AND THAT'S
10:45:55:12    USUALLY  -- THEN WE TAKE THE
10:45:57:06    NEXT ONE THAT'S PRESENTED.
10:45:58:09    >> OKAY.
10:45:59:21    I'M SORRY.
10:46:00:22    I WAS NOT IN THE LINE.
10:46:04:12    >> NO.
10:46:05:03    IT'S PASSED.
10:46:06:00    YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET TO THE
10:46:06:28    END OF THE LINE.
10:46:07:16    >> THAT'S FINE.
10:46:08:16    THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT
10:46:09:16    AMENDMENT PASSED.
10:46:11:09    SO THAT WAS JUST  -- ACTUALLY,
10:46:14:25    D AND A WERE TOGETHER IN ONE
10:46:17:06    AMENDMENT AT ONE TIME.
10:46:18:15    >> PERFECT.
10:46:19:09    >> OKAY.
10:46:19:18    THANK YOU.                                            80
10:46:20:03    >> GOOD, THANK YOU.
10:46:20:18    >> SO THERE'S THE PROCESS.
10:46:22:22    WE'RE ALL LEARNING TODAY.
10:46:23:21    IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF, LIKE,
10:46:25:24    CRUNCH TIME THAT, IF YOU HAVE
10:46:27:03    PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT IN ANY
10:46:28:22    OF THE MINI-ASSEMBLIES, THE
10:46:30:22    PROCESS IS THAT EARLY IN MINI
10:46:33:12    ARE WHERE THAT DISCUSSION
10:46:35:00    COMES UP, YOU WANT TO BE OVER
10:46:36:04    HERE CONSULTING WITH THE
10:46:37:01    PLANNING COMMITTEE IF IT'S A
10:46:38:12    BUSINESS SOLUTION, BYLAW
10:46:40:18    AMENDMENT, OR COMMISSION ON
10:46:42:03    SOCIAL WITNESS IF IT HAS TO DO
10:46:43:10    WITH ACTIONS OF IMMEDIATE
10:46:44:22    WITNESS, STATEMENTS OF
10:46:45:18    CONSCIENCE, OR CONGREGATIONAL
10:46:46:21    STUDY ACTION ISSUES.
10:46:48:12    MAKE SENSE?
10:46:49:06    SO THEY CUE YOU UP IN THIS
10:46:54:09    ORDER.
10:46:54:18    THAT IS THEIR ATTEMPT TO DO
10:46:55:21    THAT.
10:46:56:00    ALL RIGHT.
10:46:56:15    NOW, AMENDMENT MICROPHONE?
10:46:58:24
10:46:59:01    >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS
10:47:02:06    DAVID KEPPLE AND I'M A CHAIR
10:47:05:28    OF THE JUSTICE TASKFORCE IN
10:47:07:04    THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:47:07:25    CHURCH OF BLOOMINGTON,
10:47:09:00    INDIANA.
10:47:09:15    AND I'M HERE TO MOVE THAT WE
10:47:13:06    INSERT THE WORD NONVIOLENT
10:47:16:04    RESISTERS AFTER CONSCIENTIOUS
10:47:21:18    OBJECTORS HERE AT WHATEVER
10:47:23:07    LINE IT IS.
10:47:23:25    >> 118.
10:47:24:19    >> 118, YES.
10:47:27:12    MADAM MODERATOR, THE
10:47:29:00    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS
10:47:30:22    STATED THAT NONVIOLENT
10:47:31:25    RESISTERS WAS AN UNCLEAR
10:47:34:00    CATEGORY.
10:47:34:21    IF THAT'S AN UNCLEAR CATEGORY,
10:47:36:28    MADAM MODERATOR, IT REFERS TO
10:47:39:00    THE MINISTER, REVEREND BILL
10:47:41:09    BREEDEN, WHO BROUGHT ME INTO
10:47:45:25    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM.                               81
10:47:47:24    CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IS
10:47:50:27    COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD IN THE
10:47:51:21    PRECISE SENSE EVER THOSE WHO,
10:47:53:28    FOR REASONS OF CONSCIENCE, CAN
10:47:55:03    NOT SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
10:47:57:18    NONVIOLENT RESISTERS
10:47:59:15    REFERENCES TO THOSE OF US WHO
10:48:02:07    WERE NOT UP FOR MILITARY
10:48:04:00    SERVICE, BUT WHO CHOOSE TO
10:48:06:24    ENGAGE IN NONVIOLENT CIVIL
10:48:08:25    DISOBEDIENCE.
10:48:10:07    THAT IS A CRUCIAL PART OF OUR
10:48:12:21    SOCIAL WITNESS.
10:48:14:12    IT IS ONE THAT SOME AMONG US
10:48:17:07    FEEL CALLED TO DO.
10:48:20:03    IT IS ONE THAT EVEN IF NOT ALL
10:48:22:06    OF US CHOOSE TO ENGAGE, WE
10:48:24:28    COLLECTIVELY SHOULD AFFIRM AND
10:48:27:21    SUPPORT.
10:48:29:00    >> THANK YOU.
10:48:35:27    THERE'S JUST A LOT OF RUNNING
10:48:37:09    HAPPENING HERE TODAY.
10:48:39:18    I'M NOTICING.
10:48:40:19    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:48:42:10    THE CON MICROPHONE.
10:48:43:21    >> MADAM MODERATOR, MY NAME IS
10:48:47:12    JOHN HOOPER, MEMBER OF THE
10:48:48:19    UNITARIAN CHURCH IN WESTPORT,
10:48:50:07    CONNECTICUT, AND A MEMBER ON
10:48:51:12    THE COMMISSION OF SOCIAL
10:48:52:09    WITNESS.
10:48:52:27    I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN
10:48:54:03    OPPOSITION TO THIS AMENDMENT
10:48:55:13    AND TO EXPLAIN WHY THE
10:48:58:18    COMMISSION RECOMMENDS AGAINST
10:49:01:15    IT.
10:49:03:24    IN LOOKING UP THE DEFINITION
10:49:05:07    OF NONVIOLENT RESISTER, THINGS
10:49:08:27    LIKE TAX EVASION, THINGS LIKE
10:49:13:04    ACTUALLY OTHER DESCRIBE
10:49:17:15    REFERENCE, ACTIVITIES ARE
10:49:18:24    SOMETIMES INCLUDED, AND WE
10:49:20:12    THOUGHT WITHOUT HAVING A VERY
10:49:21:19    CLEAR DEFINITION, IT COULD BE
10:49:25:06    MISUSED.
10:49:27:27    >> THANK YOU.
10:49:28:27    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:49:30:09    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:49:31:25    >> MY NAME IS PHIL BREEDEN
10:49:34:15    FROM THE BLOOMINGTON UNIVERSAL                        82
10:49:38:28    CHURCH, BLOOPING TON, INDIANA.
10:49:40:15    I JUST WANT TO SAY I RESPECT
10:49:41:27    -- I THINK WE SUPPORT OUR
10:49:44:03    MILITARY.
10:49:45:13    WE SUPPORT ALL FORMS IN THIS,
10:49:47:27    BUT NONVIOLENT RESISTER I
10:49:49:21    THINK IS VERY CLEAR.
10:49:50:15    MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HEAR
10:49:52:00    IT, THEY THINK OF GANDHI AND
10:49:54:15    OTHERS.
10:49:54:22    AND ACTUALLY, IT RUNS THE
10:49:56:06    GAMUT OF MANY PEOPLE, YOUNG
10:49:57:21    AND OLD.
10:49:58:06    AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE START
10:49:59:28    RECOGNIZING THAT AS AN ACTIVE
10:50:02:00    FORM OF PEACEMAKING, BECAUSE I
10:50:03:15    THINK EVENTUALLY INEVITABLY,
10:50:06:06    IT ALWAYS TAKES THAT TO CHANGE
10:50:07:25    THINGS, AS WITH THE BARRIGANS
10:50:11:09    AND THE VIETNAM WAR AND
10:50:12:15    OTHERS.
10:50:12:27    I REALLY THINK IT'S TIME FOR
10:50:13:24    THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS TO
10:50:15:13    RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO TAKE THIS
10:50:17:00    ACTIVE STEP OF RESISTING
10:50:18:15    VIOLENCE.
10:50:18:24    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:50:19:06    >> THANK YOU.
10:50:19:27    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:50:21:09    THE CON MICROPHONE.
10:50:22:19    >> MARTIN CREM, BULL RUN
10:50:25:06    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST,
10:50:26:18    MANASSAS, VIRGINIA.
10:50:28:15    I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE
10:50:29:15    PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
10:50:31:00    AS IT CURRENTLY READS, IT SAYS
10:50:32:27    SUPPORTING VETERANS, MILITARY
10:50:34:09    SERVICE MEMBERS, CONSCIENTIOUS
10:50:35:24    OBJECTORS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
10:50:37:19    AND PROVIDING THEM WITH
10:50:38:21    OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT
10:50:39:27    THEY HAVE LEARNED.
10:50:40:18    THE TERM "NONVIOLENT
10:50:44:10    RESISTERS" DOES NOT BELONG
10:50:45:25    WITH THAT GROUP.
10:50:48:03    THAT DOES NOT FIT WITH THE
10:50:50:03    VETERANS, MILITARY SERVICE
10:50:51:25    MEMBERS, AND CONSCIENTIOUS
10:50:53:27    OBJECTORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
10:50:56:06    THAT'S A MAYBE DIFFERENT                              83
10:50:57:06    CATEGORY, AND I THINK THAT THE
10:51:00:19    TERM "NONVIOLENT RESISTER"
10:51:02:27    WERE PROPERLY DEFINED, IT
10:51:04:09    MIGHT FIT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN
10:51:06:04    THIS STATEMENT, BUT NOT WHERE
10:51:07:16    IT'S PROPOSED TO GO.
10:51:09:15    I WOULD ALSO OPPOSE THE USE OF
10:51:12:27    THE TERM "NONVIOLENT
10:51:14:13    RESISTERS" IF IT INCLUDES
10:51:18:06    DRAFT DODGING.
10:51:21:12    >> THANK YOU.
10:51:21:27    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:51:23:16    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:51:25:00    >> MY NAME IS DAN MCKANAN, I'M
10:51:29:12    REPRESENTING THE UU CHURCH OF
10:51:30:21    FED MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
10:51:33:18    I'LL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE
10:51:35:15    COMMENT FROM THE CON
10:51:36:21    MICROPHONE.
10:51:37:15    ANY VIOLENT RESISTER BELONGS
10:51:39:10    IN THIS LIST, BECAUSE WE'RE
10:51:40:15    LISTING A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
10:51:41:12    HAVE TAKEN PERSONAL RISKS, PUT
10:51:43:00    THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE
10:51:44:13    TRYING TO LIVE OUT THE GOAL OF
10:51:48:03    CREATING PEACE.
10:51:48:27    MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY DO
10:51:50:03    THAT, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
10:51:52:25    DO THAT, NONVIOLENT RESISTERS
10:51:54:24    DO THAT.
10:51:55:09    IN SOME GREAT MYSTERY, ALL OF
10:51:57:15    THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY'RE
10:51:59:12    WORKING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER,
10:52:01:04    ARE WORKING FOR THE SAME GOAL
10:52:02:06    OF CREATING PEACE AND WE NEED
10:52:03:12    TO HONOR AND UPLIFT THEM
10:52:04:18    TOGETHER.
10:52:04:27    THANK YOU.
10:52:05:03    >> THANK YOU.
10:52:05:27    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:52:07:10    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:52:08:19    >> LOUISE HORNER, MEMBER.
10:52:11:03    CHURCH OF THE LARGER
10:52:11:24    FELLOWSHIP.
10:52:13:06    I NOTICE AFTER SOME OF THESE
10:52:14:21    AMENDMENTS THERE'S THE LETTER
10:52:16:13    G IN PARENTHESIS OR THE LETTER
10:52:18:21    I, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
10:52:20:00    MEANS.
10:52:20:15    >> THE G INDICATES THAT IT WAS                        84
10:52:26:09    APPROVED BY A GROUP IN THE
10:52:27:24    MINI-ASSEMBLY THAT WERE ALL
10:52:30:28    DISCUSSING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
10:52:32:04    ON A PARTICULAR PART OF THE
10:52:33:07    DOCUMENT.
10:52:34:03    I IS AN INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT
10:52:35:24    THAT THE GROUP WOULD NOT
10:52:37:09    ACCEPT AS A GROUP AMENDMENT.
10:52:40:15    SO WE GIVE PREFERENCE TO GROUP
10:52:42:03    PROPOSE AMENDMENTS AS FAR AS
10:52:44:21    THE RANKING, NOT WHETHER OR
10:52:46:13    NOT THEY'LL ACCEPT THEM.
10:52:49:15    >> THANK YOU.
10:52:50:00    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:52:51:18    THE CON MICROPHONE.
10:52:52:28    >> PAMELA PHILLIPS FROM THOMAS
10:52:54:27    JEFFERSON MEMORIAL CHURCH,
10:52:56:03    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST IN
10:52:57:18    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.
10:52:59:04    WHILE I AGREE THAT THERE IS
10:53:02:24    NONVIOLENT RESISTERS DO HAVE A
10:53:04:21    PLACE IN A DOCUMENT, I DO NOT
10:53:06:25    AGREE THAT IT BELONGS WITH
10:53:07:28    THOSE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
10:53:10:06    WHO I THINK DESERVE A
10:53:11:09    DIFFERENT KIND OF SUPPORT FROM
10:53:12:15    OUR DENOMINATION.
10:53:14:24    AS A PERSON WHO HAS FAMILY
10:53:16:01    MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY
10:53:16:22    DEPLOYED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME
10:53:18:09    THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT
10:53:20:18    THOSE THEM A DIFFERENT WAY.
10:53:21:28    THANK YOU.
10:53:23:07    >> THANK YOU.
10:53:23:25    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:53:25:00    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
10:53:26:06    >> HELLO.
10:53:26:21    MY NAME IS ANNA [INAUDIBLE] OF
10:53:28:19    ALL SOULS UNITARIAN OF DC.
10:53:31:03    AND I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE
10:53:32:03    AMENDMENT.
10:53:32:24    WHILE I APPRECIATE THE MEN AND
10:53:34:09    WOMEN WHO SERVE IN OUR
10:53:35:15    MILITARY, I THINK WE ALSO NEED
10:53:37:01    TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO AREN'T
10:53:39:06    DRAFTED, PARTICULARLY WOMEN,
10:53:40:15    AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO
10:53:41:18    CREATE PEACE IN THIS WORLD.
10:53:43:06    AND SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY
10:53:44:22    FALL INTO THE NONVIOLENT                              85
10:53:46:15    RESISTERS AND OUR STRONGEST
10:53:49:24    WOMEN'S PEACE MOVEMENTS IN
10:53:50:24    HISTORY.
10:53:51:06    THANK YOU.
10:53:51:15    >> THANK YOU.
10:53:51:22    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:53:53:00    THE CON MICROPHONE.
10:53:53:27    >> I'M JOANN RODOBUSH FROM THE
10:53:56:18    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
10:53:57:15    FELLOWSHIP OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.
10:53:59:07    AS A MOTHER OF AN ACTIVE
10:54:00:27    MILITARY PERSON, THIS LINE,
10:54:05:10    WHEN I READ IT, WHEN I FIRST
10:54:06:22    READ THIS SOC STRUCK SO
10:54:09:15    STRONGLY IN MY HEART, BECAUSE
10:54:12:00    I FIND IN OUR ASSOCIATION A
10:54:15:27    CLIMATE OF MISTRUST AND NO
10:54:21:00    SUPPORT FOR THOSE OF US WHO DO
10:54:24:03    HAVE FAMILY IN THE MILITARY OR
10:54:26:00    FEEL STRONGLY THAT MILITARY
10:54:27:24    SERVICE IS AN HONORABLE WAY TO
10:54:29:10    SERVE.
10:54:31:12    AND I AM AFRAID THIS AMENDMENT
10:54:33:24    DILUTES THAT.
10:54:34:15    AS A FAMILY MEMBER, I AM
10:54:36:13    GRATEFUL FOR THIS LINE AND
10:54:37:07    THIS SUPPORT.
10:54:39:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:54:40:15    >> DO I HAVE SOMEONE AT THE
10:54:44:04    PRO MICROPHONE?
10:54:45:01
10:54:48:12    >> HILLARY VIRGINIA,
10:54:50:21    COUNTRYSIDE CHURCH, PALATINE,
10:54:54:03    ILLINOIS.
10:54:54:16    I'M STANDING AT THIS
10:54:55:21    MICROPHONE, MOVED BY THE
10:54:58:06    STATEMENT OF THE PERSON WHO
10:54:58:27    WAS JUST AT THE CON
10:55:00:01    MICROPHONE, AND NOT WANTING TO
10:55:03:24    SEE THE SERVICE OF OUR
10:55:05:03    VETERANS AND THE PARTICULAR
10:55:07:28    ELEMENTS OF OUR MILITARY
10:55:10:07    FAMILIES TO BE BELITTLED IN
10:55:13:03    ANY WAY BY AN AMENDMENT HERE.
10:55:14:27    AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT THERE
10:55:15:28    TO BE A PLACE FOR A STATEMENT
10:55:16:28    OF NONVIOLENT RESISTERS,
10:55:20:12    BECAUSE I WITNESS THE WORK OF
10:55:22:00    NONVIOLENT RESISTERS AND I
10:55:23:13    KNOW THAT MANY IN OUR                                 86
10:55:24:10    CONGREGATIONS SUPPORT OF WORK
10:55:25:15    OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE, AND
10:55:27:00    IT'S TIME THAT WE ALSO
10:55:28:06    RECOGNIZE THAT AS A FORM OF
10:55:30:25    SERVICE AND A FORM OF SERVICE
10:55:32:07    THAT ALSO TRANSCENDS NATIONAL
10:55:34:00    BOUNDARIES.
10:55:35:00    I'M THINKING IN PARTICULAR OF
10:55:36:09    CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS,
10:55:38:07    INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY,
10:55:40:09    NONVIOLENT PEACE FORCE, AND
10:55:43:03    THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN OUR
10:55:44:09    CONGREGATIONS WHO ARE SEEKING
10:55:45:22    WAYS TO PUT INTO ACTION THE
10:55:47:21    NONVIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE VOTED
10:55:49:15    IN AS ONE OF OUR AMENDMENTS
10:55:50:27    EARLIER.
10:55:51:27    I THINK THIS IS A CONCRETE
10:55:53:19    STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR
10:55:55:06    METHODS OF NONVIOLENCE AS A
10:55:58:12    FORM OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION
10:55:59:09    AND OUR WORLD, AND I SUPPORT
10:56:01:19    THE AMENDMENT IN THAT LIGHT.
10:56:03:06    THANK YOU.
10:56:04:27     [ APPLAUSE ]
10:56:05:09    >> RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
10:56:06:15    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
10:56:07:27    >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM
10:56:09:06    MODERATOR.
10:56:09:25    I'M DEBRA BOAT FROM FIRST
10:56:13:00    UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF
10:56:13:27    COLUMBUS, OHIO.
10:56:15:00    I COME WITH YET ANOTHER
10:56:15:24    FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT HAS
10:56:16:24    BEEN SPOKEN TO WITH THE PERSON
10:56:18:04    WHO PROPOSED THE AMENDMENT AS
10:56:20:27    WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT
10:56:21:18    IT.
10:56:21:27    GIVEN THE CONCERN WAS REALLY
10:56:25:01    WANTING TO UPLIFT MILITARY
10:56:26:21    FAMILIES AND HONOR THE FACT
10:56:27:18    THAT THAT IS A SEPARATE
10:56:28:21    CATEGORY, HOWEVER, ALSO
10:56:30:18    WANTING TO LOOK AT THE FACT
10:56:32:10    THAT WE DO HAVE NONVIOLENT
10:56:35:09    RESISTERS THAT WE ALSO NEED
10:56:36:21    AND WANT TO SUPPORT, WE WOULD
10:56:38:00    PROPOSE THAT THERE BE ANOTHER
10:56:40:10    BULLET ADDED:  SUPPORTING
10:56:43:06    NONVIOLENT OBJECTORS  --                              87
10:56:47:00    LANGUAGE, THANK YOU.
10:56:47:28    AND THEIR FAMILIES AND
10:56:48:22    PROVIDING THEM WITH
10:56:50:09    OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT
10:56:51:00    THEY HAVE LEARNED.
10:56:55:03    >> SO A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX
10:56:56:16    THAN THE LAST TIME YOU WERE
10:56:57:21    FRIENDLY.
10:56:59:15     [ LAUGHTER ]
10:56:59:27    >> BUT I'M PRETTY FRIENDLY,
10:57:05:16    AREN'T I?
10:57:05:25    I MEAN, COME ON.
10:57:08:12    >>YEAH.
10:57:09:18    GIVE US A SECOND.
10:57:47:27    TECH DECK, WOULD YOU ROLL ONE
10:57:49:06    OF THE CONGREGATIONAL VIDEOS
10:57:50:15    FOR US REAL QUICK?
10:57:53:01    WE WANT TWO MINUTES.
10:57:53:25    YEAH?
10:57:57:00    YEAH.
10:58:04:12    >> THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF HE
10:58:06:09    HAVE TAN STOP WAS FOUNDED IN
10:58:08:03    1891.
10:58:08:28    WE ARE A WELCOMING
10:58:10:04    CONGREGATION, OPEN TO PEOPLE
10:58:11:06    OF ALL RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS,
10:58:15:27    RACIAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES
10:58:16:21    AND ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS.
10:58:18:04    WE ARE A GREEN SANCTUARY.
10:58:21:12    WE SEEK TO MAKE THE WORLD A
10:58:22:24    BETTER PLACE AS WE CULTIVATE
10:58:24:18    AN ENVIRONMENT OF SPIRITUAL
10:58:26:07    GROWTH.
10:58:26:19    WE STRIVE FOR JUSTICE AND WORK
10:58:27:27    FOR PEACE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS
10:58:29:03    WITH EACH OTHER.
10:58:30:24    OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
10:58:33:06    PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SPIRITUAL
10:58:34:16    DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE
10:58:35:21    SPAN.
10:58:38:03    >> AS A MINISTER OF THIS
10:58:39:18    CHURCH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
10:58:40:21    MOVES ME SO OFTEN SO MUCH IS
10:58:42:15    THAT PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER.
10:58:45:00    >> WHEN I CAME HERE, I SAW
10:58:46:03    PEOPLE WERE WRITING LETTERS.
10:58:47:12    THEY WERE ORGANIZING,
10:58:48:19    DEMONSTRATIONS AND RALLIES.
10:58:52:21    >> THERE'S SUCH A GREAT
10:58:54:03    MUSICAL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.                         88
10:58:55:18    SOMETHING ABOUT SINGING WITH A
10:58:57:01    GROUP OF PEOPLE, WEEK IN, WEEK
10:59:00:15    OUT, IT'S BEEN JUST FANTASTIC.
10:59:02:06    >> YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT
10:59:03:06    I'M DOING, I'M BRINGING MY
10:59:05:21    VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF OUR
10:59:08:12    FAITH WITH ME.
10:59:09:09    I COME TO CHURCH AND THE
10:59:12:16    PERSON GREETING ME AT THE DOOR
10:59:14:12    HAS A SMILE.
10:59:15:12    WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER.
10:59:17:09    >> IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE
10:59:19:10    CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO THINK
10:59:20:18    ABOUT BIGGER ISSUES AND WHAT
10:59:22:12    DIFFERENCES WE MIGHT BE ABLE
10:59:23:09    TO MAKE IN SMALL WAYS AND
10:59:24:09    MAYBE COLLECTIVELY IN A LARGER
10:59:25:22    WAY.
10:59:26:00    >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE
10:59:27:01    CHURCH IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT
10:59:28:00    OF PEOPLE WHO I KNOW AND WE
10:59:30:21    ALSO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT,
10:59:31:21    LIKE, RE TEACHERS HERE.
10:59:33:07    >> MY WIFE AND I JOINED THIS
10:59:35:03    AT THE AGE OF 75, AND WE FOUND
10:59:37:15    A GREAT SENSE OF FREEDOM HERE.
10:59:39:13    EXAMINING THE SPECTRUM ALL THE
10:59:42:00    WAY FROM THEIST TO ATHEIST.
10:59:45:00    WHERE DO I FIT ON THIS?
10:59:46:12    IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO DO THAT.
10:59:48:10    >> IN PARENTING MY DAUGHTER,
10:59:49:24    IT GIVES ME A PLACE TO ANSWER
10:59:52:00    HER QUESTIONS, TO HELP HER TO
10:59:53:12    GROW UP, TO HAVE HER OWN
10:59:54:19    BELIEFS, WHETHER THEY'RE THE
10:59:55:21    SAME AS MINE OR DIFFERENT.
10:59:56:27    >> WE HOPE YOU FEEL AT HOME AT
10:59:58:03    THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
11:00:00:09    EVANSTON.
11:00:02:22    YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
11:00:05:21    >> WE'RE GOING TO  -- WE WANT
11:00:29:21    TO LOOK AT THAT.
11:00:30:21    THERE'S ONLY 36 SECONDS LEFT
11:00:33:12    AND THERE'S SOMEONE AT THE
11:00:34:09    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
11:00:38:21    >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM
11:00:40:22    MODERATOR.
11:00:41:21    MY NAME IS AMARI CORIOTO,
11:00:44:06    CHURCH.
11:00:44:15    LARGER FELLOWSHIP.                                    89
11:00:45:12    I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND TIME.
11:00:46:19    >> FOR HOW LONG?
11:00:47:04
11:00:47:10    >> TEN MINUTES?
11:00:48:21
11:00:51:27    >> LONGER?
11:00:52:15
11:00:56:16    >> HOW ABOUT 15?
11:00:58:03    AND IF NOT, SOMEONE ELSE CAN
11:00:59:12    COME UP AND EXTEND TIME AGAIN.
11:01:00:27    >> SO WHAT'S YOUR MOTION?
11:01:02:00
11:01:02:04    >> MY MOTION IS THAT WE EXTEND
11:01:04:12    TIME FOR 15 MINUTES.
11:01:05:27    >> OKAY.
11:01:07:06    THE MOTION IS TO EXTEND DEBATE
11:01:09:10    ON THIS ITEM.
11:01:10:10    I JUST WANT TO DO AN ESPIRIT
11:01:11:22    DE CORPS KIND OF CHECK HERE.
11:01:14:27    THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE
11:01:16:04    IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ANOTHER
11:01:16:22    15 MINUTES.
11:01:17:07    SO IF YOU PLAN THAT YOU'RE
11:01:18:07    GOING TO SKIP THAT HAVE ITEM
11:01:19:18    ANYWAY, DO ME A FAVOR OF NOT
11:01:21:21    VOTING THAT OTHER PEOPLE
11:01:22:12    SHOULD STAY HERE.
11:01:23:13     [ LAUGHTER ]
11:01:23:25    >> IT'S THE FAIR THING TO DO.
11:01:36:06    ALL MONTHS IN FAVOR, AND I'M
11:01:37:03    NOT AGAINST EXTENDING DEBATED.
11:01:38:15    I JUST WANT US TO BE REAL
11:01:39:12    TOGETHER.
11:01:39:21    ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF
11:01:41:04    EXTENDING DEBATE 15 MINUTES
11:01:42:28    COOL.
11:01:43:07    THANK YOU.
11:01:43:15    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
11:01:50:13    THAT DID NOT PASS.
11:01:51:13    OKAY.
11:01:53:01    SO THAT'S OKAY.
11:01:54:12    WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IN
11:01:55:15    THIS VERY SECOND.
11:01:56:09    DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO TRY A
11:01:57:18    DIFFERENT NUMBER?
11:01:57:28    I DON'T USUALLY A HOW THAT.
11:01:59:19    DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO FRY TEN
11:02:01:06    MINUTES?
11:02:01:18    HERE COMES SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT
11:02:02:24    A DIFFERENT IDEA.                                     90
11:02:06:13    >> I'M SORRY.
11:02:07:28    MY NAME IS BETH [INAUDIBLE]
11:02:09:12    I'M WITH THE MOUNT VERNON
11:02:11:24    UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
11:02:13:24    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND I
11:02:15:13    WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
11:02:16:22    EXTEND THE DISCUSSION FOR TEN
11:02:19:15    MINUTES.
11:02:20:03    >> AH.
11:02:20:09    LET'S SEE HOW THAT GOES.
11:02:21:15    >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TEN
11:02:22:25    MINUTES.
11:02:23:07    WE'LL DO TEN TOGETHER.
11:02:26:27    THANK YOU.
11:02:27:03    ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
11:02:29:06    WE'RE GOING TO DO TEN, AMAZING
11:02:31:10    HOW THAT WORKS.
11:02:34:06    THE FIRST PERSON WAS RIGHT TO
11:02:35:12    BEGIN WITH.
11:02:35:27    ALL RIGHT.
11:02:36:18    COOL.
11:02:38:21    HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
11:02:40:22    FRIENDLY OR NOT, THE AMENDMENT
11:02:43:00    THAT'S BEING SUGGESTED
11:02:44:03    ACTUALLY HAS TO STAND AS A
11:02:45:28    SEPARATE AMENDMENT.
11:02:47:15    DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
11:02:49:18    SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT IN
11:02:54:13    FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, THE
11:02:55:19    AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US IS TO
11:02:57:09    ADD LANGUAGE.
11:02:58:09    IT'S THE AMENDMENT OUTLINED IN
11:03:00:03    I AND IT'S TO ADD LANGUAGE AT
11:03:01:25    LINE 118 AND IT IS NOW GOING
11:03:04:21    TO BE AMENDED.
11:03:05:24    READY?
11:03:06:03    AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
11:03:07:18    >> I PROPOSE THAT WE AMEND --
11:03:10:21    MY NAME IS DEBRA BOYD.
11:03:12:03    I'M FROM THE FIRST UU CHURCH
11:03:13:15    OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.
11:03:14:24    I AMEND THAT WE AMEND
11:03:16:10    AMENDMENT I TO CREATE A NEW
11:03:18:21    BULLET POINT READING
11:03:20:15    "SUPPORTING NONVIOLENT
11:03:21:28    OBJECTORS AND THEIR FAMILIES
11:03:23:01    AND PROVIDING THEM WITH
11:03:24:06    OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT
11:03:25:09    THEY HAVE LEARNED."
11:03:30:04    >> NONVIOLENT RESISTERS, I'M                          91
11:03:32:10    SORRY.
11:03:33:00    I CAN'T STAND AND READ AND
11:03:33:24    TALK.
11:03:34:09    >> READ IT AGAIN, PLEASE.
11:03:35:12    >> "SUPPORTING NONVIOLENT
11:03:38:07    RESISTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
11:03:39:13    AND PROVIDING THEM WITH
11:03:40:06    OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT
11:03:41:15    THEY HAVE LEARNED."
11:03:42:21    >> SO THE AMENDMENT IS THAT
11:03:47:07    THE PROPOSED AMENDED LANGUAGE
11:03:49:18    BE PLACED IN A SEPARATE POINT?
11:03:52:27    DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
11:03:54:16    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
11:03:56:03    >> MADAM MODERATOR, DAVID
11:03:58:00    ANDERSON, UNIVERSITY UNITARIAN
11:04:01:19    CHURCH.
11:04:02:01    DO OUR RULES ALLOW US TO
11:04:03:21    PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO
11:04:04:15    AMENDMENTS?
11:04:05:09    I THOUGHT THAT WAS OUT OF
11:04:06:06    ORDER.
11:04:06:18    >> IT IS IN ORDER, ACTUALLY.
11:04:08:13    THAT'S WHY WE HAD A VIDEO FROM
11:04:10:00    EVANSTON.
11:04:11:27     [ LAUGHTER ]
11:04:12:09    >> IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT IT
11:04:14:28    IS IN ORDER.
11:04:15:16    WE'RE JUST  -- WE'RE KIND OF
11:04:17:01    TROTTING THROUGH ALL OF
11:04:18:03    PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE UP
11:04:20:03    HERE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IN
11:04:21:15    THE PAST SIX YEARS.
11:04:22:09    AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FORM
11:04:24:06    AND THE INTENT.
11:04:25:09    IT'S REALLY ABOUT PLACEMENT.
11:04:26:24    OKAY?
11:04:28:06    DOES THAT MAKE SENSES?
11:04:30:19    GO AHEAD.
11:04:31:01    SURE.
11:04:31:15    >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
11:04:32:27    THAT WE COULD FOLLOW OUR
11:04:33:21    RULES.
11:04:34:00    THANK YOU.
11:04:34:15    >> YEP.
11:04:34:24    WE ARE.
11:04:36:15    THESE TWO GUYS OVER HERE KEEP
11:04:38:01    ME ON TRACK.
11:04:38:22    LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.
11:04:40:03     [ APPLAUSE ]                                         92
11:04:40:12    >> THANK YOU.
11:04:45:28    OKAY.
11:04:46:13    SO WE'RE NOW DEBATING THE
11:04:48:15    AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT,
11:04:50:06    AND THE LESS OF THAT WE DO THE
11:04:52:13    BETTER, AND IT'S A PRO, AND I
11:04:54:01    HAVE NOBODY AT CON.
11:04:55:24    SO LET'S VOTE  -- ARE WE GOOD?
11:05:00:13    DO YOU ALL WANT TO SPEAK
11:05:02:07    AGAINST AT AMENDMENT TO AT
11:05:03:18    AMENDMENT?
11:05:07:21    COME.
11:05:08:03    >> MY NAME ONCE AGAIN IS
11:05:09:19    REVEREND DR. MARIE DE YOUNG.
11:05:12:09    AND IN ALL THE OTHER THINGS
11:05:13:12    I'VE MENTIONED I'VE DONE, I
11:05:14:21    HAVE A ALSO SACRIFICED MY
11:05:17:19    MILITARY CAREER AND MY
11:05:19:09    MINISTRY CAREER UUA AT TIMES
11:05:21:09    DEFENDING CONSCIENTIOUS
11:05:22:21    OBJECTORS, WAR RESISTERS,
11:05:25:15    ET CETERA.
11:05:27:21    AND I FEEL, HAVING BEEN AT
11:05:29:21    THIS SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR,
11:05:32:13    OFTENTIMES THE WORK OF WAR
11:05:34:09    RESISTERS IS VERY, VERY
11:05:36:03    DIVISIVE.
11:05:37:18    VERY DIVISIVE.
11:05:38:28    AND SO I WENT IN FAVOR OF THE
11:05:41:15    OVERALL STATEMENT OF
11:05:42:18    CONSCIENCE, I WOULD PLEAD FOR
11:05:45:00    THIS GROUP TO SET ASIDE THIS
11:05:49:10    CONCEPT OF THE RESISTER, THE
11:05:53:00    ACTIVE WAR RESISTER FOR A
11:05:55:07    LATER TIME.
11:05:57:06    I FEEL THAT IT'S VERY DIVISIVE
11:05:59:12    AND THE ACTIONS ARE, AND THEY
11:06:01:00    ALSO ARE ATTRACTING LEGAL
11:06:04:07    ATTENTION.
11:06:05:00    MY FRIENDS WHO ARE SISTERS WHO
11:06:05:27    HAVE BEEN PEACE ACTIVISTS WHO
11:06:07:00    HAVE GONE TO JAIL, AND I'M
11:06:09:24    TALKING ABOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC
11:06:11:13    SISTERS WHO HAVE GONE TO JAIL
11:06:12:27    FOR THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAS,
11:06:14:09    THEIR ORDERS ARE SEVERAL
11:06:15:24    ORDERS WHO HAVE HAD PEACE
11:06:17:06    ACTIVISTS.
11:06:18:04    THEY'VE HAD TO COME TO A
11:06:19:16    DECISION THAT THEY WOULD NEVER                        93
11:06:20:18    ALLOW THEIR SISTERS TO DO THIS
11:06:22:03    WAR RESISTANCE, BECAUSE YOU
11:06:23:15    DRAW SO MUCH ATTENTION FROM
11:06:25:10    THE IRS AND OTHER AGENCIES.
11:06:29:06    IT'S BEYOND WHAT WE NEED TO DO
11:06:31:09    AT THIS MOMENT IN ORDER TO
11:06:32:13    MAKE A VERY DRAMATIC TURN IN A
11:06:35:07    DIRECTION OF PEACEMAKING AS A
11:06:37:00    DENOMINATION.
11:06:37:24    THANK YOU.
11:06:41:04    >> I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE
11:06:42:13    RESULT OF THE VOTE ON E.
11:06:46:21    TO REPLACE THEOLOGICAL
11:06:49:19    PRINCIPLES ARE THEOLOGICAL
11:06:51:01    GROUNDING AND ANNOUNCE THAT
11:06:52:03    THAT VOTE FAILED.
11:06:54:03    OKAY?
11:06:55:06    IT'S OKAY.
11:06:56:13    THE YES VOTE, 637, THE NO VOTE
11:07:01:27    707.
11:07:04:03    OKAY?
11:07:04:18    ALL RIGHT.
11:07:05:00    I GO TO THE PRO MICROPHONE.
11:07:06:19    >> YES.
11:07:09:00    MARY FRANCIS OF THE NORMAN
11:07:11:27    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:07:12:09    FELLOWSHIP.
11:07:13:16    I ROSE FIRST IN SUPPORT OF
11:07:15:21    THIS ADDITION AND NOW I ALSO
11:07:19:24    SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.
11:07:22:19    I AM A NONVIOLENT RESISTER.
11:07:25:15    I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED TWICE AS
11:07:29:15    WITNESSING FOR PEACE.
11:07:31:15    YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
11:07:33:00    HAPPEN TO YOU WHEN YOU BECOME
11:07:36:00    A PRISONER IN THE HANDS OF THE
11:07:37:19    POLICE.
11:07:40:27    AND IT DOES TAKE A CERTAIN
11:07:42:21    AMOUNT OF CONVICTION TO BE
11:07:47:04    WILLING TO BE ARRESTED AND TO
11:07:49:21    BE A NONVIOLENT RESISTER.
11:07:54:06    I THINK THAT THOSE OF US WHO
11:07:56:10    HAVE DONE THIS OUGHT TO BE
11:07:59:00    RECOGNIZED.
11:08:00:06    THANK YOU.
11:08:00:24    >> THANK YOU.
11:08:01:15    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:08:02:19    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
11:08:04:04    >> MY NAME IS KAREN REGAL AND
11:08:07:15    I AM FROM THE UNITARIAN                               94
11:08:08:06    UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF
11:08:10:13    ATLANTA.
11:08:11:22    POINT OF INFORMATION.
11:08:15:18    THE LAST SPEAKER AT THE CON
11:08:17:24    MIKE KEPT SAYING WAR RESISTER.
11:08:22:00    THE PROPOSAL IS NOT  --
11:08:23:27    >> THE TEXT SAYS NONVIOLENT
11:08:25:24    RESISTER.
11:08:26:15    >> IT SHOULD BE NONVIOLENT
11:08:28:07    RESISTER, AND THAT WOULD
11:08:30:24    INCLUDE THE LIKES OF THE
11:08:33:00    REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING.
11:08:35:16    >> HANG ON.
11:08:36:10    WE'RE GOING TO DO A TEACHABLE
11:08:37:27    MOMENT.
11:08:38:09    YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION OR
11:08:39:03    PROVIDE INFORMATION.
11:08:40:03    YOU CAN'T ADVOCATE FROM THAT
11:08:42:00    MICROPHONE.
11:08:42:18    >> OKAY.
11:08:43:04    >> OKAY?
11:08:43:25    THANK YOU.
11:08:45:27    CON MICROPHONE?
11:08:46:18
11:08:46:21    >> I'M REGINA LARGENT FROM USE
11:08:49:06    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
11:08:50:04    OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AND I
11:08:51:22    RISE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS
11:08:54:12    PROPOSAL, THIS AMENDMENT AND
11:08:57:03    THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
11:08:59:22    AS A FORMER MILITARY OFFICER,
11:09:02:27    I THINK THAT THIS TERM IS NOT
11:09:05:13    DEFINABLE.
11:09:06:10    IF WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO
11:09:08:21    HAVE STOOD AT THE PRO MIKE,
11:09:10:24    THEY HAVE CALLED NONVIOLENT
11:09:12:28    RESISTERS MANY THINGS.
11:09:16:00    I WOULD SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE
11:09:17:09    WHO GO TO JAIL TO STAND UP FOR
11:09:19:00    THEIR BELIEFS.
11:09:20:25    I WOULD NOT SUPPORT INCLUDING
11:09:23:15    THOSE PEOPLE WHO RUN AWAY,
11:09:27:09    BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
11:09:29:22    FIGHT AND THEY'VE BEEN CALLED
11:09:30:16    TO WAR.
11:09:31:07    SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THOSE
11:09:32:18    NONVIOLENT RESISTERS.
11:09:34:00    BUT IF THEY RAN AWAY AND THEY
11:09:36:25    DIDN'T EVEN STAND UP AND FIGHT
11:09:40:09    FOR THEIR BELIEFS, BUT THEY                           95
11:09:43:06    SAID THAT THEY WERE OPPOSED,
11:09:46:01    WOULD THAT MAKE THEM A
11:09:47:24    NONVIOLENT RESISTER?
11:09:49:00    SINCE WE HAVE NO INFORMATION
11:09:50:15    IN THIS TO DEFINE THESE TERMS,
11:09:53:06    I'D SAY IT DOES INCLUDES ALL
11:09:55:15    OF THOSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO GO
11:09:56:27    TO JAIL AND PEOPLE WHO RUN
11:09:58:21    AWAY.
11:10:00:04    I DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE
11:10:01:01    PEOPLE IN THIS AMENDMENT.
11:10:02:16    >> THANK YOU.
11:10:03:18    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE?
11:10:04:21
11:10:06:00    >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
11:10:08:10    I AM BARBARA GERRAL FROM ALL
11:10:11:09    SOULS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:10:12:06    CHURCH IN SHREVEPORT,
11:10:13:18    LOUISIANA.
11:10:14:03    MY QUESTION IS WHERE WOULD THE
11:10:16:16    BULLET POINT BE PLACED?
11:10:18:03
11:10:20:18    >> THE MOTION WAS TO INCLUDE
11:10:22:00    THE POINT FOLLOWING LINE 119.
11:10:30:00    >> OKAY.
11:10:30:24    >> OKAY?
11:10:31:00
11:10:31:06    >> THANK YOU.
11:10:32:00    DO I HAVE ANOTHER PROCEDURAL
11:10:33:01    ITEM?
11:10:34:04    YES.
11:10:34:16    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:10:36:00    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
11:10:37:03    >> JESSE FORD, UNITARIAN
11:10:38:24    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF
11:10:41:19    CORVALIS, OREGON.
11:10:44:06    I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION TO
11:10:45:18    KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE.
11:10:47:28    I WAS CONFUSED BY THE GRAMMAR
11:10:50:15    OF NONVIOLENT RESISTER.
11:10:52:15    I THOUGHT THAT IT MEANT A WAR
11:10:55:13    RESISTER.
11:10:57:04    PEOPLE FROM OTHER
11:10:58:18    CONGREGATIONS IN MY ROW
11:11:00:27    CLARIFIED THAT GRAMMATICALLY,
11:11:02:21    IT AM I CORRECTLY IS
11:11:03:25    UNDERSTOOD AS A RESISTER WHO
11:11:05:15    IS NONVIOLENT AND DOES NOT
11:11:07:27    REFER TO THE OBJECT OF THE
11:11:09:03    RESISTANCE.                                           96
11:11:12:28    >> THANK YOU.
11:11:15:09    PRO MICROPHONE?
11:11:16:03
11:11:16:12    >> MY NAME IS ALISON WOLBERT.
11:11:20:04    I AM FROM THE UU CONGREGATION
11:11:21:15    OF PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.
11:11:22:24    I AM A VETERAN OF THE U.S. AIR
11:11:24:12    FORCE.
11:11:25:03    MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS
11:11:26:25    COUNTRY SINCE 1750 AND WE HAVE
11:11:28:15    FOUGHT IN EVERY WAR THIS
11:11:30:18    COUNTRY HAS HAD.
11:11:36:07    WE HAVE NONVIOLENT RESISTERS
11:11:39:03    IN MORE THAN WAR.
11:11:40:00    IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE
11:11:41:15    RESISTERS SUCH AS THE
11:11:44:07    EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION
11:11:45:18    ACT THAT I'M WORKING ON WHERE
11:11:47:03    WE WILL GO DOWN AND HAVE TO
11:11:48:24    WILL HE SIFT, MANY OF US
11:11:53:18    RESIST WAR.
11:11:54:12    I DON'T BELIEVE IN PEACEMAKING
11:11:55:12    THAT WE'RE TALKING STRICTLY
11:11:56:19    WAR.
11:11:57:25    WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VETERANS
11:11:59:10    WHO HAVE STATED SUCH THINGS.
11:12:01:03    THIS AMENDMENT CLARIFIES, IN
11:12:04:06    MY MIND, THAT THERE ARE OTHERS
11:12:07:10    OF US WHO HAVE SERVED ON BOTH
11:12:08:21    SIDES, AS NONVIOLENT RESISTERS
11:12:10:09    AND AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN
11:12:12:00    WARS IN THE MILITARY.
11:12:15:06    I DON'T BELIEVE IT SOLELY
11:12:16:27    ADDRESSES WAR, AS MANY OF OUR
11:12:19:06    VETERANS HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU
11:12:20:25    TODAY.
11:12:21:04    SO I AM PRO FOR THIS
11:12:23:00    AMENDMENT.
11:12:23:21    >> THANK YOU.
11:12:24:06    CON MICROPHONE?
11:12:26:12    OOPS, SORRY.
11:12:27:00    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE?
11:12:28:04
11:12:28:10    >> I'M CONCERNED  --
11:12:31:06    >> YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:12:32:18    >> PEGGY ROSE.
11:12:33:21    I'M FROM SANTA MONICA,
11:12:35:25    CALIFORNIA.
11:12:36:15    MY CONCERN IS WE WON'T GET TO
11:12:37:27    ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS.                                97
11:12:39:00    THEREFORE, I CALL THE
11:12:40:00    QUESTION.
11:12:42:28    >> OKAY.
11:12:43:22    SO CALL THE QUESTION MEANS TO
11:12:46:09    END DEBATE AND IMMEDIATELY
11:12:47:15    MOVE TO VOTING.
11:12:48:06    IT IS NOT DEBATABLE AND WE
11:12:49:25    NEED TWO-THIRDS.
11:12:51:16    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CALLING
11:12:52:18    THE QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE
11:12:53:21    YOUR VOTING CARDS.
11:12:55:06    THANK YOU, ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
11:12:58:07    THAT'S A PRETTY CLEAR VOTE.
11:13:01:12    MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES.
11:13:03:03    SO WE WILL IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO
11:13:05:13    THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT OF
11:13:06:16    THE AMENDMENT.
11:13:07:18    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
11:13:08:27    YES?
11:13:09:03
11:13:09:06    >> MADAM MODERATOR, MICHAEL
11:13:11:21    SCOTT FROM THE FIRST UNITARIAN
11:13:12:10    UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF
11:13:13:25    ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
11:13:15:09    I'M CONCERNED THAT AT LEAST
11:13:16:15    THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS AT PRO
11:13:18:09    AND CON MICROPHONES HAVE, AS
11:13:19:28    FAR AS I CAN TELL, BEEN
11:13:20:22    SPEAKING TO THE AMENDMENT AND
11:13:22:21    NOT TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE
11:13:24:24    AMENDMENT, AND IT'S RATHER
11:13:27:04    CONFUSING AT THIS POINT.
11:13:30:21    I DON'T THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY
11:13:31:21    HAD AN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:13:33:25    CONSIDER WHETHER WE ARE
11:13:36:04    WRECKING THE STRUCTURE OF THE
11:13:38:12    DOCUMENT BY CHANGING THE
11:13:39:21    AMENDMENT IN THE WAY IT WAS
11:13:41:00    PROPOSED.
11:13:41:19    >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WE
11:13:43:15    WILL BE VOTING ON IT AND
11:13:44:24    PEOPLE WILL TAKE THAT INTO
11:13:45:27    ACCOUNT AS THEY DO THAT.
11:13:51:22    SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:13:53:03    AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT I,
11:13:55:18    WHICH IS TO CREATE A SEPARATE
11:13:57:00    POINT FOLLOWING LINE 119 THAT
11:14:01:12    INCLUDES SUPPORTING NONVIOLENT
11:14:05:25    RESISTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
11:14:07:19    AND PROVIDING THEM WITH                               98
11:14:08:27    OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT
11:14:09:21    THEY HAVE LEARNED.
11:14:10:18    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
11:14:12:15    INCLUDING THAT POINT IN THE
11:14:13:24    AMENDMENT, RAISE YOUR VOTING
11:14:15:15    CARDS.
11:14:15:24    THANK YOU, ALL THOSE OPPOSED
11:14:28:03    TO AMENDING THE AMENDMENT IN
11:14:30:00    THAT FASHION?
11:14:31:13    WE'RE MENDING THE AMENDMENT.
11:14:35:12    NOW WE WILL IMMEDIATELY VOTE
11:14:37:18    ON THE AMENDMENT.
11:14:38:18    SO AMENDED.
11:14:40:22    ALL RIGHT?
11:14:41:04    MAKE SENSE?
11:14:45:15    OKAY?
11:14:45:24    SO NOW WE KNOW WHERE WE WANT
11:14:47:15    IT.
11:14:47:21    NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON
11:14:48:21    WHETHER 20 AT ALL.
11:14:55:09    GOT IT?
11:14:56:06    OKAY.
11:14:56:12    ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF
11:14:57:28    INSERTING FOLLOWING LINE 119,
11:15:00:27    THE LANGUAGE THAT I JUST READ,
11:15:02:18    THAT YOU WANT IT IN HERE NOW
11:15:03:27    THAT WE KNOW WHERE IT GOES,
11:15:05:13    RAISE YOUR VOTING CARDS.
11:15:15:28    THANK YOU.
11:15:16:07    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
11:15:19:00    MOTION CLEARLY CARRIES.
11:15:24:10    THERE BEING NO FURTHER TIME
11:15:26:06    FOR DEBATE, WE'RE GOING TO
11:15:27:21    TALK TO THE PROCEDURAL
11:15:28:15    MICROPHONE AGAIN.
11:15:29:21    >> MADAM MODERATOR, DAVID
11:15:31:07    ANDERSON, UNIVERSITY UNITARIAN
11:15:33:27    CHURCH IN SEATTLE.
11:15:34:27    I MOVE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN
11:15:36:00    MINUTES OF DEBATE.
11:15:37:00    >> OKAY.
11:15:38:28    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
11:15:40:15    EXTENDING DEBATE AND PLENARY
11:15:42:12    TEN MORE MINUTES, RAISE YOUR
11:15:43:18    VOTING CARDS.
11:15:46:00    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
11:15:47:10    WE WON'T BE DOING THAT.
11:15:50:03    THANK YOU.
11:15:50:12    SO HUM.
11:15:55:10    WE SHOULD BE READY, THEN.                             99
11:15:56:22    WE HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF
11:15:58:00    US.
11:15:58:21    WE HAVE AMENDED THE MOTION.
11:16:00:03    BY THE WAY, PLEASE GET
11:16:02:09    COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT
11:16:03:13    WE OFTEN WILL NOT GET THROUGH
11:16:05:00    BUT A SMALL NUMBER OF
11:16:05:24    AMENDMENTS OF THAT'S THE
11:16:06:24    PURPOSE OF THE MINI-ASSEMBLY
11:16:08:06    PRIORITY SAID.
11:16:09:10    JUST GET COMFY WITH THAT.
11:16:10:25    OKAY?
11:16:11:21    OR OTHERWISE JUST PLAN ON
11:16:13:06    BEING HERE ALL NIGHT EVERY
11:16:15:12    NIGHT.
11:16:20:15    FOR WEEKS.
11:16:21:09     [ LAUGHTER ]
11:16:21:21    >> OKAY, FRIENDS.
11:16:29:12    ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
11:16:30:27    THE UUA STATEMENT OF
11:16:32:06    CONSCIENCE ENTITLED CREATING
11:16:34:04    PEACE AS AMENDED, PLEASE RAISE
11:16:35:16    YOUR VOTING CARDS.
11:16:37:27    THANK YOU.
11:16:42:06    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
11:16:43:13    WE HAVE A STATEMENT OF
11:16:46:21    CONSCIENCE.
11:16:48:15    [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
11:16:49:03    >> I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT
11:17:06:18    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
11:17:08:00    >> I'M RANDY BURNHAM FROM THE
11:17:10:04    UNITARIAN CHURCH IN WESTPORT.
11:17:13:12    IN FULL DISCLOSURE, JOHN
11:17:15:03    HOOPER IS A MEMBER OF OUR
11:17:16:06    CONGREGATION.
11:17:17:00    I RISE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE
11:17:18:12    AND THANKS TO THE CSW FOR FOUR
11:17:20:09    YEARS OF WORK, TO THE
11:17:21:24    PEACEMAKING CORE TEAM, TO THE
11:17:23:18    PEACE MINISTRY NETWORK, TO THE
11:17:25:19    THREE THEOLOGICAL ADVISORS,
11:17:27:18    SHARON WELL REMEMBER, DAN
11:17:29:09    MCKANNAN, AND PAUL RASOR.
11:17:32:10    TO THE OVER 300 CONGREGATIONS
11:17:34:03    WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED AND
11:17:35:15    THE ADVOCACY AND WITNESS
11:17:37:00    OFFICE OF THE UUA IN
11:17:38:09    WASHINGTON.
11:17:38:25    THANK YOU.
11:17:39:13    >> JOHN IS GOING TO HELP US                          100
11:17:54:12    SING OUR PRAISE.
11:17:55:18    LET'S GO.
11:17:58:04    >> WELL, ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT A
11:17:59:22    SPECIAL GUEST HERE THIS
11:18:01:03    AFTERNOON.
11:18:03:15    , MORNING, WHATEVER WE'RE
11:18:04:24    DOING TODAY.
11:18:07:10    THIS IS MATT MEYER.
11:18:08:22    >>
11:18:10:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
11:18:10:15    >> YES.
11:18:11:03    MATT IS AN ARTIST OF
11:18:12:18    PERCUSSION.
11:18:14:04    HE'S DONE SERVICED FOR
11:18:15:15    HUNDREDS OF UU CONGREGATIONS
11:18:16:21    THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND
11:18:18:00    HE'S ALSO HELPED OUT WITH
11:18:19:15    MUSIC FOR THE LAST 5GAS.
11:18:21:25    HE PARTICIPATES IN SEVERAL
11:18:23:03    WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLES
11:18:24:27    THROUGHOUT BOSTON AND IS ALSO
11:18:26:27    ON THE PLANNING TEAM FOR THE
11:18:28:06    LUCY STONE COOPERATIVE, WHICH
11:18:30:10    IS A NEWLY FORMED UU
11:18:32:06    COOPERATIVE IN BOSTON,
11:18:33:18    MASSACHUSETTS.
11:18:34:06    SO PLEASE WELCOME MATT MEYER.
11:18:36:22     [ APPLAUSE ]
11:18:37:01    >> GOOD MORNING.
11:18:41:09    THIS SONG THAT I'D LIKE TO
11:18:42:24    SING WITH YOU ALL IS CALLED WE
11:18:43:25    ARE THE ONES, AND IT WAS
11:18:45:07    WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER EVER
11:18:46:12    SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK,
11:18:47:21    BERNICE JOHNSON REGAN.
11:18:49:06    SHE WROTE THIS SONG WHEN SHE
11:18:50:25    READ A POEM OF THE SAME NAME
11:18:52:10    BY JUNE JORDAN, AND JUNE
11:18:54:06    JORDAN WROTE THAT POEM TO
11:18:55:12    HONOR THE WOMEN OF SOUTH
11:18:56:06    AFRICA WHO PROTESTED AGAINST
11:18:58:01    THE APARTHEID REGIME.
11:18:59:10    MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PAST
11:19:00:07    LAWS WERE CREATED REQUIRING
11:19:02:09    MEN OF COLOR TO CARRY PASS
11:19:04:15    BOOKS WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES.
11:19:05:19    DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
11:19:06:19    AND WHEN THAT LAW WAS EXTEND
11:19:08:18    TODAY INCLUDE THE WOMEN, THE
11:19:09:03    WOMEN ROSE UP IN SUCH NUMBERS                        101
11:19:10:18    AND NUMBER FEROCITY THAT THE
11:19:13:13    LAWS WERE REPEALED.
11:19:15:15    SO THAT POEM AND THIS SONG ARE
11:19:17:03    IN HONOR OF THEM.
11:19:18:00    IN THIS HE HAS TED VERSION
11:19:19:03    THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THERE
11:19:20:10    ARE THREE PARTS.
11:19:21:01    I'LL SING ALL THREE PARTS
11:19:22:18    THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL BUILD
11:19:23:18    IT UP TOGETHER AS WE GO.
11:19:26:12    THE THREE PARTS, DO IT BY
11:19:28:10    MYSELF.
11:19:28:28    THE FIRST PART GOES LIKE THIS.
11:19:30:21    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:19:32:00    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:19:34:28    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:19:36:04    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:19:39:24    THEN THE SECOND PART, WE ARE
11:19:40:24    THE ONES, WE ARE THE ONES
11:19:43:22    WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:19:46:03    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:19:47:24    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:19:51:25    THEN THE THIRD PART.
11:19:55:00    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:19:56:06    WAITING FOR.
11:19:59:13    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:20:01:25    WAITING FOR.
11:20:04:06    PLEASE RISE IN BODY OR IN
11:20:05:15    SPIRIT.
11:20:06:27    I'LL SING THE FIRST PART.
11:20:08:04    I'LL ADD THE SECOND PART.
11:20:09:10    YOU CAN MOVE TO WHICHEVER ONE
11:20:10:18    YOU LIKE BEST.
11:20:11:06    I'LL ADD THE THIRD ONE.
11:20:12:24    YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH
11:20:13:21    BETWEEN THEM.
11:20:14:13    PICK YOUR FAVORITE.
11:20:15:01    IF YOU'RE MORE INSPIRED BY
11:20:16:06    PARTS FOUR, FIVE, OR EIGHT, GO
11:20:17:18    AHEAD AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN,
11:20:18:21    BECAUSE THIS IS YOURS TO DO,
11:20:19:27    BUT ONCE WE GET GOING, PAY
11:20:21:15    ATTENTION, BECAUSE I'M GOING
11:20:22:15    TO GIVE SOME YOU RHYTHM TO
11:20:23:16    CLAP ALONG, TOO AS WELL.
11:20:25:03    WITH ONE-HALF DOING ONE RHYTHM
11:20:26:12    AND THE OTHER HALF DOING
11:20:27:09    ANOTHER.
11:20:31:19    YOU FEELING AMBITIOUS?
11:20:33:00    LET'S TAKE A DEEP BREATH                             102
11:20:34:12    TOGETHER.
11:20:34:27    HERE WE GO.
11:20:35:12    WE ARE THE ONE, WE ARE THE ONE
11:20:37:06    WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:20:39:07    WE ARE THE ONE, WE ARE THE ONE
11:20:43:06    WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:20:44:06    BEAUTIFUL.
11:20:44:18    KEEP GOING.
11:20:45:09    WE ARE THE ONE, WE ARE THE ONE
11:20:47:25    WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:20:50:27    WE ARE THE ONE, WE ARE THE
11:20:54:16    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:20:56:22    BEAUTIFUL.
11:20:57:00    KEEP GOING.
11:20:57:21    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:21:00:18    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:21:03:13    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:21:05:18    ONES WE'VE BEEN  -- IT SOUNDS
11:21:08:09    GOOD NOW.
11:21:09:00    TRY TAKING A STEP WITH EVERY
11:21:10:19    BEAT.
11:21:11:01    WE ARE THE ONES, IT WILL SOUND
11:21:12:27    BETTER.
11:21:13:15    IF YOU'RE STANDING UP, GIVE
11:21:14:21    THAT A TRY.
11:21:15:15    WAITING.
11:21:16:10    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:21:18:15    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:21:23:03    THE THIRD-PARTY.
11:21:24:04    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:21:26:07    WAITING FOR.
11:21:29:24    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:21:32:24    WAITING FOR.
11:21:37:24    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:21:39:03    WAITING FOR.
11:21:42:04    WE ARE THE ONES  -- THAT
11:21:45:03    SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
11:21:46:27    SING OUT LIKE YOU SING IN THE
11:21:47:27    SHOWER.
11:21:48:09    YOU READY?
11:21:49:06    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:21:51:16    WAITING FOR.
11:21:55:18    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:21:59:00    WAITING FOR.
11:22:01:04    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:04:03    WAITING FOR.
11:22:08:15    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:10:01    WAITING FOR.
11:22:14:03    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:16:13    WAITING FOR.                                         103
11:22:19:22    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:23:06    WAITING FOR.
11:22:27:04    AS LOUD AS YOU CAN.
11:22:28:07    HERE WE GO.
11:22:29:09    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
11:22:33:00    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:36:00    WAITING FOR.
11:22:38:18    FOUR MORE TIMES.
11:22:39:12    HERE WE GO.
11:22:40:03    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:42:10    WAITING FOR.
11:22:45:12    AND A LITTLE BIT QUIETER.
11:22:47:18    WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN
11:22:49:19    WAITING FOR.
11:22:52:09    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:22:54:09    ONES, WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:22:58:04    LAST TIME.
11:22:58:25    WE ARE THE ONES, WE ARE THE
11:23:01:09    ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING.
11:23:08:24    YES, WE ARE.
11:23:10:21    THANK YOU.
11:23:13:19     [ APPLAUSE ]
11:23:13:28    >> THANK YOU.
11:23:16:10    WE ARE NOW AT THAT PART OF THE
11:23:17:21    AGENDA WHERE A VOTE WILL BE
11:23:19:03    TAKEN TO DECIDE WHICH OF THE
11:23:20:21    FIVE PROPOSED CONGREGATIONAL
11:23:22:13    STUDY ACTION ISSUES THAT
11:23:23:15    APPEAR IN YOUR FINAL AGENDA ON
11:23:25:24    PAGES 13 THROUGH 23 WILL BE
11:23:28:28    REFERRED TO OUR MEMBER
11:23:30:01    CONGREGATIONS AND DISTRICTS
11:23:31:21    FOR STUDY AND ACTION,
11:23:33:27    ULTIMATELY TO END IN A
11:23:35:06    STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCE ON
11:23:35:28    THAT ISSUE.
11:23:37:13    PLEASE SEE BYLAW SECTION 4.12
11:23:40:18    FOR A COMPLETE OUTLINE OF THE
11:23:42:21    PROCESS.
11:23:43:13    PURSUANT TO RULE 1 ONE OF THE
11:23:48:21    RULES OF PROCEDURE, THE
11:23:49:27    SPONSOR OF EACH ISSUE WILL
11:23:51:06    HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK IN
11:23:53:04    FAVOR OF THE ISSUE AND
11:23:55:09    FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL HAVE
11:23:57:21    FOUR BRIEF STATEMENTS OF
11:23:59:09    SUPPORT FOR EACH.
11:24:02:10    SO THE FIRST PROPOSED
11:24:03:15    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ACTION
11:24:04:24    ISSUE ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL TO                       104
11:24:06:21    MEMBER CONGREGATIONS AND
11:24:08:06    DISTRICTS IS FOUND ON PAGE 13
11:24:09:16    OF THE FINAL AGENDA AND IS
11:24:11:06    TITLED ENERGY, PEACE, AND
11:24:13:15    JUSTICE.
11:24:17:25    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:24:19:06    THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
11:24:20:21    >> GOOD MORNING, DELEGATES.
11:24:22:18    MY NAME IS BOB MURPHY.
11:24:23:27    I'M FROM THE UNITARIAN
11:24:24:22    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP,
11:24:28:27    FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.
11:24:30:03    AND I'M HERE TO DO SOMETHING
11:24:31:13    THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL.
11:24:33:01    I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THIS
11:24:34:24    PROPOSED PROGRAM, ENERGY,
11:24:38:28    PEACE, AND JUSTICE.
11:24:41:00    I'M ASKING TO YOU DO SOMETHING
11:24:42:06    THAT'S VERY BOLD, PERHAPS
11:24:45:18    COURAGEOUS.
11:24:47:07    IT'S SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER
11:24:49:06    ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS GROUP HAS
11:24:50:18    EVER DONE.
11:24:52:06    I'M ASKING YOU TO PARTICIPATE
11:24:55:04    IN A MAJOR PROGRAM TO BUILD
11:24:57:27    THE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY AND
11:24:59:27    TO WORK FOR ENERGY, PEACE, AND
11:25:03:19    JUSTICE.
11:25:07:12    THINK ABOUT THAT GULF OIL
11:25:09:15    SPILL THAT GOES ON AND ON AND
11:25:11:07    ON.
11:25:11:25    IT STARTED ON APRIL 20TH.
11:25:13:21    AND THINK ABOUT BRITISH
11:25:14:21    PETROLEUM AND THINK ABOUT ALL
11:25:16:27    THE MAJOR COMPANIES WHO TRY TO
11:25:19:19    MANAGE THE WORLD ECONOMY.
11:25:20:24    AND THEN TAKE A STEP BEYOND
11:25:22:00    THAT AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE
11:25:24:15    PEOPLE WHO DIED LAST MONTH
11:25:27:13    FIGHTING IN ENERGY WARS IN THE
11:25:30:09    MIDDLE EAST, NIGERIA, LATIN
11:25:37:27    AMERICA.
11:25:38:09    NOT JUST AMERICANS, BUT MANY
11:25:40:18    RACES AND MANY NATIONS.
11:25:41:15    MANY AGE GROUPS.
11:25:42:16    AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS
11:25:44:00    PROGRAM MEANS OF IT'S A
11:25:45:06    FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM TO BE THE
11:25:47:12    CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN
11:25:48:21    THE WORLD AND TO HELP BUILD                          105
11:25:53:15    ENERGY, PEACE, AND JUSTICE.
11:25:54:18    WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE
11:25:55:21    GRASSROOTS LEVEL.
11:25:57:25    WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE
11:25:59:01    GOOD BEHAVIOR IN OUR
11:26:00:00    CONGREGATIONS, IN OUR
11:26:01:06    COMMUNITIES.
11:26:01:18    WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO
11:26:03:12    OTHERS TO BUILD ECONOMIC
11:26:05:22    JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
11:26:06:25    JUSTICE.
11:26:08:00    AND THE REASONS THAT WE'RE
11:26:09:24    GOING TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE
11:26:11:12    WE'RE TIRED OF THESE ENERGY
11:26:12:24    WARS.
11:26:14:22    WE'RE TIRED OF WATCHING PEOPLE
11:26:16:21    DIE FIGHTING FOR ENERGY AND
11:26:21:13    WATER.
11:26:22:01    VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
11:26:23:07    THANK YOU.
11:26:23:12    >> THANK YOU.
11:26:24:18    THE SECOND PROPOSED
11:26:26:12    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ACTION
11:26:27:18    ISSUE ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL TO
11:26:29:16    MEMBER CONGREGATIONS IS FOUND
11:26:30:19    ON PAGE 13 OF THE FINAL AGENDA
11:26:32:24    AND IS ENTITLED NATIONAL
11:26:36:06    ECONOMIC REFORM, A MORAL
11:26:37:22    IMPERATIVE.
11:26:38:16    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:26:39:27    THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
11:26:41:21    >> NO, THAT DOESN'T SOUND
11:26:43:21    RIGHT.
11:26:44:06    >> THAT'S PRO?
11:26:44:25    WE'RE MOVING AROUND.
11:26:45:16    I FORGOT.
11:26:46:15    IT'S A PRO MICROPHONE.
11:26:48:18    THANK YOU.
11:26:49:09    >> GOOD MORNING OR GOOD DAY.
11:26:51:21    MY NAME IS MARSHA MEYERS.
11:26:53:07    I'M FROM THE FIRST UNITARIAN
11:26:55:21    CHURCH OF PORTLAND, OREGON.
11:26:57:21    WE WERE ONE OF FOUR
11:26:58:21    CONGREGATIONS TO SUBMIT
11:27:01:10    PROPOSALS FOR THIS STUDY
11:27:03:24    ACTION ISSUE, NATIONAL
11:27:06:12    ECONOMIC REFORM ON MORAL
11:27:08:04    IMPERATIVE.
11:27:09:04    DURING THIS TIME OF ECONOMIC
11:27:10:15    CRISIS, WE ARE ALL DISCOVERING                       106
11:27:13:09    THAT OUR NATIONAL FINANCIAL
11:27:15:19    SYSTEM, UNSUSTAINABLE RELIANCE
11:27:19:15    ON SHORT-TERM PROFIT, CHEAP
11:27:22:03    LABOR, AND THE DEPLETION OF
11:27:23:22    OUR EARTH'S RESOURCES IS AT
11:27:27:24    THE HEART OF ALMOST EVERY
11:27:29:18    SOCIAL INJUSTICE.
11:27:32:19    IT IS TRULY THE UMBRELLA
11:27:33:25    ISSUE.
11:27:35:12    THE PASSING OF THIS STUDY
11:27:36:27    ACTION ISSUE, WE WILL BE  --
11:27:41:01    IN THIS PASSING WE WILL BE
11:27:43:03    ADDRESSING, AMONG MANY, MANY
11:27:44:18    OTHER THINGS, THE OPPRESSION
11:27:46:03    OF IMMIGRANTS.
11:27:47:12    HOMELESSNESS, PREDATORY
11:27:48:28    LENDING, AND POVERTY WAGES.
11:27:54:21    TAX, INEQUALITY, AND MONEY IN
11:27:56:25    POLITICS ARE DEPENDENT ON
11:27:59:00    FOSSIL FUEL.
11:27:59:24    THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
11:28:01:12    INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
11:28:03:00    THE CRIMINALIZATION OF
11:28:04:13    POVERTY.
11:28:10:12    AND THE BAILING OUT OF WALL
11:28:11:18    STREET AT THE EXPENSE OF MAIN
11:28:12:09    STREET.
11:28:12:28    THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
11:28:16:15    MANY, MANY ASPECTS OF THE
11:28:18:24    INJUSTICE OF OUR SYSTEM.
11:28:20:06    THESE MILLION DOLLARS BILLS
11:28:22:01    ARE TO REMIND US OF THE
11:28:24:15    ABUNDANCE OF OUR SYSTEM AND TO
11:28:26:15    ASK YOU TO HAVE ECONOMIC
11:28:29:15    REFORM OF OUR SYSTEM BE YOUR
11:28:32:03    VOTE SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THE
11:28:34:03    ABUNDANCE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
11:28:37:06    LAST YEAR PETER MORALES'
11:28:39:22    CAMPAIGN SLOGAN WAS WE CAN BE
11:28:41:27    THE RELIGION OF OUR TIME.
11:28:43:24    BY VOTING FOR THIS STUDY
11:28:46:22    ACTION ISSUE, WE TRULY CAN BE
11:28:49:00    THE LEADERS IN THE RELIGION OF
11:28:52:24    OUR TIME.
11:28:53:13    >> THANK YOU.
11:28:56:16    PARDON ME.
11:28:56:27    THE THIRD PROPOSED
11:28:58:03    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY ACTION
11:28:59:06    ISSUE ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL TO
11:29:01:04    MEMBER CONGREGATIONS IS FOUND                        107
11:29:02:16    ON PAGE 16 OF THE FINAL AGENDA
11:29:05:27    AND IS TITLED IMMIGRATION AS A
11:29:08:24    MORAL ISSUE.
11:29:09:22    BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE
11:29:10:19    SPEAKER, LET ME POINTED OUT
11:29:12:03    THAT AFTER THIS WE WILL TAKE
11:29:13:12    FOUR STATEMENTS PRO ON EACH OF
11:29:14:27    THESE AND YOU WOULD WANT TO
11:29:16:10    LINE UP AT THE MICROPHONE
11:29:17:28    WHERE IT WAS PROPOSED
11:29:19:06    ORIGINALLY.
11:29:21:15    MAKE SENSE?
11:29:22:03    OKAY.
11:29:22:21    SO IMMIGRATION AS A MORAL
11:29:25:10    ISSUE.
11:29:25:24    I RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKER
11:29:27:03    STANDING AT THE CON
11:29:27:24    MICROPHONE.
11:29:28:15    >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
11:29:30:25    MY NAME IS DANIEL STRAKA, A
11:29:33:27    MEMBER OF PALAMAR VISTA
11:29:35:21    FELLOWSHIP IN VISTA,
11:29:38:00    CALIFORNIA, AND I PROPOSE CSI
11:29:40:07    NUMBER THREE, IMMIGRATION AS A
11:29:41:21    MORAL ISSUE.
11:29:43:21    I HAVE I'M ALSO FOUNDER OF THE
11:29:45:13    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST REFUGEE
11:29:46:28    AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES AND
11:29:48:15    EDUCATION YOU RIDE.
11:29:51:00    FOR 20 YEARS I HAVE PRACTICED
11:29:52:03    IMMIGRATION LAW AND REFUGEE
11:29:53:21    RESETTLEMENT AS A UU.
11:29:55:09    IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE
11:29:57:18    INHUMAN IMPACT OF OUR BROKEN
11:30:00:09    IMMIGRATION LAWS HAS
11:30:01:07    INCREASED.
11:30:02:07    IMMIGRATION IS A MORAL ISSUE.
11:30:05:09    IT'S FOR MARIA, A
11:30:06:21    FOUR-YEAR-OLD U.S. CITIZEN
11:30:08:22    CHILD WHOSE FATHER WHO HAD
11:30:11:09    BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOR
11:30:12:09    15 YEARS IS NOW BARRED FROM
11:30:15:21    REENTERING THE UNITED STATES
11:30:17:04    FOR A VIOLATION EQUIVALENT TO
11:30:19:06    LOITERING.
11:30:20:27    SHE CAME INTO MY OFFICE,
11:30:22:12    LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYES
11:30:24:10    AND WITH ALL THE COURAGE SHE
11:30:25:16    COULD MUSTER SAID, WHEN ARE
11:30:27:18    YOU GOING TO BRING MY PAPA                           108
11:30:28:27    HOME?
11:30:29:12    HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN HAVE TO
11:30:31:06    BE SEPARATED AND SUFFER THE
11:30:33:13    PAIN OF DEPORTATION OF A
11:30:36:06    PARENT?
11:30:36:15    HOW MANY MORE FAMILIES HAVE TO
11:30:37:15    BE SEPARATED BY ARBITRARY
11:30:42:16    FEELING SET BY CONGRESS 45
11:30:43:27    YEARS AGO?
11:30:45:09    HOW MANY MORE REFUGEES AND
11:30:46:24    IMMIGRANTS MUST SUFFER OR
11:30:51:00    LANGUISH IN REFUGEE CAMPS?
11:30:53:27    HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO
11:30:55:00    BE VICTIMS OF HUMAN
11:30:56:13    TRAFFICKING AND MOD RIGHT HAND
11:30:58:06    SLAVERY?
11:30:58:24    HOW MANY MORE STATES HAVE TO
11:31:01:09    BE DRIVEN TO PASS ARIZONA-TYPE
11:31:03:16    LAWS, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FED
11:31:04:19    UP WITH CONGRESS' LACK OF
11:31:05:24    POLITICAL WILL TO FIX OUR
11:31:07:03    BROKEN IMMIGRATION LAWS?
11:31:10:25    THIS IS MORE THAN A SOUTHERN
11:31:11:28    BORDER ISSUE.
11:31:13:00    IT IS A SYMPATHY TEMPERATURE I
11:31:13:21    CAN FLAW IN OUR DEMOCRACY,
11:31:17:00    WHICH AFFECTS PEOPLE IN EVERY
11:31:18:07    STATE.
11:31:20:07    LAWS ARE NOT ALWAYS MORAL.
11:31:22:15    AS U YOU FEELS, WE MUST
11:31:24:15    REFRAME THE DEBATE.
11:31:25:19    WE MUST LEARN THE FACT ONE
11:31:27:21    CONGREGATION, ONE COMMUNITY AT
11:31:29:09    A TIME.
11:31:30:15    >> THANK YOU.
11:31:32:21    THANK YOU.
11:31:35:10    >> THE FOURTH PROPOSED
11:31:37:03    CONGREGATION STUDY ACTION
11:31:38:12    ISSUE ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL TO
11:31:39:27    MEMBER CONGREGATIONS IS FOUND
11:31:41:25    ON PAGE 18 OF THE FINAL AGENDA
11:31:44:03    AND IS ENTITLED ENDING
11:31:45:03    SLAVERY.
11:31:45:18    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:31:46:27    THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
11:31:48:10    >> MY NAME IS DEBRA PEMBROOK
11:31:50:12    AND I'M WITH THE UNITARIAN
11:31:51:03    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF
11:31:52:06    SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN
11:31:53:15    CALIFORNIA.                                          109
11:31:54:15    27 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ENSLAVED
11:31:57:22    TODAY.
11:31:58:03    THAT'S MORE THAN WHEN THOMAS
11:32:00:09    STAR KING RODE THROUGH
11:32:01:15    CALIFORNIA SPEAKING AGAINST
11:32:02:15    SLAVE RITUAL THAT'S MORE THAN
11:32:04:01    ANY OTHER TIME IN HUMAN
11:32:05:06    HISTORY.
11:32:05:18    THE STATE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES
11:32:06:27    THAT THERE ARE 17,000, OVER
11:32:08:24    17,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
11:32:09:28    STATES.
11:32:12:12    MODERN SLAVERY IS WHAT SLAVERY
11:32:14:09    HAS ALWAYS BEEN:  FORCED,
11:32:17:06    UNPAID LABOR.
11:32:18:19    IT IS INCORRECTLY DEGRADING
11:32:21:27    AND VIOLENT.
11:32:22:18    WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
11:32:23:24    GLOBALIZATION, SLAVERY HAS
11:32:27:01    EXPLODED IN THE LAST TEN
11:32:28:27    YEARS, LOWERING THE PRICE OF
11:32:30:00    SLAVES TO WHERE THEY'VE BECOME
11:32:31:21    DISPOSABLE, MAKING THE
11:32:33:06    EXPERIENCE OF BEING A SLAVE
11:32:34:19    ONE OF IMMEDIATE THREAT.
11:32:35:27    SLAVES EXIST IN EVERY
11:32:36:27    COMMUNITY, MAKING IT LIKELY
11:32:39:15    THAT YOU AND EVERY OTHER
11:32:40:28    PERSON IN THIS ROOM HAS
11:32:42:10    INTERACTED WITH SLAVERY.
11:32:44:27    IT'S OFTEN INVISIBLE, EVEN
11:32:46:12    WHEN IT'S IN PLAIN SIGHT,
11:32:48:13    BECAUSE SLAVERY IS INTERWOVEN
11:32:50:21    WITH IMMIGRATION AND BECAUSE
11:32:51:27    WE BELIEVE IN PARTNERSHIPS.
11:32:53:27    WE WANT TO ASK EVERYONE WHO
11:32:55:00    SUPPORTS OUR PROPOSAL AND
11:32:56:10    SUPPORTS ENDING SLAVERY TO
11:32:58:18    VOTE FOR CSI  --
11:33:02:15    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
11:33:03:25    ISSUE NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS
11:33:04:25    ON IMMIGRATION.
11:33:06:06    I RECEIVED REASSURANCE THAT
11:33:09:03    SLAVERY WILL BE AN INTEGRAL
11:33:10:18    PART OF THIS CONGREGATIONAL
11:33:12:01    STUDY/ACTION.
11:33:13:22    OUR CONGREGATIONS PROPOSED
11:33:16:27    THIS, CALLING IT SLAVERY
11:33:17:27    RATHER THAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
11:33:19:22    BECAUSE THE TERM IS ACCURATE.                        110
11:33:22:15    AND IT FALLS INTO A UNITARIAN
11:33:24:00    UNIVERSALIST LEGACY OF
11:33:27:13    ABOLITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
11:33:29:06    BUT LET'S BE CLEAR.
11:33:30:15    OUR UU FOR BEARERS DIDN'T END
11:33:33:24    SLAVERY, BUT THERE'S
11:33:35:13    TREMENDOUS REASON TO HOPE THAT
11:33:36:13    WE CAN.
11:33:36:22    I ASK YOU TO LEARN ABOUT
11:33:37:24    SLAVERY, TALK ABOUT SLAVERY,
11:33:40:15    AND VOTE FOR THREE, THE
11:33:44:22    STUDY/ACTION ON IMMIGRATION.
11:33:46:12    WE CAN FINISH THE WORK OF OUR
11:33:47:21    UU FOR BEARERS.
11:33:52:10    THANK YOU.
11:33:52:19     [ APPLAUSE ]
11:33:53:01    >> NOT PROCEDURE.
11:33:58:24    OKAY.
11:34:00:04    THE FIFTH PROPOSED
11:34:01:22    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
11:34:03:03    ISSUE ELIGIBLE FOR REFERRAL TO
11:34:04:18    MEMBER CONGREGATIONS IS FOUND
11:34:06:00    ON PAGE 2 ONE OF THE FINAL
11:34:08:06    AGENDA AND IS TITLED
11:34:10:12    REVITALIZING AMERICAN
11:34:12:09    DEMOCRACY.
11:34:13:00    I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT THE
11:34:14:15    PRO MICROPHONE.
11:34:16:01    >> MY NAME IS KENDRA MONTHS.
11:34:18:15    I'M A DELEGATE FROM THE UU
11:34:20:03    CONGREGATION OF VENICE,
11:34:21:06    FLORIDA.
11:34:21:24    I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR
11:34:22:21    REVITALIZING AMERICAN
11:34:24:01    DEMOCRACY.
11:34:25:04    TODAY OUR DEMOCRACY IS OUT OF
11:34:26:21    BALANCE.
11:34:27:09    CORPORATIONS CAN SPEND
11:34:28:18    MILLIONS TO INFLUENCE
11:34:29:24    GOVERNMENT AND ELECTS, WHILE
11:34:31:04    THE VOICE OF ORDINARY
11:34:32:22    AMERICANS IS HIJACKED BY TALK
11:34:34:24    SHOWS.
11:34:35:09    POLICY DECISIONS ARE BASED ON
11:34:37:09    INSTANT POLLS RATHER THAN
11:34:38:16    SOLID RESEARCH.
11:34:39:13    THE MEDIA, CONTROLLED BY BIG
11:34:41:15    CORPORATIONS, CANNOT OR DOES
11:34:42:24    NOT TELL THE PUBLIC THE
11:34:44:00    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.                          111
11:34:45:28    OUR AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHERS
11:34:47:21    AND MOTHERS, MANY UNITARIANS,
11:34:49:27    WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE OUR
11:34:51:00    DEMOCRACY TODAY.
11:34:52:04    THEY VALUED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
11:34:54:10    BY THE ORDINARY CITIZENS, AN
11:34:55:27    IDEAL THAT UNITARIAN
11:34:56:15    UNIVERSALISTS CHAMPIONED AS
11:34:58:21    ABOLITIONISTS, SUFFRAGETTES,
11:35:01:13    AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.
11:35:02:21    IF WE ARE SERIOUS, ACTING ON
11:35:03:24    OUR PRINCIPLES, WE MUST TAKE
11:35:05:12    ACTION.
11:35:05:24    WHAT CAN WE DO?
11:35:06:21    WE MUST HELP BRING ABOUT TRUE
11:35:09:01    CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, EVEN
11:35:10:18    IF IT REQUIRES A
11:35:11:15    CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
11:35:13:00    WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE MEDIA
11:35:14:16    IS NOT MONOPOLY OF THE RICH.
11:35:16:21    WE MUST HELP RESTORE BALANCE
11:35:19:15    AND INTELLIGENCE TO THE PUBLIC
11:35:20:15    DIALOGUE.
11:35:21:03    WE MUST HELP ALL PARTICIPATE
11:35:22:16    IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND
11:35:23:27    UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL ISSUES
11:35:25:06    THAT CONFRONT US.
11:35:26:27    WE CAN AND DO BUILD COALITIONS
11:35:29:10    OF LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AND
11:35:30:27    ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCOMPLISH
11:35:32:00    THIS, THAT WILL SPEAK TRUTH TO
11:35:34:06    THE POWERFUL AND THE POWERLESS
11:35:35:25    ALIKE.
11:35:36:25    REVITALIZING OUR DEMOCRACY IS
11:35:38:18    KEY TO OUR SURVIVAL, NOT JUST
11:35:40:00    AS A NATION, BUT ALSO AS A
11:35:41:21    DENOMINATION.
11:35:43:13    WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO SIT ON
11:35:44:19    THE SIDELINES AND LET OTHERS
11:35:46:03    DICTATE THE TERMS OF DEBATE.
11:35:48:15    WITH THIS CSAI, WE CAN
11:35:50:21    RECHARGE OUR CONGREGATIONS AND
11:35:52:04    ENABLE THEM TO BECOME A MORE
11:35:54:12    POWERFUL VOICE IN CIVIC
11:35:55:18    AFFAIRS.
11:35:56:03    IN THIS WAY, MILLIONS OF
11:35:57:03    AMERICANS CAN LEARN HOW OUR
11:35:58:13    SYSTEM CAN WORK FOR THE
11:35:59:16    BENEFIT OF ALL.
11:36:00:21    WE WILL STAND ON THE SIDE OF                         112
11:36:02:06    LOVE AND WORK AGAINST THE
11:36:04:25    FORCES OF HATE.
11:36:05:19    WE WILL HELP RESTORE
11:36:07:03    GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY
11:36:08:00    THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE
11:36:09:15    AT LAST.
11:36:10:27    PLEASE VOTE FOR THE CRITICAL
11:36:12:10    CSAI, FUNDAMENTAL CSAI
11:36:15:09    REVITALIZING AMERICAN
11:36:16:15    DEMOCRACY.
11:36:17:03    THANK YOU.
11:36:17:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
11:36:22:24    >> OKAY.
11:36:23:12    WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
11:36:24:03    SPONSORS OF THE FIVE PROPOSED
11:36:25:15    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
11:36:27:10    ISSUES.
11:36:27:22    LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THEM,
11:36:29:04    BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING
11:36:30:00    HARD.
11:36:30:12    [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
11:36:30:24    >> WE ARE NOW GOING TO HEAR UP
11:36:40:21    TO FOUR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
11:36:42:03    OF SURE PORT FOR EACH ISSUE,
11:36:43:15    AND IT IS MY CHOICE AND THE
11:36:45:01    RULES DO NOT PRO CLUED ME FROM
11:36:47:24    INSTEAD OF GOING ONE, TWO,
11:36:49:00    THREE, FOUR, FIVE, ONE, TWO,
11:36:50:12    THREE, FOUR, FIVE, WE'RE GOING
11:36:51:21    TO HEAR ALL FOUR FOR ONE AND
11:36:53:16    ALL FOUR FOR TWO SO THAT OUR
11:36:55:09    HEADS DON'T KIND OF FLY OFF.
11:36:56:24    OKAY?
11:36:57:00
11:36:57:06    ALL RIGHT.
11:37:01:07    SO I TURN TO THE SPEAKER AT
11:37:02:24    THE AMENDMENT MICROPHONE TO
11:37:04:03    MAKE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
11:37:05:06    FOR OUR FIRST PROPOSED CSAI,
11:37:09:21    ENERGY, PEACE, AND JUSTICE.
11:37:10:24    >> FINLAY C CAMPBELL, FIRST
11:37:12:15    UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO,
11:37:14:03    RACIAL JUSTICE TASKFORCE.
11:37:15:13    VOTE YES FOR THE ENERGY PEACE
11:37:18:12    AND JUSTICE PROPOSAL.
11:37:19:15    TWO KEY REASONS AND ONE
11:37:20:18    ADDITIONAL.
11:37:21:06    ONE, WE ARE IN A PERIOD OF
11:37:23:06    TIME WHEN THE ENERGY WARS ARE
11:37:25:10    RAGING.                                              113
11:37:27:03    AFGHANISTAN IS ABOUT PIPELINES
11:37:28:27    GOING FROM ONE PLACE OF OIL TO
11:37:30:18    ANOTHER PLACE TO GET THE OIL.
11:37:32:25    IRAQ IS ABOUT OIL AND THE
11:37:35:03    DEATHS THAT ARE STILL GOING
11:37:36:03    ON, EVEN AS WE SPEAK.
11:37:37:15    AND OF COURSE, THE WARS
11:37:40:22    RELATED TO PAKISTAN ARE A PART
11:37:41:27    OF THE GREAT OIL STRUGGLE.
11:37:43:03    THE ISSUE OF JUSTICE AND
11:37:44:27    ENERGY IS A COMPLICATED ONE
11:37:46:04    AND I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT
11:37:48:07    REFORM MOVEMENTS SOMETIMES
11:37:49:24    WORK AND SOMETIMES DO NOT
11:37:50:24    WORK, BUT THEY HAVE A GREAT
11:37:52:21    EDUCATIONAL VALUE.
11:37:55:07    A GREAT EDUCATIONAL VALUE
11:37:56:21    ABOUT HOW ENERGY CONNECTS TO
11:37:58:27    THE IMPOVERISHMENT OF LATIN
11:38:04:18    POPULATION, IN CHINA, IN
11:38:06:15    VIRGINIA, TO THE DEATHS ON THE
11:38:08:06    OIL RIGS OF NIGERIA AND OF
11:38:10:01    LOUISIANA.
