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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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  • Bruce Knotts is the Director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office. In January, he travelled to Vietnam to endorse the Think Equal initiative and to China to encourage greater civil society participation at the United Nations. Here, he writes about his experience in Vietnam. Leslee...
    By Bruce Knotts | March 1, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Equal Opportunity, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • As the orange sun set over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, February 16, 2017, women gathered from around the world in Pacific Grove, California to begin a three-day convocation exploring issues important to women’s rights and justice. It was the...
    By Allison Hess | February 24, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Opportunities
  • By Kwanique Andrews Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 will be a day that will never be forgotten in South Haiti. About 90 percent of the area that Hurricane Matthew struck was completely destroyed, affecting residents in a variety of ways. Due to the destruction, the people living in these areas are now...
    February 20, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Trauma and Disaster Response
  • By Mengxi Zhao ...
    February 14, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • Celebrate Religious Freedom Day this week, and keep in mind that "Religious Freedom" ain’t what it used to be. Yes, the historic meaning it typically brings to mind for religious liberals continues to be relevant in present day struggles: freedom of conscience in religious matters and protection...
    By Eric Cherry | January 11, 2017 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • A refugee justice rally was held at South Australia's Parliament house on Saturday, December 3rd, organized by the University of Adelaide's Students Against Racism group. Rev. Rob MacPherson, Minister of the Unitarian Church of South Australia, was asked to speak at that rally and offered the...
    December 12, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Solidarity in Immigration Justice, Anti-Racism, Refugees
  • Every year on December 10th, the world celebrates Human Rights Day. It is the anniversary of the day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This year marks 68 years since these rights were acknowledged to belong inherently to every human being on Earth....
    By Allison Hess | December 8, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • 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
  • In 1568, on January the 13th, the Diet of Torda (Transylvania) proclaimed: “His majesty, our Lord, in what manner he—together with his realm—legislated in the matter of religion at the previous Diets, in the same matter now, in this Diet, reaffirms that in every place the preachers shall...
    December 2, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • A troubling new initiative has just been proposed at the United Nations which threatens all human rights protection, but focused on sexual orientation/gender identity human rights. On Monday, the NGO Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a co-chair, met the newly appointed Assistant Secretary...
    By Bruce Knotts | November 14, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Congregational Action, LGBTQ Issues
  • This guest post is from the Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network (UUPMN). It was written by Ann Lundberg, a member of UUPMN and of The Unitarian Church in Westport, CT. ...
    November 8, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Congregational Action, Refugees
  • This blog post is written by Rebecca Bowe, an intern at the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office working on the Racial Justice Initiative. This summer she spent 9 days in Haiti with a mental health team, aiming to implement a mental health component to a medical clinic called The St. Rock...
    By UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | October 20, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Trauma and Disaster Response
  • 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
  • Goals work. Lose weight, save money, set up a study schedule to improve grades. Set some goals and work towards achieving them and whether or not you achieve your goals, you’ll have improved performance over what would have been the case without goals.
    By Bruce Knotts | September 15, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace, Vision for UUism
  • Rev. Fulgence Ndagijamana, Minister of the Unitarian Church of Burundi, has distributed this important update via the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU). Dear friends, colleagues, partners and global UU family, It has been a while since we last sent out to you an update...
    By Eric Cherry | September 15, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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
  • On the morning of August 6, seventy years after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb, I was in Hiroshima. I entered sacred time and space in a ceremonial ritual at a place called “The Mound”—said to contain remains of the 70,000 people incinerated in the blast. A Buddhist monk stood before an...
    By Chris Antal | August 5, 2016 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Hiroshima Day, Peace, International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace