WHEREAS, private schools are springing up in many parts of the country under church sponsorship with the aim of avoiding desegregation of public schools, thus subverting the Supreme Court order for immediate desegregation; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has repeatedly affirme...

The thrust of continental policy is now, as it has been historically, the steady expropriation of Indian land and water resources for the benefit of whites in the United States. The practice has been to locate the Indians on the most arid and least productive land. In Canada, Native treaty rights...

In keeping with the long-standing moral commitment of Unitarian Universalists expressed by the 1966 General Assembly in its Statement of Consensus on Racial Justice, which pledges us "to work to eliminate all vestiges of discrimination and segregation in (our) churches and fellowships. . . and to...

WHEREAS, a report on the UUA administrative action to implement the 1969 business resolution on Countering Institutional Racism was not officially presented to the delegates at this General Assembly; and WHEREAS, the delegates cannot determine from the report to churches and fellowships, dated Ma...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1969 General Assembly: Urges the Unitarian Universalist Association to continue and intensify its relation with the Project Equality Council; and further Urges its local societies to participate in Project Equality wherever it is operating in their local community; and Ur...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1969 General Assembly: Instruct the Unitarian Universalist Association administration to conduct a careful investigation of the hiring practices of hotels proposed as sites for General Assemblies and other denomination-wide meetings, said investigations to include data on...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1968 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Approves and supports the aspirations of Black people and other disadvantaged groups to achieve positions of leadership in religion, business, politics, labor, education, and the professions; and to develop...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees and Administration recognize and finance a Black Affairs Council which will serve to suggest and implement programs to improve the conditions of black Unitarian Universalists and black people in America. That the Black...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association urge the Congress to develop and adopt a new comprehensive national policy for the American Indians including the Eskimos and Aleut. This policy should be based on: Their participation in matters of direct concern to them; Protection of...

INASMUCH AS, one of the purposes and objectives of the Unitarian Universalist Association, as stated in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, is "To affirm, defend and promote the supreme worth of every human personality, the dignity of man, and the use of the democratic method in human...

WHEREAS, the Commission on Religion and Race has from its inception called upon Unitarians and Universalists to bear witness to their concern for racial justice at all times and in all possible situations; and WHEREAS, in view of the fact that James Reeb was deeply engaged in the life of this cit...

WHEREAS, registration procedures and the November 1964 elections in the state of Mississippi were conducted by the officials in that state in a manner clearly designed to discriminate systematically against Negro citizens of the state; and WHEREAS, qualified voters of Mississippi residing in the...

BE IT RESOLVED: That whenever an effort is made to impose on the membership of a local congregation restrictions based on race, color, sex, national origin or creedal tests, our responsible leadership shall make prompt and firm declaration (publicly when the issue is public) of the stated general...

AFFIRMING that the right to vote is elemental in our American society; NOTING that major obstacles are still being put by some states before Negroes who attempt to register to vote; and that after the passage of appropriate legislation physical and economic intimidation may nevertheless be used t...

WHEREAS, an effective ministry in the Unitarian Universalist churches requires both the full utilization of qualified persons now available and a continuing influx of able candidates; and WHEREAS, many are discouraged from entering the ministry because of widespread reluctance of churches and...

WHEREAS, one hundred years after the abolition of slavery, the descendants of freed slaves still suffer from laws, customs, traditions, and prejudices that should have died with the institution in which they flourished; and WHEREAS, we believe it to be our deep responsibility to promote the full...

WHEREAS, the present basis of the United States Immigration quota system rests on the national origins of the country's white population according to the 1920 census; and WHEREAS, this system contradicts the founding principles of the nation and is at variance with national needs and internationa...

WHEREAS, denial of equal opportunities for education on account of race or color continues to be widespread seven years after the Supreme Court's unanimous declaration that the Constitution forbids it; and WHEREAS, such disregard for the supreme law of the land presents a moral crisis no less tha...