Programs & Partners in Our Work for LGBT Equality

UUA Offices & Programs

Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) staff and committees work to support Unitarian Universalist congregations in building and sustaining justice-seeking, inclusive, multicultural faith communities.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Equality

• Multicultural Growth & Witness Staff Group
  Multicultural Growth & Witness seeks to make Unitarian Universalism a welcoming, inclusive, empowering, and just faith for Unitarian Universalists who identify as bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender; economically oppressed; Latina/Latino and Hispanic; multiracial families; people of color; and people with disabilities.
   
• The Welcoming Congregation Program
  The Welcoming Congregation Program is a voluntary program for congregations that see a need to become more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people. It consists of a series of workshops developed by the UUA. The goal of the workshops is to reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations.

General

• Commission on Social Witness (CSW)
  The mission of the Commission on Social Witness is to engage individuals, congregations, and districts in an ongoing process of study, action and reflection on pressing social issues to deepen our faith, to foster a greater sense of association among Unitarian Universalists, and to proclaim our vision of justice in the world.
   
• Congregational Life Staff Group
  Congregational Life supports the health, growth and transformation of congregations and other Unitarian Universalist communities through Congregational Fundraising Services, Growth and Extension Services, Services and Resources for Large Congregations, and Young Adult & Campus Ministry.
   
• Resource Development Office
  Guided by Unitarian Universalist Principles and a commitment to the UUA's goal of becoming an anti-racist, anti-oppression, multicultural organization, the Ministries and Faith Development Resource Development Office provides lifespan resources for education, worship, advocacy, and social action that nurture UU identity, spiritual growth, a transforming faith, and vital communities of justice and love.
   
• Social Justice Empowerment Program
  The Social Justice Empowerment Program includes the Social Justice Empowerment Workshop and Handbook for congregations. The Social Justice Empowerment workshop allows members of a congregation to assess the quality of their social justice program and gives congregations an opportunity to consider what is being done as an institution to create a more just and caring world.
   
• Witness Ministries Staff Group
  Witness Ministries works to support and enhance the social justice efforts and programs of Unitarian Universalist congregations and to help increase the collective Unitarian Universalist (UU) and interfaith voice in the public policy arena. The staff group does this by providing social justice resources to congregations, promoting social justice campaigns, supporting the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Journey Toward Wholeness and socially responsible investing initiatives, and serving as liaison for social justice affiliates with the UUA and congregations.

UU Social Justice Organizations

Unitarian Universalist (UU) organizations dedicated to social justice work provide many opportunities for individual collaboration & involvement.

• Interweave Continental
• UU Service Committee (UUSC)
• UU Society for Community Ministries, Inc
• UU State Advocacy Networks
• UUs for Social Justice (UUSJ)

Coalitions & Partners

Other organizations provide interfaith or non-faith-based opportunities for collaboration & involvement.

• Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Lambda Legal
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)—BGLT Rights