11:38:10:25    THEY INTERCONNECT AROUND
11:38:11:21    ISSUES OF RACE.
11:38:12:24    AND AS A MILITANT MULTI-RACIAL
11:38:15:15    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
11:38:16:04    COMMITTED TO ANTI-RACISM, I
11:38:17:22    CALL FOR YOU TO VOTE YES FOR
11:38:20:18    THE ENERGY, PEACE, AND JUSTICE
11:38:21:21    PROCESS, BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE
11:38:23:00    US A CHANCE TO FINALLY DISCUSS
11:38:24:07    THE ROUTES OF A GREAT DEAL OF
11:38:26:01    OUR INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
11:38:27:15    PROBLEMS.
11:38:28:00    THANK YOU.
11:38:28:21    VOTE YES.
11:38:29:06    >> THANK YOU.
11:38:31:19    I RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKER AT THE
11:38:34:00    AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
11:38:35:12    >> NANCY KING SMITH, MEMBER OF
11:38:36:24    FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
11:38:38:13    CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND CO-CHAIR
11:38:40:07    OF THE UU MINISTRY FOR EARTH
11:38:41:21    BOARD, WHICH SUPPORTS THIS
11:38:44:09    CSAI.
11:38:46:25    ENERGY, PEACE, AND JUSTICE
11:38:48:01    MAKES THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
11:38:49:21    OUR AWARENESS OF THE CRISES OF
11:38:51:21    FOSSIL FUEL DECREASE AND                             114
11:38:53:19    CLIMATE CHANGE.
11:38:54:13    OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT PEACE
11:38:55:21    CAN ONLY COME WHEN PEOPLE AND
11:38:57:06    NATIONS ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR
11:38:58:12    BASIC RESOURCES AND OUR
11:39:00:15    COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND
11:39:01:22    EQUITY.
11:39:03:06    FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS GENERAL
11:39:04:12    ASSEMBLY PASSED A STATEMENT OF
11:39:05:18    CONSCIENCE ABOUT GLOBAL
11:39:07:06    WARMING.
11:39:08:00    THAT STATEMENT HAS OPENED THE
11:39:09:16    WAY FOR SIGNIFICANT
11:39:11:06    INVOLVEMENT BY US AND CLIMATE
11:39:13:09    CHANGE ADVOCACY, INCLUDING A
11:39:14:27    LARGE NUMBER OF CONGREGATIONS
11:39:16:06    INVOLVED IN LAST OCTOBER'S
11:39:18:21    INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE
11:39:20:09    CHANGE.
11:39:20:27    UUS ARE PROVIDING IMPORTANT
11:39:22:21    LEADERSHIP, RECOGNIZING THAT
11:39:26:06    JUSTICE IS INEXTRICABLY TIED
11:39:29:06    TO EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
11:39:31:06    AND HARVESTING OF ENERGY AND
11:39:32:28    SIMILARLY THAT PEACE CAN NOT
11:39:35:06    EXIST IF INEQUITIES ARE NOT
11:39:37:12    ADDRESSED.
11:39:38:12    PASSING THIS CSAI GIVES US THE
11:39:42:09    OPPORTUNITY TO PUT LEGS ON THE
11:39:44:12    CLIMATE CHANGE, THE NEWLY
11:39:47:00    PASSED PIECE, AND THE UPCOMING
11:39:49:16    ETHICAL EATING ISSUE IN A
11:39:50:27    POWERFUL WAY TO MAXIMIZE THAT
11:39:52:21    OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERSHIP.
11:39:54:06    IT IS BOTH BROAD ENOUGH TO
11:39:55:25    COVER MANY OF THE ISSUES
11:39:57:07    COVERED IN OTHER PROPOSALS AND
11:39:58:27    SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO GIVE
11:40:01:03    OPPORTUNITIES FOR REAL ACTION
11:40:01:27    AND SUCCESS FOR LOCAL, STATE,
11:40:04:01    NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL
11:40:05:18    LEVELS.
11:40:06:09    LET'S HELP UU'S IN OUR
11:40:08:21    COMMUNITY CONNECT THE DOTS
11:40:10:04    BETWEEN ENERGY, PEACE, AND
11:40:13:21    JUSTICE.
11:40:13:27    >> THANK YOU.
11:40:19:04    I RECOGNIZED SPEAKER AT THE
11:40:20:15    AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
11:40:21:24    >> I'M CHERYL [INAUDIBLE] FROM                       115
11:40:25:03    THE UNITARIAN CHURCH NORTH IN
11:40:27:04    WISCONSIN.
11:40:27:19    IT'S A JOY TO BE HERE TODAY
11:40:29:06    AND I HAVE A CONCERN.
11:40:30:03    I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MANY OF
11:40:31:03    THE PROBLEMS OUR NATION FACES
11:40:33:28    TODAY AND EXCITED THAT I AM
11:40:36:10    WITH YOU WHO HAVE AND CAN MAKE
11:40:38:00    A DIFFERENCE.
11:40:40:03    LIFE STUDY ENERGY AND ITS
11:40:41:15    POWER THIS INTEREST IN PEACE
11:40:43:13    AND JUSTICE, OUR LIVES, OUR
11:40:45:07    WAY OF LIFE DEPEND ON THE
11:40:46:24    PEOPLE OF OUR NATION, MAKING
11:40:49:00    INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT
11:40:50:10    CHANGING HOW WE USE THE
11:40:52:04    WORLD'S RESOURCES.
11:40:53:15    IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD, WE
11:40:55:06    ARE LIKE CHILDREN LET LOOSE IN
11:40:56:24    A CANDY STORE, FILLING UP ON
11:40:58:21    WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN ENDLESS
11:41:01:07    SUPPLY, NOT SEEING THE
11:41:02:18    SUPPLIES OF CANDY.
11:41:05:21    OIL IS DWINDLING AND THAT WE
11:41:07:25    ARE BECOMING SICK, OVER FED,
11:41:09:24    AND WEAK.
11:41:10:18    THE SITUATION IS COMPLEX AND
11:41:13:12    WON'T BE TURNED AROUND ON A
11:41:14:22    DIME.
11:41:15:04    WE NEED TO BEGIN NOW TO
11:41:17:27    RESPONSIBLY CONSIDER HOW THIS
11:41:20:03    SPIRAL NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AND
11:41:21:18    TURNED AROUND.
11:41:22:19    FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THE
11:41:23:22    COMPLEXITIES?
11:41:24:15    I DO.
11:41:26:03    I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT THE
11:41:28:15    STEPS THAT I CAN TAKE TO
11:41:29:28    LEARN, STUDY, UNDERSTAND, AND
11:41:33:24    ACT, I MUST.
11:41:34:24    WE CAN BEGIN WHERE WE ARE AND
11:41:37:25    BRING OTHERS WITH US.
11:41:39:01    NETWORKING AND LEARNING FROM
11:41:40:18    OTHER GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS
11:41:42:12    WHO SEE THE HANDWRITING ON THE
11:41:43:27    WALL.
11:41:45:19    HOW DOES ENERGY CONNECT US TO
11:41:49:03    PEACE AND JUSTICE?
11:41:49:27    DOES ANYONE HERE THINK THAT
11:41:51:06    THE WARS WE ARE FIGHTING AS WE                       116
11:41:53:25    SPEAK HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
11:41:55:03    OIL?
11:41:56:06    WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
11:41:57:21    MORE FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF
11:41:58:27    OUR PEOPLE IF WE WERE NOT
11:42:00:13    FIGHTING WARS TO KEEP US ALL
11:42:03:06    DRIVING IN A RAT RACE?
11:42:04:24    HOW CAN WE CHANGE THAT?
11:42:06:27    MY MOTHER'S WORDS RING IN MY
11:42:08:25    EARS.
11:42:09:25    CAN'T NEVER DID ANYTHING.
11:42:12:24    WE NEED THE WILL TO LEARN, TO
11:42:15:00    ACT, TO CHANGE THE WAY WE
11:42:16:13    LIVE.
11:42:17:19    ONE VOICE AND ONE STEP AT A
11:42:19:12    TIME.
11:42:21:15    BUT WE BETTER WALK FAST.
11:42:23:06    >> THANK YOU.
11:42:23:22    AND I RECOGNIZE OUR FINAL
11:42:25:06    SPEAKER ON THIS PROPOSED CSAI.
11:42:29:09    >> ANN [INAUDIBLE] FROM
11:42:32:22    UNITARIAN CHURCH WEST IN
11:42:34:06    BROOKFIELD, WISCONSIN.
11:42:35:12    I URGE YOU FOR VOTE FOR
11:42:37:00    ENERGY, PIECE, AND JUSTICE AS
11:42:38:10    THE NEXT STUDY/ACTION ISSUE.
11:42:39:19    I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE
11:42:41:27    OFFERS THE MOST POTENTIAL FOR
11:42:43:00    US AS UUS TO HARNESS OUR
11:42:45:06    COLLECTIVE ENERGY TO CREATE A
11:42:47:04    MORE PEACEFUL WORLD THROUGH
11:42:48:21    CONCRETE ACTIONS AS
11:42:50:06    INDIVIDUALS AND CONGREGATIONS.
11:42:53:06    MY CONGREGATION AND MANY OF
11:42:55:19    YOURS ARE ALREADY GREEN
11:42:56:15    SANCTUARIES OR INCORPORATING
11:42:58:21    GREEN SENSIBLE.
11:42:59:18    WE'RE ALREADY AWARE OF HOW OUR
11:43:01:10    WAY OF LIFE DEPENDS ON ENERGY
11:43:02:16    AND THE GLOBAL INJUSTICE THAT
11:43:04:12    THAT CREATES.
11:43:05:15    WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE IN
11:43:08:00    THIS AREA.
11:43:08:21    MY CONGREGATION AND MANY OF
11:43:10:16    YOURS HAVE ALREADY SPENT FOUR
11:43:12:15    MORE YEARS WORKING HARD AT
11:43:14:03    PEACEMAKING.
11:43:15:15    WE KNOW IT REQUIRES ROUTINE
11:43:18:07    CONFLICT, INCLUDING CONFLICT
11:43:19:21    OVER NATURAL RESOURCES.                              117
11:43:21:21    WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE
11:43:23:19    THIS WORK AND WE'VE JUST
11:43:25:12    COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THAT
11:43:26:24    WITH OUR PEACEMAKING STATEMENT
11:43:28:09    OF CONSCIENCE.
11:43:29:18    CHOOSING ENERGY, PEACE, AND
11:43:31:07    JUSTICE ALLOWS US TO COMBINE
11:43:32:27    THE UNDERSTANDING AND
11:43:34:03    EXPERTISE WE'VE DEVELOPED IN
11:43:36:27    THESE AREAS AND TO DEEPEN AND
11:43:39:07    BROADEN OUR COMMITMENT TO
11:43:41:12    CHANGE AND CHALLENGE US TO
11:43:43:21    BOLDER ACTION.
11:43:44:27    ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF
11:43:45:28    THIS ISSUE MAKES IT VERY
11:43:47:07    COMPELLING RIGHT NOW.
11:43:48:18    WE ARE NOT ALONE ON THIS
11:43:50:00    ISSUE.
11:43:51:21    THE CURRENT WARS,
11:43:52:19    ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY
11:43:53:28    CRISIS, HAVE CREATED A BROAD
11:43:56:00    SPECTRUM OF FAITH AND
11:43:58:00    COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ALSO SEE
11:43:59:28    THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ENERGY,
11:44:01:10    PEACE, AND JUSTICE.
11:44:02:21    OUR CHURCH AND OTHER UU
11:44:04:15    CHURCHES IN MILWAUKEE ARE
11:44:05:15    ALREADY PART OF INTERFAITH
11:44:10:01    CHURCHES REDUCING ENERGY
11:44:11:06    CONSUMPTION.
11:44:12:06    WE'VE ALREADY JOINED WITH
11:44:13:12    LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS TO MAKE
11:44:14:15    LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AT LOCAL,
11:44:16:01    STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS
11:44:17:04    AROUND ENERGY POLICY AND PEACE
11:44:19:00    ISSUES.
11:44:19:21    I BET MANY OF YOUR CHURCHES
11:44:20:21    ARE ALSO PART OF CHURCH
11:44:22:09    COALITIONS.
11:44:23:16    BECAUSE OF THIS MOMENTUM, I
11:44:25:00    BELIEVE THE WORLD IS ON THE
11:44:26:06    VERGE OF A TIPPING POINT WHEN
11:44:28:18    WHAT SEEMED LIKE SMALL
11:44:29:15    ISOLATED STEPS SUDDENLY
11:44:30:25    COALESCE.
11:44:32:27    VOTE FOR THIS ISSUE.
11:44:33:18
11:44:34:00    >> THANK YOU.
11:44:35:24    ALL RIGHT.
11:44:37:28    THE SECOND PROPOSED                                  118
11:44:38:28    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
11:44:40:06    ISSUE, NATIONAL ECONOMIC
11:44:41:27    REFORM, A MORAL IMPERATIVE.
11:44:44:24    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:44:46:01    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
11:44:47:22    >> THANK YOU.
11:44:48:06    MICHAEL GREENMAN, DELEGATE OF
11:44:49:15    THE FIRST UU CHURCH OF
11:44:51:15    COLUMBUS OHIO, ONE OF THE
11:44:53:00    SPONSORS EVER CSAI2.
11:44:56:03    WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THIS TITLE,
11:44:57:18    YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT,
11:44:58:12    ECONOMICS, BORING.
11:45:00:16    WHY STUDY THAT?
11:45:01:22    MY RESPONSE IS WE ALL MUST
11:45:03:00    STUDY THIS OR RISK THE
11:45:04:03    CONTINUED DECLINE OF THE
11:45:05:00    ECONOMY, DEMOCRACY, THE
11:45:06:12    ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR VERY
11:45:07:25    SOCIETY.
11:45:10:01    IN HER STATE OF THE UNION
11:45:11:21    SPEECH, PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE
11:45:12:27    OUT AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT
11:45:14:00    DECISION KNOWN AS CITIZENS
11:45:15:16    UNITED VERSES THE SEC.
11:45:17:21    PRESIDENT'S DON'T DO THAT.
11:45:19:15    BUT HE DID.
11:45:20:27    WHY?
11:45:22:04    BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT THE
11:45:24:07    POSITION TO ALLOW CORPORATIONS
11:45:25:21    TO SPEND UNLIMITED FUNDS ON
11:45:28:24    CAMPAIGN ADS FOR OR AGAINST
11:45:30:19    ANY CANDIDATE PUTS OUR
11:45:32:15    DEMOCRACY AT RISK.
11:45:34:06    AMAZINGLY, THE COURT'S
11:45:35:15    DECISION OUTRAGED
11:45:36:18    CONSERVATIVES AS MUCH AS
11:45:38:07    LIBERALS.
11:45:39:12    THIS WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
11:45:41:06    SINCE 1886, CORPORATIONS HAVE
11:45:44:00    BEEN CONSIDERED PERSONS WITH
11:45:46:22    THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF
11:45:47:21    WE, THE PEOPLE, THE POWER OF
11:45:49:27    BETH, PRIMARILY OF
11:45:51:00    CORPORATIONS, IS BEHIND THE
11:45:52:04    POLITICAL GRIDLOCK ON
11:45:53:13    HEALTHCARE, MODERN WAGE
11:45:55:18    SLAVERY, THE WALL STREET
11:45:57:09    CRISIS OF 2008 THAT LED TO
11:46:00:04    MILLIONS OF LOST JOBS AND                            119
11:46:01:21    HOMELESSNESS, PERPETUAL WARS,
11:46:04:00    ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE,
11:46:06:25    OPPRESSION OF IMMIGRANTS, IT
11:46:07:28    IS RAPID ELIMINATION OF UNION
11:46:09:27    AND HIS EVEN OF DEMOCRACY
11:46:10:27    ITSELF, AND MANY OTHER RIGHTS
11:46:12:03    THAT SHOULD BE UNTOUCHABLE.
11:46:13:28    THIS INSISTENCE ON UNFETTERED
11:46:16:15    PROFIT ONLY CAPITALISM IS THE
11:46:18:15    ONLY POSSIBLE COMPLEX SYSTEM
11:46:21:06    THAT'S DRIVING OUR SOCIETY AND
11:46:22:19    INDEED OUR WORLD TOWARDS
11:46:24:15    OBLIVION.
11:46:25:27    THAT IS WHY IT IS ESSENTIAL
11:46:27:06    THAT WE, A DENOMINATION, THAT
11:46:29:13    PRIDES ITSELF ON OUR SIXTH
11:46:31:06    PRINCIPLE GOAL OF WORLD
11:46:32:15    COMMUNITY WITH PEACE, LIBERTY,
11:46:34:00    AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TAKE THE
11:46:35:00    LEAD AS A RELIGION FOR THE
11:46:36:09    FUTURE AND SEEK WAYS TO BREAK
11:46:37:16    OUT OF THIS DOWNWARD SPIRAL.
11:46:39:18    THE SAI NUMBER TWO, NATIONAL
11:46:42:03    ECONOMIC REFORM, A MORAL
11:46:43:06    IMPERATIVE, IS A CLEAR STEP
11:46:45:16    TOWARDS IDENTIFYING VIABLE
11:46:47:03    ANSWERS THAT WE AND THE WORLD
11:46:48:24    NEED TO HEAR.
11:46:49:06
11:46:50:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
11:46:50:15    >> THANK YOU.
11:46:51:03    I RECOGNIZE THE NEXT DELEGATE.
11:46:52:19
11:46:53:13    >> CARLA [INAUDIBLE] DELEGATE
11:46:57:18    FROM THE UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF
11:47:01:01    SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
11:47:02:06    MEXICAN WORKERS IN THE AUTO
11:47:04:21    PARTS PLANTED IN MEXICO WERE
11:47:06:06    SEEKING TO ORGANIZE, BECAUSE
11:47:07:13    THEY LIVED IN HUTS WITHOUT
11:47:08:13    WINDOWS OR POTABLE WATER AND
11:47:11:18    THEN HAD TO SELL BLOOD PLASMA
11:47:14:03    TO SURVIVE.
11:47:14:28    CONTRACT NEGOTIATORS' RESPONSE
11:47:17:04    TO THE WORKERS' ATTEMPT TO
11:47:19:21    ORGANIZE WAS THIS:  WE CAN
11:47:21:09    HIRE THREE HONDURANS FOR EVERY
11:47:23:25    ONE OF YOU MEXICANS.
11:47:25:12    WHILE THE SALARIES OF THE
11:47:27:03    CONTRACT NEGOTIATORS WERE IN                         120
11:47:28:18    THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PER
11:47:30:18    YEAR, THE MEXICAN AUTO WORKERS
11:47:33:00    AT THE TIME WAS RECEDE
11:47:35:00    RECEIVING A DOLLAR AND 21
11:47:35:27    CENTS PER HOUR.
11:47:37:18    IT IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE TO
11:47:39:04    REFORM SUCH INEQUITIES AND
11:47:41:03    INEQUALITIES IN OUR ECONOMIC
11:47:42:15    SYSTEM.
11:47:43:24    IN BANGLADESH, WHEN WORKERS
11:47:46:10    ACCEPT A JOB GRINDING SEMI
11:47:48:09    PRECIOUS STONES FOR OUR MOST
11:47:49:15    POPULAR U.S. JEWELRY CHAIN
11:47:51:12    STORES, THEY KNOW FULL WELL
11:47:54:10    THAT THEY WILL DIE A PAINFUL
11:47:57:06    DEATH IN TEN TO 13 YEARS FROM
11:47:59:21    SILICOSIS.
11:48:01:16    IN THIS BANGLADESH ECONOMY,
11:48:04:27    ADULTS WILL RECEIVE 11 TO 13
11:48:07:15    CENTS PER HOUR FOR THIS WORK,
11:48:10:07    BUT A CHILD WILL RECEIVE ONLY
11:48:13:15    SEVEN TO EIGHT-AND-A-HALF
11:48:15:00    CENTS PER HOUR.
11:48:17:10    THIS RACE TO THE BOTTOM
11:48:18:25    ECONOMIC STRATEGY IS
11:48:19:27    TANTAMOUNT TO MODERN DAY
11:48:22:03    SLAVERY.
11:48:23:15    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS, IT IS
11:48:25:16    OUR MORAL IMPERATIVE TO REFORM
11:48:28:06    THIS RACE TO THE BOTTOM
11:48:29:27    ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
11:48:32:06    BASED AS IT IS IN AN
11:48:33:19    UNFETTERED PROFIT, OUR STUDY
11:48:37:00    ACTION ISSUE IS BEING ENDORSED
11:48:39:25    BY REVEREND DR. MARK BELLA
11:48:42:24    TEENY, TOM SITES, CHUCK
11:48:44:18    COLLINS, REVEREND DR. MARILYN
11:48:47:19    SEWELL, REVEREND DR. RICHARD
11:48:50:06    GILBERT, BARBARA DUDLEY, AND
11:48:52:24    DAVID CORDON STATES  --
11:48:56:25    >> THANK YOU.
11:48:59:15    I RECOGNIZE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
11:49:00:15
11:49:01:03    >> THANK YOU, MADAM MODERATOR.
11:49:04:21    MY NAME IS LAURA DELAY.
11:49:06:18    I AM A MEMBER OF THE UNITARIAN
11:49:07:18    UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN
11:49:08:12    ARLINGTON VIRGINIA.
11:49:12:00    I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE
11:49:14:00    CONCERN THAT ECONOMIC                                121
11:49:14:21    INJUSTICE IS JUST TOO BIG TO
11:49:17:00    TACK AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING
11:49:18:10    ABOUT IT.
11:49:19:10    WELL, I ASK THE ASSEMBLY TO
11:49:22:03    REMEMBER THAT THE CIVIL RIGHTS
11:49:24:28    MOVEMENT LASTED DECADES, BUT
11:49:26:06    ULTIMATELY ACHIEVED SUCCESSFUL
11:49:27:24    THE ODDS AT THE BEGINNING WERE
11:49:29:06    OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST THOSE
11:49:31:06    JUSTICE FIGHTERS UNTIL FINALLY
11:49:32:25    ENOUGH PEOPLE STOOD TOGETHER
11:49:33:25    AND SAID, NO MORE.
11:49:35:09    IT'S TIME FOR UU'S TO STAND
11:49:37:27    TOGETHER WITH OTHER FAITH
11:49:38:27    ALREADY ENGAGED IN ECONOMIC
11:49:41:01    REFORM WORK, LIKE THE FRIENDS
11:49:43:00    SERVICE COMMITTEE,
11:49:45:12    EPISCOPALIANS, CATHOLICS,
11:49:48:00    METHODISTS, AND THE UCC.
11:49:49:21    THERE ARE ALSO DOZENS OF
11:49:50:24    INTERFAITH GROUPS ALLIED, TOO.
11:49:52:18    WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE
11:49:54:06    FEEL ON THIS MATTER.
11:49:55:06    WE CAN AND SHOULD STAND
11:49:56:25    AGAINST ECONOMIC INJUSTICE,
11:49:57:21    BECAUSE IT AFFECTS IMMIGRANTS
11:49:59:03    AND PEOPLE OF COLOR MOST
11:50:00:15    SEVERELY OF ALL AND ULTIMATELY
11:50:02:19    EVERY AMERICAN AND CITIZEN OF
11:50:03:22    THE WOULD RECALL.
11:50:04:10    I HAVE A LIST OF A FEW THINGS
11:50:06:06    WE CAN DO RIGHT AWAY.
11:50:07:06    NUMBER ONE, MOVE YOUR MONEY,
11:50:09:28    BOTH YOUR PERSONAL BANKING AND
11:50:11:04    YOUR CONGREGATIONS OUT OF BIG
11:50:12:21    BANKS AND INTO CREDIT UNIONS
11:50:14:18    AND COMMUNITY BANKS.
11:50:16:03    NUMBER TWO, FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
11:50:18:04    OF ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH
11:50:20:01    IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND THE
11:50:21:21    MAIN LANE CHURCH IN DEVON,
11:50:23:12    PENNSYLVANIA.
11:50:24:03    INVEST IN MICRO-FINANCING.
11:50:27:16    MOVE TO AMEND.
11:50:28:21    THIS IS A MOVEMENT TO GET
11:50:29:15    INVOLVED TO OVERTURN THE
11:50:30:18    RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
11:50:32:12    THAT GRANTED CORPORATIONS THE
11:50:34:04    RIGHTS OF A PERSON.
11:50:35:10    ORGANIZE A NATIONAL DAY OF                           122
11:50:38:09    ACTION TO STOP WASTE THEFT.
11:50:40:09    THIS IS AN INTERFAITH EFFORT
11:50:41:13    THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE THE
11:50:42:13    FIRST WEEK OR THE WEEK RIGHT
11:50:43:27    BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
11:50:45:12    LEARN ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
11:50:46:24    DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS THAT
11:50:48:03    OFFER LOANS TO PEOPLE AND GIVE
11:50:51:06    A TALK ABOUT THIS EFFORT AT
11:50:53:27    AREA COMMUNITY CENTERS.
11:50:55:18    OR CREATE A COMMON SECURITY
11:50:59:00    CLUB.
11:50:59:12    MANY UU CONGREGATIONS HAVE
11:51:00:18    ALREADY DONE THIS.
11:51:01:12    THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
11:51:02:09    MANY, MANY THINGS WE CAN DO TO
11:51:03:15    ADDRESS ECONOMIC INJUSTICE
11:51:05:01    RIGHT NOW.
11:51:05:10
11:51:06:01    >> THANK YOU.
11:51:07:24    AND I RECOGNIZE OUR FINAL
11:51:09:00    SPEAKER ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC
11:51:11:16    REFORM.
11:51:11:16
11:51:12:01    >> I'M DAVID BREEDEN OF THE
11:51:15:27    MINNESOTA VALLEY UU
11:51:16:27    FELLOWSHIP.
11:51:17:18    I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE CSAI
11:51:20:21    NUMBER TWO NATIONAL ECONOMIC
11:51:22:21    REFORM, A MORAL IMPERATIVE,
11:51:27:27    WHICH WILL DEVELOP MATERIALS
11:51:29:07    THAT ILLUSTRATE AND SUPPORT
11:51:30:18    ALL OF THE AREAS WHERE
11:51:31:18    INJUSTICE IS MANIFESTED AND
11:51:34:19    PERPETUATED BY THE NATIONAL
11:51:36:22    FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT RELIES
11:51:39:00    ON THE PROFIT MOTIVE, RATHER
11:51:41:06    THAN THE INHERENT WORTH AND
11:51:43:04    DIGNITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL.
11:51:45:21    IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ECONOMIC
11:51:49:15    JUSTICE.
11:51:50:22    IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ECONOMIC
11:51:55:09    INJUSTICE.
11:51:57:00    ECONOMIC INJUSTICE IS THE
11:52:00:13    BLOOD IN OUR STREETS.
11:52:03:09    ECONOMIC INJUSTICE MAKES HUMAN
11:52:06:21    BEINGS ILLEGALS.
11:52:09:07    ECONOMIC INJUSTICE MAKES
11:52:11:24    PEOPLE HOMELESS.
11:52:13:24    ECONOMIC INJUSTICE IS THE POOR                       123
11:52:18:15    AND SLAVERY, IN ARMIES, IN
11:52:20:18    POVERTY.
11:52:22:00    ECONOMIC INJUSTICE IS THE
11:52:24:21    BLOATED BANKS, IS CORPORATE
11:52:27:15    PERSONHOOD, IS CORRUPT
11:52:29:21    POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
11:52:32:24    THE ENDLESS WARS, THE
11:52:36:00    ANESTHETIZING OF OUR
11:52:38:24    DEMOCRACY.
11:52:39:09    IT FLOWS FROM, IT COMES HOME
11:52:44:03    TO ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.
11:52:45:24    PROFIT MUST NOT BE OUR GOD.
11:52:51:13    WE MUST NOT FALL FOR THE
11:52:52:24    HEADLINES, FOR THE FADS, FOR
11:52:55:06    THE HOBBY HORSES.
11:52:56:15    WE MUST SEE TO THE ESSENCE
11:52:59:04    THAT THE DEMON IS ECONOMIC
11:53:02:15    INJUSTICE.
11:53:04:09    IT ALL COMES DOWN TO IT, ALL
11:53:06:25    COMES HOME TO ECONOMIC
11:53:08:18    INJUSTICE.
11:53:10:06    LET'S GET OUR SEEING CLEAR.
11:53:13:25    LET US LEARN THE MINING OF
11:53:15:15    ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
11:53:15:21
11:53:16:06    >> THANK YOU.
11:53:16:24    I RECOGNIZE NOW, WE MOVE TO
11:53:18:12    IMMIGRATION AS A MORAL ISSUE.
11:53:22:04    WHO COULD USE, LIKE, JUST A
11:53:23:10    MINUTE TO SHAKE YOUR HEAD FOR
11:53:24:15    A SECOND?
11:53:29:00    LET'S JUST DO THAT.
11:53:29:25    LET'S JUST STAND UP OR SIT
11:53:32:00    DOWN.
11:53:36:27    OR ROLL AROUND FOR A SECOND.
11:53:38:22    LET'S JUST DO THAT SO WE CAN
11:53:40:06    REMAIN ATTENTIVE.
11:53:45:09    OKAY.
11:53:46:19    LET'S GET READY NOW.
11:53:50:21    THE THIRD PROPOSED
11:53:51:21    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
11:53:52:27    ISSUE NOW, FOUR STATEMENTS ON
11:53:55:19    IMMIGRATION AS A PERFORM
11:53:57:07    ISSUE.
11:53:57:18    I RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKER AT THE
11:53:59:03    CON MICROPHONE.
11:53:59:09
11:54:00:09    >> MY NAME IS LILA PINE AND
11:54:02:16    I'M A MEMBER OF THE UU CHURCH
11:54:04:16    OF TUSCAN, ARIZONA.                                  124
11:54:06:15    I'VE WORKED AS A HUMANITARIAN
11:54:08:18    AND ON IMMIGRANT RIGHTS FOR
11:54:10:10    THE PAST 12 YEARS, BUT I'VE
11:54:13:27    WORKED ON MANY, MANY DIFFERENT
11:54:15:18    ISSUES, PROGRESSIVE ISSUES,
11:54:17:22    INCLUDING ALL THE OTHERS NAMED
11:54:19:15    HERE TODAY FOR THE LAST 42
11:54:21:27    YEARS, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT
11:54:24:22    IMMIGRATION IS THE MOST
11:54:26:22    COMPLEX AND MOST SIGNIFICANT
11:54:29:24    AND DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
11:54:31:09    ISSUE I HAVE EVER WORKED ON IN
11:54:35:00    THOSE 40 PLUS YEARS.
11:54:36:24    BUT FAILED U.S. IMMIGRATION
11:54:38:09    POLICY IS THE SINGLE MOST
11:54:40:09    URGENT AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUE
11:54:42:07    IN THE NATION SINCE THE OBJECT
11:54:44:15    LIST OF SLAVERY.
11:54:46:03    IT'S THE MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS
11:54:47:25    MOVEMENT OF THE 21 IS IT
11:54:49:22    CENTURY.
11:54:50:21    UNLESS WE EDUCATE OURSELVES
11:54:52:12    ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF
11:54:54:12    INCREASED IMMIGRATION, BOTH IN
11:54:57:10    THE U.S. AND GLOBALLY, THERE
11:54:59:03    WILL CONTINUE TO BE
11:55:00:00    POLITICIANS LIKE THOSE IN
11:55:02:00    ARIZONA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
11:55:04:01    THE RIGHT WING MEDIA
11:55:06:00    DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND
11:55:07:12    THE MASS IGNORANCE,
11:55:09:00    UNFORTUNATELY, OF THE VOTING
11:55:10:21    PUBLIC BY PANDERING TO THE
11:55:12:01    RACIST HATE GROUPS THAT HAVE
11:55:13:18    TAKEN OVER OUR PUBLIC
11:55:14:24    DISCOURSE ON THIS ISSUE.
11:55:19:22    THIS IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
11:55:23:27    JUST BORDER ENFORCEMENT AND
11:55:26:24    MILITARIZATION.
11:55:28:07    IT'S ABOUT U.S. FOREIGN AND
11:55:30:00    STRAYED POLICIES.
11:55:31:00    THE UNS AND WTO AND THE HUMAN
11:55:33:12    RIGHTS CRISIS AT OUR BORDERS
11:55:35:01    AND IN JAILS AND PRISONS
11:55:36:22    NATIONWIDE.
11:55:38:12    IT'S DID SYSTEMIC FORCED
11:55:40:15    FAMILY IS HE OPERATIONS AND
11:55:41:24    HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF U.S.
11:55:43:10    CITIZEN CHILDREN OF
11:55:45:03    UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO                          125
11:55:47:03    HAVE PERMANENTLY LOSING THEIR
11:55:48:24    MOTHERS AND FATHERS TO
11:55:50:19    DEPORTATION, IMPRISONMENT, AND
11:55:53:21    UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES FOR
11:55:57:00    MONTHS AND FOR YEARS.
11:55:57:22
11:55:59:21    >> THANK YOU.
11:55:59:27
11:56:02:15    >> THE 100%  --
11:56:03:27    >> WE'RE AT TIME.
11:56:05:04    I RECOGNIZE THE  -- THANK YOU.
11:56:06:24    I RECOGNIZE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
11:56:10:27    WE CAN MAKE THEIR WAY TO A
11:56:12:00    MICROPHONE.
11:56:12:25    ALL GOOD.
11:56:13:16    THANK YOU.
11:56:13:16
11:56:13:25    >> MY NAME IS ALEXANDER WOOD
11:56:18:18    HOUSE, REPRESENTING THE MAN
11:56:19:21    HAS I CAN CONGREGATION OF
11:56:22:19    SHELTER ROCK IN NEW YORK.
11:56:24:21    MY PARENTS, BOTH IMMIGRANTS,
11:56:25:27    HAVE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE
11:56:26:21    OF THE GIFT OF EDUCATION AND
11:56:28:03    OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED TO ME IN
11:56:30:01    AMERICA.
11:56:34:12    IF THE RESTRICTIVE POLICIES
11:56:36:09    WERE IN EFFECT DURING MY
11:56:37:19    PARENTS' TIME, IT IS UNLIKELY
11:56:39:04    I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
11:56:39:21    TO STAND BEFORE YOU NOW.
11:56:40:24    I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE
11:56:41:18    THE WONDERFUL IMMIGRANT STORY
11:56:43:03    OF MY GRANDFATHER.
11:56:44:19    A RELIGIOUS LEADER FROM
11:56:46:13    AFGHANISTAN, WHO UNLIKE MANY
11:56:47:18    NOW WAS ABLE TO APPLY, WAS
11:56:52:06    ABLE TO APPLY TO THE STATE
11:56:53:13    DEPARTMENT FOR ASYLUM AND WITH
11:56:56:18    THE COMPASSIONATE HELP OF
11:56:58:18    RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS,
11:56:59:28    ACHIEVED REFUGEE STATUS.
11:57:02:01    THIS ACT OF FAITH SAVED HIS
11:57:05:00    LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MANY OF
11:57:06:09    MY RELATIVES.
11:57:08:04    OUR NATION OF IMMIGRANTS FACES
11:57:09:21    AN UNFORTUNATE FUTURE OF AN
11:57:11:12    AMERICA THAT CLAIMED CERTAIN
11:57:12:21    CORE VALUES AS ITS FOUNDING
11:57:15:01    PRINCIPLES, AND JET UNJUSTLY                         126
11:57:17:15    ACTS IN WAYS THAT UNDERMINE
11:57:18:15    THOSE VALUES.
11:57:20:03    THE HEARTBREAKING TRUTH IS
11:57:21:18    THAT IN MY LIFETIME, I DOUBT
11:57:23:07    IT WILL EVER GET TO SEE MY
11:57:24:21    UNCLE MOHAMMED JOHN, WHO IS
11:57:26:18    CURRENTLY LIVING IN KANDAHAR,
11:57:29:01    AFGHANISTAN.
11:57:29:16    FOR MANY SIMILAR TO JOHN, THE
11:57:31:21    STORY OF PRESENT DAY AMERICA
11:57:33:15    IS A RELENTLESS FIGHT FOR
11:57:35:09    CITIZENSHIP.
11:57:36:10    A FIGHT THAT CONTINUES TO BE
11:57:38:07    WAGED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY THOSE
11:57:40:09    EXCLUDED FROM EXERCISING THOSE
11:57:42:18    UNIVERSAL IDEALS OF EQUALITY,
11:57:44:22    JUSTICE, AND OPPORTUNITY.
11:57:47:06    THESE UNJUST POLICIES CONTINUE
11:57:49:03    TO RIP FAMILIES APART.
11:57:51:25    WE, AS AMERICANS, HAVE YET TO
11:57:53:25    ENACT A POLICY THAT RIGHTFULLY
11:57:55:18    PROTECTS ALL IMMIGRANTS.
11:57:57:24    I ASK YOU AS UU'S, WILL WE
11:58:01:00    ALLOW THIS SITUATION TO
11:58:04:12    CONTINUE?
11:58:04:24    WILL WE ALLOW HUMAN BEINGS TO
11:58:06:18    BE CRIMINALIZED BY THE HATRED
11:58:09:01    THAT THESE POLICIES ELICITED?
11:58:11:09    WITH THIS I URGE YOU ALL THAT
11:58:12:18    AS YOU FEEL U'S, WE MUST MAKE
11:58:14:06    IMMIGRATION A MORAL ISSUE.
11:58:16:22    AND ULTIMATELY  --
11:58:17:24    >> THANK YOU.
11:58:18:00
11:58:18:09    >> VOTE  --
11:58:19:15    >> YOU'RE AT TIME.
11:58:20:24    THANK YOU.
11:58:21:09    NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:58:22:06
11:58:22:15    >> I'M ASSUMING THERE ARE TWO
11:58:27:00    MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK
11:58:27:27    ON THIS, BUT I CAN USE THE
11:58:29:09    TIME.
11:58:29:21    OKAY, THANK YOU.
11:58:30:18    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
11:58:31:25    THE CON MICROPHONE.
11:58:32:10
11:58:32:27    >> THANK YOU.
11:58:34:00    MY NAME IS GEORGE BUCHANAN.
11:58:35:24    I'M A MINISTER AND A DELEGATE                        127
11:58:38:22    FROM THE FIRST UNITARIAN
11:58:40:21    CHURCH OF CLEVELAND IN SHAKER
11:58:43:06    HEIGHTS, OHIO.
11:58:44:09    I AM ALSO A CANADIAN CITIZEN,
11:58:47:01    A TEMPORARY VISA HOLDER, AND
11:58:49:24    AN APPLICANT FOR A GREEN CARD.
11:58:51:24    I WAS UNFORTUNATELY FORCE
11:58:53:19    TODAY REMAIN OUTSIDE THE
11:58:54:27    UNITED STATES FOR SIX WEEKS
11:58:56:15    LONGER THAN I WANTED TO WHEN I
11:58:57:24    HAD GONE HOME TO CANADA FOR AN
11:59:00:22    EMERGENCY, FAMILY EMERGENCY
11:59:01:25    LAST YEAR.
11:59:03:15    THE PAIN AND SUFFERING I FELT
11:59:06:06    DURING THAT TIME IS PERHAPS
11:59:08:10    1,000THS OF WHAT SOMEONE WOULD
11:59:11:06    FEEL IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL
11:59:12:15    THE MIDDLE-CLASS RESOURCES
11:59:13:21    THAT I HAD AVAILABLE TO ME.
11:59:18:10    AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
11:59:19:00    ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO,
11:59:21:27    EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME
11:59:22:18    GOOD INTENTIONS THAT I HAD,
11:59:24:19    EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME
11:59:27:21    DESIRE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
11:59:29:24    THE SAME DESIRE TO FOLLOW THE
11:59:31:03    RULES THAT I HAVE, ARE FORCED
11:59:33:22    TO BECOME WHAT WE CALL
11:59:35:06    ILLEGALS.
11:59:37:06    I THINK THAT THEY DESERVE TO
11:59:38:27    BE TREATED AND MEASURED ON A
11:59:41:07    MORAL BASIS AND THAT'S WHY I
11:59:43:03    SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT, TO
11:59:44:15    TREAT IMMIGRATION AS A MORAL
11:59:45:24    ISSUE.
11:59:46:21    I BELIEVE IT DESERVES OUR DEEP
11:59:48:13    CONSIDERATION AND STUDY AND I
11:59:54:15    HEARTILY SUPPORT AS A
11:59:56:01    STUDY/ACTION ISSUE.
11:59:57:01    AS A GUEST IN YOUR COUNTRY,
11:59:58:06    I'M NOT CRITICIZING THE UNITED
11:59:59:09    STATES IMMIGRATION POLICY AND
12:00:01:12    I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT THE
12:00:03:16    UNITED STATES STOP BEING
12:00:05:00    CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY IN
12:00:06:06    ITS IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND
12:00:07:21    PROCEDURES.
12:00:08:09    I'M ONLY ASKING THAT WE, AS
12:00:10:28    THE UUA, STUDY THIS MATTER SO
12:00:13:09    THAT IT CAN BE TREATED AS A                          128
12:00:15:24    MORAL ISSUE BY THE NATION, AS
12:00:17:13    WELL AS BY OURSELVES.
12:00:18:19    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:00:18:28
12:00:19:10    >> THANK YOU.
12:00:20:15
12:00:22:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:00:22:27    >> MADAM MODERATOR, I'M BETH
12:00:28:25    JOHNSON.
12:00:29:12    I SERVE CALAMAR UNITARIAN
12:00:30:15    UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP IN
12:00:32:06    VISTA, AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF
12:00:34:13    OF IMMIGRATION REFORM AS A
12:00:36:06    MORAL ISSUE.
12:00:40:24    IMMIGRATION REFORM IS AN
12:00:42:00    URGENT ISSUE, AS WE ALL KNOW.
12:00:44:01    AS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS,
12:00:45:00    WE'RE CALLED TO RESPOND, AS WE
12:00:46:12    HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE
12:00:47:12    CENTURIES, TO BEND THE
12:00:52:22    UNIVERSE TOWARD JUSTICE.
12:00:54:12    WE'RE CALLED BY LOVE, A LOVE
12:00:56:00    IN THE WORDS OF REVEREND TOM
12:00:58:21    OLENTHO THAT WILL NOT LET US
12:01:01:01    GO AND WILL NOT LET US OFF.
12:01:02:12    WE'RE CALLED TO TODAY FOR
12:01:07:09    STEROID OUR DEEPLY HELD
12:01:08:19    AFFIRMATION OF THE INHERENT
12:01:10:15    WORTH AND DIGNITY OF EACH
12:01:12:06    PERSON, EQUITY AND COMPASSION,
12:01:14:09    AND RESPECT FOR THIS
12:01:15:25    INTERDEPENDENT WEB.
12:01:17:16    WITH OUR HISTORY OF SOCIAL
12:01:19:12    JUSTICE WORKING WITH AND ON
12:01:22:27    BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ARE
12:01:23:21    MARGINALIZED, OPPRESSED, AND
12:01:25:13    WITHOUT VOICE.
12:01:26:18    OUR VOICE IS SORELY NEEDED.
12:01:32:04    FORD THAT OUR VOICES MIGHT BE
12:01:33:13    ARTICULATE AND INFORMED, THIS
12:01:35:00    STUDY/ACTION ISSUE ALLOWS OUR
12:01:37:06    CONGREGATIONS TO GRAPPLE WITH
12:01:40:04    AND UNDERSTAND THIS COMPLEX
12:01:41:07    ISSUE.
12:01:43:00    THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE OF
12:01:45:03    RIGHTS AND MORAL IMPERATIVES
12:01:47:21    IN OUR TIMES.
12:01:48:15    NO MATTER WHERE WE STAND AS
12:01:50:24    INDIVIDUALS, AND WE KNOW IF
12:01:51:27    OUR CONGREGATIONS THERE'S A                          129
12:01:54:18    DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, THIS
12:01:56:19    STUDY/ACTION ISSUE ALLOWS US
12:01:58:00    TO EXPLORE WHAT VALUES INFORM
12:02:02:18    THE STANCES THAT WE HOLE.
12:02:04:10    WE ARE ABLE HERE TO REFLECT
12:02:07:12    THEOLOGICALLY AND
12:02:08:18    THOUGHTFULLY.
12:02:09:12    AMID HATE AND FEAR, WE ARE
12:02:11:09    CALLED TO LIVE OPEN-HEARTEDLY
12:02:13:25    AND TO MOVE FROM HATRED TO
12:02:15:18    REASON, FROM FEAR TO LOVE.
12:02:19:15    I URGE THE DELEGATES TO VOTE
12:02:19:15    TO ADVANCE THIS STUDY/ACTION
12:02:21:24    ISSUE, WHICH HAS THE GREAT
12:02:23:27    SUCCESS OF ALLOWING US TO
12:02:25:03    PARTICIPATE IN ADVANCE IN
12:02:28:07    COMPREHENSIVE MORE IMMIGRATION
12:02:29:22    REFORM.
12:02:29:22
12:02:30:03    >> THANK YOU
12:02:30:18    THE FOURTH PROPOSED CSAI IS
12:02:39:27    ENTITLED ENDING SLAVERY.
12:02:41:24    I TURN TO THE DELEGATE AT THE
12:02:43:15    AMENDMENT MICROPHONE.
12:02:44:06
12:02:44:27    >> MY NAME IS DAN HAMBLET AND
12:02:47:27    I'M WITH THE FIRST UNITARIAN
12:02:49:18    CHURCH IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA,
12:02:51:06    AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT
12:02:52:04    ENDING SLAVERY.
12:02:52:25    I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT
12:02:54:06    THE COALITION OF WORKERS, A
12:02:57:21    FARM WORKER GROUP THAT
12:02:58:24    ADVOCATES FOR WORKERS RIGHTS
12:03:00:22    IN FLORIDA AND UP THE EAST
12:03:01:22    COAST.
12:03:02:01    IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTED THAT
12:03:03:00    SEASONALLY THEY PICK 90% OF
12:03:06:21    THE TOMATOES THAT WE EAT.
12:03:08:13    THEY'RE WORKING VERY
12:03:09:07    DILIGENTLY TO EXPOSE SLAVERY
12:03:10:24    AS ONE ELEMENT OF THEIR WORK.
12:03:12:09    OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, DIW
12:03:14:09    HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEVEN
12:03:16:10    CASES OF DOCUMENTED SLAVERY
12:03:17:27    INVOLVING 12 COMPANIES AND
12:03:19:15    OVER 1,000 WORKERS, HOLDING
12:03:21:21    WORKERS IN DEBT, HOLDING
12:03:23:04    WORKERS AGAINST THEIR WILL
12:03:24:04    WITH ARMED GUARDS AND LOOKING                        130
12:03:27:06    THEM IN U-HAUL TRAILERS AT
12:03:28:15    NIGHT.
12:03:28:24    ON A GOOD DAY, THE WORKERS
12:03:30:13    WORK TEN TO 12 HOURS PICKING
12:03:32:00    INDIVIDUALLY 4,000 TO
12:03:33:09    5,000 POUNDS OF TOMATOES AND
12:03:35:15    GETTING PAID 45 CENTS FOR EACH
12:03:37:06    32 POUNDS.
12:03:38:13    THEY GET TO GO HOME AND LIVE
12:03:39:21    IN THE COMPANY HOUSES.
12:03:42:06    ON A BAD DAY YOU'RE NOT
12:03:43:24    SELECTED FOR WORK, BUT YOU
12:03:44:28    STILL OH THE COMPANY FOR
12:03:45:25    HOUSING AND FOOD.
12:03:46:15    ON YOUR WORST DAY, YOU'RE FROM
12:03:48:24    GUATEMALA OR MEXICO OR PERHAPS
12:03:50:27    EVEN A HOMELESS U.S. CITIZEN
12:03:52:10    FROM TAMPA OR NEW ORLEANS,
12:03:53:25    HELD AGAINST YOUR WILL IN THE
12:03:56:03    U-HAUL TRAILERS, EARNING LESS
12:03:57:18    THAN $20 A DAY IF YOU GET PAID
12:04:00:01    AT ALL.
12:04:01:10    WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS?
12:04:02:27    AT FIRST UNITARIAN, ALONG WITH
12:04:04:21    MANY OTHER CHURCHES IN
12:04:05:18    FLORIDA, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING
12:04:08:16    THE CIW WORKERS TO COME TO OUR
12:04:10:27    CONGREGATION, PARTICIPATE WITH
12:04:12:03    OUR CHILDREN'S RE AND ADULT
12:04:14:06    RE, PARTICIPATING IN THE
12:04:15:25    SERVICE.
12:04:17:27    WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN
12:04:18:21    INFORMATIONAL PICKETS AT
12:04:19:21    SEVERAL GROCERY STORES.
12:04:21:09    WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR
12:04:24:10    FREEDOM MARCHES.
12:04:25:03    WE'VE PASSED AN ACTION OF
12:04:26:06    IMMEDIATE WITNESS IN SUPPORT
12:04:27:09    OF THE ALLIANCE FAIR FOOD.
12:04:29:03    WE SHARED THE PLATE.
12:04:30:19    WE'VE BROUGHT CONNECTIVITY TO
12:04:32:12    THE ETHICAL EATING PROGRAM
12:04:34:18    THAT WE'RE ALREADY DEALING
12:04:35:27    WITH AS UUS, AND STRONGLY
12:04:37:22    SUPPORT THE UNDERSTANDING OF
12:04:39:27    SLAVERY, AND SPECIFICALLY IN
12:04:40:24    THIS CASE, OUR GROUP IS
12:04:42:00    SUPPORTING CSAI NUMBER THREE.
12:04:43:18
12:04:45:10    >> I RECOGNIZED NEXT SPEAKER.                        131
12:04:50:06
12:04:51:09    >> DAVID ANDERSON, UNIVERSITY
12:04:52:28    UNITARIAN CHURCH.
12:04:55:18    THAT WAS 17,000 PEOPLE IN THE
12:04:58:18    UNITED STATES ARE ENSLAVED.
12:05:00:09    27  -- ACCORDING TO THE UNITED
12:05:01:25    STATES DEPARTMENT.
12:05:04:12    ESTIMATES YOU HAVE TO 400,000
12:05:07:09    SLAVES IN THE UNITED STATES.
12:05:09:06    27 MILLION ACROSS THE WORLD.
12:05:16:00    THOSE ARE VERY DISTURBING
12:05:17:13    NUMBERS, BUT THERE IS HOPE.
12:05:20:07    GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS, FREE THE
12:05:25:27    SLAVES, BELIEVES THAT ENDING
12:05:27:06    SLAVERY IS POSSIBLE.
12:05:36:19    CALLING IT BY ITS NAME IS
12:05:39:15    IMPORTANT.
12:05:42:15    LEARNING THE SIGNS OF SLAVERY
12:05:43:25    IS IMPORTANT.
12:05:45:13    REMINDING OURSELVES THAT OUR
12:05:47:24    HISTORY, OUR GREAT HISTORY OF
12:05:50:19    ANTI-SLAVERY WORK CAN BE
12:05:54:15    UPHELD AND FINALIZED HERE
12:05:55:21    TODAY IN THIS NEAR FUTURE.
12:05:59:18    I CALL ON YOU TO EDUCATE
12:06:01:06    YOURSELVES ABOUT SLAVERY IN
12:06:02:18    THE UNITED STATES, ACROSS THE
12:06:04:25    WORLD, AND HOW IT IS INTEGRAL
12:06:08:09    IN THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE THAT
12:06:10:15    IS RAGING AS WELL.
12:06:12:27    BECAUSE IT IS SO INTEGRAL TO
12:06:15:15    THE ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION, WE
12:06:18:15    ARE SUPPORTING ISSUE ITEM
12:06:20:24    NUMBER THREE.
12:06:21:15    THANK YOU.
12:06:21:15
12:06:23:04     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:06:23:16    >> I RECOGNIZED DELEGATE AT
12:06:32:25    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:06:33:12
12:06:34:12    >> MADAM MODERATOR, THANK YOU.
12:06:38:01    MY QUESTION IS THAT  -- I'M
12:06:40:18    SORRY.
12:06:41:12    MY NAME.
12:06:41:24    STEVE MYER.
12:06:43:12    CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN
12:06:44:18    UNIVERSALIST IN MIDDLE BURY,
12:06:47:04    VERMONT.
12:06:47:16    THE PRESENTER EVER CSAI NUMBER
12:06:49:24    FOUR, BASICALLY INDICATED, I                         132
12:06:51:21    BELIEVE, THAT THEY WERE
12:06:53:18    WITHDRAWING, IN ESSENCE,
12:06:55:18    WITHDRAWING THEIR CSAI AND
12:06:59:06    ASKING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR
12:07:00:18    NUMBER THREE.
12:07:01:28    EACH ONE OF THESE SPEAKERS NOW
12:07:04:06    IS ENDING THEIR COMMENTS BY
12:07:05:24    SAYING PLEASE SUPPORT NUMBER
12:07:07:22    THREE, NOT THE ONE THAT
12:07:09:06    THEY'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT,
12:07:10:12    WHICH IS NUMBER FOUR.
12:07:11:13    THE RULES, I BELIEVE, ALLOW
12:07:13:19    ONLY FOUR SPEAKERS FOR EACH
12:07:16:00    ONE IN FAVOR, AND SO MY
12:07:17:19    QUESTION PROCEDURALLY IS
12:07:18:19    WHETHER THIS IS IN ORDER AT
12:07:20:06    THIS POINT.
12:07:20:06
12:07:21:03    >> THAT'S INTERESTING.
12:07:21:21
12:07:25:04     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:07:25:13    >> AND I BET THAT'S WHAT YOU
12:07:30:12    ALL WERE GOING TO DO, TOO.
12:07:31:25    RIGHT?
12:07:33:06    I THINK WE'RE GOING TO STOP
12:07:34:09    DOING THAT.
12:07:36:00    GOOD.
12:07:36:13    OKAY.
12:07:40:27    BECAUSE THE POINT IS ACTUALLY
12:07:42:15    TO HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS FOR EACH
12:07:44:04    ITEM, NOT TO  -- COLLABORATION
12:07:47:12    IS A GOOD THING.
12:07:48:21    BEFORE, AFTER, NOT DURING.
12:07:49:27    OKAY?
12:07:53:04    ALL RIGHT.
12:07:53:19    SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY GO ON
12:07:55:12    TO  -- THEY'RE MAKING ME
12:08:01:24    WORRIED.
12:08:02:03    HANG ON.
12:08:08:27    YEAH.
12:08:09:09    THEY'RE SAYING I SHOULD HAVE
12:08:10:06    DONE IT SOONER.
12:08:16:00    OKAY?
12:08:16:06    >> MADAM MODERATED I ARE, MY
12:08:17:27    NAME IS ROBERT SMITH.
12:08:18:18    I'M HERE FROM VALLEY UNITARIAN
12:08:19:28    UNIVERSALIST.
12:08:22:06    I FULLY RESPECT THAT WE NEED
12:08:24:27    TO MOVE AWAY FROM IMMIGRATION.
12:08:26:03    MY CONCERN IS THAT THE YOUTH                         133
12:08:27:10    CAUCUS HAS NOT GOTTEN TO MAKE
12:08:28:22    ITS STATEMENT, AND I DO NOT
12:08:30:18    BELIEVE ITS STATEMENT IS ABOUT
12:08:31:12    IMMIGRATION.
12:08:31:12
12:08:33:00    >> THANKS.
12:08:37:13    WHO'S HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE
12:08:38:21    YOUTH CAUCUS?
12:08:39:09
12:08:39:00
12:08:39:21    >> SO BEAR IN MIND THAT WHAT
12:08:46:10    I'M LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW AND
12:08:47:24    WHAT THE RULES THAT WE PASS
12:08:48:27    TOGETHER REQUIRE IS A
12:08:52:13    STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
12:08:53:19    DELEGATES VOTING FOR NUMBER
12:08:56:18    FOUR.
12:08:57:03    ARE WE CLEAR?
12:08:59:18    AND IS THAT A STATEMENT YOU
12:09:01:01    HAVE TO MAKE?
12:09:01:22
12:09:01:13
12:09:04:15    >> NO.
12:09:09:06    WE HAD CONSENSUS ON VOTE FOG
12:09:12:18    NUMBER THREE.
12:09:13:03    OUR YOUTH CAUCUS REACHED
12:09:14:12    CONSENSUS ON THREE AND FOUR.
12:09:16:06    ORIGINALLY IT WAS TO SUPPORT
12:09:17:13    NUMBER FOUR WHEN THEY TOLD US
12:09:18:28    IT WAS TO BE [INAUDIBLE] WE
12:09:20:15    CHANGED IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
12:09:21:21    THAT.
12:09:21:21
12:09:22:06    >> OKAY.
12:09:23:18    APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY.
12:09:24:25    THANK YOU.
12:09:25:22    OKAY.
12:09:26:10    LET'S SAY HELLO TO THE YOUTH
12:09:27:27    CAUCUS.
12:09:27:27
12:09:28:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:09:31:21    >> AND THEN LET'S HEAR FROM
12:09:35:03    THE FIRST SPEAKER IN FAVOR OF
12:09:37:24    REVITALIZING AMERICAN
12:09:39:24    DEMOCRACY.
12:09:42:25    MAKE SENSE?
12:09:43:16    I RECOGNIZE IT IS DELEGATE AT
12:09:45:00    THE PRO MICROPHONE.
12:09:45:12
12:09:46:12    >> GOOD MORNING.                                     134
12:09:47:06    MY NAME IS JANICE CHENEY.
12:09:48:15    I'M A DELEGATE FROM THE UU
12:09:50:10    CONGREGATION OF BISMARK,
12:09:52:21    MANDA, AND NORTH DAKOTA
12:09:54:27    I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
12:09:56:19    REVITALIZING AMERICAN
12:09:57:25    DEMOCRACY.
12:09:58:21    TO QUOTE THE STEADY ACTION,
12:10:01:00    DEMOCRACY REQUIRES AN
12:10:03:13    INFORMED, ENGAGED CITIZENRY.
12:10:06:07    WE MUST KEEP INFORMED,
12:10:07:15    PARTICIPATE PERSONALLY,
12:10:08:24    DISCUSS POLICY WITH OTHERS,
12:10:10:12    OBSERVE ALL ACTIONS OF
12:10:11:22    GOVERNMENT, AND ADVOCATE FOR
12:10:14:09    NEEDED CHANGES.
12:10:14:24    I SUGGEST THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL
12:10:18:00    FOUNDATIONAL ISSUE BEFORE US
12:10:20:01    TODAY.
12:10:20:22    DEMOCRACY IS US.
12:10:23:00    IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO HOLD
12:10:25:00    ONTO IT.
12:10:26:06    IF WE LOVE THIS LAND AND OUR
12:10:28:21    PEOPLE, WE MUST TAKE CARE OF
12:10:30:00    IT.
12:10:30:21    THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF OUR
12:10:32:18    DEMOCRACY BEGINS AND ENDS
12:10:34:22    SQUARELY IN EACH OF OUR LANDS.
12:10:38:24    IF WE DO NOT TAKE ACTION NOW
12:10:40:18    TO EDUCATED ALL OF OUR PEOPLE
12:10:42:00    ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRACY REQUIRES,
12:10:44:27    WE LOSE EVERYTHING.
12:10:47:09    WITHOUT A STRONG, HEALTHY
12:10:49:12    DEMOCRACY, WE HAVE NOTHING.
12:10:52:27    AND IF WE DO NOTHING AT THIS
12:10:54:09    CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN HISTORY,
12:10:57:18    WE WILL BE LEFT WITH NOTHING.
