Criminal Justice
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"The opposite of poverty isn’t wealth—it's justice.” The founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative delivered the 2017 Ware Lecture.
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson speaks to justice, mercy, and compassion, themes of concern to us as...
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The Faith and Ethics Network for the International Criminal Court (FENICC) is now on Twitter and Facebook . We hope you will follow us to...
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Their Mission The Faith and Ethics Network for the International Criminal Court (FENICC) believes that the principals embodied in the...
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There can be endless debate over the legitimacy of the death penalty or whether recreational drugs should be illegal, but where there is...
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Members of the international community have established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Court will investigate and bring to...
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Drug Policy Reform Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform Crack the Disparity A theological basis for ending the sentencing...
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Since 1914, the United States has done little to change its drug policies. The current drug prohibition experiment has lasted more than 85...
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The HEA Drug Provision Students Denied Federal Aid for Drug Violations: Damaging the future of our youth ISSUE: A 1998 revision to the...
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The Unitarian Universalist Association has passed several resolutions that recognize racial and economic disparities in sentencing within...
Justice and Inclusion: Ministering Effectively in Our Multicultural World
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Issue 1, if passed, will dismantle much of the mass incarceration system in Ohio by reducing felony drug possession convictions to misdemeanors retroactively. This aligns with our UU commitments to resist white supremacy, embody solidarity with those harmed by the prison system and prioritize...
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Amendment 4, if passed, will have a huge impact byin enfranchising over 1.4 million people with past felony convictions. This will dismantle Jim-Crow era laws which disproportionately target people of color. Amendment 4 aligns with our UU values of dignity and democratic process by allowing...
Love Resists: A Justice Campaign Sponsored by the UUSC and the UUA
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The prison industrial complex is built upon a cycle of re-incarceration that it perpetuates. Many folks held in cages because of unaffordable bail are there because they are caught in a vicious cycle where they are being re-arrested for past challenges with unpaid fees/fines or court cases. (1) ...
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Gather a group in your community to participate in the BLUU Babies and Bailouts Watch Party and Donation Drive on Sunday, April 28 (or soon thereafter).
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On any given night, more than 450,000 people who have not been convicted of any crime are incarcerated in the United States simply because they don't have enough money to pay bail. ...
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With the upcoming November midterms, there are opportunities to resist the criminalization of our communities. Two key ballot initiatives - one in Ohio and one in Florida - will not only create justice in those states but also forward this movement in other states. Wherever you live, you can help.
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On any given night, more than 450,000 people in the United States who have not been convicted of any crime are locked up in jail simply because they don't have enough money to pay bail. Universalism means no one is disposable and interdependence means that none of us are truly free as long as people...
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Accompaniment is a fancy word for something we all do for our friends and loved ones: we have their backs when they need us. As Unitarian...
Social Justice Statements
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2018 Action of Immediate WitnessBECAUSE Unitarian Universalists recognize the humanity, worth, and dignity of all people within and outside of our membership; BECAUSE UUs...
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2014 Action of Immediate WitnessBECAUSE our Unitarian Universalist principles, faith and values call us to witness and advocate for human worth and dignity, justice,...
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2013 Action of Immediate WitnessWHEREAS , programs such as the “War on Drugs” and practices such as “Stop and Frisk” are actively used by police to harass and oppress...
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1974 General ResolutionWHEREAS, at this time, even though there has been no execution in the United States for the past seven years, twenty-eight states have...
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1978 General ResolutionWHEREAS, community-based correctional programs (probation, parole, pretrial intervention, halfway houses, work releases, etc.) are...
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1979 General ResolutionWHEREAS, General Assemblies of the Unitarian Universalist Association have opposed capital punishment by resolutions in 1961, 1966, and...
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1976 General ResolutionWHEREAS, nearly three out of four murders are impulsively committed by previously law-abiding citizens during arguments with family members...
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1974 General ResolutionWHEREAS, the most effective and just basis for social change starts with empowerment of those people who suffer most grievously; WHEREAS,...
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1974 General ResolutionWHEREAS, the present court and penal systems have failed in their purpose of rehabilitation, have in fact damaged personalities and...
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1973 General ResolutionWHEREAS, heroin and other drug addictions have become a modern plague in which every victim becomes a source of contagion; and WHEREAS,...
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1972 General ResolutionBE IT RESOLVED: That the 1972 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association recommends uniform gun legislation as follows:...
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1985 Business ResolutionVOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association, gathered in Regular Session, has taken note of the Bernhard...
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1971 General ResolutionRECOGNIZING: That the rapid increase of violent crime accompanies a vast public ignorance and prejudice about its causes and methods of...
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1989 General ResolutionWHEREAS President Schulz spoke in his report to the Assembly about the neglect of youth and the need for racial justice in our society;...
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1970 General ResolutionWHEREAS, the present local, state or provincial and federal laws in the United States and Canada regarding the growing, sale, trade,...
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1991 General ResolutionBECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm the worth and dignity of every individual; and BECAUSE we affirm justice, equity, and compassion in...
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1991 General ResolutionBECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth of every human life; and BECAUSE safe coexistence within society requires...
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2000 Action of Immediate WitnessScope: US Whereas the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to aid in the...
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2000 Action of Immediate WitnessScope: US Because Unitarian Universalists believe in the worth and dignity of everyone and have respect for all life; Whereas General...
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1966 General ResolutionRESOLVED: That the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the complete abolition of capital punishment in all United States and Canadian...
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2000 Action of Immediate WitnessScope: US As the 39th Annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association held its Opening Ceremony the evening of June 22,...
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1965 General ResolutionWHEREAS, federal, state and city narcotics laws declare the habitual use of narcotics to be a crime, while narcotics addiction is...
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2002 Statement of ConscienceBackground: This final draft Statement of Conscience of the Unitarian Universalist Association builds upon four social witness statements...
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1962 General ResolutionWHEREAS, a modern approach to criminal law has been needed in this country for many years; and WHEREAS, Unitarians and Universalists have...
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2005 Statement of ConscienceBackground: This Statement of Conscience of the Unitarian Universalist Association builds upon more than a dozen social witness statements...
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1961 General ResolutionWHEREAS, respect for the value of every human life must be incorporated into our laws if it is to be observed by our people; and WHEREAS,...
Tapestry of Faith: Curricula and Resources for Lifespan Faith Development
Building Bridges, Grades 8-9
Riddle and Mystery, 6th Grade
UU World
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By Elaine McArdleChanting “End mass incarceration!” and “Schools not cells!” about 1,000 Unitarian Universalists gathered in a public park in Spokane, Washington, for the General Assembly 2019 public witness event.Image credit: Spokane activist Sandra Williams
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By Kris WillcoxThe Church of the Larger Fellowship’s Worthy Now Prison Ministry serves nearly 1,000 people in prison.
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By Elaine McArdleTwo prison chaplains who minister together in Oregon’s only women’s prison discuss the need to end the prison-industrial complex and mass incarceration.Image credit: Prison chaplains the Rev. Dr. Emily Brault (left) and the Rev. Susan Matranga- Watson outside Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon.
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By Elaine McArdleBlack Lives of Unitarian Universalism drafts bylaws, introduces membership program, and works to end cash bail.Image credit: Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism’s Team Sankofa formed at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit in June 2018.
