Women

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  God Manifest

  By Nathan Ryan

  I saw a woman surrounded by the pressures to conform to adulthood, being the adult she always wanted to be when she was a child. She was as God made her, not who everyone else wanted her to be.
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  The Compliment

  By Misha Sanders

  I trusted the woman at the pharmacy to be capable of hearing hard truth. Bless her wounded heart with its internalized misogyny. She just wants women to love and support each other. Thank you. Me too.
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  Telling a New Story

  By Mandie McGlynn

  I’m not the same person who stood in that tattoo parlor eleven years ago. Still, I don’t for a minute regret being permanently marked with this snapshot in time, of my wounds and my hope.
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  The Dynamics of Silence

  By Erika A. Hewitt

  "How complicated it is to break silence: to open all of the secrets in all of our broken hearts. But silence does break; truth seeks the light. We're unraveling silence because we have determined that our power with one another is greater than the power someone once had over us."

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  Women Shaping UU History

  By Susan Lawrence

  In 1980, when President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the week of March 8 as National Women's History Week (now Month), he said, "Too often the...

Chalice Children

• Session 37: Mother's/Father's Day

Sing to the Power

• Activity 1: Story - Phebe Hanaford Gets the Vote

  Materials for Activity Story, " Phebe Hanaford Gets the Vote " Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the...

World of Wonder

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  Noah's Wife, The Story of Naamah

  Noah's Wife: The Story of Naamah (C) Text 1996 Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Permission granted by Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, www...

Building Bridges

• Workshop 14: Islam 2: Contemporary Issues

Virtue Ethics

• Sita's Reputation

  A retelling of stories from the Ramayana, an ancient Hindu text. Perfect daughter, perfect wife, perfect mother. This is the way Hindus...

Resistance and Transformation

• Alternate Activity 1: There Was a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie

  Materials for Activity Handout 4, There Was a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Copy...
• Activity 3: Freedom

  Materials for Activity Handout 3, Freedom Preparation for Activity Read Handout 3 and copy for all participants. Arrange for two volunteers...
• Activity 1: A Resolution and a Revolution

  Materials for Activity Handout 1, 1977 Women and Religion Resolution Handout 2, Thirty Years of Feminist Transformation Copies of Singing...
• Opening

  Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or...
• Workshop 13: The Women's Movement

  Downloading This Workshop You can download this workshop, save it on your computer, edit it, and print it. Download the entire workshop:...
• Alternate Activity 1: The Battle Hymn of the Republic

  Materials for Activity Handout 3, The Battle Hymn of the Republic Copies of Singing the Living Tradition , the UUA hymnbook, for all...
• Activity 3: Generations of Action

  Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Transformative Relationships Handout 1, Transformative Relationships - A Map Handout 2, Women in...
• Activity 1: On the Frontlines

  Materials for Activity Story, " Clara Barton " Leader Resource 1, Clara Barton, Portrait Optional: Computer and digital projector...
• Opening

  Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or...
• Workshop 4: The Nineteenth Century Women's Peace Movement
• Activity 3: The Parallel Approach

  Materials for Activity A copy of the story " Margaret Fuller " Leader Resource 2, Margaret Fuller, Portrait Optional: Computer and digital...

Love Surrounds Us

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  Angel of the Battlefield, Clara Barton

  By Betsy Hill Williams

  Teach participants these sounds and actions. Invite them to listen for your cues to act them out during the story. 1. Gallop a gallop a...

Love Will Guide Us

• Harriet's Freedom Journeys

  (Leader: Invite the group to join you in singing the chorus of "Follow the Drinking Gourd." Teach the words and tune, if needed. Tell them that any time during the story they hear you start to sing, they should join in.) ...
• Session 15: Love in Action
• Session 14: Love Builds Trust

  Session 14 has been removed from the Love Will Guide Us program while UUA staff evaluate it for revision. The session, focused on a Universalist missionary who worked in India, was in conflict with the UUA's commitment to dismantling white supremacy.
• Session 9: Love of Learning
• The Strong Man Who Cried

  By Rabbi Marc Gellman

  From Does God Have a Big Toe? Stories About Stories in the Bible (HarperTrophy, 1993). Used with permission. Jacob cried a lot. Jacob cried...
• Session 8: Love Is Accepting

Faithful Journeys

• Honoring Life - A Story of Beatrix Potter

  You might think that Beatrix Potter was a lonely child. Perhaps you would be right. True, she lived in a large city: London, England. True...
• Session 14: Honor Life
• Speaking Out Maria Cook, Universalist Preacher

  By Janeen K Grohsmeyer

  In 1779, more than two hundred years ago, a girl named Maria Cook was born in New York State. When she was born, the Americans were...
• Learning By Heart Sophia Lyon Fahs

  By Polly Peterson

  "Mama, Mama, why do we just keep going and going and not going anywhere?" asked little Sophie. Her family was crossing the wide Pacific...