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  • On the occasion of Bruce Knotts' retirement, we would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation for his fifteen years of service as Director of the UUA Office at the United Nations....
    By Bruce Knotts | October 4, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Register today for the Post-Imperial Futures conference! Scholars. Activists. Ministers. Leaders: The legacy of Empire and its desire to dominate and mark out Otherness has us participate in harmful colonial enterprises. Participants will be equipped with resources and practices to live into the...
    By UUA International Resources | September 29, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • On Friday, September 23, from 3:30 - 5 pm ET, The Unitarian Universalist Association will be hosting an in person event, “UNGA Resolution on Human Right to Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment” as a part of the Holistic Climate Solutions Summit. Convened during 2022’s UN General Assembly...
    By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | September 21, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • Next week’s Holistic Climate Solutions Summit, in alignment with Climate Week NYC, is being organized by the Tzu Chi Center For Compassionate Relief together with 30 co-organizing partners including the UUA Office at the United Nations. The Summit is a solutions space, modeling a better future by...
    By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | September 15, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This year's UN Sunday theme is Climate Justice: Climate Forced Displacement. We encourage you to use the materials below to craft a service that is uniquely suited to your congregation. UU@UN has created this UN Sunday Resource Packet to support your creation of a United Nations Sunday....
    By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | September 9, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • Thirty years have passed since the official end of the Cold War—when tensions surrounding the use of nuclear weapons was at its highest—and the world is seeing a resurgence in the use of nuclear threats by leaders as a way to display power. With the ongoing war in Ukraine, one certainly...
    By Zane Taylor | August 24, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • As July has come to a close, be sure to remember Disability Pride Month and challenge yourself to learn more about disability and listen to disabled people.
    By Katie Kurnick | August 15, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • “Violence is not striking us by chance; this violence has a target.” - Ana Paula Oliveira, Brazilian Human Rights Defender On June 22, 2022, the International Service for Human Rights hosted a virtual event titled “Resisting police violence: Demanding justice and accountability for victims of...
    By Zane Taylor | August 4, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • Post-Imperial Futures: Addressing Legacy and Living Into PromiseIn October 2022 the UUA Global Connections & Emerging Communities Office and Meadville Lombard Theological School hosted a conference to address the legacy of Empire and how its desire to dominate and mark out Otherness has us...
    July 18, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Just days before the June 2022 G7 Summit, where world leaders meet to face the biggest challenges that exist in our world, Roe v. Wade was overturned in the United States, ending 50 years of federally protected abortion rights. Prior to meeting for the G7 Summit, the United States’ allies voiced...
    By Katie Kurnick | July 14, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals that range in subject from gender equality, ending poverty, and sustainable cities and communities. Developing our world to ensure everyone is afforded...
    By Zane Taylor | June 23, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on June 20 via a monthly email message from Director Bruce Knotts of the Unitarian Universalist Association Office at the United Nations. Subscribe to the UU@UN email list. The Keynote speakers at this year’s Intergenerational Spring Seminar were the Pacific...
    By Bruce Knotts | June 23, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on May 6 via a monthly email message from Director Bruce Knotts of the Unitarian Universalist Association Office at the United Nations. Subscribe to the UU@UN email list. We are all justifiably horrified by the carnage resulting from the Russian Invasion of...
    By Bruce Knotts | May 9, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • You are standing at the border, and with one look, you are dismissed. You cannot enter ultimately, because of the color of your skin....
    By Amanda Newlove | April 27, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • This post was originally sent out on March 25 via a monthly email message from Director Bruce Knotts of the Unitarian Universalist Association Office at the United Nations. Subscribe to the UU@UN email list. Each year at the United Nations, we follow a pattern of important events based on regular...
    By Bruce Knotts | March 25, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Are you a youth wondering what the UU@UN spring seminar is like? Questioning if you want to register? Worried you will feel out of place or like your voice doesn’t matter? Well, here is a quick guide to what the experience has been like in the past for youth, what youth have to look forward to at...
    By Noella Prescod, Teaghan McLaughlin | March 15, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • Earlier this week our community partners across India celebrated International Women's Day. They gathered in village squares and in city centers, in small circles under trees and in huge crowds under tents. They danced and sang. They celebrated successes and reflected on losses – recharging...
    By UUA International Resources: UU Holdeen India Program | March 11, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • As the situation in the Ukraine unfolds, we in the International Office echo the messages shared by UUSC’s president the Rev. Mary Katherine Morn and by the Rev. Ashley Horan of the UUA’s Organizing Strategy Team. We invite congregations to support the Hungarian Unitarian Church directly (pdf)...
    March 3, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on February 18 via a monthly email message from Director Bruce Knotts of the Unitarian Universalist Association Office at the United Nations. Subscribe to the UU@UN email list....
    By Bruce Knotts | March 1, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • The Parliament of the World's Religions and The Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN, in partnership with communities of faith, invite you to join the "Global Prayers for Ukraine: a multi-faith service for peace and freedom in a hurting world."
    March 1, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace