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Rally for Economic Justice at General Assembly! General Assembly we are protesting outside of Wendy’s! Why? To get better wages and working conditions for the farm workers who have supplied Wendy’s tomatoes. When asked by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to sign onto the Fair Food...By Ted Resnikoff | June 15, 2016 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Business Meetings, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Commitment, Community, Economic Justice, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth SundayPage/Article -
Donald Trump has marshaled a movement that isn’t going to evaporate.By Christopher L. Walton | June 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Democracy, Justice, PoliticsPage/Article -
How would your congregation respond if a bomb threat forced you to shorten the post-service reception welcoming new members and re-locate child care for the stewardship dinner that evening?...November 13, 2015 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Social Justice, UU HistoryPage/Article -
UUA President the Rev. Peter Morales issued a statement following the news of the shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College: "I am saddened and sickened to hear of the shooting at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon....Press Release | By Unitarian Universalist Association | October 2, 2015 | From Home Page StoryTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, GriefPage/Article -
We re-post the monthly newsletter of our friends of the Office of Multicultural Growth and Witness of the Unitarian Universalist Association with a call to action – pledge your support to help end racial motivated acts of police brutality. – Ed. December 2014: Black Lives Matter—Are You Signed...By Ted Resnikoff | December 9, 2014 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Education, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article -
Witness – and Make History in March, 2015 Living Legacy Project is hosting a conference, Marching in the Arc of Justice, in Birmingham, AL on March 5-8, 2015. It is open to people of all ages, and we would love to see a contingent of Unitarian Universalist...By Bart Frost | December 5, 2014 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Community, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Equity, Growth, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Purpose, Racial Justice, Rights, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, UU History, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Michael Brown – killed by the police years before he or his aggressor were born. TO BEAR WITNESS – AGAIN This blog has published extensively on the inequitable treatment of racial and other minorities in American society. The recent police killing of 18-year old Michael Brown in Ferguson,...By Ted Resnikoff | August 22, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Justice, News, Racial Justice, Remembrance Day, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), issued this statement following the continued violence in Ferguson, MO: Church of the Larger Fellowship, offers The Huffington Post. This statement is available on UUA.org.By Ted Resnikoff | August 20, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, News, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA HeadquartersPage/Article -
Explore concrete ways to respond to Alexander’s call for the spiritual work of building a movement to dismantle a system that has tainted us politically, legally, economically, culturally, and, above all morally.Study Guide | August 4, 2014 (reviewed March 2025) | For Adults | From Common ReadTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Criminal Justice, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Faith Development, Racial JusticePage/Article -
I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless. —Whitney Young by Kathleen Carpenter During the summer, I was one of the almost one thousand people who...October 1, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Social JusticePage/Article -
BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every human person, and in the use of the democratic process in society at large, and because approval of the 2011 AIW opposing Citizens United paved the way for the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) to take the...2013 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Corporate Responsibility, Election ReformPage/Article
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A belief in “the inherent worth and dignity of every person” is core to Unitarian Universalism: every person, no exceptions. As religious people, our Principles call us to acknowledge the immigrant experience and to affirm and promote the flourishing of the human family. Our Sources “challenge...2013 | Statement of ConscienceTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Economic Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Racial Justice, Reproductive HealthPage/Article
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Adapted from a story by Jessica York. The song is an African American spiritual. This story is best told in pairs. One volunteer sings the song at the beginning and later in the story, while the other volunteer narrates the story....Story | By Jessica York | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Place of WholenessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, FreedomCurriculum page -
BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists (UUs) believe in the “inherent worth and dignity of every person,” and in the “use of the democratic process” in society at large; WHEREAS the U.S. Supreme Court decision of January 21, 2010, in Citizens United v. FEC enshrined corporations as persons and...2011 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Corporate Responsibility, Economic Justice, Election ReformPage/Article
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BECAUSE Unitarian Universalist Principles affirm the goal of a just community, representing unity in our multiracial world; WHEREAS the hearings of Rep. Peter King, the Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, which profess to present the “radicalization” of the Muslim community, have...2011 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Church & State, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Global Human Rights & Justice, Racial Justice, Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministries, Religious PluralismPage/Article
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As we support the struggles of the Iranian people to have their voices heard and their votes counted, we must ensure the same for voters in the United States, so we can elect leaders who work for the good of all people and who strive for peace and justice in the United States of America and aroun...2009 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Election Reform, Religious & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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As detailed on the Commission for Social Witness website.2005 | Study-action IssueTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Religious PluralismPage/Article
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Open and diverse broadcasting is essential to a functioning democracy. In early June 2005, the United States Supreme Court allowed a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to stand that found proposed deregulation of ownership rules by the Federal Communications...2005 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious LibertyPage/Article
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WHEREAS, the United States government has harassed Dr....2005 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Due Process & Civil LibertiesPage/Article
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The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Law expires on September 13, 2004. This law outlaws nineteen specific semi-automatic and other weapons. Some of these weapons can fire over 120 bullets per minute. These weapons can be spray-fired from the hip. They have high-capacity ammunition magazines and shooters...2004 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: Civil Rights & Religious LibertyPage/Article