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When I was growing up, my mother spent a lot of time talking to me about etiquette. My father was an immigrant, and my mother’s parents were working poor. My parents were chasing the American dream, and had bought a house in an affluent neighborhood....
By Renee Ruchotzke | January 9, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Anti-Racism -
The Central East Region is pleased to announce that Lenore Bajare-Dukes will be our new congregational life staff person to replace Patricia Infante when she retires. Lenore will begin March 6 and work part-time with Patricia for the month of March before joining the team full-time in April....
By Central East Region of the UUA | December 19, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: UUA Districts & Regions, UUA Staff -
There are a number of ways you can inspire your community or congregation to commit to the work of dismantling racism and oppression.
By Megan Foley | December 12, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Anti-Racism -
We hope for joy, peace, love and at least a little bit of fun for you over the next few weeks. The UUA will be closed from December 19 to January 3 so we can find some of the same. The Better Together blog will be on a break for December 26 and January 2 and return on January 9. We’ll see you in...
By Central East Region of the UUA | December 5, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: UUA Districts & Regions, UUA Staff -
With Thanksgiving just past and the holiday season approaching, this marks the beginning of the season of thankfulness and gratitude. And so we want to take this opportunity to say Thank You.
By Central East Region of the UUA | November 28, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Fundraising for Congregations, Leadership Development -
A report developed over five years by the UUA Racial and Cultural Diversity Task Force entitled “Journey Towards Wholeness—The Next Step: From Racial and Cultural Diversity to Anti-Oppression and Anti-Racist Multiculturalism” led to an almost unanimous vote by the 3,000 General Assembly...
By Sana Saeed | November 21, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Anti-Racism -
It’s a common question right now. It’s not just your congregation! What can congregational life look like for the children and families attending now?
By Evin Carvill Ziemer | November 14, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Building Community, Faith Development -
As the election is tomorrow, we offer this Litany for the day: Fort those who educate others, and register new voters, We thank you for preserving our democracy. For those who fill out absentee forms and completed mail-in ballots, We thank you for preserving our democracy. For those who provide...
By Beth Casebolt | November 7, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Voting Rights -
In 2013, the UUs of Mt Airy in Philadelphia, PA became the first congregation to approve the 8th Principle.
By Central East Region of the UUA | October 31, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: #8thPrinciple, Anti-Racism -
Covenants have been at the foundation of Unitarian Universalism in the United States since 1648. What many don’t realize is that the covenants not only were important between the members of the individual congregations, but also among the congregations.
By Beth Casebolt | October 24, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Fundraising for Congregations, Support and Caring in Congregations