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  • This post was originally sent out on January 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....
    By Bruce Knotts | January 25, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on December 28 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. Why are Unitarian Universalists at the United Nations? At a recent meeting of the NGO...
    By Bruce Knotts | January 8, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • For UN Human Rights Day, on December 8 at 12PM EST, the Unitarian Universalist Association at the United Nations will be hosting “The Right to Joy: Women of African Descent Ascending”, a webinar organized to celebrate the perseverance of women of African descent globally. The joyous event has...
    By Ashley Emuka | December 7, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Fast fashion is produced when retailers look at runways and fashion trends and quickly make those styles available for purchase at a cheap price. To make this model work, businesses constantly look at what’s in style and pump out new items almost every week. Quick and cheap fashion also means...
    By Noorjahan Aktar, Lenna Georgiadis | November 30, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • For five weeks in the fall of 2020, the International Unitarian/Universalist Joint Working Group (Unitarian Universalist Association International Office, the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists, and the UU Partner Church Council) hosted a five-part webinar series that posed the...
    By Rob Kipp | November 24, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In its 75 years, the United Nations has seen slow but significant shifts in how power is exercised by Member States and civil society within its systems.
    By Bruce Knotts | November 23, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • My position working for a non-governmental organization gives me a unique perspective, seeing the leverage NGOs have over intergovernmental entities in advocacy and agenda-setting. I’m extremely excited to be working with the UU@UN and further researching human rights advocacy and climate change.
    By Lenna Georgiadis | October 27, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • This post was originally sent out on October 23 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 world and the United Nations needs the United States to lead....
    By Bruce Knotts | October 27, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Greetings to the Unitarian Universalist community! My name is Shanice Bryant and I am overjoyed to join the Unitarian Universalist Association Office at the United Nations this academic year. As an intern, I hope to use my privilege to work toward domestic and global liberation in historically...
    By Shanice L. Bryant | October 20, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Hello Unitarian Universalist community! My name is Noorjahan Aktar and I am excited to be a part of the team at the Unitarian Universalist Office at the United Nations this year....
    By Noorjahan Aktar | October 7, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • My name is Ashley Emuka and I am excited to be working with the Unitarian Universalist Association at the United Nations this year! As a UU@UN intern, I hope to use this opportunity to learn more about global collaboration and advocacy for radical change to serve marginalized people worldwide.
    By Ashley Emuka | October 6, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • National elections have a much more global impact than we sometimes consider. Take the world community into account when filling out your ballot.
    By Allison Hess | October 6, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on September 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. Together with the rest of the world, we mourn the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
    By Bruce Knotts | September 29, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Content warning: This article contains descriptions of the nature of domestic violence and intimate partner violence. It does not contain any graphic depictions of violence or abuse. The final paragraph contains information about resources....
    By Julia Nichols | September 24, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In light of recent controversy about Mark Zuckerberg suing Hawaiians for their land, this article delves into land ownership in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
    By Kyra Bellamy | August 28, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • If you grew up in the U.S., you may have learned in school that the media is the fourth branch of the government. The media is not part of the federal government, but it “checks” public officials by fact checking their statements and providing the public with inside information they wouldn’t...
    By Julia Nichols | August 28, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In its funding round during the months of quarantine, the UU Funding Panel (UUFP) gave its full support to realize the Strategic Plan of the UU Church of the Philippines (UUCP). The UUCP plan envisioned church communities that are life-giving, learning, and loving in material and spiritual ways....
    By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo, Arman Pedro | August 27, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Intersectionality is the crossing of a person’s identities and how they impact their life. This is a look into the life of a Black woman.
    By Kyra Bellamy | August 11, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Police forces in the U.S. are notoriously more violent and deadly than police in other Western democracies. Over the last seven years, U.S. police have killed at least 1,000 people every year. This is not normal.
    By Julia Nichols | August 5, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • How certain countries’ police departments violate UN standards for anti-discrimination and use of force by targeting and using excessive force against Black people and people of color.
