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Dear Leaders, We have a big experiment coming up for the Unitarian Universalist Association and that is our first ever Virtual General Assembly (GA) – our annual gathering of UUs from across our congregations and across the world – happening June 24-28! I invite you, as leaders in your...
By Susan Frederick-Gray | May 28, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19, #UUAGA, General Assembly -
Dear Leaders, As we plan for an extended period of virtual gatherings, we recognize now more than ever just how much we need each other. Your Congregational Life staff of the UUA is grateful for the opportunity to share President Susan Frederick-Gray’s weekly message because it is important to us...
May 21, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
Dear Leaders, As states around the country begin to loosen guidelines and take actions to reopen, even as COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb, we have received many questions from congregations about returning to in-person gatherings....
By Susan Frederick-Gray | May 14, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray shares her weekly message with UUA Organizing Strategy Director Rev. Ashley Horan to provide an update on how UU the Vote is pivoting in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Ashley Horan, Susan Frederick-Gray | May 7, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
Dear Leaders, What is giving you comfort, courage, and compassion these days? How are you caring for your well-being and resilience? Two weeks ago, it became clear to me that my normal spiritual practices were not cutting it. I felt so worn down. I had a longing for more time to be present to the...
By Susan Frederick-Gray | April 30, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
Dear Leaders, Someone said to me recently, “We pull through this by pulling together.” Those words have stayed with me. They remind me that I am not in this alone, that we are in this together, and that we are strong when we lean on each other and pull together. This week marks the beginning of...
By Susan Frederick-Gray | April 23, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
The UUA is changing its annual General Assembly conference to an all-online event to expand access and ensure the health and safety of all participants given the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 16, 2020 | From Press Releases -
Dear Leaders, I hope you are making time to care for your well-being. I learned a long time ago that in order to provide care for others, one also must care for oneself. A dry well offers no water. Taking care of yourself matters. Your life and well-being are valuable and needed. Rest and renewal...
By LaTonya Richardson, Susan Frederick-Gray | April 16, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #UUAGA, General Assembly -
Dear Leaders, This is a significant week in so many ways. The Surgeon General predicts this week and next may be some of the most difficult and deadly in the pandemic. For me, the virus has hit close to home with both a dear friend as well as a family member experiencing symptoms....
By Susan Frederick-Gray | April 9, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
Dear Leaders, Over the last few weeks, I’ve tried to offer a consistent message encouraging people to let go of what is not essential, to make time for self-care, and to remember it’s not about perfection. But I have a confession. I haven’t been following my own advice. I am still holding...
By Susan Frederick-Gray | April 2, 2020 | From Press Releases -
The Unitarian Universalist Association unequivocally affirms our support for the Mashpee Wampanoag People’s sovereignty and right to their ancestral territory.
March 31, 2020 | From Press Releases -
Dear Congregation Leaders, I am so grateful for your ministry. Each day brings more difficult news of the impacts of coronavirus on our communities, our health systems, our economy, and our congregations....
By Susan Frederick-Gray | March 26, 2020 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #COVID19 -
Dear Leaders, As we navigate these incredibly difficult times for our country and the global community, I continue to hold you and our wider UU community in my heart....
By Susan Frederick-Gray | March 19, 2020 | From Press Releases -
I know that this is a time of uncertainty and concern for all of us and I wanted to be in touch with you to share some of the ways that the UUA is deepening its response to COVID-19. We are monitoring the situation closely and doing our best to implement public health and CDC recommendations. In...
By Susan Frederick-Gray | March 12, 2020 | From Press Releases -
The UUA has been closely monitoring COVID-19, the newest in the family of coronaviruses. We will continue to be in touch with you in the weeks and months ahead to share what we know and do our best to support your congregation in its own response.
March 6, 2020 | From Press Releases -
UUA applauds U.S. Supreme Court decision to bar citizenship question on decennial census.
June 27, 2019 | From Press Releases -
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is disappointed, though not surprised, by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Bladensburg Cross case. The Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution calls on our government to refrain from privileging one religion over another, yet allowing the use...
June 22, 2019 | From Press Releases -
"Caging people denies their dignity and denies our collective potential to normalize reconciliation and restorative justice. We must end the expansion of jails because there is a better way.” said UUA President the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray.
June 6, 2019 | From Press Releases -
Upholding someone’s dignity means trusting their choices about their health, including when that choice is to have an abortion.
May 22, 2019 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: Abortion Rights, Gender Justice, Reproductive Justice -
The terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand is part of a global trend of white supremacist violence that we cannot ignore.
By Susan Frederick-Gray | March 15, 2019 | From Press Releases -
I know returning to right relationship and building trust take time. We commit to doing what it takes to regain the trust of trans and nonbinary UUs and to make Unitarian Universalism a truly inclusive faith movement.
By Susan Frederick-Gray | March 6, 2019 | From Press Releases -
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) denounces President Trump’s racist and xenophobic decision to declare a national emergency to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. “This administration is targeting the most marginalized and at risk people for political gain,”...
February 15, 2019 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: Immigration Reform, Immigration -
On December 10, two prominent Unitarian Universalist ministers will join an interfaith contingent of more than 200 faith leaders on the U.S.-Mexico border for a mass action in support of the migrant exodus and those seeking refuge in the United States.
December 7, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: Immigration Reform, Solidarity in Immigration Justice, Immigration -
Employers shouldn’t impose their religious beliefs on their employees.
November 8, 2018 | From Press Releases -
I’m voting yes on 3 because my faith compels me, because I believe in the dignity of every human being.
Press Release | By Susan Frederick-Gray | November 2, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: LGBTQ Issues -
We grieve with those who are mourning the horrific mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. We grieve the lives lost to senseless violence at the hands of domestic terrorism. We grieve for those who were injured in body and spirit during this shooting.
By Susan Frederick-Gray | October 27, 2018 | From Press Releases -
Together, the UUA and DRUUMM are working to rebuild relationship between the two organizations to be mutually supportive and in service of liberation in our faith.
October 20, 2018 | From Press Releases -
The Senate’s decision to confirm Kavanaugh is an affront to every survivor of sexual harassment and assault.
October 6, 2018 | From Press Releases -
Jessica York, a religious education, will lead the UUA’s largest staff group which includes the staff teams of all UUA five regions.
October 2, 2018 | From Press Releases -
The Unitarian Universalist Association expresses its strong support for the incarcerated people engaged in the nationwide prison strike.
August 29, 2018 | From Press Releases -
I watched the harrowing Frontline report from ProPublica about the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that happened one year ago this Sunday. This is such an important piece of in-depth journalism not just about Charlottesville, but about the growing and explicitly violent white...
By Susan Frederick-Gray | August 10, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #UUAGA, Activism, Anti-Oppression, General Assembly -
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dick Jacke, a devoted member of the UUA Board of Trustees, died suddenly and unexpectedly this past week. Dick was an incredible lay leader and advocate for Unitarian Universalism. He was committed to the health and growth of this faith and...
By The Rev. Mr. Barb Greve, Elandria Williams, Susan Frederick-Gray | August 1, 2018 | From Press Releases -
A gunman killed five people at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland. One of the victims was Wendi Winters, an editor and community reporter who identified as a Unitarian Universalist. Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, UUA president, responded to the shooting on her Facebook page. Rev.
June 29, 2018 | From Press Releases -
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold the Trump administration’s travel ban is a dangerous assault on religious freedom—specifically the religious freedom of Muslim people of color. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) was party to an amicus brief questioning the constitutionality...
June 27, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Immigration, Refugees, Religious & Civil Liberties -
For Immediate Release June 24, 2018 Unitarian Universalist Association Calls for The Abolition of ICE KANSAS CITY, MO—With an overwhelming majority, delegates at the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly adopted an Action of Immediate Witness calling for the abolition of ICE and...
June 24, 2018 | From Press Releases -
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) condemns the Trump administration’s appalling assault on vulnerable families seeking asylum in the United States. “The policy of this administration to separate children from their parents at the border is immoral, inhumane and indefensible," says UUA...
June 18, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #FamiliesBelongTogether, Immigration -
Leading Voice Against Police Brutality Brings Message of Intersectional Justice to Kansas City ...
June 17, 2018 | From Press Releases -
Unitarian Universalists Call for an End to Money Bail at General Assembly in Kansas City
June 17, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #EndMoneyBail, Social Justice at GA, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism -
On May 16, the board of trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) announced that they had selected the Rev. Mary Katherine Morn as the human rights organization’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Since 2014, Morn has served as the Unitarian Universalist...
May 16, 2018 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: UUA Governance & Management -
This mid-year update is an opportunity to share what is underway at the UUA (2017-2018) and what Unitarian Universalists can expect to see in the coming year (2018-2019).
By Carey McDonald, Susan Frederick-Gray | February 16, 2018 | From Press Releases -
The Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Shares the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Message of Love as Resistance Knoxville, TN– As women around the country prepare to mark the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March and the emergence of “The Resistance”, The Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray,...
January 18, 2018 | From Press Releases -
Holiday Message Transcript How are you doing this holiday season? How is your spirit? It’s all right—you can be honest. Are you feeling exhausted? Worn down or overwhelmed by the tragedies across our country and world? Frustrated by stories of corruption and greed on the daily news? Are you...
December 21, 2017 | From Press Releases -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UUA President Announces Support of Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival The Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Shares Unitarian Universalist Association’s Endorsement Rachel Walden, Communications Specialist (617) 948-4652 (office) (979) 492-4827 (mobile)...
December 4, 2017 | From Press Releases -
In a time of uncertainty and challenge in the United States health care system, I am excited to share some good news with you. The difficulties in the current health insurance marketplace have led many small group plans to raise their rates, and many Affordable Care Act plans are seeing increases...
October 25, 2017 | From Press Releases -
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President the Rev....
October 21, 2017 | From Press Releases -
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray issued the following pastoral message: Dear Colleagues, Religious Professionals and Lay Leaders, I am thinking of all of you. It is now three months into my term as UUA President, and it has been a time of repeated...
October 4, 2017 | From Press Releases -
Dreamers are not bargaining chips to be used for political gain.
September 5, 2017 | From Press Releases -
UUA President the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s directive banning transgender people from entering the military: I condemn in the strongest terms President Trump’s immoral directive banning transgender people from entering the military and...
August 26, 2017 | From Press ReleasesTagged as: #LGBTQ, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality -
The three Interim Co-Presidents of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), the Revs. Sofia Betancourt and William Sinkford and Dr. Leon Spencer, spoke at their first UUA staff meeting today and made the following announcements: Two people will join the UUA Leadership Council. Jessica York,...
August 25, 2017 | From Press Releases -
The UUA is pleased to announce that, starting September 1, 2017, Sarah Lammert and Jessica York will co-direct the Ministries and Faith Development staff group....
August 24, 2017 | From Press Releases