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…

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…

Spring/Summer 2013 Youth Ministry Updates Webinar for Religious Educators, Youth Advisors, and Youth Join us for an hour webinar on Wednesday, February 27th at 2:00 pm Eastern -OR- 8:00 pm Eastern for new developments in youth ministry available this spring and summer….

“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…

Sex, Love, and Violence: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in a Globalized World Unitarian Universalist–United Nations Office. This year 175 youth, young adults, and adults will come together April 4–6, 2013 to learn about and dialogue around lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer…

Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) is the innocent enough sounding term for practices that are designed to force people to give-up same sex orientation. The techniques employed to force individuals to renounce their freely chosen sexual identity can be psychological or physical, and include…

Share your own resolution with the Standing on the Side of Love campaign http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1272/p/salsa/web/questionnaire/pub… clicking here!

Okay, okay, so “You Light My Chalice” (from UU Media Collaborative Works) isn’t exactly setting the world on fire with its message of social justice… But artwork — a song, a drawing, a video, even a work of prose — can resonate in deeper ways that any other form of protest can….

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federal tipped minimum wage, and has been since 1991. Anything else they make during the course of their shifts comes from tips. Until I worked in a restaurant over a summer break, I really didn’t realize this. My assumption had been that tips were thanks for above and beyond service. But in…