DAY 13: Intersectional Justice Making environmental justice.” The idea is simple and pretty obvious: low-income and marginalized communities are more likely to face negative effects of pollution and environmental degradation than high-income and privileged communities. Still, it was mind-blowing...

1spiritual when I’m out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. [I used to say] I was an http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Music/2006/08/Pete-Seegers-Sessi… the Beliefnet interview with Pete Seeger). Seeger sang about progressive issues and animated protest...

DAY 8: Suppress Voter Suppression...

Day 7: Moral Movement for Redemption Moral Majority, arguably led to Ronald Reagan's election as President(12censorshipEqual Rights Amendment; opposition to state recognition and acceptance of homosexualabortionJewsconservative Christianity....

DAY 6: Dismantling the "New Poll Tax" End Voter Suppression 5th Principle of Unitarian Universalism, "The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large” was achieved for all citizens. Sadly, if that was the case, it is no longer.

DAY 4: The Race Story Re-Writing Project The Race Story ReWrite Project.

DAY 3: Envisioning the Racial Justice Work We Need to do Today I Have Been to the Mountaintop speech. Watch the video of the I Have a Dream speech. Read the UU Metro NY District realized a http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/State…; on the future of democracy in our...

Read history from Selma. Make history in Raleigh. http://www.allsoulsnyc.org/site/c.atJQL8NRJqL8H/b.6349551/k.9663/Richar… Richard Leonard marched by his side when Dr. Martin Luther King called him and other clergy to join the struggle for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. More than 200 Unitarian...

Join with UUs in North Carolina on a march for Moral Justice On February 8 march and rally in Raleigh, NC in what the NAACPStanding on the Side of Love (SSL) http://standingonthesideoflove.org/mass-moral-march-saturday-february-8…; Read about the march on the Historic Thousands on Jones Street...

Gotta Love Lookin' Good 30 Days of Love 2014 campaign, "A Spiritual Journey for Social Justice." The campaign kicks off January 18. The sale is on now! Shop here...

Confounding gender stereotypes with brush and lens. View the entire Transportraits series. Read Lorenzo Triburgo's statementr on the Transportraits series. On Slate: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/09/lorenzo_triburgo_transport… the Courage of Transgender Men On Huffington Post:...

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, has two and a half decades of experience working at the intersections of sexuality, religion, politics and culture....

Rev. Frank Schaefer will likely lose his ministry and be defrocked by the www.umc.org">United Methodist Church this week. We re-post Rev. Schaefer's explanation of why he will not change his position on marriage equality or his calling or the LGBT community from the Reconciling Ministries Network.

Where inequality exists dialog is hard. We re-post an excerpt of this opinion piece by White Privilege. Wher… the Love? how white middle-class youth have the privilege to make mistakes others do not. http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2013/10/09/protested-arrested-not-a-hero/…, Arrested – Not a...

Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), issued the following statement on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela: "As we begin to grieve the death of Nelson Mandela, I am reminded of his words, 'I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

Code Switch - This NPR blog is one of the best places for new takes on race and culture, particularly the intersection of race with other identities and issues (like gender and class). >> npr.org/blogs/codeswitch Colorlineshttp://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/jay_smooths_ted_talk_on_how_he_l…...

Support Pastor Frank Schaefer standing on the side of love. Declaring, "I will never be silent again," Pastor Frank Schaefer accepts that the United Methodist Church will defrock him for supporting marriage equality because it is counter to church law. In appreciation of his principled stand we...

A founding story of American Thanksgiving, reflected by the History Channel claims, " In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies."(Read source hereIndian Country Toda...

We Started It All Acts of Faith", Eboo Patel's inspiring account of coming to believe in religious pluralism from his experience growing up Muslim in America, and his ambition to harness the power and passion of young people in service of Interfaith Youth Core. Subsequent responses will receive a...

Re-posted from the Huffington Post. Read the original story on Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/frank-schaefer_n_4299128.html"…;. –Ed. Frank Schaefer, Methodist Pastor, Convicted By Jury For Officiating Son's Same-Sex Marriage...