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General Assembly 2007
The UUA's annual General Assembly usually manages to catch the eye of the local media. Here are some of the stories that talked about this year's GA in Portland, Ore. (See uuworld.org's General Assembly news summary. Expanded coverage available at UUA.org and on uuworld.org’s General Assembly Blog.)
UUA President William Sinkford was interviewed on Portland’s progressive talk radio station KPOJ 620AM on Wednesday, June 20, as thousands of UUs gathered in the city for the 2007 General Assembly. You can listen to the interview on the station's website.
Amy Goodman, host of “Democracy Now!,” writes about the GA presentation on how the Pentagon Papers came to be published by Beacon Press, and why it may be time for new Pentagon Papers to see the light of day. (Truthdig - 6.26.07)
An Oregonian article about the recent Portland General Assembly focuses on the faith's struggle to be more racially diverse and the tensions surrounding the issue. (OregonLive.com - Portland, OR 6.22.07)
See also: "Unitarians Find They're Almost Universally White" (Beliefnet.com - New York, NY)
UUA President William Sinkford responded to the Oregonian story in a letter published on June 30, which appears on pages 3-4. (OregonLive.com - Portland, OR 6.30.07)
The General Assembly also gets a mention at the end of a St. Petersburg Times article about religious groups who support or condemn homosexuality. (St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL 6.24.07)
Former minister faces extradition
George Exoo, a former Unitarian minister, may be extradited to Ireland for the 2002 assisted suicide of a Dublin woman. (Washington Post - 6.27.07) [Editor's note: According to the UUA, Exoo resigned from ministerial fellowship with the UUA in November 2001.]
UU mother teaches 'spiritual parenting'
The Boston Globe profiles Sally Patton, a UU who has started teaching workshops on "spiritual parenting." (Boston Globe - 6.30.07)
Also in the media:
An article in the Spartanburg Herald Journal looks at the origins of the UU Flower Communion. (Spartanburg Herald Journal - Spartanburg, SC 6.23.07)
The Second Congregational Meeting House, UU, in Nantucket, Mass., helped three young Bulgarian women who got stranded in America. (Nantucket Island Inquirer - Nantucket Island, MA 6.28.07)
A column by Belinda Howell and Martha Ferger—submitted on behalf of the Social Justice Council of the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca—urges the New York Senate to pass the Healthy Teens Act. (Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY 6.21.07)
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse, Wisc., finally gets a home. (LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse, WI 6.29.07)
The UUA's annual General Assembly usually manages to catch the eye of the local media. Here are some of the stories that talked about this year's GA in Portland, Ore. (See uuworld.org's General Assembly news summary. Expanded coverage available at UUA.org and on uuworld.org’s General Assembly Blog.)
UUA President William Sinkford was interviewed on Portland’s progressive talk radio station KPOJ 620AM on Wednesday, June 20, as thousands of UUs gathered in the city for the 2007 General Assembly. You can listen to the interview on the station's website.
Amy Goodman, host of “Democracy Now!,” writes about the GA presentation on how the Pentagon Papers came to be published by Beacon Press, and why it may be time for new Pentagon Papers to see the light of day. (Truthdig - 6.26.07)
An Oregonian article about the recent Portland General Assembly focuses on the faith's struggle to be more racially diverse and the tensions surrounding the issue. (OregonLive.com - Portland, OR 6.22.07)
See also: "Unitarians Find They're Almost Universally White" (Beliefnet.com - New York, NY)
UUA President William Sinkford responded to the Oregonian story in a letter published on June 30, which appears on pages 3-4. (OregonLive.com - Portland, OR 6.30.07)
The General Assembly also gets a mention at the end of a St. Petersburg Times article about religious groups who support or condemn homosexuality. (St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL 6.24.07)
Former minister faces extradition
George Exoo, a former Unitarian minister, may be extradited to Ireland for the 2002 assisted suicide of a Dublin woman. (Washington Post - 6.27.07) [Editor's note: According to the UUA, Exoo resigned from ministerial fellowship with the UUA in November 2001.]
UU mother teaches 'spiritual parenting'
The Boston Globe profiles Sally Patton, a UU who has started teaching workshops on "spiritual parenting." (Boston Globe - 6.30.07)
Also in the media:
An article in the Spartanburg Herald Journal looks at the origins of the UU Flower Communion. (Spartanburg Herald Journal - Spartanburg, SC 6.23.07)
The Second Congregational Meeting House, UU, in Nantucket, Mass., helped three young Bulgarian women who got stranded in America. (Nantucket Island Inquirer - Nantucket Island, MA 6.28.07)
A column by Belinda Howell and Martha Ferger—submitted on behalf of the Social Justice Council of the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca—urges the New York Senate to pass the Healthy Teens Act. (Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY 6.21.07)
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse, Wisc., finally gets a home. (LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse, WI 6.29.07)
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