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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  • On Saturday May 25th, 600 runners turned out for the Unitarian Union of North East India's (UUNEI) 4K "Quasquicentennial Green Run" in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Unitarianism's founding in the Khasi Hills. Drawing participation from all over the Khasi-Jantia Hills region of the north...
    By UUA International Resources | June 5, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Racial Justice
  • Kathy Sreedhar, a champion of social justice in India for five decades, is retiring from the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program (UUHIP) at the end of June. For the last 28 years she has built the program into a major force for grassroots social change in India. She has identified...
    By Derek Mitchell | June 4, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In preparation for Justice GA in Phoenix, Ariz., (June 20-24, 2012) the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have jointly organized three Service Learning trips to the U.S.-Mexico border with our partner organization,...
    By Eric Cherry | June 1, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Becoming a Minister
  • In preparation for Justice GA in Phoenix, Ariz., (June 20-24, 2012) the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have jointly organized three Service Learning trips to the U.S.-Mexico border with our partner organization, BorderLinks....
    By Eric Cherry | May 23, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Becoming a Minister
  • In 1939, Waitstill and Martha Sharp left behind the safety of their home in Wellesley, Massachusetts and flew to war-torn Europe....
    By Eric Cherry | May 22, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, War, General Assembly
  • $120! That’s all. A lousy 120 bucks for a whole year. It boggles the mind. At first I thought I had heard wrong. It costs only $120 to send an orphaned child whose parents died of HIV/AIDS to school for a year in Ghana. Right now our small program, begun by the UU United Nations Office, is...
    By Peter Morales | May 18, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • the inspiring visit of 22 of its members to the US in October 2011. We will visit some of the most important historic and beautiful sites, many internationally renowned: Tokyo, Tsubaki, Ise, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Hiroshima, Miyajima. There will be opportunities to visit IARF member groups and...
    By Eric Cherry | May 16, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Charles Dumond is a member of the UUA delegation that is currently visiting the “Every Child is Our Child” program partners of the UU-UNO in Ghana. In this blogpost he shares reflections following visits to schools near the Cape Coast and Elmina Castle near Accra. “True reconciliation consists...
    By Charles Du Mond | May 14, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Lorella Hess is a member of the UUA delegation that is currently visiting the "Every Child is Our Child" program partners of the UU-UNO in Ghana. In this blogpost she shares reflections following visits to schools near Odumase. Conditions in these schools are primitive....
    By UUA International Resources | May 11, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28-May 5, 2012....
    By UUA International Resources | May 10, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Jubilee USA: This United Nation's consensus built accord, which means the work of the United Nations Committee on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will be renewed for the next four years. UNCTAD has served a vital role in consensus building on debt relief initiatives such as HIPC and MDRI that have...
    By UUA International Resources | May 10, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • By Eric Cherry | May 10, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28–May 5, 2012. In the post below, trip participant Jocelyn Furbush writes about the hope and inspiration she experienced with the Papaye...
    By UUA International Resources | May 9, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28–May 5, 2012. In the post below, trip participant Barbara Nelson reflects on the various ways to build foundations — with rocks and with...
    By UUA International Resources | May 8, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28–May 5, 2012. In the post below, trip participant Orelia Busch reflects on tiny movements and cataclysmic earthquakes. The UUSC-UUA Haiti...
    By UUA International Resources | May 4, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Thirteen Unitarian Universalist leaders, including UUA President Rev. Peter Morales, will arrive in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday to begin a notable visit with an international human rights partner - the Manya Krobo Queen Mother's Association (QMA). The Queen Mothers are traditional leaders in Eastern...
    By Eric Cherry | May 3, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)  is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28–May 5, 2012. In the post below, chaplain and trip participant Megan Lynes talks about the powerful sense of community and...
    By UUA International Resources | May 2, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28–May 5, 2012. In the post below, trip staffer Charles Huschle ruminates on the many qualities and skills that the trip participants are...
    By UUA International Resources | April 30, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • By Nicole McConvery | April 27, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles
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    By Bruce Knotts | April 25, 2012 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, LGBTQ Issues