Last week, I got to see Professor and Human Rights Activist Michelle Alexander speak about the racist caste system being created by mass incarceration and the war on drugs. She was speaking specifically about her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color-blindness, which was...

Continuing the trend of legislative and electoral victories, Colorado has become the 10th state to approve legislation equalizing the rights of couples joined in same-sex civil union to married couples. The United States Supreme Court hears argument on California Proposition 8 on March 26 and is...

Protections extended to Native American, LGBT and immigrant women. Re-authorization of the Violen… Against Women Act (VAWA), which expired in October, 2011, passed after a lengthy political fight over protecting more women in cases of domestic abuse or rape. Read the full story...

Rev. Pamela Barz is the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Chaplain at WellesleyThe Eliot Church of South Natick on January 20, 2013. – Ed. Students at Wellesley come to talk to me for a variety of reasons. Some for ones you’d expect. They’re homesick. They have roommate problems. They’re...

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear a challenges to California State Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act – both of which restrict the definition of marriage as a union between one woman and one man – toward the end of March, 2013, with a decision likely near the end...

Our March call is open to anyone who is interested in having a discussion about the Bridging process and what we can all do to enhance this. The bridging process in this context refers to youth who are bridging to young adulthood. The Unitarian Universalist Association provides resources and a...

“The military is widely understood to be the most racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse institution in the U.S.", notes The Rev. Sarah Lammert, director of Ministries and Faith Development for the Unitarian Universalist Association, and president-elect of the National Conference of...

The recent liberalization of military policy toward greater equality for all service members is example of what happens when people speak out against inequity. After Barack Obama's re-election, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta moved to end discrimination against women in the military by opening...

Some of you may have heard that the Westboro Baptist Church is coming to VassarVassarDoSomethingVCwww.glsen.org/hudsonvalley">Hudson Valley Chapter of GLSEN.

This blog has been reposted from Life's Too Short To Sing The Melody, with permission from The Rev. Andrew Millard. It describes an exciting UU revival taking place at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. How great would it be if other campus-based revivals started springing up?!

30 Days of Love campaign, and the Young Adult and Campus Ministry guide to the 30 Days, we'll reflect on what we can do to spread the love. Join us on this month's campus ministry community call on Sunday, February 10th at 8:30pm Eastern time....

Tweet in on the discussion on Twitter at #futureofga Do you know about the 5th Principle Task Force which was commissioned to examine how to restructure the Unitarian Universalist Association's annual business meeting General Assembly (GA)? In 2009, this group issued a...

websiteYouTube Channel from TIDE 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhhb82o0JmI) Please email questions you may have or for more information about this opportunity and conference details, including cost of attending and how to present your own workshop at the conference to...

Have you heard about what my friend Rev. Erik Martinez Resly is up to? He's heading up a new type of Unitarian Universalist space in the Washington, DC area called The Sanctuaries, geared towards younger and diverse individuals seeking a faithful community....

Many congregations around the continent send care packages to young adults connected to their congregation, such as their former youth who have completed Bridging Program and are now young adults. Some might be living in another town for service, work or school. Others might still be in town, but...

Following the Youth Group in a Busy World blog post, I traded emails with my friend Kathy Smith, Director of Religious Education at Community Unitarian Universalist Church in Plano, TX. Below is an edited version of our exchange. - C.M. latest blog post. I think I'm going to take Faith Formation...

Our third campus ministry community call of the 2012-2013 academic year is this Sunday, December 2nd at 9pm Eastern time. Whether you have been doing this work for years, have just begun, or are overwhelmed by the idea of beginning, we welcome you....

This is part two of our three-part interview with Zach Wahl's on the future of marriage equality after victories at the ballot box on Tuesday, November 6. Here we look at the political and judicial impact on the future of marriage equality in the United States. -Ed. "It doesn't take a PhD to read...

It Back – and it's Round! The roundtable is a great way to get to know your fellow young adult leaders and UUA staff. During the call on Thursday, December 6, we will be talking about worship. We will be joined by Aaron Stockwell, who is the Ministerial Intern with the Church of the Larger...

In an exclusive interview with Blue Boat, Zach Wahls discusses marriage-equality ballot victories in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington....