WHEREAS, racism against Blacks is a pervasive social problem; and WHEREAS, our denomination believes in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, in the democratic process based on equality and freedom, and in the individual right to enjoy all of our constitutional and other legal rights; a...

WHEREAS, more than 250,000 people participated in the historic March on Washington for jobs and freedom on August 28, 1963; and WHEREAS, the dream of jobs and freedom, peace and justice, has not materialized; and WHEREAS, in commemoration of the historic March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther...

WHEREAS, the bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association state that the Association exists in part to "affirm, defend and promote the supreme worth and dignity of every human personality," and recognizing that poor and minorities residing in urban areas are currently the victims of...

THAT the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association expresses its deep sorrow and indignation at the recent incidents of violence directed in particular against black children in Atlanta, GA, and black males in Buffalo, NY....

WHEREAS, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has traditionally stood for racial hatred and intolerance; and WHEREAS, the KKK is now establishing special military training camps in north Alabama in preparation for a "race war" against Blacks and Jews; and WHEREAS, the KKK claims a close alliance with the Ameri...

Recognizing the fact that institutional racism is still embedded in American society in 1981, the Unitarian Universalist Association shall seek to eliminate racism in all its institutional structures, policies, practices, and patterns of behavior, so that it will become a racially equitable...

WHEREAS, there are now at least ten million refugees (a refugee is defined as someone outside his or her country who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of prosecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership ...

WHEREAS, an attempt to kill Vernon Jordan, Executive Director of the Urban League, was made on May 29, 1980, in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and WHEREAS, Vernon Jordan stands for principles and methods for achieving racial justice which are in keeping with our Unitarian Universalist principles; and WHERE...

WHEREAS, in the Bakke case, the Supreme Court affirmed the use of color as one of the means of opening opportunities for professional, scholarly, and technical training to blacks and other historically disadvantaged groups; and WHEREAS, relatively few blacks and other historically disadvantaged...

WHEREAS, 1979 marks the 25th anniversary of the "Brown vs....

WHEREAS, recently the Justice Department of the United States, at the direct urging of President Ford, first considered, then rejected a plan to intervene actively to limit school busing, one of the few substantive remedies ever put into effect to combat school segregation; and WHEREAS, this has...

WHEREAS, Dennis Banks is acknowledged by many Native Americans to be a militant leader in the struggle for justice in the cause of Native American rights; and WHEREAS, Dennis Banks has fled from convictions on a charge of riot and a charge of assault stemming from his involvement in an incident i...

WHEREAS, the work of the UU Migrant Ministry has been the subject of many favorable resolutions at the General Assemblies for at least 10 years; and WHEREAS, this is the critical year for the work of the UU Migrant Ministry; and WHEREAS, the Fund for Racial Justice from which monies for this work...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1975 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association abhors the violence presently taking place at the Pine Ridge Reservation aggravated by the neglect of the US federal government in dealing with the fundamental issue of self-determination of Native Americans;...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the members of societies of the Unitarian Universalist Association to undertake and/or support programs and actions which will eliminate injustices to Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts and other indigenous peopl...

WHEREAS, there is a need to redefine the concept of integrated quality education in terms of the needs of students of all socioeconomic, racial, and nationality backgrounds; and WHEREAS, our intent must be to provide quality education for everyone and not to destroy the identity of ethnic groups ...

WHEREAS, the 1970 General Assembly of the UUA by unanimous vote expressed its agreement with the support of Project Equality; and WHEREAS, this General Assembly of 1972 desires to demonstrate that the UUA implement its affirm-ations of social justice; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the General...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1972 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association honor the request of the Unitarian Universalist Association Black Affairs Council, Inc. to discontinue any further discussion of funding from the continental annual budget of programs for racial justice; and...

BELIEVING: That the rights of human beings include the rights to minimum income, adequate housing and legal services and dignity in old age; and BELIEVING: That it is the responsibility of government to secure, protect and defend these rights, and to provide appropriate services to implement them...

Denominational division and polarization on the issue of how best to right racism because of these divisions have gone on long enough; Dilution of UUA efforts to fight racism because of these divisions have gone on long enough; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: That it is the intense desire of this Assem...