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Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists (U/U) around the world are connected through a story of bold, compassionate faith that we’ve been creating together for centuries.
Struggling for human rights alongside those that demand it, influencing governmental policy in the name of justice, passionately promoting a message of interfaith peace and solidarity, and building faithful worshipping communities—each of us has a part, and a stake, in the story we share.
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An essay by Jan W. Dash, UU-UNO Climate Initiative Chair UU-UNO Climate Portal. A portfolio of action is needed. There is no silver bullet and no one right answer. The ultimate statement is that the earth cannot be fooled. We are at a crossroads. There is no safe haven....By Bruce Knotts | December 13, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
UUSC is excited to be partnering with the...By Eric Cherry | December 7, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
The UUA is partnering with the UUSC on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, December 3-10. In the post below, trip leaders Nicole McConvery of the UUA and Evan Seitz of the UUSC share their thoughts on the journey to help...By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | December 2, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
last report, you read about our history making LGBT coalition to end global homophobia. We continue to meet via phone to work for justice. Just after our October 11-12 conference at Union Theological Seminary, the UU UNO launched into one of it busiest periods of work. It is during this time that...By Bruce Knotts | November 28, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues -
By Eric Cherry | November 18, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
I’ve been pretty darn lucky this year. For one thing, I’ve just started interning at the International Resources Office at the UUA. I’ve also had opportunities to visit Mexico, Bangladesh and Haiti, so I’ve gotten to ask a lot of questions about what responsible, long-term international...By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | November 3, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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On Saturday October 22, a delegation of twenty-three Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) for the day. Leading the group on an East Coast tour was the former chairman of Rissho Kosei-kai, Rev. Norio Sakai, who presented gifts and greetings to President Rev. Peter Morales and Gini Courter, on...By Nicole McConvery | October 27, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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We began the month with the opening of the UN General Assembly under intense security. The street where we work (44th street) was blocked by police and the only way we were allowed entry was by showing our UN badges....By Bruce Knotts | October 19, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues -
Get pumped for UN Sunday this month! Each week we have posted readings that you can use in your UN Sunday service focusing on this year's theme: Empower Women for a Better World. This week is the last in our series of UN Sunday Readings. This weeks reading is a meditation story brought to us by Rev.By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | October 19, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: United Nations Day
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… class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2124" src="… class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2127" src="In the Spring of 2009, Human Rights Watch called the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office and said that fundamentalist ministers and politicians were inflaming homophobic hatred in...By Bruce Knotts | October 14, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues
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By Eric Cherry | October 6, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Becoming a Minister, Beliefs & Principles
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UU-UNO) is fortunate to have formal relationships with the graduate schools of social work at Fordham University, Columbia University and our latest addition, New York University. It is always an exciting time to meet our new interns and begin to integrate them into the work of the UU-UNO. These...By Bruce Knotts | October 5, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Derek Mitchell, the new Director of the UU Holdeen India Program (UUHIP), shares the following update: During August and September, friends of the...By UUA International Resources: UU Holdeen India Program | September 21, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), the UUA's strategic partner on Israel/Palestine issues, is a coalition of 24 national Church denominations (including the UUA) and organizations that helps church organizations, leaders and individuals effectively advocate for justice and peace for all peopl...By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | September 21, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
This is the first of a regular series of monthly reports that Bruce Knotts, the Director of the UU United Nations Office (UU-UNO), will be providing to constituents. Look for future reports on or around the 15th of the month....By Bruce Knotts | September 16, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles -
Since August 15, 2011, more than 1,500 Bolivian indigenous men, women, and children have embarked on a 350-mile trek, from the Amazonian lowlands of Trinidad to the highlands of La Paz, in opposition of a national highway construction project that would cut through a protected rainforest reserve...By Nicole McConvery | September 15, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Indigenous Rights, Social Justice -
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Despite usual hardships and renewed political tensions in the country, Sunday, August 21st was a joyful day in Bujumbura, Burundi, as the UUPCC, the UUA International Resources Office. One of the top three priorities emerging from the workshop was the building of a church home, so the ACUB asked...By Eric Cherry | September 13, 2011 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Beliefs & Principles -
Beginning August 5, 2011, Erik Mohn, UUA Young Adult Spirituality & Service Consultant, began a 24-day journey to Ghana where he volunteered in a health clinic, a school, and an orphanage through Amizade, a global service learning organization. Here he reflects on the experience....By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | September 8, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
The UUA learned on August 23rd, that the Ugandan Cabinet has decided not to allow the infamous anti-homosexuality bill to be voted on by Parliament. David Bahati, the parliament member who authored the legislation, vowed to bring the bill back in November, according to media reports. Originally...By Bruce Knotts | August 31, 2011 | From Global Unitarian Universalism