Listen to this: NPR podcast investigates 1965 murder of the Rev. James Reeb
‘White Lies’ retells the story of the murder of a white Unitarian Universalist minister and civil rights activist, which galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act but which the white residents of Selma, Alabama, refused to help solve.
BLUU announces black theology symposium this fall
Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism drafts bylaws, introduces membership program, and works to end cash bail.
Nothing we do will be perfect
To work for justice, religious liberals should let perfectionism go.
A call to action from trans UU religious professionals
The time is now for Unitarian Universalists everywhere to celebrate gender diversity, honor the spiritual gifts of trans leaders, fight for justice and liberation for trans people, and welcome people of all or no genders as full participants in spiritual community.
Love the hell out of this world
If we are not acting fearlessly for human dignity, compassion, justice, and peace, then we are failing to live our mission.
Time for cold anger
An anger that burns without consuming can be the fire and the energy for action, for organizing, for creating justice.
UUs mobilize for voting rights, criminal justice reform
As elections approach, Unitarian Universalists work to register voters, promote criminal justice reform, and re-enfranchise 1.5 million people in Florida.
Communities of compassion and resistance
In the midst of critical justice work, it is essential to practice more deeply our faith.
The messages we send
Too often, the idea that marginalized people cannot and should not expect to be fully and sincerely included in the fabric of our communities is reinforced by each of us.
New Orleans activists urged restorative justice for assailants who attacked two UUA employees
Two UUA employees who were violently robbed during the 2017 General Assembly urged leniency in case against four attackers, who were sentenced to prison terms.
Unitarian Universalists join movement to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Actions protesting U.S. treatment of migrants and asylum seekers were organized by the Latinx organization Mijente in San Diego on July 2.
In final vote, General Assembly affirms issues other petitions raised
Delegates affirm importance of issues raised by three proposed Actions of Immediate Witness that did not make it onto the final agenda.