12:10:59:13    IF WE LET THAT HAPPEN, ALL
12:11:00:25    OTHER ISSUES WILL BE SIMPLY
12:11:02:15    UNATTAINABLE.
12:11:06:03    POLITICS IS LOCAL.
12:11:09:07    AS UU'S WE TALK A GREAT DEAL
12:11:11:00    AND DO A GREAT DEAL TO LEAD BY
12:11:13:12    EXAMPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
12:11:14:09    WE HAVE DEEP CONNECTS IN OUR
12:11:15:06    COMMUNITY.
12:11:16:04    WITH THIS ISSUE, WE CAN
12:11:17:21    EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN
12:11:20:12    SO DOING, EMPOWER OURSELVES.
12:11:22:19    THIS STUDY ISSUE ENCOMPASSES                         135
12:11:25:03    EVERY ONE OF OUR SEVEN
12:11:26:00    PRINCIPLES IN THE CONTEXT OF
12:11:28:00    LIVING OUR FAITH AND PUTTING
12:11:29:28    OUR FAITH INTO PRACTICE IN OUR
12:11:31:10    DAILY LIVES.
12:11:33:06    SO WE MUST VOTE FOR
12:11:34:15    REVITALIZING AMERICAN
12:11:35:27    DEMOCRACY.
12:11:36:15    THANK YOU.
12:11:36:15
12:11:37:13    >> THANK YOU.
12:11:38:16    I RECOGNIZE OUR NEXT SPEAKER
12:11:40:09    AT THE PRO MICROPHONE.
12:11:40:27
12:11:41:18    >> I'M HELENE FAIR FROM THE
12:11:45:01    ARLINGTON STREET CHURCH IN
12:11:47:03    BOSTON, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE
12:11:49:00    ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A
12:11:50:03    SYSTEMATIC DISMANTLING OF
12:11:51:18    AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
12:11:53:16    THIS IS TRAGIC.
12:11:58:09    WITH THIS GOES THE ACCOUNTABLE
12:11:59:27    OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO US, OUR
12:12:01:00    ETHICS, AND OUR IDEALS.
12:12:03:01    LITTLE BY LITTLE, CORPORATE
12:12:04:09    INTERESTS HAVE DOMINATED THE
12:12:06:18    CONGRESS FOR SUPPORT.
12:12:08:06    REGULATIONS DESIGNED TO
12:12:09:19    PROTECT THE PUBLIC ARE BEING
12:12:10:19    WEAKENED ARE IGNORED.
12:12:12:24    LAW AND RELATED CONTRACTS
12:12:16:06    SUBSTANTIALLY WRITTEN BY
12:12:17:06    CORPORATIONS GOVERN OUR LIVES.
12:12:21:03    LIKE THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS,
12:12:22:18    WHICH DON'T APPLY TO PRIMARY
12:12:24:12    RESIDENCES.
12:12:25:16    LIKE THE PRIVATIZING OF OUR
12:12:28:03    WATER, OUR PUBLIC LAND, OUR
12:12:29:21    PRISONS, OUR ELECTIONS.
12:12:33:13    SUCH AS [INAUDIBLE] EXEMPTED
12:12:36:15    FROM THE CLEAN WATER ACT,
12:12:37:24    SPREADING UNREGULATABLE ACROSS
12:12:39:28    THE U.S.A.
12:12:41:19    WILL THERE BE TOO MANY FIRES
12:12:43:15    TO PUT THEM OUT?
12:12:45:15    THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND
12:12:47:24    THE POOR IS NOW A DID YOU
12:12:48:21    HAVE.
12:12:49:01    WE HAVE AN UNJUST ECONOMY AND
12:12:50:27    NOT A PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.                          136
12:12:52:27    PEOPLE WONDER, HOW CAN THIS BE
12:12:56:00    HAPPENING, BUT MY FRIENDS,
12:12:57:13    THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
12:12:58:21    DEMOCRACY DISAPPEARS.
12:13:00:24    THERE IS NO PART OF LIFE
12:13:01:21    UNTOUCHED BY IT.
12:13:02:28    IT IS NOW OUR GENERATION'S TEN
12:13:05:10    TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY.
12:13:06:24    WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE AND WE
12:13:08:06    CAN AND MUST DO IT NOW.
12:13:10:10    EVERYTHING WE LOVE AND CARE
12:13:11:27    ABOUT DEPENDS ON IT.
12:13:13:21    OUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT CONFRONTS
12:13:15:24    THE RHETORIC.
12:13:17:06    WHEN ATTEMPTS AT REGULATION
12:13:19:07    ARE BRANDED AS SOCIALISM AND
12:13:21:06    BY IMPLICATION IS UNAMERICAN,
12:13:22:21    WE CAN NOT ALLOW THAT RHETORIC
12:13:24:15    TO GO UNCHALLENGED.
12:13:26:07    DID YOU NOTICE, BY THE WAY,
12:13:28:00    THE LAST TIME YOU READ IT?
12:13:29:06    THE FIRST SENTENCE IN THE
12:13:30:09    PREAMBLE OF THE U.S.
12:13:31:09    CONSTITUTION, ONE OF ITS
12:13:33:22    STATED PURPOSES?
12:13:35:03    TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL
12:13:37:18    WELFARE?
12:13:39:03    POINT THAT OUT INCESSANTLY TO
12:13:41:16    EVERYONE.
12:13:41:28    THIS WONDERFUL IDEA.
12:13:44:15    IN OUR CONSTITUTION  --
12:13:45:24    >> THANK YOU.
12:13:46:21    THANK YOU.
12:13:48:25    I RECOGNIZE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
12:13:50:04
12:13:50:19    >> I'M REVEREND JIM CHERBLEM,
12:13:54:12    COMMINUTE ESTHER OF FIRST
12:13:56:00    PARISH IN BROOK LINE,
12:13:57:25    MASSACHUSETTS.
12:13:58:15    PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS' MOTHER
12:14:00:12    GREW UP IN OUR CONGREGATION
12:14:01:15    AND TED [INAUDIBLE] WAS
12:14:03:13    MARRIED THERE.
12:14:04:06    I AM ALSO A HARVARD MBA AND
12:14:06:24    WAS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
12:14:08:21    OFFICER AND TOOK GENERAL SIGN
12:14:10:24    PUBLIC IN 1986 AND WAS
12:14:12:04    CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF ANOTHER
12:14:14:01    PUBLIC BIOTECH FIRM.
12:14:15:21    ADS A PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS                           137
12:14:17:09    LEADER, I AM KEENLY INFLUENCED
12:14:19:03    IN REVITALIZING AMERICAN
12:14:20:16    DEMOCRACY.
12:14:21:07    MY FAVORITE UU EXEMPLAR, FOR
12:14:23:12    EXAMPLE, IS A 19TH CENTURY
12:14:26:00    UNIVERSAL I HAVE THE MINISTER.
12:14:27:19    HE WAS SERVING A CONGREGATION
12:14:29:04    IN EAST CAMBRIDGE,
12:14:30:18    MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE 1820'S
12:14:32:06    WHEN THE LIGHTNING FIRES WERE
12:14:33:24    DESTROYING HIS HOUSES AND THE
12:14:35:16    EAST CAMBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
12:14:37:07    DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO
12:14:38:18    PUT THE FIRE OUT.
12:14:39:15    HE GOT ELECTED TO CAMBRIDGE
12:14:40:21    CITY COUNCIL AND LEADED
12:14:41:21    CAMPAIGN TO BUILD CAMBRIDGE'S
12:14:43:16    RESERVOIRS.
12:14:45:15    HIS CONGREGATION SUPPORTED THE
12:14:47:27    ACTING ORDERS OF CHURCHES AS
12:14:49:09    WELL AS HIS OWN CHURCH.
12:14:50:19    HE GOT ELECTED TO THE STATE
12:14:51:21    LEGISLATURE, WHERE HE LED THE
12:14:53:06    ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION IN
12:14:54:09    MASSACHUSETTS IN 1833.
12:14:56:00    BUT MY FAVORITE WITTY MORE
12:14:57:19    STORY THOSE DO WITH THE REAL
12:14:59:04    ESTATE BUBBLE OF 1837 WHEN
12:15:01:06    ANDREW JACKSON CLOSED THE
12:15:02:27    BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES,
12:15:04:09    LEADING TO THIS CUP'S LARGEST
12:15:05:22    EVER CREDIT CRISIS.
12:15:06:24    THE CAMBRIDGE BANK & TRUST
12:15:08:24    FORECLOSING ON HIS HOUSES AND
12:15:10:12    THE BANK AS BORE WAS CORRUPT.
12:15:11:24    THE REVEREND WENT DOWN TO THE
12:15:13:04    BANK'S ANNUAL MEETING TO OVER
12:15:14:12    THROW THE CAMBRIDGE BANK &
12:15:15:12    TRUST BOARD AND WAS ELECTED IN
12:15:16:27    THAT MEETING PRESIDENT OF THE
12:15:17:18    BANK.
12:15:17:18
12:15:18:00     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:15:18:13    >> THEN HE DISCOVERED TWO OF
12:15:20:16    HIS BIGGEST INVESTMENTS IN
12:15:23:06    RAILROADS WERE ALSO IN CORRUPT
12:15:24:12    CORPORATIONS.
12:15:25:00    EVENTS AND ARGUED IN THOSE
12:15:25:28    MEET AND GOES ENDED UP AS
12:15:27:04    PRESIDENT OF TWO RAILROADS,                          138
12:15:29:15    BRINGING HIS CURRENCY AND
12:15:31:12    BEHAVIOR.
12:15:32:00    WE NEED TO LIFT UP OUR
12:15:33:04    STORIES.
12:15:33:19    WE NEED TO HAVE MORE REVEREND
12:15:35:07    THOMAS WITTY MORE'S AMONG
12:15:36:27    UNITED STATES, AND WE NEED TO
12:15:37:24    REVITALIZE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
12:15:38:27
12:15:39:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:15:39:28    >> I'M MARY FRANCIS FROM THE
12:15:48:12    NORMAN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
12:15:50:04    CONGREGATION AND THE UNITARIAN
12:15:51:22    UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY CHURCH.
12:15:56:06    WE HAVE JUST HEARD ABOUT
12:15:59:01    EITHER FOUR OR FIVE SERIOUS
12:16:03:00    SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES.
12:16:06:04    TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS ANY OF
12:16:07:27    THESE PROBLEMS, SLAVERY,
12:16:10:18    IMMIGRATION, ECONOMIC REFORM,
12:16:15:25    ENERGY, PEACE, AND JUSTICE, WE
12:16:17:15    MUST STRENGTHEN, REGAIN
12:16:20:21    CONTROL OF OUR DEMOCRATIC
12:16:22:00    PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THE
12:16:25:07    ELECTION PROCESS.
12:16:27:12    THIS IS THE FOUNDATION AND THE
12:16:29:24    KEY TO ALL OF THESE ISSUES
12:16:34:15    THAT HAVE BEEN SO ELOQUENTLY
12:16:36:21    PROPOSED HERE.
12:16:37:18    WE MUST REGAIN CONTROL OF OUR
12:16:41:10    ELECTORAL PROCESS.
12:16:44:06    THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND
12:16:46:09    STRENGTHEN THAT.
12:16:47:16    THANK YOU.
12:16:47:16
12:16:48:28    >> THANK YOU.
12:16:52:27    I RECOGNIZE IT IS DELEGATE AT
12:16:54:06    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:16:54:24
12:16:55:15    >> HELLO.
12:16:56:10    MY NAME IS CAROLE CROSS AND
12:16:58:03    I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
12:16:59:21    UU FELLOWSHIP OF REDWOOD CITY,
12:17:02:13    CALIFORNIA.
12:17:03:10    AND I AM ACTUALLY KIND OF
12:17:05:24    RATTLED, BUT I'M WONDERING IF
12:17:07:18    THERE'S A WAY TO STOP THIS
12:17:09:10    PROCESS.
12:17:10:04    AND MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE
12:17:12:09    SLAVERY HAS BEEN KIND OF                             139
12:17:14:12    MELDED INTO  -- YEAH, WHAT IS
12:17:18:10    THE OTHER ONE?
12:17:19:01    IMMIGRATION AS A MORAL ISSUE.
12:17:20:24    I'M WONDERING, THIS LAST ITEM
12:17:23:21    SEEMS SO CLOSELY RELATED WITH
12:17:25:22    THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE ITEM, I'M
12:17:28:18    WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO
12:17:30:18    MELT THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE A
12:17:33:07    CLEARER DELINEATION OF WHAT
12:17:35:00    WE'RE VOTING ON.
12:17:35:24
12:17:36:03    >> I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
12:17:41:13    IMPULSE.
12:17:43:07    I WAS COMMENTING TO OUR
12:17:45:00    PARLIAMENTARIAN AND LEGAL
12:17:46:21    COUNSEL THAT IF THAT WERE A
12:17:49:13    SOCCER MATCH, I WOULD HAVE
12:17:50:10    PROBABLY PULLED A FOUL CARD
12:17:52:00    OUT ON THE MOVE ON FOUR TO
12:17:54:00    THREE.
12:17:56:24    I THINK WE WANT TO BE CLEAR
12:17:58:01    ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
12:18:00:03    HERE'S OUR OPPORTUNITY.
12:18:02:12    OUR OPPORTUNITY TOGETHER IS TO
12:18:03:15    CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TO STUDY,
12:18:06:16    AND AS I THINK YOU'VE ALL
12:18:08:21    NOTED, THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF
12:18:10:03    OVERLAP AMONG MANY OF THEM.
12:18:12:09    WE'LL NEED TO CHOOSE ONE AND
12:18:14:25    THEN BRING OUR BEST LOVE OF
12:18:17:06    THE OTHER ISSUES INTO THAT
12:18:19:12    DISCUSSION.
12:18:19:27    DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
12:18:20:21
12:18:20:15
12:18:21:01     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:18:21:13    >> THERE IS NOT A PROCESS AT
12:18:24:27    THIS POINT.
12:18:26:12    THE PROCESS TO TRY TO GET
12:18:27:24    PEOPLE TO MELD ACTUALLY HAS
12:18:29:21    BEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR WHEN
12:18:33:06    THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL
12:18:34:00    WITNESS HAS WORKED WITH GROUPS
12:18:35:03    TO SEE IF THEY WOULD DO THAT.
12:18:35:24
12:18:37:03    >> COULD I JUST ADD ONE THING?
12:18:38:27
12:18:38:25
12:18:39:19    >> IF IT'S A QUESTION.
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12:18:41:09    >>YEAH.
12:18:42:21    I THINK I CAN TURN IT INTO A
12:18:44:03    QUESTION.
12:18:44:03
12:18:44:21     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:18:45:04    >> WELL, THEN LET THE GAMES
12:18:48:18    BEGIN.
12:18:51:15    LET'S SEE.
12:18:53:03    I'M GOING TO WORK AT THIS.
12:18:57:07    IS IT, THEN, TOO LATE?
12:18:59:00    WHEN DID IMMIGRATION AS A
12:19:00:28    MORAL ISSUE MELD WITH SLAVERY?
12:19:04:15    WAS THAT, LIKE, LAST NIGHT?
12:19:05:21
12:19:05:18
12:19:11:21    >> I'M NOT CLEAR FROM THE
12:19:13:00    PROPOSERS THAT IT DID.
12:19:14:15    I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
12:19:15:12    HAPPENED HERE.
12:19:17:00    DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
12:19:17:22
12:19:17:19
12:19:17:28    >> YES.
12:19:18:19    IT CERTAINLY DOES.
12:19:19:07
12:19:20:03    >> YOU DON'T KNOW.
12:19:21:15    I DON'T KNOW.
12:19:21:27    AND SO WE'LL JUST NEED TO MAKE
12:19:24:13    A CHOICE, BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT
12:19:27:01    WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN WE
12:19:28:18    VOTE.
12:19:28:27    WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS TO
12:19:30:03    OUR CONGREGATIONS, YOU KNOW?
12:19:33:19    THE OWNERSHIP OF THESE
12:19:35:24    RESOLUTIONS BY ANY PROPOSERS
12:19:38:09    OR GROUPS IS GOING TO END
12:19:40:16    SOMETIME YET THIS MORNING OR
12:19:41:19    EARLY AFTERNOON.
12:19:42:07
12:19:42:21    >> I'VE GOT A FURTHER QUESTION
12:19:44:12    THAT REALLY IS KIND OF A TRICK
12:19:46:18    QUESTION  --
12:19:47:28    >> THEN YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T
12:19:49:07    ASK IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
12:19:50:12    RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE.
12:19:51:00
12:19:51:15    >> OKAY.
12:19:51:24    BUT LET ME JUST ASK, IS IT NOT
12:19:54:13    TRUE THAT MELDING TWO GIVES
12:19:58:03    THOSE TWO AN ADVANTAGE THAT                          141
12:20:01:15    KEEPING TWO SEPARATE DON'T?
12:20:03:16
12:20:03:13
12:20:03:19    >> HERE'S WHAT I THINK WE
12:20:04:24    SHOULD DO, FRIENDS.
12:20:05:21    I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE AN
12:20:07:03    HONEST VOTE ABOUT WHICH OF
12:20:10:15    THESE FIVE ISSUES YOU WANT
12:20:12:15    YOUR CONGREGATION TO STUDY.
12:20:20:21    I THINK  -- I'M TRYING TO BE
12:20:22:09    REALLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHERE
12:20:24:21    WE ARE.
12:20:25:18    NO MATTER WHICH IS CHOSEN, I
12:20:28:10    THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF CLEAR
12:20:29:24    ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT'S
12:20:31:06    HAPPENED IN THE HALL.
12:20:32:03    YES?
12:20:33:03    ALL RIGHT.
12:20:33:15    GOOD.
12:20:34:00    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
12:20:35:19
12:20:36:06    >> POINT OF ORDER, WHICH
12:20:39:18    ENLARGES UPON WHAT YOU JUST
12:20:40:27    SAID.
12:20:41:15    >> AND INSURE
12:20:41:28    >> I'M JOANN RODOBUSH FROM
12:20:42:16    TOPEKA KANSAS, FIRST  -- NOT
12:20:47:03    FIRST, BUT ONLY UNITARIAN
12:20:48:24    UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF TOPEKA,
12:20:50:10    KANSAS.
12:20:51:22    I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO VOTE ON
12:20:53:06    EACH ONE OF THESE SEPARATELY,
12:20:54:15    ALTHOUGH THE GROUP FROM FOUR
12:20:56:24    CHOSE TO ADVOCATE FOR THREE.
12:20:58:28    THAT'S ALL THEY DID.
12:21:00:06    THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THE FACT
12:21:01:15    THAT THESE ARE ALL BEFORE US.
12:21:03:12
12:21:04:09    >> ALL THESE TEXTS BEFORE US
12:21:06:07    ARE CHOICES, CORRECT.
12:21:07:07    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
12:21:08:18    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:21:09:06
12:21:09:21    >> THIS IS DEBRA PEMBROOK WITH
12:21:11:18    THE FELLOWSHIP OF SANTA CRUZ
12:21:12:21    COUNTY.
12:21:13:13    I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR THE
12:21:15:21    CONFUSION THIS HAS CAUSED.
12:21:17:03    I'M WITH THE CONGREGATION THAT
12:21:18:15    PROPOSED, AND MY CONGREGATION                        142
12:21:20:00    HAD EMPOWERED ME TO MAKE THAT
12:21:21:25    DECISION IF I FELT THAT THE
12:21:27:12    CONGREGATIONAL STUDY/ACTION
12:21:28:19    ISSUE ON IMMIGRATION DID
12:21:30:04    COVER.
12:21:31:12    IT WAS SOMETHING I UNDERSTOOD
12:21:32:12    TO BE OKAY, BUT I MAY HAVE HAD
12:21:33:27    A MISUNDERSTANDING FROM THE
12:21:35:00    COMMISSION ON SOCIAL WITNESS,
12:21:37:04    AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
12:21:38:25    CONFUSION.
12:21:38:25
12:21:39:12    >> I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS
12:21:40:09    PROBABLY NOT THE INITIAL
12:21:41:12    STATEMENT.
12:21:41:24    IT WAS  -- AND I'LL BE CLEAR.
12:21:43:15    THE FIRST TIME I HEARD SOMEONE
12:21:45:04    SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF FOUR AND
12:21:47:06    SAY THREE, I SIMPLY THOUGHT
12:21:48:18    THEY WERE MISTAKEN AS TO
12:21:49:27    NUMBER.
12:21:51:12    DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
12:21:52:10
12:21:52:06
12:21:52:19    >> I APOLOGIZE.
12:21:53:01
12:21:53:22    >> WHAT'S UNFAIR, I THINK,
12:21:55:09    THAT FOLKS FEEL IS THAT WE
12:21:57:09    WANTED EACH SEPARATE ITEM TO
12:21:59:09    HAVE FOUR STATEMENTS.
12:22:02:21    RIGHT?
12:22:03:09    OKAY.
12:22:03:27    BUT WE CAN SORT ALL THAT OUT
12:22:05:09    IN OUR HEADS.
12:22:06:00    SO LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT.
12:22:07:00    WE'RE READY TO VOTE NOW.
12:22:08:25    NOW, BEFORE ANYBODY THINKS
12:22:11:12    THAT THIS IS THE LAST THING
12:22:12:15    YOU'RE GOING TO DO, I WANT TO
12:22:13:18    TALK TO YOU ABOUT
12:22:14:13    DISAPPOINTMENTS OF PAST
12:22:16:04    GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
12:22:16:10
12:22:17:21     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:22:18:00    >> BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
12:22:19:06    SPEND TOMORROW HAVING TO HUG
12:22:20:09    AND HOLD ALL OF YOU
12:22:21:15    UNNECESSARILY.
12:22:21:21
12:22:22:21     [ LAUGHTER ]                                        143
12:22:23:04    >> CHOICE IS A DIFFERENT
12:22:26:24    MATTER.
12:22:30:21    OUR RULES REQUIRE THAT WE
12:22:33:25    LEAVE HAVING HAD A MAJORITY OF
12:22:35:15    US SUPPORTING ONE OF THESE
12:22:38:00    PROPOSED CSAIS.
12:22:40:01    A MAJORITY.
12:22:41:01    HERE'S OUR PROCESS.
12:22:43:21    ON YOUR VOTING CARD, THERE IS
12:22:45:27    A BALLOT ON THE BOTTOM.
12:22:50:18    PERFECT RATED FOR YOUR
12:22:51:09    PLEASURE.
12:22:51:21    YOU'RE GOING TO RIGHT ONE
12:22:53:24    NUMBER IN THIS BOX.
12:22:54:27    IT WILL BE A DIGIT IN THE
12:23:01:06    RANGE OF ONE THROUGH FIVE.
12:23:01:18
12:23:02:03     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:23:02:21    >> THOU SHALT NOT PASS FIVE.
12:23:06:01
12:23:06:22     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:23:07:06    >> AND YOU'RE GOING TO TEAR
12:23:11:03    THAT OFF AND HAND IT TO THE
12:23:12:06    TELLERS.
12:23:13:01    NOW, HERE'S THE DISAPPOINTING
12:23:14:16    PART.
12:23:17:00    THEY'RE GOING TO COUNT THESE
12:23:17:27    WHILE WE GO ON TO THE REST OF
12:23:19:03    OUR BUSINESS.
12:23:19:18    IF NONE OF THESE GETS A
12:23:20:21    MAJORITY, WE WILL HAVE, GUESS
12:23:22:06    WHAT?
12:23:24:06    A RUNOFF VOTE.
12:23:29:10    BETWEEN THE TWO HIGHEST.
12:23:32:09    SO IF YOU VOTE NOW AND YOU'RE
12:23:34:06    NOT HERE FOR THE RUNOFF, GUESS
12:23:35:13    WHAT?
12:23:36:16    YOUR VOTE WON'T COUNT, BECAUSE
12:23:38:06    YOU WON'T BE VOTING.
12:23:39:03    MAKE SENSE?
12:23:40:15    STICK WITH US.
12:23:41:12    LET'S TAKE OUR BALLOTS OUT
12:23:43:06    WRITE THE NUMBER THAT YOU
12:23:45:06    WANT.
12:23:45:24    TEAR IT OFF.
12:23:46:21    HAND IT TO OUR TELLERS.
12:23:48:00    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE?
12:23:49:00
12:23:48:12
12:23:51:01    >> MY NAME IS LEE BANNER FROM                        144
12:23:53:15    THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
12:23:56:09    EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.
12:23:58:10    I HAVE A PROCEDURAL
12:24:01:09    SUGGESTION.
12:24:01:18    RATHER THAN HAVE THEM PUT ONE
12:24:03:15    NUMBER  --
12:24:04:00    >> NO, THANK YOU, SIR.
12:24:08:15    FOR, THANK YOU.
12:24:09:00    RULES DON'T ALLOW IT.
12:24:10:03    NO, THANK YOU.
12:24:10:24    AND WE'RE CONFUSED ENOUGH
12:24:11:24    ALREADY.
12:24:14:21    I DO WANT TO MAKE  -- THIS IS
12:24:15:25    MY POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
12:24:21:18    THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITARIAN
12:24:22:18    UNIVERSALIST CONFERENCE FOLKS,
12:24:24:13    MANY OF WHOM I ADORE, CHOSE TO
12:24:28:24    PUT OUT AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS
12:24:31:25    THEIR INFORMATION SHEET ON
12:24:35:18    WHAT'S AVAILABLE AT THIS GA.
12:24:38:21    I HOPE NONE OF YOU WOULD
12:24:40:04    CHOOSE TO MISTAKE THIS FOR A
12:24:42:18    VOTING CARD.
12:24:44:27    IF YOU THINK SOMEONE NEAR YOU
12:24:46:03    HAS, PLEASE CORRECT THEM.
12:24:50:24    ONE WAY TO TELL IS THERE'S
12:24:52:18    NOTHING TO PERFORATE RIGHT
12:24:54:09    NOW.
12:24:55:00    THANK YOU.
12:24:55:28    PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:24:56:22
12:24:57:13    >> THIS IS  -- MY NAME IS SUE
12:25:02:12    BAILEY FROM THE UNITARIAN
12:25:03:00    UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF
12:25:05:01    DULUTH, MINNESOTA.
12:25:06:21    AND IN THE INTEREST OF
12:25:09:09    STANDING UP FOR OUR PRINCIPLES
12:25:11:15    FOR DEMOCRACY AND BEING A
12:25:14:21    MODEL OF DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, I
12:25:18:03    WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE
12:25:20:16    ABLE TO GIVE SOME
12:25:21:25    CONSIDERATION TO INSTANT
12:25:23:27    RUNOFF VOTING AS A PROCESS FOR
12:25:28:28    MORE EFFECTIVELY SELECTING THE
12:25:31:21    SINGLE ITEM THAT HAS THE
12:25:34:27    STRONGEST SUPPORT OF THE
12:25:36:10    VOTING DELEGATES.
12:25:36:22
12:25:39:12    >> IN FUTURE ASSEMBLIES?
12:25:40:24                                                         145
12:25:40:09
12:25:41:03    >> YES.
12:25:46:28    AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
12:25:47:22    OUR DEMOCRACY NEEDS TO BE
12:25:49:00    EFFECTIVE NOW.
12:25:49:12
12:25:51:12    >> WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THE
12:25:53:13    RULES FOR THIS ASSEMBLY.
12:25:54:10    I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
12:25:56:00    ENTERTAIN SUGGESTIONS FOR WHAT
12:25:57:12    WE MIGHT BRING IN FUTURE
12:25:58:24    YEARS.
12:26:00:03    YOU CAN E-MAIL THEM TO G
12:26:02:04    COURTER@UUA.ORG.
12:26:05:27    OKAY.
12:26:06:09    WE GOOD?
12:26:07:09    TELLERS ARE PICKING UP
12:26:08:09    BALLOTS?
12:26:09:10    MAKE SURE THEY GET THOSE AND
12:26:12:18    THEN WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING,
12:26:14:15    AND THANK YOU, FRIENDS, WE
12:26:15:24    CHOSE TO BE HERE AWHILE THIS
12:26:17:04    IS A GOOD THING.
12:26:18:22    WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REPORTS,
12:26:21:00    AND YOU WANT TO STAY IN THE
12:26:22:09    HALL IF YOU CARE ABOUT CSAIS,
12:26:24:25    BUT ALSO IF YOU CARE ABOUT
12:26:25:16    WONDERFUL THINGS LIKE THE
12:26:27:12    DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD THAT
12:26:29:00    OUR BEACON PRESS IS MAKING.
12:26:35:07    KICK BACK AND WELCOME HELENE
12:26:37:06    ATWAN, DIRECTOR OF OUR BEACON
12:26:39:21    PRESS.
12:26:39:21
12:26:40:06    >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
12:26:41:10    GINNY.
12:26:41:28    THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
12:26:42:16    AND FOR PAYING ATTENTION IN
12:26:45:15    THE MIDST OF THIS IMPORTANT
12:26:46:24    VOTE.
12:26:47:00    I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE
12:26:48:21    FOLLOWING SO MANY UU'S WHO
12:26:51:27    SPOKE SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT
12:26:53:00    ISSUES OF JUSTICE.
12:26:56:15    IN 2009 AND 2010, BEACON HAS
12:26:59:10    BEEN STANDING WITH UU'S ON THE
12:27:02:27    SIDE OF LOVE.
12:27:06:13    JOHN BERRANS ONCE CALLED
12:27:08:27    BEACON A PROPHETIC VOTE FOR
12:27:11:06    UNIVARIAN UNIVERSALISM, AND I                        146
12:27:12:12    DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET A LOT
12:27:13:21    MORE PROPHETIC THAN PUBLISHING
12:27:15:22    A BOOK ABOUT IMMIGRANTS IN
12:27:17:18    ARIZONA JUST WEEKS BEFORE
12:27:20:24    ARIZONA'S GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED
12:27:22:13    THE DRACONIAN LAW THAT SO MANY
12:27:25:03    UU'S HAVE BEEN SO ACTIVELY
12:27:27:00    PROTESTING OVER THESE PAST FEW
12:27:29:00    WEEKS.
12:27:30:25    ARTHUR MARGARET REGAN HAS BEEN
12:27:33:00    BUSY WRITING BLOG POSTS AND OP
12:27:35:03    EDS, DOING INTERVIEWS IN
12:27:36:21    ARIZONA AND ON THE NATIONAL
12:27:38:25    MEDIA, INCLUDING NPR'S TALK OF
12:27:40:24    THE NATION, AND THANKS, FOR
12:27:43:18    EXAMPLE, TO FIRST UNITARIAN IN
12:27:45:10    ROCHESTER, TRAVELING TO SPEAK
12:27:47:12    OUT ABOUT THE DIRE SITUATION
12:27:49:06    OF IMMIGRANTS IN ARIZONA.
12:27:52:15    SHE HAS BEEN A POWERFUL AND
12:27:54:07    ELOQUENT VOICE, EXCUSE ME,
12:27:57:03    VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE
12:27:58:24    WHO ARE BEING MARGINALIZE AND
12:28:00:16    HAD SILENCED.
12:28:02:07    BUT BEACON HAS PUBLISHED ON
12:28:03:27    THIS ISSUE BEFORE, AND OUR
12:28:05:18    BACK LIST AUTHORS WERE ACTIVE
12:28:07:09    AS WELL IN RAISING
12:28:08:28    CONSCIOUSNESS AND WITNESSING
12:28:10:18    ON THE SIDE OF LOVE, INCLUDING
12:28:12:12    DAVID BACON AND AVI CHOMSKY.
12:28:16:25    AND WE HAD ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT
12:28:18:06    IMMIGRANTS COMING OFF PRESS AT
12:28:20:09    AROUND THE SAME TIME.
12:28:21:09    DANIELLE OFRI'S MEDICINE IN
12:28:24:13    TRANSLATION, WHICH LOOKS AT
12:28:26:06    THE EXPERIENCE OF IMMIGRANTS
12:28:27:06    IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
12:28:30:00    DR. OFRI WAS ACTIVE IN
12:28:31:12    SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT THE
12:28:32:06    RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS, ABOUT
12:28:33:28    THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO
12:28:35:09    AMERICAN SOCIETY, ABOUT THE
12:28:37:12    VITAL IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING
12:28:39:12    FAITH WITH OUR FELLOW HUMANS.
12:28:42:22    SHE WAS INVITED TO START A
12:28:44:12    BLOG ON PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, SHE
12:28:47:03    CONTRIBUTED PIECES ON
12:28:48:04    IMMIGRATION AND HEALTHCARE ON
12:28:49:22    CNN'S OPINION PAGE, SHE                              147
12:28:52:09    VISITED 11 STATES AND EVEN
12:28:54:03    CANADA.
12:28:55:12    AND OF COURSE EBOO PATEL,
12:28:58:25    AUTHOR OF ACTS OF FAITH,
12:29:00:24    CONTINUES TO BE OUT IN THE
12:29:02:00    WORLD WORKING WITH INTERFAITH
12:29:03:28    GROUPS AND WITH THE UUA'S
12:29:06:15    YOUTH OFFICE TO SPREAD THE
12:29:07:15    MESSAGE OF WORKING TOGETHER
12:29:09:03    FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
12:29:11:06    ANOTHER FOUR COLLEGES ADOPTED
12:29:13:10    HIS BOOK AS REQUIRED READING
12:29:15:24    FOR ALL INCOMING STUDENTS THIS
12:29:17:09    YEAR.
12:29:17:09
12:29:19:21    >>YEAH!
12:29:19:21
12:29:20:16    >> YES.
12:29:21:19    DEFENDING SPEECH RIGHTS IS SO
12:29:23:27    ESSENTIAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
12:29:26:00    AND BEACON BOOKS AND AUTHORS
12:29:27:21    HAVE ALWAYS CALLED FOR FREE
12:29:29:07    EXPRESSIONS.
12:29:31:06    BILL AYERS HAS BEEN DISINVITED
12:29:34:03    FROM CONFIRMED SPEAKING
12:29:35:03    ENGAGEMENT THIS YEAR AT
12:29:36:25    SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE
12:29:38:01    OF THREATS STEMMING FROM RIGHT
12:29:39:15    WING CAMPAIGNS.
12:29:42:06    BUT JUST LAST MONTH, A
12:29:43:21    LANDMARK COURT RULING FORCED
12:29:45:22    THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING TO
12:29:47:12    ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK TO THEIR
12:29:49:12    STUDENTS.
12:29:50:12    THE JUDGE WROTE, "THESE FEARS
12:29:52:28    WERE BASED ON, AT LEAST,
12:29:54:24    VEILED OR INDIRECT THREATS AND
12:29:56:10    APPREHENSION" CALLING IT A
12:29:58:12    "HECKLER'S VETO."
12:30:01:01    HE EXPRESSED THAT "FEAR IS NOT
12:30:02:22    ENOUGH TO OVERRIDE THE FIRST
12:30:04:00    AMENDMENT."
12:30:06:18    AYERS SPOKE AND A HANDFUL OF
12:30:09:15    HECKLERS SHOWED UP, ALONG WITH
12:30:12:00    OVER A THOUSAND EAGER
12:30:12:28    STUDENTS.
12:30:13:10    IN DEFENDING A WOMAN'S RIGHT
12:30:14:16    TO CHOOSE, BEACON AUTHOR
12:30:17:06    CAROLE JOFFE WAS ALL OVER THE
12:30:19:25    MEDIA THIS WINTER AND SPRING.                        148
12:30:21:06    THE NATION.COM RAN AN
12:30:23:28    INTERVIEW BETWEEN CAROLE AND
12:30:25:19    KATHA POLLITT.
12:30:26:27    SLATE SELECTED HER NEW BOOK AS
12:30:28:00    A BOOK OF THE WEEK.
12:30:29:18    SALON.COM, THE AMERICAN
12:30:31:13    PROSPECT, THE SAN FRANCISCO
12:30:32:27    CHRONICLE, AND MS. MAGAZINE
12:30:34:27    ALL FEATURED DISPATCHES FROM
12:30:36:09    THE ABORTION WARS.
12:30:38:19    SOME OF YOU HEARD AMIE MILLER
12:30:40:12    SPEAK YESTERDAY.
12:30:42:28    HER WRITING ON PARENTING AND
12:30:44:15    GAY FAMILIES HAS APPEARED IN
12:30:46:12    SALON, BRAINCHILD MAGAZINE,
12:30:50:19    AND THE GREATER GOOD MAGAZINE.
12:30:52:06    SHE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT GAY AND
12:30:53:09    LESBIAN FAMILIES AT
12:30:54:21    CONFERENCES, AT HIGH SCHOOLS
12:30:56:07    AND COLLEGES AND ON THE RADIO.
12:30:57:16    SHE IS A POWERFUL AND OFTEN
12:30:59:00    WITTY ADVOCATE ON THE SIDE OF
12:31:01:03    LOVE.
12:31:02:21    AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT
12:31:04:04    OF WIT, TERRY GALLOWAY ATTACKS
12:31:07:21    PREJUDICE THROUGH THE FUNNY
12:31:09:03    BONE.
12:31:09:21    SHE SPEAKS TO AUDIENCES
12:31:12:13    NATIONWIDE ABOUT BEING QUEER,
12:31:14:15    ABOUT BEING DEAF, AND EVEN
12:31:17:12    SOMETIMES ABOUT BEING MEAN,
12:31:19:07    THOUGH ACTUALLY THAT LAST PART
12:31:20:27    IS A LIE.
12:31:24:15    HER BOOK IS A 2010LAMBDA
12:31:28:25    LITERARY FINALIST, WHICH IS
12:31:30:18    QUITE AN HONOR, AND HAS BEEN
12:31:32:00    COVERED IN CURVE, BUST, AND
12:31:33:06    MORE MAGAZINE AND EXCERPTED IN
12:31:34:21    THE ADVOCATE AND IN SALON.
12:31:37:15    POWERFUL ADVOCACIES FOR THE
12:31:39:18    TOO OFTEN MARGINALIZED
12:31:41:04    COMMUNITIES SHE WRITES ABOUT
12:31:42:04    SO BEAUTIFULLY.
12:31:44:21    AND SPEAKING OF POWERFUL
12:31:46:15    ADVOCATES, PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
12:31:48:01    PRINCIPAL LINDA NATHAN STANDS
12:31:50:07    ON THE SIDE OF HER STUDENTS.
12:31:52:00    HER KIDS HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED
12:31:54:15    COLLEGE MATRICULATION RATE.
12:31:56:28    90% OF BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY                           149
12:31:59:12    STUDENTS GO ON TO COLLEGE.
12:32:01:12    SHE BELIEVES IN THEM, AND
12:32:03:03    MAKES GREAT THINGS HAPPEN.
12:32:06:21    SHE IS ALSO A COFOUNDER OF A
12:32:08:15    NONPROFIT EDUCATION REFORM
12:32:09:27    ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO
12:32:13:04    CREATING MORE EQUITABLE
12:32:14:15    SCHOOLS.
12:32:14:25    THE BEACON STAFF WAS
12:32:16:00    PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH LINDA
12:32:17:03    NATHAN AND TO CONNECT HER WITH
12:32:19:18    ANOTHER BEACON AUTHOR AND
12:32:21:04    ACTIVIST, MICHAEL PATRICK
12:32:23:06    MACDONALD.
12:32:25:12    DAVID CHURA ALSO WORKS
12:32:27:18    TEACHING KIDS, IN AN EVEN
12:32:30:07    TOUGHER ENVIRONMENT THAN THE
12:32:31:21    INNER CITY:  IN KNOCKUP.
12:32:34:12    JONATHAN KOZOL PRAISED CHURA'S
12:32:37:28    BOOK, I DON'T WISH NOBODY TO
12:32:39:27    HAVE A LIFELIKE MINE, AS BEING
12:32:41:09    BEAUTIFULLY DONE, RICH WITH
12:32:42:18    DEVASTATING NARRATIVE.
12:32:45:04    HIS IS A RARE VOICE OF
12:32:46:27    ADVOCACY FOR THESE CHILDREN,
12:32:48:21    REMINDING US OF THEIR
12:32:50:00    HUMANITY.
12:32:51:06    WE WERE HONESTLY THRILLED BY
12:32:52:19    THE AMOUNT OF MEDIA ATTENTIONS
12:32:54:15    THAT RAW AND VERY MOVING BOOK
12:32:56:06    RECEIVED.
12:32:59:19    NOW LOOK AGAIN.
12:33:00:16    THAT'S NOT MARY POPPINS
12:33:04:00    JOINING IT IS BEAK CON LINEUP
12:33:05:06    OF IT'S OUR ACCLAIMED
12:33:06:06    ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER FRED
12:33:07:10    PEARCE WHO HAS WRITTEN
12:33:08:16    IMPORTANT BOOKS FOR US ON
12:33:09:16    WATER, GLOBAL WARMING, AND NOW
12:33:11:12    ON POPULATION.
12:33:13:12    JON STEWART INVITED FRED TO
12:33:15:25    TALK ABOUT HIS NEW BEACON BOOK
12:33:17:24    AND JOKED THAT HE'D ARRIVED
12:33:19:03    FROM ENGLAND IN THE MIDST OF
12:33:20:15    THE VOLCANIC ASH ON THE ONLY
12:33:23:16    TRANSPORT STILL WORKING, THE
12:33:24:27    RELIABLE BRITISH UMBRELLA.
12:33:26:00
12:33:27:21     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:33:28:24    FRED DID A SLEW OF OTHER                             150
12:33:30:13    INTERVIEWS, BUT IT DOESN'T GET
12:33:31:25    MUCH BETTER THAN "THE DAILY
12:33:32:21    SHOW."
12:33:32:21
12:33:34:21    >> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
12:33:36:03    WRITERS OF THE BLACK ARTS
12:33:37:25    MOVEMENT, SONIA SANCHEZ, IS AN
12:33:39:22    ACTIVE SPEAKER AND TIRELESS
12:33:41:06    ADVOCATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
12:33:42:24    THIS YEAR ALONE, SHE AS MADE
12:33:45:00    AT LEAST 30 PUBLIC
12:33:46:07    APPEARANCES, MANY IN SCHOOLS.
12:33:47:18    HER NEW BEACON BOOK IS
12:33:49:15    ESPECIALLY ACCESSIBLE TO
12:33:50:27    STUDENTS AND PARTICULARLY
12:33:51:27    APPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS OF
12:33:53:06    COLOR.
12:33:55:10    AND AS ALWAYS, SHE'S IN THE
12:33:56:27    POPULAR MEDIA, TALKING ABOUT
12:33:58:27    BLACK ARTS AND THE IMPORTANCE
12:34:00:03    OF THAT LEGACY FOR STUDENTS.
12:34:01:25    FOR THIS BOOK, SHE APPEARED ON
12:34:03:09    THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW, BOTH
12:34:05:15    HIS RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS, THE
12:34:08:16    MO'NIQUE SHOW, VISIONS 2010,
12:34:11:03    CNN NEWSROOM, AND IN EBONY
12:34:13:12    MAGAZINE, LIT AREA I NATION,
12:34:15:07    ESSENCE, AND THE PHILADELPHIA
12:34:16:22    INQUIRE YEAR.
12:34:18:24    DISPATCH BY THE MARK ARTHUR
12:34:20:06    FOUNDATION TO A SMALL TOWN IN
12:34:22:28    IOWA.
12:34:23:07    PATRICK CAR AND MARIA KEFALAS
12:34:27:03    STUDIED THE RURAL BRAIN DRAIN,
12:34:28:21    DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR
12:34:29:18    ARRESTING THE PROCESS AND
12:34:30:13    CREATING SUSTAINABLE, THRIVING
12:34:32:07    COMMUNITIES.
12:34:34:03    THIS BOOK WAS COVERED BY
12:34:35:06    "NEWSWEEK," WIRED, THE
12:34:37:09    CLINICAL REVIEW, EVEN READER'S
12:34:38:22    DIGEST, AND DISCUSSED ALL
12:34:41:12    ACROSS PUBLIC RADIO, INCLUDING
12:34:43:15    ON POINT, THE LEONARD LOPATE
12:34:45:13    SHOW, RADIO TIMES, THE TAVIS
12:34:47:18    SMILEY SHOW, THE BOB EDWARDS
12:34:49:03    SHOW.
12:34:51:00    FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WHO
12:34:52:06    LIVE IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA,
12:34:53:19    THIS CRISIS HAS BEEN TOO OFTEN                       151
12:34:55:21    IGNORED AND CARR AND KEFALAS
12:34:59:00    SHOWN AN IMPORTANT LIGHT ON
12:35:00:04    THE ISSUE.
12:35:01:16    BETH WHITE HOUSE FOLLOWED A
12:35:03:15    FAMILY STRUGGLING TO SAVE
12:35:04:27    THEIR DAUGHTER'S LIFE FOR
12:35:07:06    ALMOST THREE YEARS.
12:35:07:28    IN HER FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF
12:35:09:21    THE TREBING FAMILY'S JOURNEY,
12:35:12:15    SHE EXPLORES THE URGENT
12:35:13:18    ETHICAL ISSUES RAISED BY
12:35:15:00    MODERN TECHNOLOGY.
12:35:16:13    IF YOU CAN ENGINEER A BABY IN
12:35:18:24    ORDER TO SAVE A SIBLING, IS
12:35:20:24    THAT ACCEPTABLE?
12:35:22:28    HOW MUCH DOES A SAVIOR CHILD
12:35:25:10    OH AN AILING SIBLING?
12:35:28:00    THESE ARE CLEARLY ISSUES WE
12:35:29:03    NEED TO DISCUSS AS A SOCIETY.
12:35:31:16    THE DECISION CAN NOT BE LEFT
12:35:33:04    TO DESPERATE INDIVIDUALS.
12:35:34:18    SO BARBARA WALTERS SAT DOWN
12:35:36:06    WITH THE TREBINGS ON THE VIEW
12:35:39:19    AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR
12:35:41:01    DECISION.
12:35:41:12    ASKED THE KIDS ABOUT IT, TOO,
12:35:42:21    AND DIANE REAM DISCUSSED IT
12:35:44:24    WITH BETH WHITE HOUSE AND THE
12:35:46:00    PANEL OF BIOETHICIST AND AOL
12:35:48:22    OPENED THE DISCUSSION ON LINE.
12:35:50:06    IT'S A CONVERSATION WE WILL
12:35:51:24    NEED TO CONTINUE AS TECHNOLOGY
12:35:55:10    CONTINUES TO OFFER MORE AND
12:35:56:07    MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE
12:35:57:24    ETHICAL DILEMMAS.
12:36:00:12    WE HAVE MORE BOOKS COMING IN
12:36:01:12    THE FIELD OF BIOETHICS.
12:36:04:13    TALK ABOUT STANDING ON THE
12:36:05:12    SIDE OF LOVE!
12:36:06:12    THIS IS WHAT PROGRESSIVE
12:36:07:09    RELIGION IS ALL ABOUT,
12:36:09:13    ESPECIALLY UNIVARIAN
12:36:09:25    UNIVERSALISM.
12:36:13:12    WE'RE PROUD TO BRING THE
12:36:14:12    VOICES OF PROMINENT UU
12:36:15:21    THINKERS TO THE WIDER WORLD.
12:36:17:13    THIS YEAR WE LOST SOME
12:36:18:16    IMPORTANT AUTHORS.
12:36:19:22    THE GROUNDBREAKING, EVEN EARTH
12:36:21:19    SHATTERING MARY DAILY.                               152
12:36:23:15    THE MUCH BELOVED HISTORIAN AND
12:36:25:09    ACTIVIST HOWARD SIN, WHO ALSO
12:36:29:06    SERVICE AS ONE OF OUR MOST
12:36:30:12    VALUED ADVISORS FOR THE PAST
12:36:31:21    DECADE.
12:36:32:13    OUR OWN FORREST CHURCH.
12:36:35:18    WE REMEMBER AND MISS THEM ALL.
12:36:37:27    SO WE'VE BEEN BUSY STANDING
12:36:39:03    WITH OUR AUTHORS ON THE SIDE
12:36:40:13    OF LOVE.
12:36:43:21    AND HAVE I MENTIONED THAT WE
12:36:45:00    OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE KING
12:36:46:18    LEGACY THIS YEAR?
12:36:48:10    WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD OF
12:36:50:12    WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
12:36:51:15    ACHIEVE SO FAR.
12:36:52:00
12:36:53:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:36:53:18    >> AND WE HAVE LOTS MORE TO
12:36:55:21    COME FROM THIS PROJECT.
12:36:59:06    JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, A
12:37:00:10    COMMUNITY GROUP IN ITHACA
12:37:02:06    PURCHASED 10,000 COPIES OF
12:37:03:27    WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE.
12:37:06:07    SO HOW CAN YOU BECOME MORE
12:37:08:15    INVOLVED IN OUR EFFORTS?
12:37:10:06    I KNOW YOU'RE ALL BURN TO GO
12:37:11:15    ASK THAT QUESTION, SO HERE ARE
12:37:12:25    A FEW SIMPLE IDEAS.
12:37:15:15    LINK TO US ON OUR WEBSITE ON
12:37:19:04    LINKEDIN, AND OTHER SOCIAL
12:37:20:16    NETWORKING SITES.
12:37:22:03    FRIEND US ON FACEBOOK.
12:37:24:18    ENTER OUR CONTESTS.
12:37:27:01    COMMENT ON OUR BLOG.
12:37:28:27    THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN
12:37:30:03    TO WWW.BEACONBROADSIDE.COM/,
12:37:32:06    REALLY, YOU OH IT TO OURSELF.
12:37:34:28    FOLLOW US ON TWITTER.
12:37:37:03    READ AND RECOMMEND OUR BOOKS,
12:37:38:27    MAYBE FOR YOUR OWN COMMUNITY
12:37:40:15    READING GROUP, EVEN IF IT'S
12:37:42:09    NOT 10,000 PEOPLE.
12:37:44:09    AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO THANK THE
12:37:46:06    HARD WORKING STAFF OF BEACON
12:37:48:04    PRESS, THE ADMINISTRATION AND
12:37:50:12    STAFF OF THE UUA, THE
12:37:52:15    FOUNDATION AT SHELTER ROCK,
12:37:55:04    THE UU FUNDING PANEL, AND ALL
12:37:56:24    OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND                          153
12:37:58:09    YOUR ATTENTION TODAY
12:38:02:07     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:38:10:04    I RECOGNIZE THE DELEGATE AT
12:38:11:18    THE PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE.
12:38:12:12
12:38:14:03    >> I'M JAMES HOBART, DELEGATE
12:38:16:22    FROM THE FIRST UNITARIAN
12:38:19:00    SOCIETY OF DENVER.
12:38:20:18    MADAM MODERATOR, I'M CONCERNED
12:38:22:09    ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF US WHO
12:38:23:25    HAVE TO GO ON TO OTHER
12:38:26:12    RESPONSIBILITY, AND I'M
12:38:27:09    WONDERING IF WE COULD
12:38:28:06    POSTPONE, IF IT'S NOT A MONTH
12:38:31:06    JOE AT THIS ON THESE FIVE
12:38:32:01    ISSUES, COULD WE POSTPONE THE
12:38:34:06    RECONCILIATION UNTIL TOMORROW
12:38:37:03    AT THIS START OF THE ASSEMBLY?
12:38:40:01
12:38:39:10
12:38:40:10    >> SO YOU'LL GET TO VOTE ON
12:38:43:15    THAT.
12:38:43:27    YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLAP.
12:38:44:27    THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE TO THE
12:38:46:06    AGENDA, AND WHAT I HEAR YOU
12:38:47:22    SUGGESTING IS IF THERE'S A
12:38:49:09    NEED FOR A RUNOFF VOTE  --
12:38:51:15    >> YES.
12:38:51:24
12:38:52:00    >>  -- FOR THE CASI THAT, WE
12:38:53:28    DO THAT BUSINESS IN TOMORROW
12:38:55:01    MORNING'S PLENARY?
12:38:55:18
12:38:55:15
12:38:55:22    >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SUGGESTING.
12:38:56:24
12:38:57:12    >> IS THERE A SECOND?
12:38:58:27
12:38:58:00
12:38:59:03    >> SECOND.
12:38:59:21    >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE
12:39:00:16    YOUR VOTING CARDS.
12:39:01:13    THIS WOULD REQUIRE A MAJORITY
12:39:03:00    VOTE.
12:39:08:09    THANK YOU.
12:39:08:21    ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
12:39:10:19    WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE
12:39:11:27    DOING THAT.
12:39:12:12    OKAY.
12:39:13:00    THANK YOU, REVEREND HOBART.                          154
12:39:15:19    WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO  -- AND
12:39:18:10    LET ME MAKE ONE MORE MINI
12:39:19:27    ANNOUNCEMENT HERE REAL
12:39:21:12    QUICKLY.
12:39:21:24    MINI-ASSEMBLY FOUR IS AT 4:30
12:39:24:01    TODAY.
12:39:25:15    AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, BUT
12:39:26:24    IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW THIS,
12:39:28:15    IT WILL DEAL WITH BOTH THE
12:39:29:27    BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON THE
12:39:31:22    GREEN REVOLUTION AS SCHEDULED
12:39:33:06    AND CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF
12:39:34:15    THE BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON
12:39:36:03    GA2012.
12:39:37:24    THAT WILL BE AT 4:30 TODAY,
12:39:39:10    ROOM M100CD.
12:39:41:15    OKAY.
12:39:41:24    WE HAVE TWO MORE REPORTS, AND
12:39:45:12    I JUST LOVE THAT WE ARE HERE
12:39:46:12    FOR THESE.
12:39:46:22    AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
12:39:47:22    THEM, ACTUALLY.
12:39:49:24    PLEASE WELCOME OUR UUA
12:39:52:06    FINANCIAL ADVISOR, DAN BROKE
12:39:53:25    I, FOR HIS REPORT.
12:39:54:16
12:39:55:00     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:39:59:03    >> THANK YOU.
12:40:02:19    THIS WEEK I COMPLETE MY FIFTH
12:40:04:07    YEAR OF SERVICE IN THE
12:40:05:15    VOLUNTEER POSITION OF
12:40:06:18    FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
12:40:06:24
12:40:08:03     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:40:08:15    >> TODAY I'M GOING TO FOLLOW
12:40:11:12    MY PRACTICE OF PRESENTING A
12:40:12:15    REPORTED WITH NO GRAPHS AND
12:40:13:21    FEW NUMBERS FOR DETAILS ABOUT
12:40:16:03    THE ASSOCIATION'S FINANCES, I
12:40:17:22    HOPE YOU'LL STAY TUNED FOR THE
12:40:19:07    NEXT PRESENTATION, THAT YOU'LL
12:40:21:18    ATTEND THE BUDGET HEARING AT
12:40:22:27    TWO:45 TODAY, AND YOU'LL
12:40:24:22    CONSULT THE NEW REPORT ON MY
12:40:26:12    PAGE OF UUA.ORG.
12:40:28:24    THE RECESSION HAS HAD A SEVERE
12:40:30:12    IMPACT ON THE ASSOCIATION'S
12:40:32:10    FINANCES.
12:40:33:12    THE UUA INCOME FELL BY
12:40:35:18    3.$6 MILLION OR 10% FROM FY08                        155
12:40:40:13    TO 09 AND IT'S CONTINUED TO
12:40:43:09    FALL SINCE THEN.
12:40:44:15    BALANCING THE BUDGETS FOR FY10
12:40:47:16    AND 11 HAS REQUIRED
12:40:48:19    SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN SPENDING,
12:40:50:03    INCLUDING PERSONNEL SAVINGS
12:40:51:21    THROUGH ATTRITION AND LAYOFFS.
12:40:54:13    I BELIEVE THAT THE SINKFORD
12:40:55:09    AND MORALES ADMINISTRATIONS
12:40:57:00    HAVE ACTED RESPONSIBLY IN
12:40:58:15    MAKING THESE PAINFUL AND
12:41:01:06    NECESSARY SPENDING REDUCTIONS.
12:41:05:10    ONE BRIGHT SPOT HAS BEEN
12:41:06:24    BEACON PRESS.
12:41:07:24    BEACON EXPECTS TO FINISH FY10
12:41:10:21    IN THE BLACK, RECORDING IT'S
12:41:12:19    THE CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF
12:41:14:15    SURPLUS.
12:41:14:15
12:41:15:12     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:41:16:12    >> THE NET ASSETS OF THE PRESS
12:41:20:10    HAVE GROWN BY 1.$2 MILLION IN
12:41:23:21    THESE YEARS, WITH A RESERVE OF
12:41:26:00    MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION, THE UUA
12:41:29:01    IS WELL PROTECTED AGAINST THE
12:41:30:15    POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE LOSSES
12:41:32:00    AT BEACON.
12:41:33:18    THE STEEP STOCK MARKET DECLINE
12:41:35:04    THAT BEGAN IN 2007 HAS HURT
12:41:37:06    THE UUA, AS IT HAS HURT EVERY
12:41:39:24    ORGANIZATION WITH A
12:41:40:18    SUBSTANTIAL ENDOWMENT.
12:41:42:19    THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE UU
12:41:44:21    COMMON ENDOWMENT FUND, OR
12:41:46:12    UUCEF, FELL BY $14 MILLION
12:41:49:15    DURING FY08 AND ANOTHER
12:41:51:21    24 MILLION IN FY09.
12:41:54:24    HOWEVER, THE FUND HAD A TOTAL
12:41:56:28    RETURN OF 17% DURING THE FIRST
12:42:01:03    11 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AS THE
12:42:03:12    STOCK MARKET REBOUNDED.
12:42:05:00    THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE FOR THE
12:42:07:10    PAST ONE, THREE, AND FIVE
12:42:08:27    YEARS HAS PUT IT IN THE TOP
12:42:12:03    QUARTER OF SIMILAR SIZED
12:42:13:10    ENDOWMENT FUNDS IN THE NATION.
12:42:15:16    THIS EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE
12:42:17:06    REINFORCES MY RECOMMENDATION
12:42:19:18    THE CONGREGATIONS THAT MANAGE
12:42:21:07    THEIR OWN ENDOWMENTS SHOULD                          156
12:42:23:00    INSTEAD CONSIDER INVESTING IN.
12:42:24:24    UUCEF.
12:42:27:18    OUR ENDOWMENT SPENDING POLICY,
12:42:29:16    WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THAT USED
12:42:30:27    BY MOST ENDOWMENT FUNDS, TRIED
12:42:33:00    TO REDUCE VOLATILITY BY BASING
12:42:35:09    SPENDING ON A MULTI YEAR
12:42:36:28    AVERAGE OF THE VALUE OF THE
12:42:38:21    ENDOWMENT.
12:42:40:03    BUT THE DECLINE IN THE VALUE
12:42:41:15    FROM 2007 TO 2009 WAS SO LARGE
12:42:45:01    THAT IT FORCED THE ASSOCIATION
12:42:47:00    TO CUT ENDOWMENT SPENDING BY
12:42:49:06    16% OVER TWO YEARS.
12:42:51:24    TO PREVENT THIS KIND OF
12:42:53:10    PROBLEM, MANY UNIVERSITIES,
12:42:55:06    INCLUDING YALE AND STANFORD,
12:42:56:27    HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NEW TYPE OF
12:42:58:12    SPENDING POLICY THAT MINIMIZES
12:43:01:04    FLUCTUATIONS IN SPENDING WHILE
12:43:03:09    STILL PROTECTING THE VALUE OF
12:43:04:21    THE ENDOWMENT.
12:43:06:06    IN JANUARY, THE UUA BOARD
12:43:08:16    APPROVED A NEW POLICY OF THIS
12:43:10:18    KIND.
