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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 UUA International Resources | January 24, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Congregational Action, International Opportunities
  • Unitarians in Poland - Then and Now: A Historical Study Tour with the Rev. Dr. Jay Atkinson June 6-11, 2017 JOIN US on a visit to the 16th century’s Unitarian “heartland” where early religious dissenters —who called themselves the Polish Brethren—first established congregations in the...
    By UUA International Resources | December 6, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, minister of the Unitarian Church of Burundi, provides a reaction to the recent UN Human Rights report following their investigation into events in Burundi. Since April 2015, when people massively took to the streets to oppose a controversial third presidential term,...
    By UUA International Resources | October 17, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • This guest post on our blog is by Dranwell Barishisha "Barri" Mukhim. Barri is a member of the Unitarian Union of North East India; here, she writes about what Indian Independence Day (August 15) means to her as a http://unitarianchurchnortheastindia.blogspot.com/2010/10/unitarians-in… Unitarian.
    By UUA International Resources | August 15, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The violent atrocities and political impasse in Burundi that have threatened our Unitarian siblings there continue to be of great concern to the international community. On July 29, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution, UN Security Council Re… 2303, requesting that the...
    By UUA International Resources | August 11, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • When it comes to addressing climate change, we must draw from as many sources as possible to seek creative solutions. On July 13, I attended a side event at the United Nations Headquarters titled “Getting to Zero: A Poverty, Environment, and Climate Call to Action for the Sustainable Development...
    By UUA International Resources | August 10, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate Change
  • At the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO), we work to ensure that all people’s human rights are upheld and respected, no matter who they are or what their circumstances. Although advocacy areas are often separated, with some organizations and people working to combat...
    By UUA International Resources | August 8, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: LGBTQ Issues
  • With the summer Olympics coming up this month, sports are at the front of people's minds worldwide. Every couple of years we are reminded of the power of sports to bring the international community together in constructive, friendly competition....
    By UUA International Resources | August 4, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Economic Justice
  • Sixteen years ago, a landmark resolution on Women, Peace, and Security passed in the Security Council of the United Nations. That resolution, UNSCR 1325, laid the foundation for a new approach to global security, and alongside the...
    By UUA International Resources | July 26, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Women
  • At the end of June, Unitarian Universalists gathered in Columbus, OH for a week of learning, worship, and activism. The Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly this year brought a special perspective to UU social justice work. The theme for GA 2016 was “Heartland: Where Faiths...
    By UUA International Resources | July 14, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On May 20th - 22nd, 2016, the Canadian Unitarian Council invited Unitarian Universalists across Canada to explore Bolder Ways of Being in Vancouver. For their now bi-annual national conference, participants were invited to learn and discuss ways to step out of their comfort zones in their...
    By UUA International Resources | June 16, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • As climate change continues on its current course, it becomes an increasing existential threat to human civilization. The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office’s (UU-UNO's) Climate Justice Initiative is compelled to acknowledge this threat, and try to find solutions from a theological...
    By UUA International Resources | May 31, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Change
  • Insert photo gallery here The 54th anniversary of the UUA’s General Assembly was a rich and interconnected hub of activity on the international front as we hosted guests representing over eight nationalities. Additionally, numerous events, workshops, and celebrations with an international focus...
    By UUA International Resources | April 27, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Contributions by Scott Sammler Michael & SMDA Our fellowship was born in 1987 when a small group of expatriate religious liberals came together to meet as Unitarian Universalists in San Miguel de Allende. The fellowship has been active and thriving ever since. Every UU church has it’s own flavor,...
    By UUA International Resources | April 8, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Florence Caplow is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi lineage, and a dharma teacher, field botanist, UU seminarian at Iliff School of Theology, essayist, and editor. She was the recipient of the UUA’s Tsubaki Grand Shrine Scholarship in 2015 and is currently on her visit with the Shrine.
    By UUA International Resources | March 17, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Becoming a Minister
  • Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, founder and minister of the Unitarian Church in Burundi, has shared the following update on the current situation in Burundi. For further context and background information, read Please consider making an online donation to support Burundi Unitarians. The situation in...
    By UUA International Resources | February 3, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="8039,8040,8041,8042,7985"] UUPCC Young Adult Grants for ICUU Conference & Council Meeting 2016 The UU Partner Church Council has set aside funds to provide assist young adult participants (ages 21 – 35) to attend the office@uupcc.orgjemryq@yahoo.com...
    By UUA International Resources | January 28, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="7984,7985,7986,7987,7988"] Dear Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist Friends Around the World: The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) warmly invites you to attend the 2016 ICUU Council Meeting and Conference planned for July 2...
    By UUA International Resources | January 15, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism