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  • It is often stated – incorrectly – that the Chinese character for “crisis” includes the symbols for both “danger” and “opportunity.” While that may not be literally correct, the character does mean “a pivotal moment when things happen or change.” The world is at such a juncture...
    By Jerald Ross | May 29, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • While disarming our planet in today’s world includes among other things the goal of eliminating the use of weapons of mass destruction in large- and small-scale combat situations we generally describe as war, one wonders when and how did the notion of “war” and a soldier’s “right to...
    By Joanne Dufour | May 15, 2019 | From Disarmament
  • The recently concluded 64th Founding Anniversary and First General Assembly (formerly General Convention) of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines was attended by almost 80 delegates from 23 congregations. Delegates officially adopted the UUCP’s new Constitution and By-Laws, which...
    By UU Church of the Philippines Inc., Negros Oriental | May 7, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Ordinations, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • “Why do we talk about privilege?” Ericka Hart, the keynote speaker for the 2019 Intergenerational Spring Seminar, asked the audience. ...
    By Alisha Zou, Yasarina Almanzar | May 2, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • According to a video and transcript can be found at the State Department’s website. Take a listen. You might be favorably surprised with Dr. Ford’s tone, language, and message. When was the last time you heard anyone in public office, especially at the federal level even mention the word...
    By Joanne Dufour | May 1, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The renewed emphasis on climate change is the most encouraging trend in American politics. More Americans across the political landscape are realizing that the costs of inaction are too high. Awareness of a problem, of course, is good for little if it doesn’t lead to action. One obstacle between...
    By Roy Meredith | April 29, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice
  • Work to disarm our planet continues. Some good news of late reveals increasing support of the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons with the ratification by South Africa, the 22nd country to do so with the distinction of being the only country which gave up its program to develop nuclear weapons and is now...
    By Joanne Dufour | April 17, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On Monday, March 11th, in a packed drawing room of the Manhattan Public Library, the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office hosted its annual parallel event in collaboration with the Commission on the Status of Women’s 63rd session. The event, “Combating Structural Gender Discrimination...
    By Christopher Longo | April 9, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Recent news from companies like Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft has seen a segment of their work force protesting their companies’ connections with military policies in support of issues of major concern to those working for disarmament. ...
    By Joanne Dufour | April 3, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • I suggest a new rule for any discussion we have about climate change.  The rule is simple: from now on, every article we write on the subject for a broad audience must include some variation of the phrase “we can solve global warming”. It has the virtue of not only being true, but also...
    By Roy Meredith | March 27, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate Change, Energy Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • It seems time for some more good news. In opening up the homepage from the International Atomic Energy Agency website, the lead article read: “EU and IAEA Review Progress and Agree on Priorities in Nuclear Cooperation at Annual Meeting.” There it was: an actual story of agreement and...
    By Joanne Dufour | March 20, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On Feb. 1, the Trump administration announced it will pull the U.S. out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF), thus undoing one of the pillars of global security and potentially plunging the world into a new nuclear arms race.  The 1987 signing of this treaty by U.S. President...
    By Jerald Ross | March 6, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In northern Syria, an experiment in grassroots democracy is under threat from the Turkish military. The United States should not withdraw its military so quickly.
    By Roy Meredith | March 1, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Unitarian Universalists at the UN respond to a racist incident among students at NYU's Silver School of Social Work, urging UU action to dismantle structural racism and cultures of oppression.
    By Christopher Longo | February 21, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice
  • If you are old enough to have lived through it or have studied it, do you remember the Marshall Plan? Officially known as the European Recovery Program, the Marshall Plan was a 1948 American initiative to aid post-WWII Western Europe to rebuild their economies through economic assistance from...
    By Joanne Dufour | February 20, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This article originally appeared as the Introduction to a Special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Spotlight on nuclear modernization on January 7, 2019, and is republished here with permission.  ...
    By John Mecklin | February 6, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and the enterprise of nuclear arms control are at risk, as Andrew Lichterman of Western States Legal Foundation and John Burroughs of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy explain in this opinion piece from January 2, 2019. Congress has the authority to save the treaty!
    By John Burroughs | January 23, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Swift action on climate change is a moral imperative, and an effective strategy requires listening to diverse voices. Although time is running out, activists of all stripes are finally making climate change a bipartisan cause in the US.
    By Roy Meredith | January 10, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Change, Climate Justice
  • The following was graciously submitted by Georgina Long, the Interfaith Coordinator for the Brahma Kumaris UK, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the World Parliament in Toronto, Canada in November. ...
    By Joanne Dufour | January 7, 2019 | From Disarmament
  • The following blog is taken from a talk given by Guy Quinlan to the Harvard Club of New York City in September 2018 on the book by Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, and is reprinted with his kind permission. Please refer to this original document for...
    By Joanne Dufour | December 26, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace