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The Highlander Research and Education Center is an 80-year-old popular education center in the mountains of East Tennessee, which serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement-building in Appalachia and the South....Story | By Elandria Williams | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Change, Community, Courage, Direct Experience, Diversity, Growth, Hope, Inclusion, Justice, Multiculturalism -
Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Story, "The Black Humanist Fellowship" Timepiece (minutes) Preparation for Activity Read the story "The Black Humanist Fellowship." Copy for all participants....Activity | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Resistance and TransformationTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Diversity, History, Inclusion, Justice, Race/Ethnicity -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table...Activity | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Resistance and TransformationTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Diversity, History, Inclusion, Justice, Race/Ethnicity
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Every religion has factions that disagree about "doctrine"—that is, the official beliefs of that religion. Even ours. Even though Unitarian Universalism is a free religion without a set doctrine or creed, there are plenty of ways to disagree about what it means to be a UU. One such disagreement...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Belief, Brokenness, Caring, Community, History, Inclusion, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Religious Pluralism, Multiculturalism -
Teach participants these sounds and actions. Invite them to listen for your cues to act them out during the story. 1. Gallop a gallop a gallop (slapping hands on legs) 2. Clippity Clop, Clippity Clop (slapping hands on floor) 3. Taking care of you (patting your neighbor on the shoulder) 4....Story | By Betsy Hill Williams | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Compassion, Courage, Dignity, Health, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Salvation, Service, Universalism, War, Women -
When Ruby Bridges was six years old and in the first grade, just like many other children, she went to a new school. Ruby's school was called William Frantz Elementary School. It was in the City of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana.Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Anger, Anti-Oppression, Children, Conscience, Courage, Inclusion, Justice, Multiculturalism, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Multiculturalism -
The Chorus of Faiths program helps develop Unitarian Universalist youth as interfaith leaders. Youth explore values of service to our community and religious pluralism through stories from our Sources and personal storytelling, and coordinate an interfaith service.Curriculum | By Hannah McConnaughay, Renee Ruchotzke | October 27, 2011 | For High School, Middle School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Community, Community Ministry Sunday, Earth, Earth Day, Food Justice, Hiroshima Day, Human Rights, Immigration, Inclusion, July 4th, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Unitarian Universalism, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Immigration, Religious Pluralism, Reproductive Justice, Multiculturalism
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One morning, more than a hundred years ago on the island of Jamaica, a boy named Ethelred Brown went to church. Usually at this church, the people sang their creed, their list of what they believed....Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Christianity, Diversity, Education, Faith, History, Immigration, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Sacrifice, Unitarianism, Immigration -
Our hearts should be too warm and too large for hatred. More than one hundred fifty years ago, back when trains were new and airplanes and cars hadn't been invented, back when women always wore long skirts and everyone wore hats, a girl named Fannie Barrier lived in a town in New York State....Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Courage, Diversity, Equity, History, Inclusion, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarianism