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Find Yourself in the Global U/U Story

Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists (U/U) around the world are connected through a story of bold, compassionate faith that we’ve been creating together for centuries.

Struggling for human rights alongside those that demand it, influencing governmental policy in the name of justice, passionately promoting a message of interfaith peace and solidarity, and building faithful worshipping communities—each of us has a part, and a stake, in the story we share.

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  • Please enjoy this exciting news from the Transylvania Unitarian Church: On January 13, 2012 the Consistory of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church honors the 444th anniversary of the proclamation of the first law on freedom of belief and conscience, and religious tolerance....
    By Eric Cherry | January 12, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Dumaguete City on the island of Negros, somewhat further north. Although it was not entirely spared from the typhoon, damage has been less severe there. The President of the UU Church of the Philippines, Rev. Rebecca Sienes, sent the following message on Sunday: Good morning to all! We are well...
    By Eric Cherry | December 19, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
  • UUSCUnitarian Universalist Association on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, December 3–10. In the post below, trip-leader-in-training Nicole McConvery of the UUA reflects on lessons learned in Haiti....
    By Nicole McConvery | December 16, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UU Service Committee was excited to partner with the Unitarian Universalist Association on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, December 3–10. In the post below, written on December 9, participant George Wootton reflects on time spent working with the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP)....
    By Eric Cherry | December 13, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • An essay by Jan W. Dash, UU-UNO Climate Initiative Chair UU-UNO Climate Portal. A portfolio of action is needed. There is no silver bullet and no one right answer. The ultimate statement is that the earth cannot be fooled. We are at a crossroads. There is no safe haven....
    By Bruce Knotts | December 13, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • UUSC is excited to be partnering with the...
    By Eric Cherry | December 7, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UUA is partnering with the UUSC on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, December 3-10. In the post below, trip leaders Nicole McConvery of the UUA and Evan Seitz of the UUSC share their  thoughts on the journey to help...
    By UUA International Resources | December 2, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • last report, you read about our history making LGBT coalition to end global homophobia. We continue to meet via phone to work for justice. Just after our October 11-12 conference at Union Theological Seminary, the UU UNO launched into one of it busiest periods of work. It is during this time that...
    By Bruce Knotts | November 28, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues
  • On October 31st the United States Chargé d'Affaires in New Delhi, Ambassador Peter Burleigh, held a dinner in honor of Kathy Sreedhar, Director Emerita of the UU Holdeen India Program (UUHIP). Ambassador Burleigh hosted the dinner at Roosevelt House, the historic Ambassador’s residence on the...
    By Derek Mitchell | November 21, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • By Eric Cherry | November 18, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • I’ve been pretty darn lucky this year. For one thing, I’ve just started interning at the International Resources Office at the UUA. I’ve also had opportunities to visit Mexico, Bangladesh and Haiti, so I’ve gotten to ask a lot of questions about what responsible, long-term international...
    By UUA International Resources | November 3, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Cross-posted from Michael Servetus did that almost 500 years ago, and it caused a firestorm. He was instantly condemned as a heretic and was forced to live the rest of his life pretending to be someone else. His books were burned. Eventually he was burned at the stake in John Calvin’s Geneva. His...
    By Peter Morales | November 1, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Cross-posted from 500Michael Servetus Institute, the conference is taking place in Zaragosa and in Villanueva de Sigena, the birthplace of Servetus.Villanueva...
    By Peter Morales | October 27, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On Saturday October 22, a delegation of twenty-three Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) for the day. Leading the group on an East Coast tour was the former chairman of Rissho Kosei-kai, Rev. Norio Sakai, who presented gifts and greetings to President Rev. Peter Morales and Gini Courter, on...
    By Nicole McConvery | October 27, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • We began the month with the opening of the UN General Assembly under intense security. The street where we work (44th street) was blocked by police and the only way we were allowed entry was by showing our UN badges....
    By Bruce Knotts | October 19, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues
  • Get pumped for UN Sunday this month! Each week we have posted readings that you can use in your UN Sunday service focusing on this year's theme: Empower Women for a Better World. This week is the last in our series of UN Sunday Readings. This weeks reading is a meditation story brought to us by Rev.
    By UUA International Resources | October 19, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: United Nations Day
  • … class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2124" src="… class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2127" src="In the Spring of 2009, Human Rights Watch called the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office and said that fundamentalist ministers and politicians were inflaming homophobic hatred in...
    By Bruce Knotts | October 14, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues
  • By Eric Cherry | October 6, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Becoming a Minister, Beliefs & Principles
  • UU-UNO) is fortunate to have formal relationships with the graduate schools of social work at Fordham University, Columbia University and our latest addition, New York University. It is always an exciting time to meet our new interns and begin to integrate them into the work of the UU-UNO. These...
    By Bruce Knotts | October 5, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Derek Mitchell, the new Director of the UU Holdeen India Program (UUHIP), shares the following update: During August and September, friends of the...
    By Derek Mitchell | September 21, 2011 | From International Unitarian Universalism