Social Witness Process
Call for Congregational Study/Action Issues (CSAI) Proposals!
Congregations and Districts are encouraged to submit proposals for Association-wide study/action for 2010-2014. Proposers within a congregation or district should select a topic that reflects Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Principles and will warrant four years of study and action (Only one proposal may be submitted by a congregation on district). Proposers should draft the proposal following the format requirements of the Proposer’s Guide. Then the proposers should request their board of trustees, congregation or district to approve the proposal.
The proposal must be received by the Commission on Social Witness by October 1, 2009, either online, via fax or U.S. mail. The present two approved CSAIs are 2006-2010 Peacemaking and 2008-2010 Ethical Eating: Food and Environmental Justice. Up to 10 CSAI Proposals may be submitted to the Congregational Poll (which opens on November 15, 2009). Make one yours. The final selection will be made by the delegates to the 2010 General Assembly in Minneapolis. Contact socialwitness @ uua.org with any questions.
New! Proposer's Guide (Revised May 2009)
The Proposer's Guide provides updated information on the Congregational Study Action Issue/Statement of Conscience and Action of Immediate Witness proposal process under the By-Laws changes adopted at the 2006 UUA General Assembly.
About the Social Witness Process
While called by various names, the social witness process is the method by which the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) comes to understand and act on the social issues of our times, finally bearing witness through statements adopted as UUA policy by the delegates of a General Assembly. The process has been an integral part of our faith the since the merger between the Unitarians and the Universalists in 1961. This process is congregationally driven and is facilitated by the Commission on Social Witness (CSW).
CSAI to SOC Process Charts
This chart demonstrates the new CSAI to SOC process (PDF), from initial CSAI proposals to adoption of a UUA Statement of Conscience. For those of you who are more visually inclined, there is this graphical version (PDF).
For more information contact socialwitness @ uua.org.
Last updated on Thursday, September 10, 2009.
