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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 -
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 -
“The military is widely understood to be the most racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse institution in the U.S.”, notes The Rev. Sarah Lammert, director of Ministries and Faith Development for the Unitarian Universalist Association, and president-elect of the National Conference of…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 22, 2013 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Choice, Congregational Action, Connections, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Meaning, Multigenerational Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
The recent liberalization of military policy toward greater equality for all service members is example of what happens when people speak out against inequity. After Barack Obama’s re-election, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta moved to end discrimination against women in the military by opening…
By Ted Resnikoff | February 22, 2013 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)