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Grants available for local action to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery At www.uua.org/ga/past/2012/index.shtml“>Justice GA 2012 in Phoenix, delegates voted to repudiate the doctrine that Europeans used as legal justification for conquest and colonization of the Americas. The GA resolution…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 28, 2013 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Business Meetings, Choice, Commitment, Community, Congregational Action, Education, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday -
Youth Leadership Opportunity: YO to the UUA Board of Trustees A new Youth Observer (YO) to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Board of Trustees is elected by Unitarian Universalist (UU) youth in a national election every year before General Assembly….
By Ted Resnikoff | February 28, 2013 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Minister at Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater, Florida, write that as Unitarian Universalsits it is when the tigers are circling that we mustn’t forget to savor the present moment, and “taste the strawberries”. With Falling Into the Sky, the new meditation anthology from…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 28, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Choice, Congregational Action, Faith, Faith Development, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
Protections extended to Native American, LGBT and immigrant women. Re-authorization of the Violen… Against Women Act (VAWA), which expired in October, 2011, passed after a lengthy political fight over protecting more women in cases of domestic abuse or rape. Read the full story…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 28, 2013 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
Rev. Pamela Barz is the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Chaplain at WellesleyThe Eliot Church of South Natick on January 20, 2013. – Ed. Students at Wellesley come to talk to me for a variety of reasons. Some for ones you’d expect. They’re homesick. They have roommate problems. They’re…
By Kayla Parker | February 28, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Campus Ministry, Choice, Congregational Action, Growth, Identity, Multigenerational Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity -
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) plans to review its policy banning LGBTQ membership or participation in May of this year stands in contrast to the Girl Scouts of America (GSA) policy of not discriminating against LGBTQ membership. GSA policy with regard to the sexual orientation of its members,…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 27, 2013 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Equity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Leadership, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Youth Sunday -
This story is re-posted from Boston.comEmerson College fraternity members raise money for one brother’s gender reassignment surgery By Martin Finucane, Boston Globe Staff Members of an www.emerson.edu/“>Emerson College fraternity are raising money so one of the fraternity brothers who is…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 27, 2013 | From On CampusTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity -
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear a challenges to California State Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act – both of which restrict the definition of marriage as a union between one woman and one man – toward the end of March, 2013, with a decision likely near the end…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 26, 2013 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, LGBTQ Issues, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Rights, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
In support of Common Read 2013 of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander, Blue Boat brings you news and information on the inequities of the burgeoning penal system in the United States and some lesser-known consequences of living with a criminal…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 25, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Congregational Action, Discernment, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday -
Our March call is open to anyone who is interested in having a discussion about the Bridging process and what we can all do to enhance this. The bridging process in this context refers to youth who are bridging to young adulthood. The Unitarian Universalist Association provides resources and a…
By Kayla Parker | February 22, 2013 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Campus Ministry, Community, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Vision, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday