Meet the Deans post FUNTIMES Managers FUNTIMES Managers help orient youth attendees and delegates to the business of the Association. They are the staff to ask about upcoming votes and what’s going on at Plenary. Zac Cooper, Central Midwest District Isabelle Marshel, Southeast District Worship…

Transgender Information and Resources: Transg… Basics- in video! Transgender 101: Identity, Welcome, and Resources: A great resource from the UUA, including tips for being more welcoming of trans people for congregations and individuals, and a great vocabulary list. TransfaithThe Human Rights…

submit photos via email to our Flickr page). Action for Families: Brainstorm with your child: what does every person have in common with every other person? Can you come up with ten ways they are the same? 20? 100? Featured Organization: -…

Neil deGrasse Tyson (who describes himself as agnostic and is claimed by atheists) says,”¹Christopher Stedman’s ringing humanist voice for the power of faith in people to transform intolerance into loving community is another example of how a non-theist approach to difference can make all the…

http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/30days_calendar/Friday-February-… the 30 Days of Love action guide for tips on how to respond.

“They’re going to allow people to discriminate.” The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced that it is considering changing its longstanding policy against allowing people who identify as LGBTQ to become scouts. A http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/boy-scouts-of-america-gay-memb… on…

Skinner House books has released an Request for Book Proposal on a “Unitarian Universalist embrace of scripture”. Read the RFBP here. (Attention, it is the second request for proposal on the page.) Proposal Deadline is March 15, 2013.

IFYCYouth and adults who work with youth should check out A Chorus of Faiths, a free, online curriculum offered by the UUA that explores how UU youth can do interfaith work and how that work is part of our faith experience….

…;, originally published by The Southern Poverty Law Center using statistics compiled by thehttp://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/december/annual-hate-crimes-report…; Federal Bureau of Investigation, hate crimes against perceived Muslims increased 50% in 2010, and have not statistically dropped.

When I attended Justice General Assembly in June 2012 in Phoenix, AZ, one of the most impressive things was the depth of relationship between the local Unitarian Universalist groups planning Justice GA and the Phoenix-area partner groups, whose roots run deep in the immigrant rights and…