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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 UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | 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 UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | 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 UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | 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 Promise On October 6-8, 2022, the UUA International Office and Meadville Lombard Theological School will host a conference to address the legacy of Empire and its desire to dominate and mark out Otherness has us participate in...
    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
  • “Using Art as Advocacy” was a webinar hosted on February 17, 2022 by the UU@UN (Unitarian Universalist Association’s office at the United Nations). This event showed how art can be used to build community and inspire change in chaotic times. Art can result in profound social change when used...
    By Rose Singleton | February 23, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • If you are someone like me who reads and thinks about human rights and climate change all the time, then attending the UU Spring Seminar event this year might be something that you would thoroughly enjoy....
    By Halley Mistry | February 11, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • The United Nations Headquarters in New York City had hoped to begin 2022 by opening its doors and welcoming the world back home. However, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has disrupted UN plans as it has everyone else’s.
    By Bruce Knotts | January 25, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On December 15, 2021 the Unitarian Universalist Association’s office at the United Nations (UU@UN) hosted an event on “Human Rights and Policing Through a Global Lens.” This event was created to educate people on current global policing policies and how those policies affect those in...
    By Rose Singleton, Brooklyn Darling | January 11, 2022 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • December 18 is International Migrants Day, an occasion to recognize and mobilize around protecting migrants’ fundamental human rights. In the face of climate chaos, we must advance just, compassionate policies.
    By Bruce Knotts | December 17, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Peace & Conflict
  • In honor of Human Rights Day, UU@UN Director reflects on the human rights priorities of the UUA Office at the UN, expressing gratitude for the generosity of supporters which sustains the office’s work.
    By Bruce Knotts | December 10, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • We are excited to share an update about the UUA Office at the UN’s upcoming Intergenerational Spring Seminar, “Displacement and Human Rights: All In for Climate Justice.” Programming for the 2022 Intergenerational Seminar will be offered fully online, April 22 – May 1, 2022. The online...
    By UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | December 7, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In honor of those whose land and lives have been stolen, the UUA holds space to reflect on the atrocities of colonization, and affirms our solidarity with those who continue to fight for Indigenous sovereignty. We honor the missing and murdered Indigenous women and children. We uplift Indigenous...
    By Amanda Newlove | November 24, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Was COP26 a success? Or a failure? I believe it’s most accurate, if unsatisfying, to answer “both” – and “neither.” Each year since the Convention was adopted in 1994, the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has convened a Conference of Parties (COP),...
    By Bruce Knotts | November 23, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate Change, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Hello to the UUA Community! I am Pierre Candelon, and here at COP26 I co-coordinate a network of stakeholders (practitioners, activists, decision-makers, academics) called the Loss and Damage Collaboration.
    November 12, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • As a child, I could not tell that day by day, I was growing. Instead, my father marked my height every year so we could see how much I had grown. October 24, 2021 is the 76th birthday of the United Nations. The UN Charter was signed in 1945 by the representatives of 51 nations. (All those...
    By Bruce Knotts | October 25, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Fund Transfers As the UU Partner Church Council ceases operations, the UUA will facilitate funds transfers between partner churches. If you plan to send funds to your partner church, please complete the form below and follow its instructions....
    October 19, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Introduction The visual that circulated in September 2021 of U.S. Border patrolmen chasing Haitian asylum seekers on horseback made many who saw it think of the slave patrols that roamed the Southern U.S. states before emancipation....
    By Halley Mistry, Rose Singleton | October 18, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • This post was originally sent out on September 24 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 | September 28, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • India is now emerging from Covid’s devastating second wave. After months of frantic searches for oxygen and overflowing hospitals, infections are declining. But the trauma of so much loss still cuts deep. Every family was touched in some way by the crisis. As we learn more of what happened on the...
    By UUA International Resources: UU Holdeen India Program | September 23, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • In a few days, the UN will convene people virtually from around the world for a Food Systems Summit aimed at transforming food systems globally to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2015, the UN set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
    By Allison Hess | September 22, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on August 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. I’m a cancer survivor. Those who know about cancer know that early detection and action...
    By Bruce Knotts | August 23, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • Human-made climate change has contributed to global displacement of tens of millions. An international approach, prioritizing human life over political and corporate power, is the only effective solution.
    By Andrew Mickle | August 12, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on July 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. We are faced with what looks like a dilemma but isn’t really. Calls to defund and...
    By Bruce Knotts | July 27, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • Introduction In September of 1990, the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders adopted the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials....
    By Andrew Mickle | July 15, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • The world seems to be witnessing a growth in authoritarian governments. Especially during difficult times, we must work to hold human rights violators accountable.
    By Bruce Knotts | June 23, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The UU Holdeen India Program shares reflections on the second surge of Covid-19 in India.
    By UUA International Resources: UU Holdeen India Program | June 11, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities
  • Food security is a pressing issue around the globe, and it’s on the rise. The United Nations estimated that nearly 9% of the world’s population suffered from chronic hunger in 2019. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing surges in food prices, impacting availability of high-nutrient food, and...
    By Andrew Mickle | June 9, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The United Nations condemns extrajudicial killings. A new UU@UN initiative aims to include police killings in that category, to push for more accountability and end police militarization globally.
    By Bruce Knotts | May 26, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • The 2021 Intergenerational Seminar focused on grounding, connecting, and equipping attendees to create climate and food justice.
    By Allison Hess | May 12, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Reflecting on the recent Intergenerational Spring Seminar, UU@UN Director Bruce Knotts urges readers to reject indifference in the face of urgent issues like climate justice and food equity. We need instead to be all in.
    By Bruce Knotts | May 4, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Introduction Several international bodies have attempted to address global police militarization and its effect on police brutality in many nations. Amnesty International defines police brutality as “various human rights violations by police… this includes beatings, racial abuse, unlawful...
    By Ashley Emuka, Noorjahan Aktar | April 29, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • White supremacist and nationalist ideologies are rising to power globally, a trend that manifests in surging anti-immigrant policies. The UN and UUA Office at the UN are working to address this.
    By Bruce Knotts | March 26, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Like much of the world, we in the UUA Office at the United Nations have operated virtually for nearly a year – and we have done so very effectively. We have attended and hosted meetings and events online. We have mentored and worked with interns and colleagues. Other than infrequent visits, we...
    By Bruce Knotts | March 8, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This post was originally sent out on February 19 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. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with...
    By Bruce Knotts | March 8, 2021 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace