The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) partnered for a recent joint JustWorks volunteer service trip to Haiti, December 3-10....

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint JustWorks volunteer service trip to Haiti starting December 3. In the first blog post about this JustWorks experience, trip leaders Nicole McConvery of the UUA and Evan...

UUA Witness Ministries Director Rev. Craig C. Roshaven has announced a new resource to help interfaith teams advocate for changes in local policy on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests. This toolkit provides information on how to organize advocacy meetings with local...

Witnessing the living conditions in the Zulu village of Inzinga—in the midst of hospitality like none that Unitarian Universalist father and daughter Tom and Miranda Lynch had ever experienced—altered the course of Miranda's teen years, Tom's career, and the villagers' nutrition and educational...

In each of the past five years, the Unitarian Universalist Association has filed a shareholder resolution asking Wal-Mart to add Gender Identity or Expression to its non-discrimination policy. Recently, the UUA was notified by Wal-Mart’s Office of Diversity that they were adopting this policy and...

On Veteran's Day, we remember with gratitude the men and women who have served our country in the military. To honor their service, free copies of Bless All Who Serve: Sources of Hope, Courage and Faith for Military Personnel and Their Families are available to military chaplains, ministers, and...

On Monday, Nov. 7, interfaith allies and immigrant justice groups held a press conference at Church of the Covenant in Boston. The press conference was in response to a recent wave of anti-immigrant activity and a draconian anti-immigrant bill introduced in the Massachusetts State House.

In recent years, venues such as hotel chains and convention centers have worked to create solid environmental policies that satisfy even the 'greenest' gatherings....

The Minns Lectureship Committee is kicking off its 2011-2012 lecture series with “To Be an Effective and Justice-Seeking People,” to be held at King’s Chapel in Boston and led by former UUA President, the Rev. John Buehrens. Rev. Paige Getty and Rev. Nate Walker will be panelists at the event.

In the past decade, seven Unitarian Universalist congregations in Massachusetts have reported at least 11 incidents in which rainbow flags were stolen or vandalized, including Bridgewater, Watertown, and Quincy. http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-03/news/30239321_1_flag-thefts-incid… More...

In April 2011, the Minns Lectureship Committee brought together Unitarian Universalist clergy, seminarians, lay leaders, and parishioners from across the country to reflect on the present state of Unitarian Universalism, as well as hopes and intentions for the future of this liberal religious...

Unitarian Universalists in Alabama have been on the front lines in the debate over immigration ever since state legislators there began drafting an oppressive anti-immigrant measure last winter. Unitarian Universalists have joined a wide array of opponents of the proposed measure, including many...

More than 1,000 people were arrested in the past two weeks in front of the White House for protesting the proposed construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. At least 15 Unitarian Universalists, including the Rev. Craig Roshaven, the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Witness...

Rev. Fredric John Muir, of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Annapolis, Md., Len Pellettieri of the First UU Church of San Diego, Calif., and Lee Boeke Burke of the Fox Valley UU Fellowship in Appleton, Wisc....

The Unitarian Universalist Association has been monitoring reports from congregations that were in the path of Hurricane Irene....

Religious activists and organizations are gathering August 29 outside the White House as part of a two-week protest called Tar Sands Action, which is aimed at pressuring President Obama to reject a proposed oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast....

In the middle of Iowa, where biological diversity can consist of fields of corn next to fields of soybeans, Linda Barnes wanted more. To make that happen, Barnes, a Unitarian Universalist, started a two-year degree program in Entrepreneurial and Diversified Agriculture. The program, now in its...

The United Nations has declared a famine in southern Somalia that is expected to spread in the next two months. With 3.2 million people — half of the Somali population — needing immediate lifesaving assistance, this is the world's worst food security crisis in the last 20years. In light of this...

On the one-year anniversary of his civil disobedience in Phoenix, while protesting Arizona’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, UUA President Peter Morales stood trial in the Maricopa County Justice Court. With him in the July 29 trial were Salvador Reza, a lead organizer with the immigrant...

UUA President Rev. Peter Morales stands trial in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday, July 29, for his nonviolent civil disobedience in opposition to anti-immigrant legislation in that state. Rev. Morales says he is 'proud to be president of a religious movement that calls all of us to stand on the side of...