12:43:11:12    THIS PURSUANT POLICY REQUIRES
12:43:13:06    THE ASSOCIATION TO SET ASIDE
12:43:14:28    MORE MONEY IN GOOD YEARS IN
12:43:17:22    ORDER TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR
12:43:19:18    SPENDING CUTS DURING DOWN
12:43:20:18    TURNS.
12:43:23:10    I FIRST SAW THE PICTURE NOW ON
12:43:25:21    THE SCREEN ON A BILLBOARD IN
12:43:27:18    BOSTON IN 2007.
12:43:30:00    THE ADVERTISEMENT FROM
12:43:31:19    SAVEDARFUR.ORG HAS TEXT THAT
12:43:34:24    READS "WHEN FIDELITY WAS TOLD
12:43:36:18    THEIR INVESTMENTS SUPPORT
12:43:38:03    GENOCIDE IN DARFUR, THIS WAS
12:43:39:25    THEIR RESPONSE, QUOTE,
12:43:42:18    FIDELITY MANAGERS MAKE THEIR
12:43:45:03    INVESTMENT DECISIONS BASED ON
12:43:46:21    BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
12:43:48:04    CONSIDERATIONS," UNQUOTE.
12:43:52:12    THE ADD THEN ASKED, "WHAT'S
12:43:54:03    YOUR RESPONSE?"
12:43:54:21    THE CAMPAIGN TO PERSUADE
12:43:57:07    FIDELITY TO DIVEST FROM DARFUR
12:43:59:09    REACHED A PEAK SEVERAL YEARS
12:44:00:27    AFTER THE 2005 GENERAL                               157
12:44:02:25    ASSEMBLY PASSED A RESOLUTION
12:44:06:09    URGING UU'S TO TAKE ACTION TO
12:44:07:24    END THE GENOCIDE.
12:44:09:12    IN 2007, PRESIDENT BILL
12:44:11:22    SINKFORD ASKED THE
12:44:13:01    COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND
12:44:14:21    PENSION COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER
12:44:17:00    WHETHER THE UUA SHOULD
12:44:18:21    CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
12:44:21:00    RECORDKEEPING SERVICES TO OUR
12:44:22:15    RETIREMENT PLAN.
12:44:24:00    THE UUA'S CONTRACT WITH
12:44:26:00    FIDELITY HAD NOT BEEN REVIEWED
12:44:28:01    IN TEN YEARS.
12:44:29:00    THE COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF
12:44:30:21    TWO ACTIVE MINISTERS, A
12:44:32:18    RETIRED MINISTER, THE SPOUSE
12:44:34:04    OF A RETIRED MINISTER, AND
12:44:36:15    EXPERTS ON FINANCIAL AND HUMAN
12:44:38:12    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
12:44:40:06    WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR
12:44:41:16    PROPOSALS AND RECEIVED
12:44:43:01    ADEQUATE PROPOSALS FROM TWO
12:44:45:03    OFFICIALS:  FIDELITY AND
12:44:46:24    TIAA-CREF.
12:44:49:19    TIAA-CREF IS A NONPROFIT FIRM
12:44:52:21    FOUNDED IN 1918 THAT SERVES AS
12:44:54:24    A RECORD KEEPER FOR MORE THAN
12:44:55:28    15,000 RETIREMENT PLANS WITH
12:44:57:21    3 MILLION PARTICIPANTS,
12:44:59:18    POSTALLY IN HIGHER EDUCATION,
12:45:01:27    BUT ALSO IN THE NONPROFIT AND
12:45:03:10    GOVERNMENT SECTORS.
12:45:05:21    THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED FOUR
12:45:07:03    BROAD ISSUES IN EVALUATING THE
12:45:08:24    FIRMS:  CUSTOMER SERVICE,
12:45:11:28    INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE AND
12:45:12:22    FEES, EASE OF TRANSITION, AND
12:45:14:21    COMPATIBILITY WITH THE MISSION
12:45:16:15    OF THE ASSOCIATION.
12:45:18:13    THE ISSUE OF COMPATIBILITY
12:45:21:06    INCLUDED NOT JUST FIDELITY'S
12:45:24:03    DARFUR RELATED INVESTMENTS,
12:45:25:13    BUT ALSO A BROAD RANGE OF
12:45:26:10    ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND
12:45:27:22    GOVERNMENT ISSUES.
12:45:29:09    IT WAS STRIKING THAT TIA-CREFF
12:45:33:12    VOTED TO SUPPORT THE UUA ON 17
12:45:35:09    OF THE 18 SHAREHOLDER
12:45:36:18    RESOLUTIONS THAT THE                                 158
12:45:38:04    ASSOCIATION FILED IN THE LAST
12:45:40:21    TWO YEARS.
12:45:41:15    WHILE FIDELITY VOTED WITH THE
12:45:43:18    UUA LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE
12:45:45:13    TIME.
12:45:48:04    THE COMMITTEE HIRED TWO EXPERT
12:45:50:12    CONSULTING FIRMS TO ADVISE US.
12:45:52:21    THE FIRMS CONCLUDED THE
12:45:54:13    TIA-CREFF COULD PROVIDE
12:45:57:24    OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATIVE
12:45:59:06    SERVICES AND AN EXCELLENT
12:46:00:18    VENUE OF INVESTMENT CHOICES
12:46:01:28    AND BOTH FIRMS RECOMMENDED THE
12:46:03:27    UUA SWITCH TO TIAA-CREF.
12:46:07:12    IN APRIL, THE COMMITTEE
12:46:08:15    UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT
12:46:11:07    THE UUA BOARD MAKE THIS CHANGE
12:46:12:27    AND IN MAY THE BOARD VOTED,
12:46:14:12    ALSO UNANIMOUSLY, TO ACCEPT
12:46:16:03    THE RECOMMENDATION.
12:46:17:22    I'M PROUD THAT THE ASSOCIATION
12:46:20:12    IS TAKING THIS STEP TO ALIGN
12:46:21:27    OUR PRACTICES WITH OUR VALUES.
12:46:22:24
12:46:23:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:46:24:03    >> ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE
12:46:31:06    ASSOCIATION HAS MADE GREAT
12:46:33:00    PROGRESS TOWARDS LIVING OUT
12:46:34:07    OUR VALUES IS HEALTH INSURANCE
12:46:35:25    FOR MINISTERS AND OTHER
12:46:37:15    CONGREGATIONAL STAFF.
12:46:39:15    THE UUA HEALTH PLAN HAS
12:46:41:10    SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
12:46:42:10    THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS OF
12:46:43:16    SERVICE.
12:46:45:03    PLAN MEMBERSHIP GREW BY 6% IN
12:46:47:24    2009.
12:46:48:15    IT NOW SERVES MORE THAN 1300
12:46:50:22    EMPLOYEES, RETIREES, AND
12:46:52:27    DEPENDENTS IN 300
12:46:54:24    CONGREGATIONS
12:46:55:12    MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
12:46:57:22    PREVIOUSLY HAD NO HEALTH
12:46:58:22    INSURANCE OR INADEQUATE
12:47:00:15    COVERAGE.
12:47:01:24    LAST YEAR THE PLAN GENERATED A
12:47:04:00    SMALL SURPLUS ON REVENUES OF
12:47:05:19    $6 MILLION, WHILE HOLDING
12:47:07:24    PREMIUM INCREASES TO A
12:47:09:09    MINIMUM.                                             159
12:47:09:27    THE PLAN HAS ACCUMULATED A
12:47:11:27    SURPLUS OF $2.5 MILLION, WHICH
12:47:14:16    WILL CUSHION AGAINST FUTURE
12:47:16:27    PREMIUM INCREASES AND SERVE AS
12:47:18:27    A RESERVE AGAINST LOSSES.
12:47:20:21    IT'S BEEN A RESOUNDING
12:47:22:04    SUCCESS.
12:47:22:04
12:47:23:06     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:47:23:15    >> THE REFORM LAW THAT
12:47:27:03    CONGRESS PASSED THIS YEAR
12:47:27:28    KEEPS EMPLOYER-PROVIDED PLANS,
12:47:30:01    THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATION'S
12:47:31:15    HEALTHCARE FINANCE SYSTEM.
12:47:33:00    IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, IT MAY BE
12:47:34:21    DIFFICULT FOR CONGREGATIONS TO
12:47:36:07    EVEN MAINTAIN, LETS ALONE
12:47:38:12    EXPAND THE HEALTH INSURANCE
12:47:40:03    BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE TO THEIR
12:47:41:06    EMPLOYEES.
12:47:42:28    BUT I BELIEVE CONGREGATIONS
12:47:44:04    HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO
12:47:46:06    DO SO.
12:47:48:06    ALL EMPLOYEES WHO WORK AT
12:47:49:12    LEAST 750 HOURS A YEAR ARE
12:47:51:10    ELIGIBLE FOR THE UUA PLAN.
12:47:54:06    ABOUT 90% OF ELIGIBLE
12:47:55:27    EMPLOYEES NOW HAVE COVERAGE
12:47:57:12    THROUGH EITHER THE UUA PLAN OR
12:47:59:19    ANOTHER PLAN.
12:48:01:00    OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 100% OF
12:48:03:00    ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES COVERED.
12:48:05:00    I HOPE WE CAN CLOSE HALF OF
12:48:06:22    THE REMAINING GAP BY THE END
12:48:08:22    OF MY TERM IN THREE YEARS.
12:48:11:06    IF YOUR CONGREGATION HAS ANY
12:48:13:00    ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WITHOUT
12:48:14:16    HEALTH INSURANCE, WILL YOU
12:48:16:27    WORK TO HELP US REACH THIS
12:48:18:00    GOAL?
12:48:18:06
12:48:18:00
12:48:21:00     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:48:21:13    >> AS UUA FINANCIAL ADVISOR, I
12:48:26:06    HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
12:48:26:24    ADVISE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON
12:48:28:12    ISSUES THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
12:48:29:24    FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE
12:48:32:16    ASSOCIATION.
12:48:33:00    I'VE CAREFULLY REVIEWED THE                          160
12:48:34:15    POSSIBILITY EFFECTS OF THE
12:48:35:18    BUSINESS RESOLUTION CONCERNING
12:48:37:15    MOVING THE 2012 GENERAL
12:48:39:10    ASSEMBLY OUT OF PHOENIX.
12:48:41:15    I'VE CONCLUDED THAT THERE
12:48:44:24    WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL
12:48:46:15    IMPACTS EITHER WAY, AS THE
12:48:48:01    ASSOCIATION FACES CANCELLATION
12:48:49:21    PENALTIES OR AS GENERAL
12:48:52:18    ASSEMBLY SUFFERS THE LOSS OF
12:48:53:18    MANY ATTENDEES WHO MAY CHOOSE
12:48:55:22    TO BOYCOTT AN ARIZONA GA FOR
12:48:58:21    MORAL OR PERSONAL REASONS.
12:49:02:00    THEREFORE, I DON'T FEEL THAT I
12:49:02:28    SHOULD TAKE A POSITION ON THIS
12:49:05:00    DIFFICULT ISSUE IN MY ROLE AS
12:49:07:09    YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
12:49:09:09    I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THREE
12:49:10:19    RELATED POINTS, HOWEVER.
12:49:12:15    ONE, REGARDLESS OF THE
12:49:13:15    ULTIMATE DECISION, OUR VALUES
12:49:15:27    COMPEL US TO BE INCREASINGLY
12:49:17:15    ACTIVE ON STANDING ON THE SIDE
12:49:19:21    OF LOVE CONCERNING IMMIGRATION
12:49:22:24    REFORM, AND THIS ADVOCACY WILL
12:49:24:21    COST MONEY.
12:49:26:00    TWO, THE MONEY THE
12:49:28:22    CONGREGATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL
12:49:30:00    UU'S CONTRIBUTE FOR THIS
12:49:32:09    PURPOSE AND POSSIBLY TO PAY GA
12:49:34:04    CANCELLATION PENALTIES MUST
12:49:36:07    NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF
12:49:38:18    CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNUAL
12:49:39:27    PROGRAM FUND OR TO UUA
12:49:42:24    DISTRICTS, ASSOCIATION
12:49:44:22    FUNDING, THE FRIENDS PROGRAM,
12:49:46:12    OR INDIVIDUAL PLEDGES TO
12:49:47:21    CONGREGATIONS.
12:49:49:24    THREE.
12:49:50:12    OUR HISTORY OF GENEROSITY IN
12:49:52:22    RESPONDING TO CRISES SUCH AS
12:49:55:09    HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE
12:49:56:21    HAITI EARTHQUAKE CONVINCES ME
12:49:58:28    THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND
12:50:00:25    THE WILL NECESSARY TO RAISE
12:50:03:09    THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THIS
12:50:05:21    IMPORTANT PURPOSE.
12:50:06:00
12:50:06:21     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:50:07:04    >> I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE                         161
12:50:08:25    OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
12:50:10:15    SERVE OUR ASSOCIATION.
12:50:11:24    THANK YOU.
12:50:12:06
12:50:12:18     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:50:12:27
12:50:20:24    >>YEAH.
12:50:21:12    GOOD REPORT, HUH?
12:50:22:06
12:50:22:00
12:50:23:06    [ APPLAUSE ]
12:50:23:19    >> LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE
12:50:30:06    CHAIR OF YOUR FINANCE
12:50:31:06    COMMITTEE, MR. PAUL RICKTER,
12:50:33:19    FOR HIS REPORT.
12:50:34:13
12:50:37:24    >>> GOOD EVENING.
12:50:38:12
12:50:40:03     [ LAUGHTER ]
12:50:40:15    >> I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A
12:50:44:27    REPORT ON THE FISCAL 2011
12:50:47:18    BUDGET OF THE UUA, BUT I WANT
12:50:50:16    TO START BY THANKING MY FELLOW
12:50:52:16    MEMBERS OF THE UUA FINANCE
12:50:54:03    COMMITTEE, I THINK ALMOST NONE
12:50:56:12    OF WHOM ARE STILL HERE.
12:50:58:13    THIS SLIDE LISTS THE GOOD
12:50:59:25    PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON FINANCE.
12:51:01:21    IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH
12:51:02:27    THIS WONDERFUL GROUP WHO
12:51:04:27    UNDERSTANDS THAT FINANCE IS
12:51:06:28    TRULY AT THE CORE OF OUR
12:51:08:01    RELIGIOUS VALUES, BECAUSE THIS
12:51:10:06    IS WHERE OUR GENEROSITY IS
12:51:12:06    CULTIVATED AND WHERE WE DECIDE
12:51:15:09    HOW TO SPEND OUR RESOURCES TO
12:51:17:18    MAKE REAL OUR MISSION IN THE
12:51:19:06    WORLD.
12:51:21:22    WE'LL START ON THE INCOME
12:51:22:24    SIDE.
12:51:24:21    AS THIS SLIDE SHOWS, THE TOTAL
12:51:27:03    INCOME FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL
12:51:28:22    YEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE
12:51:30:01    $22.6 MILLION WITH
12:51:33:12    14.5 MILLION OR 64%
12:51:36:28    CLASSIFIED AS GENERAL INCOME,
12:51:39:18    AND ABOUT 8.1 MILLION OR ABOUT
12:51:43:03    36% DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC
12:51:44:28    PURPOSES.
12:51:46:15    THE INCOME FOR DESIGNATED                            162
12:51:48:00    PURPOSES COMES FROM A VARIETY
12:51:49:15    OF TRUSTS, FUNDS, AND OTHER
12:51:51:00    SOURCES, INCLUDING OUR
12:51:53:04    PREVIOUS CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS.
12:51:56:15    TO GIVE YOU A PICK OF ON YOU
12:51:57:21    INCOME HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY
12:51:59:25    THE ECONOMY AND BY POLICY
12:52:01:13    CHANGES, LET'S LOOK AT HOW
12:52:04:09    EXPENSE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED
12:52:05:09    OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
12:52:09:04    INCOME FOR GENERAL SUPPORT IS
12:52:11:06    UP OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THIS
12:52:12:15    YEAR COMPARED TO LAST, BUT
12:52:14:24    IT'S VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED
12:52:16:01    COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO.
12:52:18:06    MEANWHILE, THE INCOME FOR
12:52:19:27    DESIGNATED PURPOSES IS DOWN
12:52:21:24    SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED TO LAST
12:52:23:19    YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
12:52:26:12    THIS DECLINE IS THE RESULT OF
12:52:28:09    A POLICY CHANGE WE IMPLEMENTED
12:52:29:21    THIS YEAR.
12:52:31:15    UNTIL THIS CHANGE, WE WERE
12:52:33:01    DRAWING AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
12:52:34:21    FROM THE ENDOWMENT INCOME TO
12:52:36:24    PAY THE EXPENSES OF CONDUCTING
12:52:38:15    CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS.
12:52:41:00    THIS WAS BASED ON THE IDEA
12:52:42:09    THAT MONEY RAISED IN THE PAST
12:52:44:03    SHOULD HELP US RAISE MONEY IN
12:52:45:12    THE FUTURE.
12:52:47:16    BUT THIS MEANT THAT WE WERE
12:52:50:06    DRAWING A LITTLE MORE FROM
12:52:50:27    ENDOWMENT INCOME THAN WAS
12:52:52:09    SUSTAINABLE OVER THE LONG
12:52:54:04    HAUL.
12:52:54:25    THE OVER ALL AFFECT OF THIS
12:52:56:18    POLICY CHANGE IS THAT THE
12:52:58:03    TOTAL INCOME IS ABOUT A HALF A
12:53:00:09    MILLION DOLLARS LESS, COMPARED
12:53:01:13    TO LAST YEAR, AND OVER A
12:53:03:21    MILLION DOLLARS LESS COMPARED
12:53:04:27    TO TWO YEARS AGO.
12:53:08:00    NOW LET'S LOOK AT SOME MORE
12:53:09:16    DETAIL ON INCOME FOR GENERAL
12:53:11:12    SUPPORT.
12:53:13:06    THE BIGGEST ITEM HERE IS
12:53:14:18    FUNDRAISING, WHICH AT
12:53:16:04    EIGHT.9 MILLION IS ABOUT SIX
12:53:17:28    1% OF OUR GENERAL INCOME.                            163
12:53:20:24    THE OTHER ITEMS ARE
12:53:21:27    ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, ENDOWMENT
12:53:24:06    INCOME, AND OTHER INCOME.
12:53:26:15    BECAUSE FUND-RAISING INCOME
12:53:28:00    REPRESENTS SUCH A BIG PIECE OF
12:53:29:21    THIS INCOME, LET'S LOOK AT
12:53:32:06    FURTHER DETAIL AT THAT.
12:53:34:12    THE BIGGEST PIECE OF
12:53:35:12    FUND-RAISING IS THE ANNUAL
12:53:36:24    PROGRAM FUND.
12:53:38:06    THE FAIR SHARE SUPPORT OF OUR
12:53:39:28    ASSOCIATIONS WERE BY OUR
12:53:41:10    MEMBER CONGREGATIONS.
12:53:42:27    APF INCOME IS ABOUT
12:53:44:15    SIX.$6 MILLION OR 75% OF OUR
12:53:47:25    FUND-RAISING INCOME.
12:53:51:00    WE ALSO EXPECT TO RECEIVE
12:53:52:09    ABOUT $1 MILLION FROM FRIENDS
12:53:54:21    OF THE UUA, OUR PROGRAM OF
12:53:56:07    INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT.
12:53:58:12    HOW MANY OF YOU OUT THERE ARE
12:53:59:27    FRIENDS?
12:54:00:21    THAT'S WONDERFUL.
12:54:03:07    THANK YOU.
12:54:04:25    THANK YOU FOR HELPING US MAKE
12:54:06:15    REAL OUR MISSION IN THE WORLD
12:54:07:18    THE THIRD PIECE OF
12:54:09:18    FUND-RAISING AT ABOUT
12:54:11:16    $1.3 MILLION IS UNRESTRICTED
12:54:14:24    BEQUESTS.
12:54:15:15    THESE ARE DONATIONS FROM
12:54:17:00    INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INCLUDED
12:54:18:06    THE UUA IN THEIR WILLS AND
12:54:21:00    HAVE NOT TIED THEIR DONATION
12:54:23:12    TO HIS SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR
12:54:24:06    PROJECTS.
12:54:26:22    AS WE LOOK AT HOW THE FUND
12:54:28:15    RAISING NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED
12:54:30:03    OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE
12:54:31:12    SEE SOME VERY GOOD NEWS.
12:54:34:01    ALTHOUGH THE ECONOMY HAS
12:54:35:12    AFFECTED US ALL,
12:54:36:27    CONGREGATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL
12:54:38:03    GIVING TO THE UUA IS HOLDING
12:54:40:15    STEADY.
12:54:41:22    THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS.
12:54:44:09    UNRESTRICTED BEQUEST INCOME
12:54:46:27    VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT
12:54:48:28    HAS BEEN TRENDING HIGHER THAN
12:54:50:22    BUDGETED IN RECENT YEARS.                            164
12:54:52:06    WE EXPECT THIS NUMBER TO BE
12:54:53:12    CONSIDERABLY HIGHER NEXT YEAR
12:54:55:09    FOR TWO REASONS.
12:54:57:13    ONE, BECAUSE THE INCOME IN
12:54:59:18    THIS CATEGORY HAS EXCEEDED THE
12:55:02:12    BUDGET THIS YEAR AND WE ARE
12:55:03:15    RECOGNIZING THIS INCREASE IN
12:55:04:22    NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, AND TWO,
12:55:09:21    BECAUSE WE ARE AWARE OF THE
12:55:10:12    ADDITIONAL HE STATES THAT ARE
12:55:11:25    IN PROCESS.
12:55:12:22    WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THIS
12:55:14:03    $1.3 MILLION VALUE TO
12:55:16:00    UNRESTRICTED BEQUESTS WILL BE
12:55:20:25    MET OR EXCEED THIS HAD YEAR.
12:55:22:18    ONTO EXPENSES.
12:55:23:24    THE EXPENSES IN NEXT YEAR'S
12:55:25:03    $BUDGETS WILL TOTAL JUST UNDER
12:55:26:13    22.5 MILLION
12:55:28:25    ABOUT 80 PUBS UNDERSTAND
12:55:30:15    BUILDING EVER BUDGET GOES TO
12:55:32:18    PROGRAMS.
12:55:32:24    ABOUT 20% TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
12:55:35:28    AND THE REMAINING 10% TO
12:55:37:15    ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD AND
12:55:40:24    COMMITTEES.
12:55:42:13    BECAUSE PROGRAM IS SUCH A BIG
12:55:43:19    PIECE OF THE BUDGET, LET'S
12:55:44:25    LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
12:55:47:27    TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES ARE
12:55:49:21    $15.8 MILLION AND THE EXPLODED
12:55:52:04    PIE CHART SHOWS THE VARIOUS
12:55:55:09    PROGRAM AREAS THAT RECEIVE
12:55:56:12    FUNDS.
12:55:57:15    THE PROGRAM AREAS LISTED HERE
12:55:59:07    REFLECT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
12:56:01:00    THAT PRESIDENT MORALES HAS
12:56:02:09    INITIATED.
12:56:04:00    ABOUT 17% OF THE PROGRAM
12:56:05:13    BUDGET GOES TO MULTI-CULTURAL
12:56:07:15    GROWTH AND WITNESS.
12:56:09:03    THIS INCLUDES OUR
12:56:09:24    INTERNATIONAL WORK, IDENTITY
12:56:11:18    BASED MINISTRIES, AND ADVOCACY
12:56:14:10    AND PUBLIC WITNESS.
12:56:16:12    ABOUT 23% GOES TO THE NEW
12:56:18:27    OFFICE OF CONGREGATIONAL LIFE,
12:56:20:28    WHICH INCLUDES DISTRICT
12:56:22:13    SERVICES, CONGREGATIONAL
12:56:23:27    GROWTH, AND SERVICES TO OUR                          165
12:56:26:03    LARGE CONGREGATIONS.
12:56:27:21    ABOUT 30% OF THE PROGRAM
12:56:29:10    BUDGET GOES TO A NEW STAFF
12:56:31:00    GROUP, MINISTRIES AND FAITH
12:56:33:12    DEVELOPMENT.
12:56:34:15    THIS NEW STAFF GROUP INCLUDES
12:56:36:04    BOTH THE OLD OFFICES OF
12:56:37:10    MINISTRY AND PROFESSIONAL
12:56:38:12    LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SPAN FAITH
12:56:41:03    DEVELOPMENT.
12:56:42:09    ABOUT 8% OF THE PROGRAM BUDGET
12:56:44:04    GOES TO  -- IS THE UUA  -- THE
12:56:47:06    UU FUNDING PROGRAM, WHICH IS
12:56:49:00    GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE UU
12:56:51:16    CONGREGATION, SHELTER ROCK,
12:56:53:09    NEW YORK.
12:56:53:24    THE UU FUNDING PROGRAM WILL BE
12:56:55:12    GIVING OUT 1.$2 MILLION IN
12:56:58:13    GRANTS TO CONGREGATIONS AND UU
12:57:01:00    INSTITUTIONS.
12:57:02:21    THE REST OF THE PROGRAM BUDGET
12:57:04:21    INCLUDES 9% FOR COMMUNICATION
12:57:06:22    AND 3% FOR CRISIS RELIEF AND
12:57:10:00    OTHER PROGRAMS.
12:57:11:09    I HAVE ONE MORE GRAPH.
12:57:13:13    AND THIS SHOWS HOW EXPENSES
12:57:15:04    HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST
12:57:16:21    THREE YEARS.
12:57:18:24    EXPENSES NEXT YEAR WILL BE
12:57:20:18    DOWN BY $500,000 FROM THIS
12:57:22:22    YEAR AND DOWN BY OVER A
12:57:24:21    MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE YEAR
12:57:26:12    BEFORE THAT.
12:57:28:06    THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE
12:57:29:22    MANAGED TO PASS A BUDGET THAT
12:57:31:07    AVOIDED ANY STAFF REDUCTIONS,
12:57:33:18    MAINLY THROUGH ATTRITION.
12:57:35:21    HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WE WEREN'T
12:57:37:04    SO FORTUNATE.
12:57:39:10    AND SADLY, WE'RE FORCED TO
12:57:41:00    REDUCE STAFF.
12:57:42:12    13 VALUED UUA STAFF MEMBERS
12:57:44:21    HAVE BEEN LAID OFF.
12:57:47:00    STILL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
12:57:49:00    THAT OUR REMAINING STAFF ARE
12:57:50:27    ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED, SO WE
12:57:53:07    ARE INCLUDING IN THE BUDGET
12:57:54:16    AND ACROSS THE BOARD 3% COST
12:57:57:00    OF LIVING INCREASE IN STAFF
12:57:58:24    SALARIES.                                            166
12:58:00:25    AS I CLOSE THIS REPORT, IF YOU
12:58:03:12    HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WANT
12:58:04:18    ANSWERED OR JUST WANT TO DELVE
12:58:06:06    MORE DEEPLY INTO THE BUDGET,
12:58:07:25    WE WILL BE HOLDING A UUA
12:58:09:21    BUDGET HEARING THIS AFTERNOON
12:58:11:03    AT TWO:45 P.M.
12:58:13:15    THAT'S IN M100E.
12:58:15:22    I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
12:58:16:24    THERE.
12:58:16:24
12:58:19:27     [ APPLAUSE ]
12:58:22:09    >> THANK YOU, PAUL.
12:58:24:22    OKAY.
12:58:26:07    BREATHE FOR JUST A SECOND WITH
12:58:27:09    ME, BECAUSE I NEED YOUR
12:58:28:03    ATTENTION SO THEY CAN HAVE US
12:58:29:18    LEAVE IN ORDER.
12:58:31:25    MINI ASSEMBLY FOUR, AGAIN,
12:58:33:22    WILL BE AT 4:30 TODAY.
12:58:35:00    IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE
12:58:36:15    BUSINESS RESOLUTION ON PHOENIX
12:58:41:07    PART 2, THAT WILL BE HELD IN
12:58:42:24    M101CD FOLLOWING THE GREEN
12:58:47:19    REVOLUTION IN RELIGION
12:58:49:04    DISCUSSION.
12:58:49:19    SO M101CD.
12:58:51:09    SAME AS YESTERDAY STARTING AT
12:58:53:09    4:30 TODAY.
12:58:54:15    SECOND, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
12:58:55:16    HOW THINGS GET CONSOLIDATED,
12:58:58:06    THE PLANNING COMMISSION
12:58:59:06    CONSOLIDATION COMMISSION FOR
12:59:01:03    ALL THE AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT
12:59:02:10    MANY ASSEMBLIES, BUSINESS
12:59:03:25    RESOLUTIONS, BYLAWS, AND RULE
12:59:05:15    CHANGES WILL BE HELD TODAY
12:59:06:15    FROM 6:00 TO 7:30 IN ROOM
12:59:09:00    101H.
12:59:10:07    AND THE MEETING IS, OF COURSE,
12:59:11:24    OPEN TO OBSERVERS.
12:59:12:21    NOW, BEFORE I JUST SWING THE
12:59:13:27    GAVEL DOWN AND SAY WE'RE DONE,
12:59:15:15    THE GA CHOIR NEEDS US OUT OF
12:59:17:01    HERE WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
12:59:19:09    SO PACK UP YOUR AREA, DON'T
12:59:21:09    HAVE DISCUSSIONS HERE.
12:59:22:03    THE WOMEN AND MEN OF THIS FINE
12:59:24:19    GROUP WANT TO SING AND THEY'RE
12:59:26:27    BEING  -- THERE NO FURTHER                           167
12:59:28:12    BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US AND
12:59:29:21    IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
12:59:30:15    SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN THE
12:59:31:13    PROGRAM BOOK, I DECLARE THAT
12:59:32:22    THIS REALLY LONG PLENARY
12:59:34:09    SESSION SHALL STAND IN RECESS
12:59:35:24    UNTIL 8:30 A.M. TOMORROW.
12:59:38:25    GO LOVE.
12:59:40:09
12:59:44:18    GO LOVE, BUT GO AWAY.

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