    By Julia Nichols | July 22, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • This article by Sebabatso C. Manoeli was originally published June 29, 2020 on the site Africa is a Country. The post acknowledges the international potential of the current Black Lives Matter movement that originated in the United States and resonates in many countries that share a history of...
    By Sebabatso C. Manoeli | July 20, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice
  • The Black Lives Matter Movement began in 2013 after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Trayvon, a teenage African American boy was followed by a suspicious neighborhood watchman. The two ended up getting in a scuffle, and Trayvon was fatally shot. After the shooting, many Americans, especially Black...
    By Kyra Bellamy | July 1, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • When, exactly, did the looting start? We, in the UUA’s International Office, seek to lift up the histories of imperial looting and theft by empires seeking only to satiate their infinite appetites for power and domination. We steadfastly remain in solidarity with Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples across the globe...
    By UUA International Resources | June 11, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Anti-Racism
  • There’s no question about it: The world as we knew it no longer exists. The upheaval to “normal life” caused by the coronavirus might also bring an upheaval to the structures that keep inequalities in place – but it’s not guaranteed. The pandemic has certainly drawn much wider attention to...
    By Allison Hess | May 20, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Change, Climate Justice
  • More than any other people on this planet, the Marshall Islanders are survivors of the two greatest threats facing humanity: nuclear weapons and climate change. Their idyllic archipelago, a sapphire entity between Hawaii and Australia, is located 5,000 miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north...
    By Joanne Dufour | April 2, 2020 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Justice, Nuclear Disarmament
  • As this health crisis reaches all corners of our global family of faith, we in the International U/U Joint Working Group wish to offer our heartfelt prayers, thoughts, and blessings to you and your communities. Our diverse faith, strong and united offers us the reminder that we are better and more resilient together.
    By Sara Ascher, Roger Bertschausen, Alicia R. Forde | March 25, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Pastoral Care, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The time has almost come for the 2020 UU-UNO Intergenerational Spring Seminar! With only two weeks left to register, participants have a lot to look forward to. Gathering from all over the United States and Canada, youth and adults with a shared passion for and commitment to international human...
    By Alana Campbell | February 19, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • “Our planet is made up of two breaths. One comes from the oceans and the other comes from the trees. Today, the oceans are under severe stress of being able to provide this to the world.” These words were part of the remarks delivered by H.E. Dr. Satyendra Prasad, the Permanent Representative of...
    By Sydney Boyer | February 13, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • The United States has made little effort to improve their relationship with Native Americans compared to what other countries have done with indigenous populations. Starting in the 1600s Native American history has been riddled with mass genocide, residential schools, and discriminatory laws. The...
    By Lindsey Mayer | January 28, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • When I arrived at my hotel in Madrid the lobby was abuzz with a crowd of young people from Asia and Romania who had arrived to join Friday’s march of half a million people to demand climate action. The most visible public voice was Greta Thunberg, the Swedish student who had risen to world fame...
    By Ahti Tolvanen | January 24, 2020 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro chose to begin their book, The Internationalists, with the following description of the historic event on August 27, 1928: “On that day, crowds gathered outside the Quai d’Orsay to watch the world leaders arrive at the Clock Room in the immense Foreign...
    By Joanne Dufour | January 7, 2020 | From Disarmament
  • The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over crimes against the Rohingya people in Myanmar, according to a November 14 decision by its PreTrial Chamber. It said that although the Court could not take up these crimes while the Rohingya remained in Myanmar because the country does not belong...
    By John Washburn | December 19, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • If conflict is inevitable in human relations, so might be efforts to reconcile and reach a state of peace. ...
    By Joanne Dufour | December 10, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • With human rights under threat around the world, this Human Rights Day we all must be engaged to make sure that every person's human rights are respected and protected. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 71 years old today, lists the human rights that we must come together to fight for.
