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  • This blogpost is part of a series related to a joint UUA/UUSC Just Journey to Uganda in November, 2010. In this blogpost Nichole Cirillo, UUSC’s campaign manager, reflects below on the ingredients of a successful experiential learning trip: the partners, effective planning, and — most of all —...
    By Eric Cherry | November 30, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is part of a series related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November 2010. This blogpost is written by UUA International Resources Director Rev. Eric Cherry. The JustJourney to Uganda ended on November 16 after two days of delightful hospitality with the Unitarian...
    By Eric Cherry | November 24, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Global Fairness Initiative Award to Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a partner of the conferred the prestigious Niwano Peace Prize. [youtube EEKPwCNuV_Y] Related: Transcript of Clinton honors SEWA founder The UU Holdeen India Program:...
    By Nicole McConvery | November 16, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is part of a series related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda. In this blogpost Constance Kane, UUSC’s vice president and COO, reflects on the first leg of the Uganda JustJourney, moved and inspired by the people she has met and the stories she has heard. We have completed...
    By Eric Cherry | November 16, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is part of a series related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November 21010. John Crossan, a participant on the Uganda JustJourney, shares his awe of the villages of northern Uganda and the environment that they inhabit. The trip to Pader has been amazing. Two things I'd...
    By Eric Cherry | November 16, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is a part of a series related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November 2010. In this blogpost Today our group is still in the Pader district, after spending two days out in the country where Achioli people have returned to their villages from the internally displaced...
    By Eric Cherry | November 12, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Witness to a Return Home: A Trip to Uganda, the first joint Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) JustJourney, started on November 4th and will continue until November 16th. Follow the journey here, where trip participants including Rev. John Gibbons, John Crossan, Rev. Eric Cherry, and...
    By UUA International Resources | November 11, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November, 2010. On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Rev. John Gibbons, chair of the UUSC Board of Trustees and a participant on the Uganda JustJourney, honors the strength of the people in northern Uganda who have faced the...
    By Eric Cherry | November 10, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • European Unitarian Universalists (EUU) held its Fall Retreat in Mittelwihr, located in the Alsace region of France. Hosted by the UU Fellowship of Paris, UUA President Rev. Peter Morales attended as the theme speaker....
    By UUA International Resources | November 9, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November 2010. its written by UUA International Resources Director Rev. Eric Cherry. The past few days have been incredible. On Saturday, we left Kampala for Northern Uganda, to begin the next phase of the trip....
    By Eric Cherry | November 9, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In the post below, John Crossan, a participant on Witness to a Return Home, the JustJourney to Uganda, contemplates the seeds of responsibility that the trip — and the people he’s meeting on the journey — is sowing. I have been on many tours where I have seen evidence of terrible atrocities...
    By Eric Cherry | November 9, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November 2010. In the post below, participant Marie Kidder shares her impressions of the people and places they’re visiting in the north. We are staying in a compound near the cathedral; there are bells at 6:30 a.m. Nuns who...
    By Eric Cherry | November 8, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On Friday, November 5, Constance Kane, UUSC's vice president and COO as well as a participant on the Uganda JustJourney, reported in with a quick update on the beginning of their travels. We are just beginning our Uganda JustJourney and have spent the morning with the Refugee Law Project, an ally...
    By Eric Cherry | November 6, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Indonesia is currently undergoing several simultaneous...
    By UUA International Resources | November 5, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This blogpost is related to a joint UUA/UUSC JustJourney to Uganda in November 2010. It is written by UUA International Resources Director Rev. Eric Cherry on November 4, 2010....
    By Eric Cherry | November 5, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UU Holdeen India Program has been providing support to AIDMI since 1996. Pioneers in the area of disaster risk mitigation, AIDMI believes that relief is only one part of the disaster scenario: Prevention and development are also essential components. Communities have a lead role to play while...
    By Nicole McConvery | November 4, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The India chapter has been doing inspiring work in the area of human rights education (HRE), and interfaith event organization....
    By Nicole McConvery | October 22, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • [youtube YQQ8F2W5eB0] Budrus is an award winning documentary about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. It was...
    By Eric Cherry | October 6, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • This 3-minute video was designed to help introduce new members of UU congregations to our international connections. [vimeo 15135992] An FAQ with further information is also available. Contact the UUA's International Office to request a DVD version of the video.
    By Eric Cherry | September 27, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Breakthrough, a UU "Bell Bajao" global campaign on domestic violence yesterday at the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has joined the campaign as the inaugural global "Champion," and Breakthrough will align with his said Dutt at the Clinton Global Initiative....
    By Nicole McConvery | September 21, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The 33rd World Congress of the...
    By Eric Cherry | September 14, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with "The Odyssey Network" to promote "A Million Minutes for Peace" on the U.N.'s International Day of Peace - September 21st, 2010....
    By Eric Cherry | September 14, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Peace
  • This year's recipient of the...
    By UUA International Resources | September 7, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • See update from 8/30 (below) For the first time since the 1960's the...
    By Eric Cherry | August 19, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • International Social Justice Affirming and promoting the goal of world community with Peace, Liberty and Justice for all, Unitarian Universalists (UUs) become internationally engaged in diverse ways. Discover the Global U/U Story Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists (U/U) around...
    By UUA International Resources | August 5, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Religions for Peace Global Youth Network launched the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Arms Down! has a target number of 50,000,000 (fifty million) signatures....
    By UUA International Resources | July 30, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In mid-July the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) concluded two deeply inspiring global conferences in Kerkrade, Holland. The first conference brought together more than 60 Unitarian, Unitarian Universalist, and liberal Christian ministers from 15 countries to build...
    By UUA International Resources | July 28, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • International Guests in Attendance Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) - India Ms. Nanavaty is the Director of Economic and Rural Development for SEWA, which is the largest labor union of informal sector workers in India. Tsubaki Grand Shrine - Japan Reverend Yamamoto is the 97th Generation...
    By Nicole McConvery | July 8, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • June 7th, 2010 Today, the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO) organized an interfaith service at the Church Center's United Nations chapel. Rev. Galen Guengerich, senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC, presided....
    By UUA International Resources | June 17, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • You are cordially invited to Ubuntu Uganda: An Evening with Bishop Christopher Senyonjo Join the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office for wine and hors d'oeuvres to honor Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, often referred to as the Desmond Tutu of Uganda, an outspoken advocate for the human righ...
    By UUA International Resources | May 20, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • UUA's International Resources Office! The photos below demonstrate how close the sea now is to the village of Caican, the last row of palm trees that are being uprooted by the sea, and in the last photo you can see the beginning of the sea wall as well as the back of the UU church.
    By UUA International Resources | May 14, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • http://picasaweb.google.com/UUAInternationalResources/HolyUnion?feat=em… from the Commitment Ceremony...
    By UUA International Resources | May 12, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The International Association for Religious Freedom (33rd World Congress September 4-7, 2010 in Kochi, India....
    By UUA International Resources | April 21, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • We have hired a “Sumo” – that’s a kind of car – to transport us. Apparently the “A” route is not passable, but the more difficult “B” route is worth a try. The Sumo comes with two drivers, who we will all be most grateful to for the rest of a very long day. They are both,...
    By UUA International Resources | April 8, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Frank Mugisha, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) spokesperson, will appear at several public East Coast events this month to explain the connection between U.S. conservative religious forces and increased harassment of LGBT people in Uganda. Mr. Mugisha is visiting the United States to publicize...
    By UUA International Resources | March 18, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UUA's International Resources Office is happy to announce the release of "UUHIP: Partners for Justice in India," a great introduction to the work and philosophy of the Unitarian Universalist Association's http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/advocacywitness/holdeenind… India Program.
    By UUA International Resources | March 16, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Niwano Peace Foundation has chosen Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt as the 2010 honoree of the Niwano Peace Prize . In selecting Ms....
    By UUA International Resources | March 9, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Olga Flores - a Unitarian Universalist from La Paz, Bolivia - is continuing her leadership in the struggle to have Bolivian Army records of human rights abuses made public. Of central concern is the implementation of court orders allowing special prosecutor Milton Mendoza access to records of...
    By UUA International Resources | March 2, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition founded in part by the UUA, has organized a letter to President Obama calling for his leadership. Please join the UUA and Churches for Middle East Peace by taking action! CMEP Action Alert: One year after the Gaza war thousands of civilians are homeless...
    By UUA International Resources | February 18, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • From Doris Hunter, Chair, US Chapter, International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF):The conference, "Reconciliation with the Earth, Each Other and the Stranger" was held at the Clearwater Unitarian Universalist Church from January 14-17th with over fifty people attending plus speakers an...
    By UUA International Resources | January 29, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • We have all watched in horror the images and stories of death and destruction in the wake of Haiti’s January 12 earthquake. And many of us have responded with generosity, giving what we can to the relief efforts: my own UU congregation collected $15,000 in the days after the quake for the Jubilee...
    By UUA International Resources | January 28, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Church of Uganda is preparing to take a strong and courageous stand against the The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists has more information about supporting this important work. Update: UUA President, the Reverend Peter Morales, signed on to an...
    By UUA International Resources | January 20, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Reverend John Gibbs Millspaugh - minister of the UU Church of Winchester, MA, shares a "Pastoral Prayer after the earthquake in Haiti, January 12 2010"A Haitian prayer book, entitled God Is No Stranger, includes the following words: “Father, I have learned that one strong in calculation is called...
    By UUA International Resources | January 20, 2010 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • By UUA International Resources | December 23, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Thanks to the combined efforts of Unitarians and UU's around the world, members of the UU congregations in The Philippines (Malingin and Doldol) have received generous donations of rice in the wake of food shortages from recent flooding.In September 2009, two powerful typhoons, "Ketsana" followed...
    By UUA International Resources | December 18, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Pictures from a Hiroshima Schooyard - has recently been updated. Have a look, and enjoy the film's promo:...
    By UUA International Resources | December 14, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The 2009 Parliament of World Religions recently concluded in Melbourne, Australia. More than 220 faith traditions were represented at this global event by 6000 people from 80 nationalities. International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU). ICUU representatives provided a workshop on...
    By UUA International Resources | December 10, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Crossposted from http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/blog/ugandas-proposed-anti-gay-l… on the Side of Love When I was 18 years old I spent three months in Kenya for a service learning opportunity. During one long weekend we traveled across the border to Kampala, Uganda. I was blown away. Our...
    By UUA International Resources | December 1, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • As noted in Holdeen India Program Partner - was the recipient of the 2009 "Harriet Tubman Freedom Award" from Free The Slaves. Please share this video about the important and inspirational work of SMS.
    By UUA International Resources | November 19, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • "The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the...
    By UUA International Resources | November 13, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism