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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 -
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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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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Just as love knows no borders, our dedication to justice reaches across boundaries and walls. We show up on the side of love with all families, regardless of citizenship status, and strive to create welcoming communities and congregations....Utility | January 7, 2015Tagged as: ImmigrationPage/Article -
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 -
The Sanctuary Movement is a growing movement of faith and immigrant communities doing what Congress and the Administration refuse to do: protect and stand with immigrants facing deportation. Members pledge to protect immigrant families who face workplace discrimination or unjust deportation.Utility | October 30, 2014Tagged as: Immigration, Solidarity in Immigration JusticePage/Article
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Wanna Know Why its Called the WORLD Series? This sports.mic http://mic.com/articles/102078/one-gif-shows-what-the-world-series-woul… the full article on .mic The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) stands for Immigrant Justice...By Ted Resnikoff | October 29, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Homecoming / Ingathering, Immigration, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article -
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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https://uuacdn.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/g3htqa-Event%20425%20Immigratio… This Video. General Assembly 2014 Event 425 Statement of Conscience Implementation Workshop. Program Description This Commission on Social Witness event will bring together great examples of love reaching out. We will hear...Utility | September 15, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Faith Development, ImmigrationPage/Article
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OUnitarian Universalist Church of Akron (Ohio) Social Justice Ministry on Im…;, F… Justice and L… Rights and Welcoming Congregation is literally lifesaving – as attested to by this excerpt from story on thewww.pflag.org/">PFLAGBennett Award for Human Justice and Social Action winning Social...By Ted Resnikoff | August 20, 2014 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Climate & Environmental Justice, Community, Earth, Earth Day, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Immigration Reform, LGBTQ Issues, Rights, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
Youth Justice Training in Boston, offered by the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ), one of the requirements was to intern at a social justice organization. In our case, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Our UUA liason (Susan Leslie) took us to the Massachusetts...July 30, 2014 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Immigration Reform, Leadership, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth SundayPage/Article -
General Assembly 2012 Event 436 Report from UU World http://blogs.uuworld.org/ga/2012/06/23/hinojosa-describes-two-americas-… Describes ‘Two Americas’ in Ware Lecture Maria Hinojosa Maria Hinojosa believes we are living in a profound historic moment. Things are happening before our very eyes...Utility | July 17, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Faith Development, ImmigrationPage/Article -
BECAUSE our Unitarian Universalist principles, faith and values call us to witness and advocate for human worth and dignity, justice, equity, compassion and the goal of world community; and BECAUSE the 2013 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association adopted a Statement of Conscien...2014 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Criminal Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Racial JusticePage/Article
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General Assembly 2012 Event 425 Program Description Speakers: Marisa Franco, Pablo Alvarado Don’t know where to start? Learn from National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) the fundamentals of putting together a campaign that builds a group, wins demands, and improves conditions for the...Utility | April 29, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Congregational Action, Congregational Stories & Best Practices in Social Justice, ImmigrationPage/Article
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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