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Culture Heritage to Share – Not Appropriate Cultural Appropriation is when a peoples' identity is changed without their consent. Yet sharing cultural experience is a powerful way to build respectful, inclusive, welcoming community. Now more than ever, we can all benefit from some wisdom and...
By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 28, 2015 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Community, Education, Faith, Growth, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism, News, UUA Headquarters -
It is Overtime to Shift the Paradigm An acquaintance of mine named Molli King is a teacher and yesterday she posted education blog about a school in New York City called Success Academy that had recently been blogpost and I will also recount it here in Ms. King's words: But of all of the awful...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | April 28, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Business Meetings, Connections, Discernment, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, Multigenerational Faith Development, Prayer Practices, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Personal Inspiration, Social Justice, Worship -
Train to Change the Climate on Climate Justice! GROW Climate Justice, from the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ), trains young adult activists to do the work of climate justice for the long haul. Learn skills, gain practices, spiritual grounding and build relationships that...
By Ted Resnikoff | April 28, 2015 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Congregational Action, News -
#Commit2Respond We re-post this message from the Unitarian Universalist Association and other Unitarian Universalist leaders who urge you to act for Climate Justice starting today.– ed. Earth Day, when people all over the planet celebrate our beautiful, life-giving, and fragile Mother Earth. This...
By Ted Resnikoff | April 22, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Climate & Environmental Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, Climate Justice, News, UUA Headquarters -
What We Will Make of Our Time on Earth Climate Justice Month we have reveled in the world we live in. We have embraced its warmth, its greenness, its snow, and its sunshine. We have gazed at https://www.google.com/search?q=superman&source=lnms&tbm=isch&a…...
By Bart Frost | April 17, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Climate & Environmental Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Climate Justice, Multiculturalism, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism -
Marching Forward Events of 50 Years Ago Today This is the final installment in a series of reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches. Here are Part One, Part Two, and http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2015/04/03/looking-back-to-move-forward/"… Three. – ed. Sunday was the day that most...
By Bart Frost | April 14, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Connections, Education, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Meaning, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Youth Sunday, Anti-Oppression, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Social Justice -
Commit2Respond: Week 3 I heard liberation theologist and immigration rights activist, speak a few days ago. He started by saying, “I’m hoping to chat about how hopeless our work is.” I sat up straight, paying attention. I confess that these days I often pray for the doubters, for those of us...
By Elizabeth Nguyen | April 6, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Climate & Environmental Justice, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Faith, Homecoming / Ingathering, Meaning, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Climate Justice, Faith Development, News, Personal Inspiration -
Undoing the "Third Reconstruction" This is part three in our four part series, here are links to Part One and Part Two. - ed. Rev. Dr. William Barber Saturday morning began with Rev. Dr. William Barber's How to Build a Movement/Wake Up Call....
By Bart Frost | April 3, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Connections, Homecoming / Ingathering, Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Meaning, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, Faith Development, News, Personal Inspiration -
Our Self-Wrought Epic Disaster “Would you stop yelling about how we’re all screwed?” my supervisor politely asked. Oh. Right. Not exactly the type of thing to yell when you work in an open office like I do at the climate change, of course in light of the new UU-led coalition effort Boston...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | April 1, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Business Meetings, Climate & Environmental Justice, Discernment, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Faith, Growth, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Faith Development, News, Personal Inspiration, Worship -
Prairie UU Church in Parker, Colorado and UU World contributor. Read the full text of Kenny S. Wiley's post tracing the history of Unitarian Universalist rejection of racism, and the call of UU history for Unitarian Universalists to make #BlackLivesMatter now, on his blog "A Full Day",...
By Ted Resnikoff | March 27, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Anti-Oppression, Faith Development, News