Snapshots portraying the work of the Holdeen India Program, the United Nations Office, and the International Resources Office

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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  • ICUU International Ministers Gathering February 1 and 2, 2014 Theme: Connecting As Ministers Across Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist Cultures “We serve and work in many different countries, within many different cultures, in different economies and political settings, speaking different...
    By Eric Cherry | September 30, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Sarah E. Gillespie is a UU seminarian & 2014 M.Div candidate at Andover Newton Theological School. In July 2013 she was the recipient of the...
    By UUA International Resources | August 30, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Becoming a Minister
  • om IGLHRC and Mitra Rastegar from New York University. The documentary Be Like Others premiered on January 19, 2008, at the Sundance Film Festival, but its information is still highly relevant today. The film highlights the experiences of patients at Dr....
    By UUA International Resources | August 26, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This report documents one of the most deleterious effects of armed conflict on women: accompanying crimes of sexual and gender-based violence. The current human rights crisis in Syria is massive....
    By UUA International Resources | August 23, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Tapestry of Faith program "World of Wonder" for stories in sessions one and five. … class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4883" alt="globe_east_20481" src=" It is imperative that this generation not only understand the nature of the problem of climate change, but has the motivation and tools...
    By UUA International Resources | August 20, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, land degradation, climate change and their interactions have all been major topics of discussion in the development of the United Nations (UN) post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2011, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated: “Obesity and...
    By UUA International Resources | August 9, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • view our available interfaith and Unitarian Universalist (UU) resources. Perhaps one of the most inspiring stories to come out of this difficult time is the story of the Hiroshima Children's Drawings: Shortly after the bombing in Hiroshima in 1945, Rev. A. Powell Davies of the All Souls Church,...
    By UUA International Resources | August 6, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In the Islamic Republic of Iran, homosexuality is criminalized and punishable, in some cases, by death. Sex reassignment surgery, however, is legal, and Iran performs the second most sex reassignment surgeries of any country in the world. The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office cordially...
    By UUA International Resources | July 29, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • [gallery ids="4924,4923,4922,4921,4920,4919,4918,4917,4916,4915"] On April 25, 2013, the UU Church of the Philippines ordained Ma. Theresa Gustilo Gallardo, Jr in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Nicknamed "Tet," Rev. Gallardo is the first lesbian UU Minister in the Philippines....
    By UUA International Resources | July 12, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • [gallery ids="4667,4669,4670,4672,4675,4676,4668"] GA Welcomes International Guests At last week's 52nd annual General Assembly the UUA International Office was honored to welcome over one dozen international partners from all over the world as they joined us for the week of workshops, worship, a...
    By UUA International Resources | June 28, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • www.worldfaiths.org/tickets.php…; Join the following attendees and presenters: Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke, President, World Congress of Faiths Derek McAuley & Rev Bill Darlison, Pres Unitarian & FCC Tim Firth, author of God’s Favourite Colour is Tartan Rev. Chris Hudson, MBE Minister, All Souls...
    By Eric Cherry | June 5, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • By Eric Cherry | May 10, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Unitarianism
  • Currently located in Dublin, Ireland, Ron Campbell and his partner Vicky have been members of the UU Congregation of Princeton for over 34 years. Below, Ron shares their moving experiences with the Dublin Unitarian Church. I have thought of myself as a Unitarian Universalist (“UU”) ever since my...
    By UUA International Resources | April 11, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Today is the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The massive destruction and loss of human life was compounded by the threat of radiation from four damaged nuclear reactors....
    By UUA International Resources | March 11, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • uuinternational.orgwith the UU College of Social Justice UU Holdeen India Program...
    By UUA International Resources | March 1, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
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    By Eric Cherry | February 25, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On January 27th a People's Church in Kalamazoo, MI is coordinating contributions to the church to support its response to the devastation: Update: The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is now coordinating contributions. Contributions sent to the Kalamazoo church will be...
    By Eric Cherry | January 30, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
  • Great news from Rev. Khlur Mukhim! May the music be a blessing. Dear friends,...
    By Eric Cherry | January 24, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
  • The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines's (UUCP's) Learning Center was inaugurated on December 18th, 2012. Now completed, the facility will serve as an educational center for pre-school children in a remote village in Canlaon City. Construction of the building was made possible by a...
    By UUA International Resources | January 14, 2013 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
  • www.uucsj.org">UU Holdeen India Program partner. Though we had read about SEWA’s work empowering some of India’s most impoverished women, nothing could have prepared us for the morning we spent with the rag pickers. We met with these workers in the place they labor each day: the municipal...
    By UUA International Resources | December 10, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles