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We are hungry We are eating our daily bread and bowing our heads and yet we are hungry We are thanking the farmer and the farm worker and yet we are hungry We are speaking in spaces for food that is healthy and still we are hungry We are tiring of slogans that say Feed the Children and mean feed ...Meditation | By Debra Smith | February 11, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Democracy, Direct Experience, Food, Food Justice, Generosity, Human Rights, Humanism, Justice, Justice Sunday, Poverty, Prayer Practices, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Spiritual Practice, Table Grace, Thanksgiving, Transcendence, TransformationWorship element -
At least three U.S. congregations and 25 Canadian congregations are already sponsoring refugee families from Syria.By Elaine McArdle | December 21, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Human Rights, Immigration, Justice, WarPage/Article -
Note: this reflection was written at the end of Rev. Janis-Dillon's week in Samos, Greece working in a Syrian refugee center. The people of Samos, Greece have done something that sounds ordinary, only it's not: they have treated the Syrian refugees like human beings. Past the terror of the rubber...Reading | By Bob Janis-Dillon | December 6, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Anti-Oppression, Compassion, Dignity, Human Rights, ImmigrationWorship element -
Source of all, This is my third attempt at a prayer. The first two revealed to me that I am angry, which I didn’t realize until I just couldn’t bend those prayers into what I thought they should be. What is wrong with us, how can we be so depraved and cruel, how is it we do not learn, how can we...Prayer | By Elizabeth Lerner Maclay | November 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Compassion, Hope, Human Rights, Interdependence, Nonviolence, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, ViolenceWorship element -
Annie Hanley-Miller reports from the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) Activate New Orleans program– Ed. Building Community Overcomes Difference by Annie Hanley–Miller I brought back many things to my home community from my experience at Activate NOLA. It was an intense...By Ted Resnikoff | September 30, 2015 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Human Rights, Leadership, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
"What do you do when you come head to head with the very evil you are working against?" Jack Spector-Bishop reports from the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) Activate Southwest Border program– Ed. “The ants crawl under it, the birds fly around it, the sky connects over...By Ted Resnikoff | September 28, 2015 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Equity, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Human Rights, Leadership, News, Secular, Social Justice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Unitarian Universalists launch refugee crisis fund, call for admission of 200,000 refugees to the United States.By Christopher L. Walton | September 11, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Human Rights, Immigration, WarPage/Article -
By guest blogger Amelia Diehl . -ed I am so grateful to have been able to attend the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice's Grounded and Resilient Organizer’s Workshop Climate Justice Training in Chicago, IL and feel connected again to a community and to a movement. I think I might...By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 28, 2015 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Community, Connections, Earth, Earth Day, Equity, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Human Rights, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
UU–UNO Interns Jen Caplan and Audrey Carleton report from the United Nations Learn more about leadership opportunities at the competitive UU–UNO office By Jen Caplan and Audrey Carleton (re-posted from the blog of the UUA International Office) International Youth Day. The theme of this year’s...By Ted Resnikoff | August 28, 2015 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, Connections, Faith Development, Global Human Rights & Justice, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Human Rights, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Utility | May 18, 2015 | From MiraclesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Awe, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Direct Experience, Faith, Human Rights, Justice, TransformationCurriculum page -
Today we light our candle of remembrance. On April 19, 1943 the Jewish community in the Warsaw ghetto rose up against their captors in a valiant effort to regain their freedom and return a common humanity to those intent on destroying their very existence....Reading | By Karen Mooney | April 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Direct Experience, History, Holocaust Remembrance / Yom Ha'Shoah, Human Rights, Humanism, Identity, Judaism, Prayer Practices, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, SolidarityWorship element -
You Decide if Activists for Climate Change GROW or whither on April 22 Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) with FaithifyUUCSJ GROW Climate Justice, the Grounded & Resilient Organizers’ Workshop if AND ONLY IF you – and we – rise to the challenge right now, because if...By Ted Resnikoff | April 10, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Abundance, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Congregational Action, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Fundraising for Congregations, Growth, Human Rights, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Support democracy: the image on the right may be used as wallpaper for a smartphone or tablet. The 5th Principle of Unitarian Universalism is the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large. The Seven Principles by Ellen Rocket...Image | By Ellen Rockett | February 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Democracy, Human Rights, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
O come all you faithful, rejoicing and victorious, Come, let us embrace the mystery in the spirit of life, as we celebrate the goodness of Kwanzaa and the the African American heritage. Come and give thanks for companions on the journey in the struggle for freedom and justice....Prayer | By Addae Ama Kraba | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Diversity, Human Rights, Justice, Kwanzaa, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We light this chalice in memory of the courage of those who have struggled for freedom, the persistence of those who've struggled for justice, and the love of those who've built beloved communities to carry on the light of hope.Chalice Lighting | By Paul Sprecher | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, Community, Compassion, Courage, Empathy, Equity, Freedom, Hope, Human Rights, JusticeWorship element -
Leader: We believe and trust that all people are equal in humanity: Black or White; Rich or Poor; Gay or Straight. Congregation: All people are equal in humanity. Leader: Our prayer today is that the Government in Uganda will listen to the cry of its people. May they find wisdom and recognize the...Chalice Lighting | By Anonymous | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Change, Equity, Evil, Freedom, Human Rights, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, WorthWorship element -
Note: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 2016 begins in the evening of Wednesday, May 4 and ends in the evening of Thursday, May 5. This week holds the annual observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah. Jewish communities prefer not to call the dreadful events of the 1930's and...Ritual | By Mary Wellemeyer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Grief, Holocaust Remembrance / Yom Ha'Shoah, Hope, Human Rights, Judaism, Responsibility, SufferingWorship element
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In 1935, a US government truck pulled up to my grandfather’s house, a two-room sharecropper’s shack in which sixteen people lived. They were starving to death. Not malnutrition. Starvation. The truck brought surplus food, which on that particular visit consisted of a gallon of mustard. My father...Sermon | By David Breeden | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Human Rights, Labor Day, Money, Poverty, WorkWorship element
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After I graduated from college, I worked for Planned Parenthood for several years. Most days, I walked through protestors to get to work. They usually carried crosses and said things like, "Jesus will forgive you if you repent for your work." It turned out that the most revolutionary thing I did...Sermon | By Lisa Sargent | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Human Rights, Reproductive JusticeWorship element
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Spirit of Life, You call us to embody equity and freedom in our lives.Meditation | By Eric Cherry | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Courage, Disaster or Crisis, Human Rights, International, Leadership, Oppression, Peace, Power, Solidarity, Suffering, WisdomWorship element