General Assembly 2016 Online
Live-streaming video and online chat: GA 2016, June 22-26
General Assembly 2016 Online
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General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. General Assembly 2016 (June 22-26 in Columbus, OH) explored the theme, “Heart Land: Where Faiths Connect.”
On-Demand Video and Workshop Materials
As General Assembly progresses, coverage will include on-demand video and text captured from the live captioners for the free events listed above, and handouts or other presenter-submitted workshop materials (submissions may be made to web [at] uua [dot] org; do not submit copyrighted materials unless you own the copyright and grant the UUA the right to reproduce them without restriction).
For reference you can still download the 2016 General Assembly Program (PDF, 112 pages).
Ware Lecture
Worship & Music
- Welcome and Opening Celebration
Video - Thursday Morning Devotional
Video - Service of the Living Tradition
Video - Friday Morning Worship
Video - Synergy Bridging Worship
Video - Saturday Morning Worship
Video - Sunday Worship
Video - Closing Celebration
Video
Business & Social Witness
- General Session I
Video and Script - State of Emergence: Faith Filled People Rally for Racial Justice
Video - General Session II
Video and Script - General Session III
Video and Script - Presidential Candidates Forum
Video - General Session IV
Video and Script - General Session V
Video and Script
Workshops
Find more information in the 2016 General Assembly Program (PDF, 112 pages).
Right-click or tap-hold links to MP3 files to download them. On most browsers, a simple tap or click will open an audio player.
Accessibility
- Event #330: Bringing Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry (Video)
- Event #409: Meaning and Spirit in Aging (MP3)
Black Lives of UU Track
- Event #233: Black Lives Convening and Explicitly Black Spaces (Video)
- Event #331: Black Lives in Unitarian Universalist History (Video)
- Event #349: An Introduction to Anti-Blackness (MP3)
- Event #405: Our Ongoing Work (Video)
Building a Transformative Movement for Racial Justice Track
Commission on Social Witness
- Event #234: Reproductive Justice: Implementing a Statement of Conscience (MP3)
- Event #251: Proposed Congregational Study Action Issues for 2016-2020 (Video)
- Event #312: Escalating Inequality: Intersections of Faith, Race & Class (MP3)
- Event #345: Hearing on the Newly Selected Congregational Study/Action Issue (MP3)
- Event #414: Mini-Assemblies on Proposed Actions of Immediate Witness (MP3)
Faith Development
- Christianity as the 'Other': Communicating with the Majority Religion
Video and Handouts - Beyond Holidays: Learning and Worshipping Without Appropriating
Slides and Resources - Event #205: Beyond Holidays: Learning and Worshipping without Appropriating (MP3)
- Event #352: Living the Principles: Theme-based Programming for All Ages (Video)
History
- Event #256: History of White UU Anti-Racism (MP3)
- Event #431: The Radical (Unitarian) Life of Peter Clark (MP3)
Interfaith Relationships
- Event #215: "Yes, And..." Tools for Multifaith Dialogue (MP3)
- Event #235: Interfaith Experience from a Young Adult Perspective (MP3)
- Event #237: Cincinnati Collaborative Agreement: A Model for Police Community Relations (MP3)
- Event #238: Spiritual Community Innovations Across Faiths (Video)
- Event #240: Hands & Hearts: Interfaith Collaboration to Support Syrian Refugees (MP3)
- Event #247: Muslim Voices in Unitarian Universalism: Nuances at the Intersection (MP3)
- Event #327: Growing In Faith: Spiritual Challenges of Multifaith Justice Work (MP3)
- Event #333: Using Interfaith Community Organizing Methods in Your Congregation (Video)
- Event #354: Zen Buddhism as Universalism: A Historical Reflection (Video)
International
- Event #222: The Unitarian Mission to Japan: Impact and Lessons (MP3)
- Event #239: Growing Faithful Solidarity: Interfaith Conversations with the Qur'an (MP3)
- Event #322: Organizing Our Congregations More Effectively for Social Justice (MP3)
- Event #337: Black Lives Matter Outside Our Borders (MP3)
- Event #339: Faith and Interfaith Encounters in India (MP3)
- Event #346: Grassroots Interfaith Community Building Against Islamophobia (MP3)
- Event #412: Piercing the Heart, Human Rights Education Changing Youth (MP3)
- Event #415: Why the World's Religions Must Unite to End Torture (MP3)
- Event #426: Interfaith and International: The UU Discipline of Collaboration (MP3)
Leadership
- Congregational Leadership in the Interim
Video - Healthy Leadership 101: New Patterns for Conflict Transformation
Video - Success in Small Churches: Hope in Unitarian Universalism's Heartland
Video - Adaptive Leadership for Tricky Challenges
Video and Handout - Intercultural Skills for a Diverse World
Audio Recording and Handout - Creating a Listening Community: Introduction to Restorative Circles
Audio Recording and Handouts - The Spirituality of Welcoming All
Video - Event #232: 360: With You at Every Turn (Video)
- Event #416: Leading the Way: Develop New Skills, Build Multigenerational Community (MP3)
Multiculturalism
- What Are Microaggressions and Why Should We Care?
