Arizona’s notorious outdoor jail was focus of UUA public witness event at Phoenix General Assembly in 2012.

Class-action lawsuit says the New Orleans court system preys on poor people for funds, jails them indefinitely when they can’t pay.

BECAUSE our Unitarian Universalist principles, faith and values call us to witness and advocate for human worth and dignity, justice, equity, compassion and the goal of world community; and BECAUSE the 2013 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association adopted a Statement of Conscien...

WHEREAS, programs such as the “War on Drugs” and practices such as “Stop and Frisk” are actively used by police to harass and oppress communities of color; WHEREAS, Michelle Alexander, at the 2012 UUA General Assembly said, “We use our criminal justice system to label people of color...

Background: This Statement of Conscience of the Unitarian Universalist Association builds upon more than a dozen social witness statements on criminal justice adopted by the Unitarian Universalist Association between 1961 and 2002. In June 2003, the General Assembly of the UUA selected “Criminal...

Background: This final draft Statement of Conscience of the Unitarian Universalist Association builds upon four social witness statements on drug policy adopted by the Unitarian Universalist Association between 1965 and 1991. In June 2000, the General Assembly of the UUA selected "Alternatives to...

Scope: US Whereas the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to aid in the fight against legal segregation, has proposed a "Redeem the Dream" rally to oppose racial profiling; Whereas racial profiling, harassing, arresting, and...

Scope: US Because Unitarian Universalists believe in the worth and dignity of everyone and have respect for all life; Whereas General Assemblies of the Unitarian Universalist Association have proposed national handgun legislation in past years (1972, 1976, 1991); Whereas handguns are too easily...

Scope: US As the 39th Annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association held its Opening Ceremony the evening of June 22, 2000, Gary Graham was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, the 222nd person to be executed in Texas since that state reinstated the death penalty...

BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm the worth and dignity of every individual; and BECAUSE we affirm justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and WHEREAS substance abuse is a prevalent response to economic, social, and psychological realities; WHEREAS substance abuse is hazardous to...

BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth of every human life; and BECAUSE safe coexistence within society requires reasonable compromise with the concept of absolute personal liberty; and WHEREAS the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association passed, in 1972, a...

WHEREAS President Schulz spoke in his report to the Assembly about the neglect of youth and the need for racial justice in our society; WHEREAS the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person; WHEREAS...

VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association, gathered in Regular Session, has taken note of the Bernhard Goetz matter; and While not second guessing the New York Grand Jury's evaluation of the evidence in this situation, or minimizing either the many sociological...

WHEREAS, General Assemblies of the Unitarian Universalist Association have opposed capital punishment by resolutions in 1961, 1966, and 1974; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned resolutions have urged complete abolition of capital punishment as inconsistent with respect for human life; for its...