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Six UU organizations release joint statement committing to respond to climate-forced displacement.

A curated sample of pastoral and prophetic writings of a prolific president.

Unitarian Universalist’s painting is part of a series on climate change and air quality issues.

UU the Vote was back in 2022 to help organize, educate, and empower voters across the country.

New president to be elected at General Assembly 2023.

Donate to the UUA's Disaster Relief Fund today to aid affected congregations.

After years without a building, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta has held the grand opening of its new campus.

Our hearts are still heavy on the anniversary of September 11, 2001.

An Ingathering greeting from UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray.

Discussion guides and resources are available for Defund Fear.

Over 120 Unitarian Universalists participate in Poor People’s Campaign Moral March

UUA’s second all-virtual General Assembly is focused on improving user experience and providing more opportunities for interaction.

Election features one contested Board seat; resolutions would shorten UUA presidential campaigns and allow possibility of uncontested presidential election.

Leaders of the UUA, affiliated professional organizations, and identity groups ask congregations to hold conversations and submit feedback by December 20.

How you and your congregation can start talking about mass incarceration.

Unitarians and Universalists have a long history of advocating for justice. Here are just a few who left their mark on the world. Who would be on your short list?

Additional materials to support group discussion coming this fall.

Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, was a member of River Road UU Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland.

The Commission invited UUs into conversation and discernment as they shared perspectives on institutional and cultural barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Civil rights attorney Sam Ames says the 2020 election marks the beginning, not the end, of work to strengthen trans rights.

UU congregations across the country are grappling with change. Here are five that chose equity and inclusion over “the way we’ve always done it.” How might your congregation engage with change?

The Rev. Sofía Betancourt preaches at the worship service honoring religious professionals, ‘I want to honor the weary, ragged miracle that is our living tradition.’

Readers respond to an erroneous photo caption, the legacy of the Transcendentalists, and the often forgotten Universalist Church of the Larger Fellowship.

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council Vice-Chairwoman jessie little doe baird discusses issues facing the Wampanoag and other Native Americans.

‘Justice on Earth’ chosen for congregational discussion groups.

News briefs: Youngstown, Ohio, church puts cupola where steeple had been; All Souls in Manhattan marks bicentennial; Casper, Wyoming, UUs help install mural honoring local civil rights martyr James Reeb.

United States history in its full power and complexity.

“This is not just another initiative,” said UUA Executive Vice President Carey McDonald. “It’s at the center of all our initiatives for the coming years. It’s the foundation.”

Daniel Nevins’s painting ‘Love Is a Fearsome Thing’ honors longtime UUA supporters.

Five-year agreement signed at 2019 General Assembly in Spokane.

New mobile app from the UUA offers worship resources for groups and individuals.

Unitarian Universalist congregations in the news.

Rashid Shaikh, Ph.D., is director of science emeritus at the Health Effects Institute in Boston and co-convenor, with Paula Cole Jones, of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Caucus on Climate Justice, a new group focused on the intersections of racial, environmental, and climate injustices.

Receive a virtual outreach care package for your congregation each month.

‘As Unitarian Universalists, we are first and foremost religious communities that practice love as our foundation—and we are living in times of heartbreak, violence, and pain.’

Discussion guide available for ‘An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States.’

Justice Gatson founded the Reale Justice Network in Kansas City, Missouri. Among other social justice issues, it focuses on ending the cash bail system, a national issue that disparately affects people of color.

Creating art as a form of meditation.

More UUs in the news: Leslie Mac in Essence, James Reeb on NPR, Tim Berners-Lee on the thirtieth anniversary of the Internet.

Book to note: Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir.

Showing up for justice outside a notorious jail.

Former head of Win Without War and United to End Genocide will lead UU human rights organization.

Selections from ‘To Wake, To Rise: Meditations on Justice and Resilience.’

News briefs: Congregation moves from Norfolk to Virginia Beach; fellowship in Port Townsend, Washington, partners with S’Klallam Tribe to create Chief Chetzemoka Interpretive Trail.

Award honors excellence in religious education.

Two decades of editorial work for UUA were a public ministry.

Quilt made by members of Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, Louisville, Kentucky.

Unitarian Universalist congregations in the news.

UU Society for Community Ministries Co-President Ben Gabel explains how the new Chaplain Endorsement Program will help religious professionals working outside UU congregations.

‘The more you benefit from supremacy the more responsible you have to be to dismantle it,’ Brittany Packnett tells Unitarian Universalists gathered in Kansas City.

Notable guides to the roots of white supremacy in American policing.

The three candidates running for UUA president met in the first of five regional candidate forums on April 1 in Bethesda, Maryland.

GA 2021 will focus on deepening connections, resilience.

Guide to UU World’s coverage of the 2017 UUA General Assembly in New Orleans.

The Condor & the Eagle dir. by Clement Guerra and Sophie Guerra (2019)