    By Allison Hess, Bruce Knotts | December 10, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Human Rights, International Human Rights & Justice
  • We know we are facing an existential crisis with the advance of climate change; and what about the other existential threat? Nuclear weapons. Unless we arrest climate change, it will fundamentally change our civilization in a matter of decades, maybe threaten life on this planet. Nuclear weapons...
    By Jerald Ross | November 26, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • COP25 canceled in Chile amidst large scale protests. Ever increasing economic inequality sparked outcries of grievances that have been piling up for decades. The protests show no signs of stopping anytime soon.
    By TingXuan Su | November 15, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In the centennial year 2000, while the world was getting used to writing or typing the year beginning with a “2” instead of a “1,” nations were introduced to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals encouraging the 189 member states to adopt a set of 8 goals for a timeline of 15...
    By Joanne Dufour | November 13, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • The First UU Asia Pacific Regional Conference has just finished. It ran from October 23-27, 2019 in Dumaguete City, Negros Island, Philippines, hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines (UUCP) and attended by about 75 participants, with the theme “Ancient Diverse Wonders.”...
    By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | November 7, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Women's rights groups at the United Nations are gearing up for the landmark year of 2020. 2020 marks a special year for the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). In May, the Generation Equality Forum will start in Mexico City, Mexico from May 7-8 and end with a...
    By Lindsey Mayer | November 5, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • There are many aspects to helping our planet disarm meaningfully. 108 countries are now part of treaties that have established nuclear free zones around the world. They are making a concerted effort to create a nuclear free planet and that alone needs to be applauded and the trend encouraged.
    By Joanne Dufour | October 30, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On the 74th birthday of the United Nations, we celebrate the UN's accomplishments while also recognizing the urgency of taking action to keep it strong as it comes under threat from the rise of authoritarianism & isolationism around the world.
    By Bruce Knotts | October 24, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • I’m a member of the Preventing Gun Violence Task Force at the Unitarian Society of New Haven (USNH). We recently bought shares in two companies that manufacture firearms. “What?!,” you may be asking. Usually activists shy away from investing in so-called “sin” stocks, looking instead for...
    By Sally Connolly | October 16, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, International Peace & Conflict
  • Young Adult Gun Violence Prevention Activist on Radical Kinship and Universal Love
    By Micaela Lattimer | October 2, 2019 | From Disarmament
  • This summer I was the migration justice intern at the Unitarian Universalist UN Office. As I began my internship in June, the New York Times broke the story about migrant children being held in horrid, overcrowded, and unsanitary conditions at the U.S. border. Headline after headline revealed the...
    By Hana Mangat | September 24, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Feel like the system is too big to change? Protest!
    By Bob Delastrada | September 17, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On August 28, 16 year old climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor with the mission of bringing her message of climate justice to the United Nations. She was https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/08/greta-thunberg-a… by 17 sailboats, each representing a different...
    By Lindsey Mayer | September 6, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Change
  • Much of the following text is taken from a blog post from the International Committee of the Red Cross: Human Cost of Cyber Operations—Key ICRC Takeaways from Discussion with Tech Experts. ICRC has encouraged readers to share this blog, and they invite feedback from readers. The authors are...
    By International Committee of the Red Cross, Joanne Dufour | July 10, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict
  • An appeal was recently distributed to navy personnel at Bangor Naval Base in Washington State, calling on navy personnel to "Refuse to engage in nuclear annihilation." This appeal is reprinted here with permission of the Ground Zero Center in Seattle, WA.
    By Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action | June 26, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On April 14, 2019 the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ hosted a conference on Steps To A Nuclear Weapons-Free World. According to the NJIT coordinator, Jay Kappraff, the purpose of the conference was to focus on the watershed moment we are facing: “Nuclear forces are being...
    By Joanne Dufour | June 12, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The following originally appeared on Canadian Unitarian Council's May eNews. Questions, comments, and republication requests can be directed to mailto:communications@cuc.ca">communications@cuc.ca.2020 Spring Seminar...
    By Canadian Unitarian Council/Conseil Unitarien du Canada (CUC) | June 5, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender, International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities