Governance

UUA General Assembly continues focus on dismantling white supremacy. Resolutions condemn criminalization of migrants, call for end to private prisons, and urge support for indigenous water protectors.

District serving congregations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont is part of the UUA’s New England Region. Two of the four districts in that region have already dissolved.

Changes will simplify social witness resolutions process, remove gendered language, and allow for co-moderators.

Moderator Nominating Committee tells board that it found no suitable candidates willing to run for a six-year term.

The committee charged with selecting two candidates to run for UUA president is seeking feedback about its process, which was used for the first time in the 2017 election.

Apply by June 30; Board of Trustees will select a successor to the late Jim Key.

New hiring procedures aim for 40 percent of managers and professional staff to be people of color or indigenous people.

Key has presided over UUA Board of Trustees during racial equity conversation of past two months.

In first meeting with interim co-presidents, UUA board talks about racism; discusses proposed bylaw amendments; hears call for general conference.

‘Sometimes it takes a shock to a system to get it unstuck,’ says UUA Interim Co-President William G. Sinkford.