Wherever you may be in your process of hiring and supporting staff at this moment, exploring your vision and values is an important starting place for thinking about diversity.

“Our planet is made up of two breaths. One comes from the oceans and the other comes from the trees. Today, the oceans are under severe stress of being able to provide this to the world.” These words were part of the remarks delivered by H.E. Dr. Satyendra Prasad, the Permanent Representative of...

Lately I’ve been noticing how many common idioms use the language of extraction, exploitation, coercion or hierarchy: Pipeline to Leadership Drill a Little Deeper Firehose of Information Canary in the Coalmine Changing of the Guard Burn the Candle at Both Ends Rank and File Most – if not all –...

UU the Vote organizers say the 2020 elections are ‘all-hands-on-deck’ for Unitarian Universalists, whose values are on the line.

The United States has made little effort to improve their relationship with Native Americans compared to what other countries have done with indigenous populations. Starting in the 1600s Native American history has been riddled with mass genocide, residential schools, and discriminatory laws. The...

When I arrived at my hotel in Madrid the lobby was abuzz with a crowd of young people from Asia and Romania who had arrived to join Friday’s march of half a million people to demand climate action. The most visible public voice was Greta Thunberg, the Swedish student who had risen to world fame...

A seed knows how to wait. Most seeds wait for several years before starting to grow; a cherry seed can wait for a hundred years with no problem. What exactly each seed is waiting for is known only to that seed. Some unique trigger-combination of temperature-moisture-light and many other things is...

This ritual begins by lighting a candle from the chalice, and placing it in position. A list of supplies is at the end of this resource. One: Fire. Source of warmth and life for our ancestors; and for humans still today....

Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church wins court battle to house homeless people in Lenexa, Kansas.

Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church wins court battle to house homeless people in Lenexa, Kansas.

The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over crimes against the Rohingya people in Myanmar, according to a November 14 decision by its PreTrial Chamber. It said that although the Court could not take up these crimes while the Rohingya remained in Myanmar because the country does not belong...

If conflict is inevitable in human relations, so might be efforts to reconcile and reach a state of peace. ...

With human rights under threat around the world, this Human Rights Day we all must be engaged to make sure that every person's human rights are respected and protected. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 71 years old today, lists the human rights that we must come together to fight for.

The holiday season, for adults at least, is often fraught with worries and stress. Do the decorations on the house look right? Did I buy the perfect present for my family and friends? Is the dinner I’m planning right for everyone?...

The Harper-Jordan Memorial Symposium declared a Black-centered theology as worth remembering, centering, and fighting for.

Unitarian Universalist minister, four other activists arrested protesting white supremacists at farmers’ market in Indiana.

We know we are facing an existential crisis with the advance of climate change; and what about the other existential threat? Nuclear weapons. Unless we arrest climate change, it will fundamentally change our civilization in a matter of decades, maybe threaten life on this planet. Nuclear weapons...

In recognition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this resource enables congregations to engage in rich discussion around questions of cross-cultural engagement and how identity plays into local organizing.