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Response on Socially Responsible Investing to the Report of Dan Brody, Financial Advisor
2008 Responsive Resolution
WHEREAS we have heard your excellent report and its insight into the need for universal healthcare:BE IT RESOLVED, in accordance with the eighteen resolutions of the UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] ...
2008 Financial Advisor's Report (PDF, 10 pages)
Economic Globalization
2003 Statement of Conscience
Summary of the Statement of Conscience While economic globalization has helped some people attain higher standards of living, it has marginalized and impoverished many others and has resulted in ...
Working for a Just Economic Community
1997 General Resolution
BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; andWHEREAS current global economic, social, and political developments have brought ...
Support for Non-Discriminatory Corporate and Other Business Policies
1997 Action of Immediate Witness
In light of a recent vote by the Southern Baptist Convention to boycott the Disney Corporation because of Disney's policy of recognizing and respecting all people regardless of race, national origin, sex, ...
A Job, A Home, A Hope
1995 General Resolution
"The necessaries of life...may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems ...
Housing for the Homeless
1988 General Resolution
Recognizing the inherent worth and dignity of every human being, we as Unitarian Universalists hold that access to affordable, habitable housing is a fundamental right in a just society. WHEREAS, hundreds ...
Shell Boycott
1986 General Resolution
VOTED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association endorse the international Royal Dutch Shell Boycott campaign.
UUA Opposition to Apartheid
1985 Business Resolution
WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association is ...
UUA Opposition to Apartheid
1985 Business Resolution
WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association is ...
Interfaith Action for Economic Justice
1985 General Resolution
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has repeatedly declared its dedication to social and economic justice as a basic tenet of our common faith; and WHEREAS, our dedication ...
Housing
1984 Business Resolution
WHEREAS, an adequate supply of low-cost housing which is available on a nondiscriminatory basis is essential to meet the shelter needs of persons of low income, fixed income, and those who are elderly ...
Social Investment/Corporate Responsibility
1981 Business Resolution
WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalists share a commitment to translating religious principles into practical action; and WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalist societies feel a responsibility for extending spiritual ...
Infant Formula
1979 General Resolution
WHEREAS, world health authorities have documented the disastrous effect the widespread marketing of infant formula has had upon the nutrition and well-being of millions of babies in less developed nations; ...
Corporate Social Responsibility and UUA Investments
1973 General Resolution
DESIRING to promote better corporate social policies and practices in areas such as equal employment opportunity for women and minorities, environmental protection, consumerism, foreign investment and ...
Social Responsibility in the Investment of Endowment Funds
1972 Business Resolution
RESOLVED: That the General Assembly recommends that the Board of Trustees: Cooperate with other religious, educational and charitable organizations in the development of programs to foster social responsibility ...
Investment Committee
1968 Business Resolution
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDS that the Investment Committee consider: Some investment in viable open housing projects;That a subcommittee of the Investment Committee be appointed to concern itself with ...
Investment Policy
1967 Business Resolution
THE SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION: REQUESTS the Board of Trustees of the Association, with the aid of the Department of Social Responsibility, to exercise the power represented ...
Eastman Kodak Dispute with Fight II
1967 General Resolution
BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1967 Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly commends the Unitarian Universalist churches of Rochester, NY, for their steadfastness on behalf of liberal ...
Eastman Kodak Dispute with Fight I
1967 General Resolution
WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) currently owns several thousand shares of stock in the Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak); and WHEREAS, under date of December 20, 1966, a written agreement ...
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