The UU History and Heritage Society and the History and Heritage Committee of the MidAmerica Region are encouraging congregations to write their histories. Our goal is to develop a database of congregational histories, so that every society’s history is available to all the others.

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Board of Trustees will meet on Monday, June 15, 2020 at 8:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM Pacific. You're invited to join the Zoom meeting. Consult the agenda, below, for more information. ​The following documents are in PDF format. Meeting Agenda (1 page)...

“https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-cont… U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace: An Update on America’s Changing Religious Landscape,” Pew Research Center (October 17, 2019). Sabrina Tavernise,...

Audio and text. Collected recommendations from all sections of this report.

Audio and text. When appointed during the 2017 General Assembly, the Commission on Institutional Change was charged with working to identify and propose redress to issue . . .

Audio and text. In our work toward the beloved community, a search for a common language and clarity around the meaning of the words and terms used by those with diverging opinions is crucial . . .

Audio and text. In spite of the promise of our movement, we still need to address the bias and oppression within our systems to build resilience in our living tradition for the times we are in and strengthen it for future generations.

Audio and text. Many people of color did not wish to share their individual experiences with the Commission because their stories had been told and retold to no avail.

Audio and text. Any discussion on reparations must begin with an acknowledgment of the ongoing genocide, oppression, and exploitation...

Audio and text. We live in a world of change. The pace of change is now at an unprecedented level accelerated by shifts in global economics and demographics.

Audio and text. A growing awareness of the power of unconscious bias is pervasive across many settings. The fact that a vocal minority of Unitarian Universalists continue to deny the existence of unconscious bias is both disturbing and discouraging.

Audio and text. “We begin with the premise in all our work that the values of Unitarian Universalism cannot be realized in a system that is centered around one cultural expression. In fact, the centering of white culture and values has stymied the development of a full range of cultural expressions.

Audio and text. The work of becoming more equitable, inclusive, and diverse within our congregations is justice work. If we cannot do this well, we cannot be effective as justice partners.

Audio and text. “The opposite of racist isn’t ‘not racist.’ It is ‘antiracist.’ What’s the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist or racial equality as an antiracist. One either believes problems are rooted in groups of people, as a racist, or locates...

Audio and text. Many of our congregations are in trouble, with dwindling membership, participation, and financial contributions. A factor that contributes to this decline is our inability to address issues of inclusion, equity, and diversity.

I joined my local UU church after meeting some UUs at a Black Lives Matter rally after a local unarmed Black man was killed.

Audio and text. “I just want to be personal tonight because I come from a Black people for four hundred years terrorized, traumatized, stigmatized, but the best of our tradition is what?...

Audio and text. Unitarian Universalism, as a living faith tradition, must expand its foundations into an expansive faith community tied together not by dogma but by covenantal relations.