Video and Handouts - Event #209: The Joy of the Journey: The Road to Multiculturalism (MP3)
- Event #248: Pride of Place: Affirming African American Unitarian Universalist Identity (MP3)
Multigenerational
- Event #320: David and Goliath: A Multigenerational Workshop (MP3)
- Event #407: Aesop, First UU? Fun with our Seven Principles (Video)
Practical Arts
- We Met Online! Great Visitor Experiences Start With Google
Audio Recording and Slides - Event #207: Got New Staff? Set Them Up for Success! (MP3)
- Event #210: Legacy or Renaissance: Small Congregations on the Edge (MP3)
- Event #213: Conflict-Why It's Important and How to Work Through It (MP3)
- Event #218: Turmoil: Connecting Hearts to Hands in Times of Crisis (MP3)
- Event #228: The Spiritual Practice of Welcoming All (MP3)
- Event #317: Outreach 101: Join Our Cause, Not Our Club (Video)
- Event #328: UU Models of Partnership and Multi-Site Ministries (MP3)
- Event #410: Success in Small Churches: Hope in Unitarian Universalism's Heartland (MP3)
- Event #422: Innovating in Covenant: Emerging Ministries Reach Out (MP3)
Racial Justice
- Event #214: The Third Reconstruction: Rise of a New Justice Movement (Video)
- Event #229: Sacred Conversations: Bearing Witness to Voices From the Margins (Video)
- Event #252: Pledging to End Racism (MP3)
- Event #254: Standing on the Side of Love: Black Lives Matter (MP3)
- Event #306: Developing Our Spiritual Leadership for Collective Liberation (MP3)
- Event #311: Being White in the Black Lives Matter Movement (Video)
- Event #334: On Call for the Movement: Enter, Rejoice, Come In! (MP3)
- Event #424: Coming to the Table: Healing America's Racial Wounds (MP3)
Religious Education
- Faith Formation Through Storytelling by and for All Ages
Audio Recording and Slides - Event #227: Faith Formation through Storytelling by and for All Ages (MP3)
- Event #253: Fahs Lecture: A Nation of Religious Minorities (Video)
Religious Professionals
- Navigating the Ministerial Settlement System
Video - Got New Staff? Set Them Up For Success
Slides - Event #226: Spiritual Community Innovations Across Faiths (MP3)
- Event #319: Military Ministry: Free Exercise and Pluralism (MP3)
- Event #342: Congregational Leadership in the Interim Time (MP3)
- Event #357: Fair Compensation and UUA Congregations: Revising the UUA Guidelines (MP3)
- Event #419: Economic Sustainability of Ministries: An Ongoing Discussion (MP3)
- Event #428: The Visible and Invisible in Ministry (MP3)
Sexual Identity and Gender
- Event #316: Faith, Family, and LGBTQ Equality (MP3)
- Event #418: The Future of Women (MP3)
- Event #425: At the Intersection of Queerness and Disability (MP3)
Social Justice
- Organizing Our Congregations More Effectively For Social Justice
Video - Developing Our Spiritual Leadership for Collective Liberation
Video - Event #221: Building Interfaith Partnerships to Address Climate Justice (MP3)
- Event #231: Exploring Regional and Interfaith Grassroots Organizing for Climate Justice (MP3)
- Event #241: Building Bridges of Understanding Across Class and Racial Differences (MP3)
- Event #249: Youth Racial Justice Week in 75 Minutes or Less (MP3)
- Event #257: Sustainable Development and Interfaith Action against Climate Change (Video)
- Event #314: Addressing Poverty: Interfaith and Intercultural Relationships (MP3)
- Event #321: Broad-Based Coalitions for Palestine-Israel Solidarity (MP3)
- Event #336: Faith Communities Can Work Together to Reverse Climate Change (MP3)
- Event #350: Beyond the Border: Action for Immigrant Justice (MP3)
- Event #411: Shared Liberation: Movement Building That Honors Front-line Communities (MP3)
- Event #433: Addressing the Climate Crisis through Our Investments (Video)
- Event #434: Engaged Justice: Covenantal Organizing for Today’s Movements (Video)
Stewardship and Development
- Annual Giving: The Backbone of Congregational Stewardship
Video - Stewardship for Congregations in Transition
Audio Recording, Handouts, and Slides - Legacy of Interconnection: Planned Giving Made Easy
Video and Handouts - Addressing the Climate Crisis Through Our Investments
Slides - Innovation and Inspiration for UU Stewardship
Video - Event #220: Legacy of Interconnection: Planned Giving Made Easy (MP3)
- Event #244: Funding with Justice: Exploring Stewardship and Inequality (MP3)
- Event #318: Generosity, Covenant, and the Annual Program Fund (MP3)
- Event #420: Annual Giving: The Backbone of Congregational Stewardship (MP3)
- Event #435: Creative Fundraising for Today's Ministries (MP3)
Theology and Spirituality
- Event #211: Hybrid Unitarian Universalists: Exploring Our Own Multiple Identities (Video)
- Event #335: The Transient and the Permanent in Theological Education (MP3)
- Event #408: Listening to the Humanist Voices (Video)
- Event #430: Harnessing Wisdom by Surfacing Difference: Universalism in Action (MP3)
UUA Governance
- Event #204: 2016 Elected Candidates Forum (Video)
- Event #250: Interested in Serving Your UUA? (MP3)
- Event #261: Forum on Renewing the Covenant (MP3)
- Event #307: GA UUA 2016 Fiscal Year Hearing (Video)
- Event #325: Business Mini-Assembly 1 (Video)
- Event #338: Funding To Fuse Our Faith (MP3)
- Event #348: Business Mini-Assembly 2 (MP3)
- Event #429: A Vision for Social Witness (Video)
Worship
- Event #310: Not Your Grandmother's Sabbath (MP3)
Youth and Young Adults
UU World Coverage
UU World provided timely reports and articles on their GA Blog and as @UUWorld on Twitter, illustrated by some striking selections from their photo album on Flickr.
Association Business & Social Witness
For annual reports, general session coverage, and social justice statements, go to GA 2016 Business & Social Witness.
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