A Step Toward Racial Reconciliation, by David Whitford, UU World, May/June, 2002. Features Northern Hills Fellowship of Cincinnati, Ohio, and First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Click on the titles of the following Social Justice Statements passed by the UUA's General Assembly for the complete text of each statement.Truth, Repair, and Reconciliation2007 Responsive ResolutionSEE ALSO: Resources and Related Content in the UUA's online Leaders' Library Reparations for the 1...

Please note: Congregational Stories can be found here. In 2007, the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) passed a Responsive Resolution entitled, "Truth, Repair, and Reconciliation." Read the 2007 Responsive Resolution Truth, Repair, and Reconciliation. The resolution...

Reconciliation between individuals can transform relationships by resolving differences and restoring harmony. Reconciliation is not simply an apology, but a process, and, as Paula Cole Jones points out, a competency which one develops. The Practice of Reconciliation - Paula Cole Jones provides a...

In contrast to traditional forms of justice which emphasize punishment and retribution, the truth and reconciliation approach applies principles of restorative justice by focusing on healing the relationships between victims/survivors, offenders, and the affected community. Reconciliation Within...

Truth and Reconciliation is the process of discovering and revealing past wrongdoing, in the hope of acknowledging and resolving hurt, injustice, and conflict which has stemmed from that wrongdoing. Follow the links in the sidebar to the left for more information about Truth & Reconciliation, its...

Presenter: Tim Wise Tim Wise is among the most prominent antiracist writers and educators in the U.S., having spoken in 49 states, and on over 500 college campuses....

General Assembly 2009 Event 4068 Sponsored by Meadville Lombard Theological School. Presenter: Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed. Saturday afternoon, Unitarian Universalist (UU) minister and historian Mark Morrison-Reed took on the most contentious event in living UU memory—the black empowerment...

General Assembly 2009 Event 5023 Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Staff. Speakers: Forrest Cuch, Rev. David Pettee, and Dr. Ted Fetter. The 2007 General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) passed the Truth, Repair & Reconciliation Resolution....

General Assembly 2009 Event 4067 Presented by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Journey Toward Wholeness Transformation Committee. Speakers offered sermonettes about the “stepping stones” they walked on their personal paths to their work against oppression. Dr. Leon Burke provided...

General Assembly 2009 Event 2028 Presenters: Rev. Hope Johnson, Rev. Barbro Hanson. In 1993, General Assembly (GA) was held in Charlotte, NC, in the Thomas Jefferson District. The GA Planning Committee decided to hold a Thomas Jefferson Ball, inviting delegates to attend the ball in period costume.

General Assembly 2008 Event 4028 Presenters: Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Rev. Manish Mishra, Janice Carney, Allyson Diane Hamm Steve Stanton was the city manager of Largo, Florida. He has worked for the city for 15 years and it has been a very successful career. But in February 2007, his career was...

General Assembly 2008 Event 4039 Speaker: David Cay Johnston David Cay Johnston believes if you're under 45, you're probably confused. "I've done over 500 public talks," he said at his General Assembly appearance late Saturday afternoon....

General Assembly 2008 Event 2009 On February 12, 2009, we'll celebrate the birthday bicentennial of two of the most influential men of the 19th century—Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. The first was the father of racial equality in America....

General Assembly 2000 Event 251 Presenters: Mimi LaValley, Melanie Griffin Mimi LaValley, member of the Young Religious Unitarian Universalist (YRUU) Steering Committee, and Melanie Griffin, who has been active in YRUU doing anti-racism work for the last year, led a workshop entitled "Continuing ...

General Assembly 2007 Event 4021 Susan Leslie, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Congregational Advocacy and Witness director, introduced Community Based Organizing advocates Mary Croom Fontenet, Reverend Steve Crump, and Reverend Tony Johnson in this Saturday morning gathering of interest...

General Assembly 2007 Event 3065 Presenter: William E. Cross, Jr., The Graduate Center, City University of New York Dr. William Cross gave an exciting and compelling session on social mobility in the past and today. He started by reminding the audience that most Unitarian Universalist's have...