Find Yourself in the Global U/U Story
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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Just as the initiation of recent student led advocacy from Parkland, Florida brings hope for positive change in this country, so too have students in Japan addressed the issue of nuclear disarmament in their country by sharing the stories of nuclear blast survivors.By Joanne Dufour | March 28, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament -
An overview of the contributions the Holy See made to the negotiations process leading up to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Pope Francis has been outspoken in support of nuclear disarmament.By Joanne Dufour | March 14, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament -
Discussion of a recent event and what we can do about forced migration due to oppression based on real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office and the All Souls Church NYC Peace and Justice Task Force.By Longjam Singh | March 7, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues, Refugees -
This edition of Disarming Our World explores the story behind how the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came to be.By Joanne Dufour | February 28, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament -
What is the Heart of Unitarian/Universalism? What is at the core of our varied theologies and diverse cultural contexts that brings Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists together as a single faith? What does this faith call us to be and to do, today? These were the central questions posed by the 2018 Conference of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) which met in Kathmandu, Nepal February 12-15, 2018.By Allison Hess | February 27, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Opportunities, UU Identity, UU Theology -
Nuclear disarmament may still be far away, but significant steps are being taken at the United Nations through the leadership of 122 countries who have declared nuclear weapons illegal. The other, nuclear-armed countries must listen and learn from them.By Joanne Dufour | February 14, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament -
I’m sitting in the waiting room at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention center. I am one of two white faces in the crowd of many brown faces. The other white face is the guard. The brown faces look despondent, overwhelmed, some are frightened. I have just dropped off a bag of personal...By Jerald Ross | February 7, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Refugees, Solidarity in Immigration Justice -
This new series on the UUA International Blog is devoted to building our knowledge of disarmament efforts then and now, with the goal of helping to create a more peaceful world with much fewer weapons. As the UN Charter indicates, there is a real need for security - and provision is needed for some measure of control - but certainly not at this level of military expenditure and ongoing military undertakings.By Joanne Dufour | January 30, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament -
At the 2017 conference for the Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association (ANZUUA), the new ANZUUA president Rev. Rob MacPherson issued a growth challenge to member organizations in the region.By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | January 24, 2018 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Congregational Action, Global Opportunities -
I visited the Every Child is Our Child program in Eastern Ghana from December 2-7, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO) began its collaboration with the Manye Krobo Queen Mothers in 2005, launching this program which would go on to change so many lives. The Manye Krobo...By Bruce Knotts | December 19, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Global Opportunities -
As African migrants attempt to reach Europe they are imprisoned and sold in slave auctions in Libya. The international community must respond with more than just words to this atrocity.By Rani Allan | December 18, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Refugees -
At the recent COP23 United Nations climate conference hosted by Fiji in Bonn, Germany, much focus was given to human rights and how to mitigate the harm of climate change upon human life and ecosystems. Explore how changes to our climate impact the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.By Mengluo Ren | December 8, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice -
The refugee crisis worsens as Rohingya Muslims are persecuted in Burma and flee to Bangladesh. This blatant disregard for human rights continues in ever more frightening degrees, meanwhile, the international community hesitates to take meaningful action.By Katia Altern | December 6, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice, Refugees -
The right to women's equality and the right to freedom of religion or belief are sometimes seen to conflict with one another, but in fact they ought to be understood as mutually reinforcing. Explore in depth the intersection of rights and freedoms across the world and throughout modern history.By Sajeela Munir | November 30, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Gender Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice -
On the occasion of the thirtieth International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, an event at the United Nations addressed progress made towards ending poverty and how to get the rest of the way there.By Rani Allan | November 17, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Economic Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice -
An annual academic and policy symposium titled Whither Migration? New Directions in Research and Policy in an Era of Nationalism was held in early October at the Center for Migration Studies of New York City. The day-long event covered a number of topics related to the worldwide refugee and...By Rani Allan | November 3, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees -
Explore lessons the United States can take from other countries' gun control policies to reduce the risk of recurring tragedies such as the recent Las Vegas shooting.By Samantha Hussey, Katia Altern | October 30, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace -
The Hungarian Unitarian Church (HUC) – a leader in global U/Uism and a partner with whom we have a long history and a committed relationship – is currently struggling with its institutional position on marriage equality. Earlier today, October 28, 2017, the HUC Synod issued a formal statement...October 27, 2017 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
Over the last few years, I have felt myself going back and forth between waves of fear, anger, sadness, shame, and mourning when I read the news. With each breaking news alert, I brace myself for another wave. When was the last time I got a breaking news alert that contained good news? I can’t...By Allison Hess | October 19, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Human Rights & Justice, Global Peace & Conflict -
Rev. Rob MacPherson reflects on Australia's experience with gun violence and gun control laws, as well as his own childhood in a gun-owning household in Baltimore.By Rob MacPherson | October 5, 2017 | From Global Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace