First Parish in Cambridge, in Cambridge, MA, to hear Intern Minister Kenny Wiley preach a sermon titled "Two Black Kids: A Unitarian Universalist Story." I went primarily because I know both of the "Black Kids" in the sermon....

Uncommon Community: One Congregation’s Work With Prisoners” by John Speer can help you envision what that work might look like. Black and Pink, an organization whose Church of the Larger Fellowship offers a le… ministry that uses CLF as the "pass-through" for letters to prisoner-members, most...

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?!

www.mcso.org">"Tent City" detention center, I felt we had found the perfect symbol for what is wrong with our immigration system: a complex that is poorly designed, ad hoc, militarized, dehumanizing and humiliating. The heat was in the triple digits even though it was after sundown, and as our...

General Assembly in 2012 was focused on our commitments to justice and service. It culminated in a protest against the Maricopa County's "http://blogs.uuworld.org/ga/2012/06/24/thousands-wage-peaceful-protest-… city jail," and Rev....

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....

Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) which allows U.S. citizens or permanent residents to sponsor their same-sex partner for immigration. The IEAF puts forward many pragmatic arguments for ending this practice, pointing out that many couples leave the United States for more progressive countries,...

Transgender Information and Resources: Transg… Basics- in video! Transgender 101: Identity, Welcome, and Resources: A great resource from the UUA, including tips for being more welcoming of trans people for congregations and individuals, and a great vocabulary list. TransfaithThe Human Rights...

submit photos via email to our Flickr page). Action for Families: Brainstorm with your child: what does every person have in common with every other person? Can you come up with ten ways they are the same? 20? 100? Featured Organization: -...

Neil deGrasse Tyson (who describes himself as agnostic and is claimed by atheists) says,"¹Christopher Stedman's ringing humanist voice for the power of faith in people to transform intolerance into loving community is another example of how a non-theist approach to difference can make all the...

http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/30days_calendar/Friday-February-… the 30 Days of Love action guide for tips on how to respond.

"They're going to allow people to discriminate." The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced that it is considering changing its longstanding policy against allowing people who identify as LGBTQ to become scouts. A http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/boy-scouts-of-america-gay-memb… on...

IFYCYouth and adults who work with youth should check out A Chorus of Faiths, a free, online curriculum offered by the UUA that explores how UU youth can do interfaith work and how that work is part of our faith experience....

…;, originally published by The Southern Poverty Law Center using statistics compiled by thehttp://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/december/annual-hate-crimes-report…; Federal Bureau of Investigation, hate crimes against perceived Muslims increased 50% in 2010, and have not statistically dropped.

When I attended Justice General Assembly in June 2012 in Phoenix, AZ, one of the most impressive things was the depth of relationship between the local Unitarian Universalist groups planning Justice GA and the Phoenix-area partner groups, whose roots run deep in the immigrant rights and...

This weekend, I invite you to try this out for yourself. It is always best to contact the community before going to make sure it would be alright if you could come on that particular day....

UU Media Collaborative on Facebook and browse their images for your Facebook, Tumblr or Instagram.

The only way we can make it so is by making it so. Invite your friends to join us. Talk with those you don't know about our movement, and ask them to share their own visions and works of justice to see how we can help. Today, ask others to Stand on the Side of Love with you....

Join the Facebook chat today at 4Pm EST/1pm PST with SSL Campaign Manager Jennifer Toth. She wants to hear your ideas, hopes and wildest dreams for the campaign! If you can't make the chat, send your ideas to love@uua.org!...