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Combating the Hate of Westboro Baptist ChurchThe following account is one young person's encounter with a fundamentalist extremist group. In June of 1998, I lost an uncle to an AIDS related illness. He was brilliant, he was Christian, and he was gay. I was only five years old when he died and I didn't know anything about AIDS. I just knew I...Tagged as: Acceptance, Lovein Building Bridges, Grades 8-9: A World Religions Program
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On Becoming Humanist: A Personal JourneyDr. Anthony Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He serves as a trustee of Meadville Lombard Theological School. This article is abridged, with permission, from one published in Religious Humanism (Winter-Spring 1998)....Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Belief, Brokenness, Change, Community, Contemplation, Culture, Diversity, Doubt, Multiculturalism, Unitarian Universalismin What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists
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Frances Harper Bends the ArcSometimes, freedom is a long time coming. It may take generations upon generations for justice to be won. Our Unitarian ancestor Reverend Theodore Parker said, "I do not pretend to understand the moral universe: the arc is a long one...Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Activism, Anti-Oppression, Diversity, Equity, Freedom, Hope, Human Rights, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Solidarityin Heeding the Call, Jr. High Ages 12-15: Qualities Of A Justice Maker
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Themes in North American Unitarian Universalist HistoryRead the story aloud, and ask the questions as they come up to encourage interaction and deeper thinking about the concepts. Or, if you are familiar enough with the ideas, tell the story in your own words, being sure to emphasize the four themes: freedom of thought, or noncreedalism; on-going...Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Belief, Change, Conscience, Credo, Culture, Faith, Growth, History, Unitarian Universalismin The New UU
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Life of an AllyJuliette Hampton Morgan was the only child of Frank and Lila Morgan of Montgomery, Alabama. Her white skin and family pedigree gave her entrance to the finest shops, restaurants, galleries and concert halls. For much of Juliette's life, her privilege meant someone else did her laundry, cooked her...Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Choice, Commitment, Conscience, Equity, Fear, Justice, Mental Illness, Power, Privilege, Prophetic Words & Deedsin Heeding the Call, Jr. High Ages 12-15: Qualities Of A Justice Maker
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The Black Humanist FellowshipIn 1951, the congregation of First Unitarian Church of Cleveland decided to move from its building at the corner of 82nd and Euclid in downtown Cleveland to suburban Shaker Heights. This move was motivated by the economic decline of the Hough (pronounced "how") neighborhood where the church was...in Resistance and Transformation: Unitarian Universalist Social Justice History
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The March at SelmaIn February of 1965, the United States was at another turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Act had been passed in 1964, but critical rights were still not legally secured for African Americans. Black men and women routinely faced physical violence, biased "literacy tests,"...Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Connections, Equity, Human Rights, Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Religion, Religious Pluralismin A Chorus of Faiths, High School Youth: Unitarian Universalists as Interfaith Leaders
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James Reeb and the Call to SelmaJames Reeb's calling emerged slowly, but steadily. He had grown up in Casper, Wyoming, where he met and married his wife Marie. A devout and conservative Christian, after college James began preparation for the Presbyterian ministry. While in seminary, he began to question his faith....in Faith like a River: Themes from Unitarian Universalist History
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Viola Liuzzo: To Freedom LandAdapted from a story by Jessica York. The song is an African American spiritual. This story is best told in pairs. One volunteer sings the song at the beginning and later in the story, while the other volunteer narrates the story....Tagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Freedomin A Place of Wholeness
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Viola Liuzzo and the Call to SelmaAin't gonna let nobody Turn me 'round Turn me 'round Turn me round Ain't gonna let nobody Turn me 'round Gonna keep on a-walkin' Keep on a-talkin' Walking up to freedom land. — African American spiritual The protesters sang and chanted on the 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The...in Faith like a River: Themes from Unitarian Universalist History