Goals, Workshop 10: Taking Politics Public

In "Resistance and Transformation," a Tapestry of Faith program

This workshop will:

Explore Unitarian Universalist resistance to the draft during the Vietnam War by highlighting events at Arlington Street Church (Boston) on October 16, 1967 and responses that followed, as well as actions taken by the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly in 1967 and 1968
Consider how congregations decide to take public stances on political issues
Provide opportunities for reflection about public, political statements made by congregational leadership and/or the Unitarian Universalist Association.

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Last updated on Saturday, December 10, 2011.

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