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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 -
A Statement of Conscience and three Actions of Immediate Witness, passed by the 2015 General Assembly, focus on reproductive justice, Black Lives Matter, climate justice, and immigration.By Kenny Wiley | July 9, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Climate Justice, Democracy, Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, Reproductive Justice, Social Justice at GA, Social Witness Process, SolidarityPage/Article
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Unitarian Universalists call attention to new detention centers holding hundreds of immigrant families.By Elaine McArdle | May 7, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Family, Immigration, Immigration ReformPage/Article -
Pity the poor dandelion. It is, in many ways, nature’s perfect plant. With a tap root that grows more than a foot long, it can survive in climates of scorching heat and bitter cold. Its tender, young greens make a tasty addition to any salad, or they can be boiled like fiddleheads or as a tea...Sermon | By Peter Friedrichs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, America, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Immigration, Immigration, RespectWorship element
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Am I a guest here. Here in this House. Are you? Are we guests here. Here in this House. And, whose House do we inhabit? In the small world of our lives the borders between us: easements, fences, gates, hedges—serve to delineate, to separate us. To remind us of where my property begins and ends.Reading | By Alicia R. Forde | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, History, Immigration, Immigration, Indigenous Peoples Day, International, Responsibility, SecularWorship element -
On April 25, the Supreme Court of the United States began hearing oral arguments about the constitutionality of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law, a law that broadly targets undocumented immigrants. Many across the country, including Unitarian Universalists and other people of faith, anxiously awaited the...Meditation | By Marta I. Valentín | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Compassion, Courage, Democracy, Freedom, Hope, Humanism, Immigration, Immigration, Justice, Living Our Faith, Responsibility, Solidarity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Spirit of Truth and Justice Hear us as we ask that you hold the collective anxiety that permeates this fear-filled situation. This is a call to arms. Arms that will hold broken hearts, and elated hearts arms that wrap themselves around a body, beaten and disfigured in truth and metaphorically…...Prayer | By Marta I. Valentín | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Immigration, Justice, SolidarityWorship element
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If you have been paying attention lately, you have been exposed to a mountain of information about the status of immigrants and aliens in the United States. You have heard some of the heart-wrenching stories about separated families and exploited workers, about thousands of deaths as a result of...Sermon | By Kendyl L. R. Gibbons | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Immigration, Immigration, Justice, Politics, Seven Principles, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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"Few of their children in the country learn English Unless the stream of their importation could be turned they will soon so outnumber us that all the advantages we have will not be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious." Does this sound familiar? This...Sermon | By James (Jay) C Leach | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Globalism, Immigration, Immigration, Oppression, PrivilegeWorship element
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Every June, representatives of the congregations in the Unitarian Universalist Association gather for the annual General Assembly. Each year as we do so, we try to shed some light on a local issue of justice, and we invite people of all faiths to join us in working to make our world a better place.Sermon | By Michael J. Tino | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Caring, Immigration, Immigration, Justice, Secular, Solidarity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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"When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall do them no wrong, the strangers who sojourn with you shall be to you as natives among you, and you love them as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." Levtitcus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible (sometimes called the Ol...Quote | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Hospitality, Immigration, Judaism, Kindness, MulticulturalismWorship element
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Source of Life who is known by many names; Over-turner and illuminator of hearts; We gather with gratitude for the earth and all who journey in it. We give thanks for the interconnectedness of all creation....Prayer | By Jessica Vazquez Torres | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Christianity, Dignity, Immigration, Interdependence, Islam, Justice, Justice Sunday, Solidarity, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Congregation starts, reading the words in italics. They say I am “illegal”; But so is anyone who ever rolled through a stop sign, jaywalked or threw trash on the ground. Not having a visa is a civil infraction, not a federal crime. They say I am here to take your jobs; But the jobs are often...Reading | By Julia Hamilton | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), America, Anti-Oppression, Immigration, Immigration, Justice, Race/EthnicityWorship element -
Denver-area Unitarian Universalist congregations join new sanctuary movement.By Elaine McArdle | November 9, 2014 | From UU WorldTagged as: Immigration, Immigration, Justice, Social JusticePage/Article -
Utility | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Dignity, Immigration, Immigration, Inclusion, Love, SolidarityCurriculum page -
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Siding With Love" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Review the discussion questions. Choose those that will best help the children share their interpretations of the story and relate it to their...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: America, Family, Generosity, Immigration, Immigration, SolidarityCurriculum page
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Based on "A Calabash of Poi," originally published in In the Path of the Trade Winds by Coral Wells Thorpe (New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924). It was a sizable house, as Hawaiian houses go, perhaps fifty feet long, its side thatched with ti-leaves—a sign of rank. Its only window, about a...Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: Aging, Food Justice, Generosity, Goddess, Greed, Hospitality, Immigration, Immigration, Indigenous American, KindnessCurriculum page -
Utility | July 9, 2013 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Caring, Community, Hospitality, Identity, Immigration, Immigration, Inclusion, Kindness, New Member Ceremony, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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You never know what the wind will blow in or which way the wind blows. The wind can change directions and maybe change your life. It happened to John Murray. As a young man, John Murray had excellent fortune blow his way. He had a fine education, a steady job, a loving wife, and a young son. Life...Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), America, Brokenness, Faith, Hospitality, Immigration, Immigration, Leadership, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, UniversalismCurriculum page -
The Unitarian Universalist Association gathers in Phoenix to challenge the treatment of immigrants.By Michelle Bates Deakin | August 26, 2012 | From UU WorldTagged as: General Assembly, Immigration, Immigration, Justice, Social JusticePage/Article