Study/Action Issues & Process
Congregational Study/Action Issues & Statements of Conscience
The Current Study/Action Issues (CSAIs) include "Peacemaking," which was adopted in at General Assembly (GA) in St. Louis, MO, to be the CSAI for 2006-2010, and "Ethical Eating," which was adopted in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, to be the CSAI for 2008-2012.
Updated: Good News! 45% of the congregations in the recent Congregational Poll voted "Yes" to put a Draft Statement of Conscience (DSOC) on Peacemaking on the Final Agenda for the 2009 General Assembly. The total participation in the Poll was 84%. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Bylaws require a minimum of 25% of congregations to participate in the Poll. We far surpassed that requirement, even with "Yes" votes!
Thanks to everybody for encouraging their congregations to participate and vote "Yes." The Commission on Social Witness is meeting in March to review comments on the DSOC and prepare a revised draft for the Final Agenda. See you in Salt Lake City!
Congregational delegates will vote on whether or not to approve "Peacemaking" as a Statement of Conscience during General Assembly of 2009. The vote on the next possible Congregational Study/Action Issue will be during General Assembly of 2010.
Actions of Immediate Witness
Begin planning for Actions of Immediate Witness (AIWs) at this year's General Assembly!
About the Social Witness Process
The Fifth Principle of Unitarian Universalism affirms and promotes the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process. In keeping with this, the way in which our denomination arrives at consensus on various social issues is by a democratically agreed upon process called the Social Witness Process, named as such because we bear witness to social inequity.
The Social Witness Process is facilitated by the Commission on Social Witness. It currently generates two types of consensus statements, Statements of Conscience, which result from study and action on a selected issue, and Actions of Immediate Witness. For more information, see the Social Witness Process page.
For more information contact socialwitness @ uua.org.
Last updated on Monday, May 11, 2009.
