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How do we make the essence of Transgender Day of Remembrance a 24/7 issue of welcome and inclusion within our communities and congregations? Dr. Janice Marie Johnson, UUA Multicultural Ministries and Leadership Director shares her thoughts.Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | November 30, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Welcome & Inclusion for LGBTQPage/Article -
Fear, safety, protests, and supporting the movement for Black lives When my daughter Moira was born I expected to feel deep love. What I wasn’t expecting was how much that love hurt. I love her in this deeply protective way that was horrifying at first and I still find overwhelming....By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | November 25, 2015 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Racial Justice, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
A UU, two Hindus, and a Baha’i walk into a Christian Ethiopian restaurant. The opening line to a culturally insensitive joke? No, my last dinner at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. In October, I attended the fifth Parliament in Salt Lake City. This one followed two Parliaments in Chicago...By Jessica York | November 23, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Interfaith Family Programs, Multiculturalism, Social Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Finding My Roots “Is she really your sister?” “Oh, she’s real alright.” I didn’t realize how alienated I felt by my surroundings during my childhood until I grew into my young adult years. My parents cared greatly for me, I had wonderful friends, a supportive Unitarian Universalist...By Ellie Brown, Elizabeth Nguyen | November 20, 2015 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Creating a Home, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Leadership, Meaning, Personal Inspiration, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
The Church of the Larger Fellowship’s weekly talk show focuses on Black Lives Matter confrontations with police over killing of Jamar Clark.By Christopher L. Walton | November 19, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anti-Racism, Self-CarePage/Article -
The United Nations and the Unitarian Universalist Association hosted a special event designed to shed light on the global causes of structural racism against people of African descent. http://www.uua.org/news/press-release/confronting-silence-un-special-ev… More...Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | November 10, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Racial JusticePage/Article -
Camp Unirondack Transforms :| Into :) If there is one thing that seven years at Camp Unirondack has taught me, it is that camp is not just for kids. I know, I know, camp director rhetoric if you’ve ever heard it right? But let me tell you why it’s true. It stems from a struggle that I think many...By Ted Resnikoff | November 9, 2015 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Connections, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth SundayPage/Article -
Black Lives Matter to Unitarian Universalists. Read More...By Unitarian Universalist Association | November 8, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: MulticulturalismPage/Article -
UUA President Peter Morales offers a pastoral message on the Movement for Black Lives that begins, "I am inspired and moved as I see Unitarian Universalists across the country stand on the side of love as they stand alongside grassroots activists in the Black Lives Matter movement. I see example...Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | November 5, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Racial JusticePage/Article -
A discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s provocative new book Between the World and Me.By Kenny Wiley, Ashley V. Boyd, Adam Lawrence Dyer, Kat Liu, Jacqui C. Williams | November 1, 2015 | From IdeasTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Culture, MulticulturalismPage/Article -
Shifting to a New Way of Being in Religious Community What is shifting in you? What is shifting in your congregation? This 2019-2020 blog series by our Pacific Western Regional staff explores the ways Unitarian Universalism at its best shifts us away from individualistic, binary, fear-based...Utility | October 29, 2015 | From Pacific Western RegionTagged as: Faith Development, Membership Growth & Outreach, MulticulturalismPage/Article -
General Assembly 2015 Event 405 Program Description Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, focused attention on the ways that mass incarceration has led to a new racial caste system. Partners of the Ending the New Jim Crow social action group at First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR, will provide...Utility | October 27, 2015 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural MinistriesPage/Article
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Predominately white congregations reflect on the pushback and vandalism they experience for affirming “Black Lives Matter.”By Joshua Eaton | October 26, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-RacismPage/Article -
St. Louis area UU ministers have written a letter to the members and friends of five Black churches who have experienced arson attacks recently. Add your name in faith and solidarity. http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/ourstories/with-faith-and-solida… More...Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | October 22, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Racial Justice & Multicultural MinistriesPage/Article -
Art installation outside chapel at UUA headquarters faces Selma memorial.By Christopher L. Walton | October 15, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anti-RacismPage/Article -
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) recently installed a neon art installation that reads #BlackLivesMatter on the second floor of its national headquarters in Boston, MA, joining congregations across the country that have displayed banners and signs supporting the movement.Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | October 14, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Racial JusticePage/Article -
The Rev. Julie Taylor, a white minister, has advice for other racial justice allies from her work in Ferguson and St. Louis.By Elaine McArdle | October 1, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Racial JusticePage/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 -
Annie Hanley-Miller reports from the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) Activate New Orleans program– Ed. Building Community Overcomes Difference by Annie Hanley–Miller I brought back many things to my home community from my experience at Activate NOLA. It was an intense...By Ted Resnikoff | September 30, 2015 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Connections, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Human Rights, Leadership, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
What is Racial Justice? Unitarian Universalists work to end racial discrimination and injustice by supporting multiracial, multiethnic congregations and advocating for stopping racist policies like mass imprisonment and attacks on voting rights. Why do Unitarian Universalists Work for Racial...Utility | September 28, 2015Tagged as: Racial JusticePage/Article