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A Day of Civil Disobedience for Social Justice @RevElizabethNUUAUnitarian Universalists, local congregations, and others participated in acts of resistance to mark the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. This day of resistance was the result of organizing for social justice and change that…
By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 11, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, News, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Racial Justice, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Vision for UUism, Worship, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
Read the inside story from Youth Caucus 2015 Co-Business Manager Isabelle McCurdy on how the Youth Caucus sponsored Action of Immediate Witness, “Support Black Lives Matter” came to be. When Kara Marler, my Sr….
By Ted Resnikoff | August 7, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Connections, Equity, Faith Development, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Racial Justice, Secular, Social Justice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
Know it to Defeat it By Aija Jansone The Young Adult program at Westside Unitarian Universalist in Fort Worth, TexasDallas-Fort Worth area. The program started with a 6 month series focused on the various facets of privil…; and oppression…;, …;, classreligionsexualityracismUnitarian…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 3, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Education, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, Multiculturalism, News, Personal Inspiration, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
UU young adult activist suspends their body to slow arctic oil drilling “This is a personal issue for me because of my faith; I’m actually a Unitarian Universalist seminarian,” begins Elizabeth Mount explaining why they’re willing to Willamette River in Portland, Oregon….
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | July 30, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
Kenny Wiley responds to #IfIDieInPoliceCustody offering, “We are all gifted, and we are all flawed. I can speak and write well, and I also have depression and let friends and family down all the time. I should not need to be perfect in order to matter. Sandra Bland was not perfect, and she…
By Elizabeth Nguyen | July 23, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, News, Racial Justice, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism -
Action of Immediate Witness is Immediately Acted Upon Leading up to General Assembly 2015, Unitarian Universalists across the nation were asking the question “How will General Assembly respond to BlackLivesMatterBusiness Managers of the General Assembly Youth Caucus, spent the two months leading …
By Ted Resnikoff | July 14, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Connections, General Assembly, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, UUA Headquarters, Youth Sunday -
Electrified the Amplified Crowd Summer Seminary alumni Kara Marler presented this inspiring toast at the Annual Program Fund “Amplify Unitarian Universalism” event celebrating the Learn about opportunities to become a youth leader of Unitarian Universalism Watch what Kara said here: Learn about…
By Ted Resnikoff | July 14, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Business Meetings, Coming Out, Commitment, Community, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Marriage Equality, News, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth Sunday -
I’ve Unitarian Universalism is a both/and faith. Both/and can be hard. It’s difficult to feel two emotions at once, to hold two positions at once, to affirm multiple realities at once. But if anyone can do it, I believe that UUs can. Friday June 26th 2015 was surely a both/and day. It was both…
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | July 9, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Discernment, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, News, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Worship -
This week: General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association pas… an Action of Immediate Witness in support of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for “police reform and prison abolition, which seeks to replace the current prison system with a system that is more just and…
By Elizabeth Nguyen | July 3, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, News, Secular, Social Justice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Unity -
Charl…;, South Carolina. These people, part of an historical African-American church in a historic African-American denomination gathered to worship an embodied God who knew suffering. Gathered to worship a divine human who is said to have called out in his anguish “My God, my God, why have you…
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | June 18, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Discernment, Faith, Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, News, Prayer Practices, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Worship