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...

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...

Searle-White, Joshua. "… Side Mary" in M… Wanda's Travel Emporium: Tales of Love, Hate and Things in Between. Boston: Skinner House, 2006. Used with permission. In a medium-sized town not far from here, there was a middle school. It was just like any other middle school, except for two things.

Adapted from a Haitian tale.To whom does the water belong? There was once a drought in the country. The streams dried up and the wells went dry. God saw there was no place for the animals to drink. God provided a well with the condition that it must be taken care of so all may use it. God said,...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, History of Unitarian Universalist Involvement in and Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Leader Resource 1, History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in the U.S. since 1969 Mural paper, 10 to 12 feet...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, There Was a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 4 for all participants. Read the poem and clarify any references you do not understand. For example, you may need to look up Dr.

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Freedom Preparation for Activity Read Handout 3 and copy for all participants. Arrange for two volunteers to read the handout aloud, alternating points. Give them the handout in advance. Description of Activity Distribute the Handout 3,...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, 1977 Women and Religion Resolution Handout 2, Thirty Years of Feminist Transformation Copies of Singing the Living Tradition to share Preparation for Activity Read Handouts 1 and 2 and copy for all participants. Optional: Pre-arrange for...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Sticky notes in three different colors, 3x3 or larger, several of each color per participant Writing implements Preparation for Activity Title three sheets of newsprint Congregation, Association, and Society. On each...

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....

Materials for Activity Materials from your congregation’s archives Notebooks and writing materials Optional: Audio or video recording equipment Preparation for Activity Examine your congregation's archived documents and materials from the Civil Rights era, focusing on involvement with and...

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...

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Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Southern Unitarian Universalists in the Civil Rights Era - Small Acts of Great Courage Preparation for Activity Read Handout 3 and copy it for all participants. Optional: If possible, distribute Handout 3 in advance of the workshop.

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "The Reverend Albert D'Orlando Fought Racism in New Orleans" Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Read the story. Decide with your co-facilitator which of you will present it. Post blank newsprint....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, The New Orleans Story Preparation for Activity Read Handout 1 and copy it for all participants....

Materials for Activity Materials from your congregation’s archives Optional: Audio or video recording equipment Preparation for Activity Examine your congregation's archived documents and materials from the Civil Rights era. Description of Activity Most congregations have stories about their...