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From Christian scripture, John 6:1-19, New Revised Standard Version (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1990). A large crowd kept following [Jesus], because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples....Story | May 18, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From MiraclesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Awe, Challenge, Christianity, Community, Creativity, Food, Generosity, Limitations, Mystery, Teamwork, Thanksgiving, Transformation -
Compiled from a variety of West African and South African folk tales. Once upon a time two cousins lived side by side in a village. They worked together in the fields each day and returned home each night to share a meal and some fun in the evening. The young woman cousin's name was Nosa....Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Challenge, Conscience, Courage, Creativity, Ethics -
Joshua 1: 1-3, Joshua 2:1-7,15-18, 21, Joshua 6: 1-25 (New Revised Standard Version) ... The Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun... saying, "... Now proceed to cross the Jordan [River], you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, the Israelites. Every place that the sole of your...Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew ScripturesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Choice, Commitment, Courage, Ethics, Family, God, Hospitality, Interdependence, Judaism, Listening -
One day in Alabama, in 1968, as farmers worked in their fields, a small airplane swooped into view. The farmers looked up wonderingly as papers fluttered out of the plane, into the sky and came swirling down to earth all around them. The papers were flyers about the upcoming elections—flyers with...Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 6th Principle (World Community), America, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Conscience, Democracy, History, Identity, Justice, Politics, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism -
One of the reasons Muhammad was able to get people to listen to him was because, from a young age, he had proven himself to be wise and just. Here is an example of a problem he was asked to solve. Mecca found the walls of the holy building, the Ka’ba, needed repairing. So they fixed the walls.Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Change, Compromise, Conflict, Connections, Democracy, Direct Experience, Empathy, Family, Home, Islam, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships -
Janeen K. Grohsmeyer, adapted from the story, “Circles of Light: The Flaming Chalice." In the dark nights and the darker days of World War II, guns blazed all over Europe and airplanes dropped death from the sky. Many people tried to escape from the war. These people were called refugees. Some...Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Freedom, Hope, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Universalism -
James Luther Adams, from "The Evolution of My Social Concern." Used with permission, Herbert F. Vetter, Harvard Square Library....Story | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves UsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Authority, Belief, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Community, Conflict, Conscience, Dissent, Economy, Unitarianism -
From "UU Convicted of Littering While Supplying Humanitarian Aid" , UU World, June 15, 2009. Used with permission. The subject of the story is a White Unitarian Universalist who currently uses the name "Emrys Staton." Next fall, Walt Staton will be starting divinity school to become a Unitarian...Story | By Jane Greer | July 24, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Compassion, Courage, Dignity, Dissent, Hope, Human Rights, Immigration, Justice, Politics, Unitarian Universalism, Immigration -
"Honey, those girls were being chased for at least half a mile once school got out," Ms. Myra recalled. I shook my head knowingly. We had just walked out of the subway station across the street from Boys and Girls High School and were listening to the owner of Cafe 258, one of our original safe...Story | By India McKnight | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Blame, Caring, Commitment, Community, Direct Experience, Justice, Leadership, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism
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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
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By Ellen Zemlin, a White Unitarian Universalist.For me, there's never really been a question about whether my Unitarian Universalism and my commitment to antiracism, anti-oppression, and multiculturalism are related. My introduction to justice work came sitting in a circle on the floor at youth...Story | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Commitment, Equity, Faith, Growth, Hope, Justice, Multiculturalism, Politics, Unitarian Universalism, Multiculturalism
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In September 1965, Filipino grape workers in Delano, California, went on strike for more pay and better working conditions. A week later, the predominantly Mexican American National Farm Workers' Association joined the strike....Story | January 26, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Challenge, Commitment, Community, Conflict, Courage, Dignity, Dissent, History, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Immigration -
Background Information Since 1993, the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council (UUPCC...Story | January 24, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Connections, Dignity, Discernment, Generosity, Growth, Human Rights, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Unitarian Universalism
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In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. Milk grew up in New York, quiet about his homosexuality. He studied mathematics and graduated from New York State College for Teachers in...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Community, Conflict, Courage, Democracy, Equity, Ethics, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Prophetic Words & Deeds
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Originally published in Stirring the Nation's Heart: Eighteen Stories of Prophetic Unitarians and Universalists of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2010). In the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1858, a young woman entered a...Story | By Polly Peterson | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Caring, Character, Commitment, Conflict, Courage, Dignity, Equity, Ethics, Unitarianism
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This is the story of Theodore Parker, a Unitarian minister who was determined to do whatever he could to end slavery in the United States. His powerful sermons were legendary. This is also the story of Millard Fillmore, whose actions earned him the contempt of Theodore Parker and abolitionists...Story | By Polly Peterson | December 9, 2011 | For Adults | From The New UUTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, America, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Change, Choice, Compromise, Conflict, Conscience, Courage, Unitarianism -
Young prince Siddhartha had been raised in complete luxury. His life had been so arranged that he knew no suffering, no lack, no want. So when he first encountered suffering—in the form of a sick person, an old person, and a dying person—he was determined to find its cause and its solution. For...Story | October 29, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in PracticeTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Buddhism, Caring, Change, Choice, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Contemplation, Discernment, Letting Go -
Sarah Foster is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist who wanted to make the world a better place while doing something that she loved. What she loved was performing and making others laugh, so she became a clown. As a professional clown with Clowns Without Borders, Sarah has traveled to Haiti,...Story | By Sarah Foster | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Children, Community, Connections, Creativity, Direct Experience, Freedom, Happiness, Healing, Imagination, Joy, Justice -
Based on information from People Building Peace, Peace News, My Hero, and Sara Cameron's website.Adults are usually regarded as the leaders in working for peace and—for good reason, as many have made a tremendous difference. Yet children can make a tremendous difference, too. Farliz Calle is one...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Aging, Children, Community, Disability, Humanism, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Nonviolence, Peace
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The quotes in this story come from the website Oasis of Peace. Imagine a village that is home to 55 families with a waiting list of more than 300 families hoping to become part of the community....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Conflict, Courage, Family, Humanism, Interdependence, Justice, Multiculturalism, Nonviolence, Peace, Relationships, Multiculturalism