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An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individualsPaperback | By Victoria Law | May 27, 2025 | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, Social JusticeProduct -
Caring for one another during troubled times means protecting some, defending others, and making sure that everyone has what they need in times of crisis.March 24, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Climate Change, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Immigration, LGBTQ Issues, RefugeesPage/Article -
BECAUSE Unitarian Universalist congregations covenant to affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and to promote justice, equity and compassion in human relations, we proclaim loudly, Black Lives Matter! ...2020 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Criminal Justice, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice & Multicultural MinistriesPage/Article
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Explore and examine some of the underlying themes—justice, mercy, compassion, hope, and forgiveness—examine your own assumptions and biases, and find your way to a new spiritual stance regarding those who are incarcerated. ...Study Guide | August 3, 2016 | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Religious & Civil LibertiesPage/Article -
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson is the 2015-16 UUA Common Read. This beautifully written book looks closely at the life stories and circumstances of people who have been sentenced to die at the hands of the state or to live out their lives in prison. The author...By Gail Forsyth-Vail | October 1, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, Social JusticePage/Article
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Class-action lawsuit says the New Orleans court system preys on poor people for funds, jails them indefinitely when they can’t pay.By Elaine McArdle | September 18, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Criminal Justice, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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Marching Forward Events of 50 Years Ago Today This is the final installment in a series of reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches. Here are Part One, Part Two, and http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2015/04/03/looking-back-to-move-forward/"… Three. – ed. Sunday was the day that most...By Bart Frost | April 14, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Education, Equity, Faith Development, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Purpose, Racial Justice, Secular, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Undoing the "Third Reconstruction" This is part three in our four part series, here are links to Part One and Part Two. - ed. Rev. Dr. William Barber Saturday morning began with Rev. Dr. William Barber's How to Build a Movement/Wake Up Call....By Bart Frost | April 3, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Meaning, News, Personal Inspiration, Racial Justice, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU IdentityPage/Article -
Congratulations to the unique* Luminary Leader Rachel Milles for successfully answering our challenge!By Ted Resnikoff | January 20, 2015 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Belief, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Education, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Playfulness, Racial Justice, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Witness – and Make History in March, 2015 Living Legacy Project is hosting a conference, Marching in the Arc of Justice, in Birmingham, AL on March 5-8, 2015. It is open to people of all ages, and we would love to see a contingent of Unitarian Universalist...By Bart Frost | December 5, 2014 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Community, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Equity, Growth, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Purpose, Racial Justice, Rights, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, UU History, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Explore concrete ways to respond to Alexander’s call for the spiritual work of building a movement to dismantle a system that has tainted us politically, legally, economically, culturally, and, above all morally.Study Guide | August 4, 2014 (reviewed March 2025) | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Criminal Justice, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Faith Development, Racial JusticePage/Article -
Condemn the Racist Mistreatment of Young People of Color by Police: 2013 Action of Immediate WitnessWHEREAS, programs such as the “War on Drugs” and practices such as “Stop and Frisk” are actively used by police to harass and oppress communities of color; WHEREAS, Michelle Alexander, at the 2012 UUA General Assembly said, “We use our criminal justice system to label people of color...2013 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Children & Youth Reproductive Justice, Criminal Justice, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Racial Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Religious & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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In response to the changes to Article II reported by the Commission on Appraisal and subsequent discussion of those recommendations at this General Assembly, the delegates request that the UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] Board of Trustees place a motion to substitute the recommended...2009 | Responsive ResolutionTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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The 2009 General Assembly of the UUA [Unitarian Universalist Association] strongly urges the UUA Board of Trustees to facilitate a continuation and further deepening of the discussion of the Principles and Purposes begun by the review conducted by the UUA Commission on Appraisal, and that such...2009 | Responsive ResolutionTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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WHEREAS the Commission on Appraisal submitted a proposal to amend Article II after a period of study and review as allowed by Article XV section C-15.1.(c)(4), a process begun in 2006, while Article XV C-15.1. (c)(3) prevents such a proposal from being amended, and WHEREAS there was an apparent...2009 | Responsive ResolutionTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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WHEREAS the first and sixth Unitarian Universalist [UU] Principles affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all, and the United Nations Charter reflects these values in its commitment to promote peace,...2009 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Due Process & Civil Liberties, Gender Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice, Global Peace & Conflict, LGBTQ Issues, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Religious & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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BECAUSE one of our core Principles as Unitarian Universalists is our belief in the inherent worth and dignity of all persons; and WHEREAS torture violates the basic dignity of the human person, degrades everyone involved—from policy-makers to perpetrators to victims—and contradicts our...2009 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Due Process & Civil Liberties, Global Human Rights & Justice, Religious & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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BECAUSE Bolivian Olga Flores Bedregal, who helped found a UU [Unitarian Universalist] congregation in La Paz, had a brother, Carlos Flores Bedregal, who disappeared at the hands of the military dictatorship in 1980; and ...2009 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Due Process & Civil Liberties, Global Human Rights & Justice, Religious & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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WHEREAS, the United States government has harassed Dr....2005 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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The rise of violence in the political and social conflicts of American life endangers freedom of speech and assembly essential to democratic society....1964 | General ResolutionTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article