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Dear UU congregations and communities, Do you know the history of the land your congregation calls “home?” Do you know what Indigenous people historically or currently inhabit that land? Do you know who the Indigenous people or communities are who live in your area or region and what their...
October 8, 2020 | From Justice and InclusionTagged as: Social Justice -
Blog by Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Executive Director, Forward Together: UU Justice Ministry NC This past Saturday, February 8, UUs from across North Carolina were out in full force at this year’s Historic Thousands on Jones Street - Moral March on Raleigh. At the rally, Rev. Dr. William Barber spoke...
February 14, 2020 | From Justice and Inclusion -
On Thursday, September 5th Side With Love, UU Ministry for Earth, and the Coalition of UU State Action Networks hosted a webinar for UUs to learn more about the youth-led global Climate Strikes. ...
September 6, 2019 | From Justice and InclusionTagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice -
The Promise to Protect Training Tour will train 2,000 people this spring for direct action to stop the KXL tar sands pipelines.The tour kicks off on March 23rd and will go to 10 cities and 4 reservations. Native and non-Native environmental justice activists will come together to take powerful collective action.
March 14, 2019 | From Justice and Inclusion -
I am Karen Brammer, the UUA’s Climate Justice Senior Associate with the Organizing Strategy Team. I join my colleagues at Love Resists, Side with Love, and Congregational Advocacy and Witness. My work allows me to engage in the deepest vision of what we as UUs hope to become. In addition to...
March 6, 2019 | From Justice and Inclusion -
Representatives of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have wrapped up to weeks of advocacy and public witness at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded it’s 24th session (COP24), December 3-14th, in...
December 21, 2018 | From Justice and InclusionTagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Justice -
Issue 1, if passed, will dismantle much of the mass incarceration system in Ohio by reducing felony drug possession convictions to misdemeanors retroactively. This aligns with our UU commitments to resist white supremacy, embody solidarity with those harmed by the prison system and prioritize...
September 21, 2018 | From Justice and InclusionTagged as: Criminal Justice, Election Reform, Voting Rights -
Amendment 4, if passed, will have a huge impact byin enfranchising over 1.4 million people with past felony convictions. This will dismantle Jim-Crow era laws which disproportionately target people of color. Amendment 4 aligns with our UU values of dignity and democratic process by allowing...
September 21, 2018 | From Justice and InclusionTagged as: #LoveResists, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Criminal Justice, Voting Rights -
Most recently, I had the pleasure of hosting our UU religious professionals of color at our yearly retreat, Finding Our Way Home. This annual gathering is precious, sacred time for many of us, and this year was no different....
By Janice Marie Johnson | August 17, 2018 | From Justice and Inclusion -
This report is from Dr. Janice Marie Johnson, UUA Multicultural Ministries and Leadership Director and convener of Mosaic Makers conference. In October 2017, my Multicultural Ministries colleagues and I hosted the third Mosaic Makers: Leading Vital Multicultural Congregations conference at First...
August 17, 2018 | From Justice and Inclusion