We echo UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray 's message. We wish you a joyful Passover!


Today, Jews around the world, including Jewish Unitarian Universalists, are celebrating #Passover. This often includes the telling of the story of the Exodus, with its messages of struggle, of loss, of freedom, justice and community. Today is also #GoodFriday and #Easter comes this Sunday, with the telling of the story of Jesus’s death and resurrection; messages of sacrifice, of loss, of justice, of freedom.

In both, there are practices of gathering as family and in community, storytelling and reminders of the resiliency and hope we experience through our history, our ancestors, our faith and one another.

This continues to be a time of uncertainty, heartbreak, injustice and suffering here in the U.S. and around the world. As we gather for these celebrations, may we remember the ways these holy days call us to a deeper commitment to resist oppression and work for the liberation of all.

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Jeff Milchen (@JMilchen) the UUA Justice Communications Associate, interviews Imari Kariotis, a woman of color who has autism and bipolar disorder and cares for an adult daughter with several disabilities, on her personal experience with the impact of COVID-19.

Although we are two years into the pandemic, Imari Kariotis reminds us to continue to protect the vulnerable communities. “Just be aware that you’re doing it for your fellow neighbor to take care of your community.”

Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3uMWCyi


Disability rights advocate Imari Kariotis calls us to be aware of our actions to help protect vulnerable communities.

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Is new life possible? Is love stronger, even, than death? The question itself invites us to rise up, and to live as though it were true—to make it true in our living.

Read Molly Housh Gordon's Braver Wiser post in full here:
https://bit.ly/3KZV4qp



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We have new job openings here at the UUA, including:
Retirement Plan Employer Liaison
Hope for Us Conflict Engagement Team Co-Director
UU the Vote 2022 State Campaign Strategist
Communications and Administrative Assistant
Videographer and Multimedia Strategist
Digital Editor UU World Magazine
Managing Editor UU World Magazine
Insurance Plans Director
Insurance Plans Specialist
Retirement Plan Specialist
And there will be more to come! Learn more about these exciting opportunities and join us in this transformational work.

https://bit.ly/2rLDAqh


The UUA is a great place to work—where your job is in alignment with your values. We are an historic, inclusive, and progressive religious denomination.

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Did your congregation gain new visitors or reconnect with previous members when you broadcast Sunday worship online during the pandemic?

The UUA heard from many who had moved away, or those whose family or health situations made in-person worship difficult or risky, and others who had been geographically isolated from their nearest congregation. Finding live UU worship online offered them much-needed hope and connection during a time of widespread isolation.

If your congregation is looking for ways to retain and grow your active online presence, the UUA has teamed up with @Peter Bowden (@UUPlanet on Twitter), longtime UU trainer and coach specializing in digital and social media strategy, to offer congregations a live one-week video strategy training at the end of April.

The training will offer guidance for developing systematic ways to incorporate online events and engagement that minimizes burnout for staff and leaders, and piques the interest of spiritual seekers online to come join your community.

Learn more and mark your calendars for this unique opportunity happening April 25 - 29, 2022: https://bit.ly/3NNVYrL.


The need for our congregations to effectively engage with people online has never been greater!

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A new Unitarian Universalist Association president—the public, spiritual, and executive leader of the UU movement and the UUA organization and staff—will be elected at General Assembly 2023, for a six-year term.

The Presidential Search Committee (PSC), which the General Assembly created in 2010, is tasked with evaluating applications for president and selecting at least two nominees.

The application form is now live online and the PSC will accept applications through July 15, 2022. Nominees will be announced on November 15, 2022. Please share this important leadership opportunity widely.

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Association’s next chief executive and spiritual leader to be elected at General Assembly 2023

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We’re with you in the struggle, dear ones, and ready to fight for a world in which every single one of us is safe and thriving. Thank you for working toward that future with us. A special thanks to our friends at Side with Love for their statement and their resources.

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There is so much at stake in the 2022 midterm elections. Together, our communities can address the current threats to our democracy and human dignity. Join us in this fight on Sunday, April 10 at 4pm ET/1pm PT for the launch of UU the Vote 2022! #UUtheVote #VoteLove #DefeatHate



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UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray responds with moral outrage to recent anti-trans legislation in Alabama and offers unequivocal support to all #trans and #nonbinary people.

Read her statement in full on UUA.org: https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/antitrans-legislation-dangerous

#TransPeopleAreDivine #TransRightsAreHumanRights


Unitarian Universalists are in solidarity and in support of the identity and expression of trans youth, which we affirm unapologetically.

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The UUA celebrates the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. As Unitarian Universalists, we hold close the principle of justice, equity for all, and compassion in human relations - values that are too often absent in our criminal justice system. Judge Jackson’s historic nomination gives us hope that our nation can also begin to meet these principles, and we are uplifted by what her confirmation means for the future.


We are uplifted about what her confirmation means for the future of our nation.

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Many congregations and UUs reconnected during the pandemic, when congregational worship services moved online.

And we heard from you - those who had moved away, those whose family or health situations made in-person worship difficult or risky, and those were geographically isolated from their nearest congregation. Finding live UU worship online offered much-needed connection during a time of widespread isolation.

Congregations that retain their vibrant and active online presence can grow these connections and reach new populations - there are so many people that need to hear the live-saving message of Unitarian Universalism.

The UUA has teamed up with Peter Bowden, a longtime UU trainer and coach specializing in digital and social media strategy, to offer congregations a live one-week video strategy training at the end of April.

Learn more and mark your calendars for this unique opportunity: https://bit.ly/3NNVYrL.


The need for our congregations to effectively engage with people online has never been greater!

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Get ready for UU the Vote 2022! On Sunday, April 10 at 4pm ET/1pm PT join President Susan Frederick-Gray, UU leaders, and partners to learn how you can show up for our UU values and communities in the critical midterm elections. Invite your congregation and social justice teams to join us for an exciting launch of UU the Vote 2022.



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UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray is in her fifth year of a six-year term. That means that UUs will elect a new president at GA 2023.

The Presidential Search Committee is tasked with evaluating applications for president and selecting at least two nominees. Candidates may also run by petition separately from the PSC process. The application is now live online and the committee will accept applications through July 15.

Learn more about the process to apply and this exciting leadership opportunity!


Application for UUA President with a term lasting from 2023-2029

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April 4 is the date Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 while he was in Memphis, Tennessee to support sanitation workers. Exactly one year before, on April 4, 1967, Dr. King gave one of his most consequential speeches titled, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”. This speech was the first time he publicly called for an end to the U.S. war in Vietnam and for unity and action to end the triple threats of militarism, racism, and extreme materialism.

Tonight at 7:15pm EST/4:15pm PST, people of all ages, experiences, and backgrounds will join together to read Dr. King’s “Breaking Silence” speech. Learn more about this intergenerational call for unity and justice. Register to watch the reading at https://bit.ly/3DlZWTA.



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At this year’s multiplatform General Assembly (GA), we will explore the power, possibility, purpose, struggle, and joy of meeting the moment as Unitarian Universalists. Whether you're a first-time delegate or a long-time attendee, we invite you to join us to learn more about what will happen at GA this year. Members of the Board of Trustees (with some occasional special guests) will provide an overview, along with information for delegates regarding the business sessions.

In order to prepare for a new and different way of doing the business of GA this year, the Board will lead several different webinars. Each one will be 75 minutes in length, and a recording of each will be posted on this page at a later date. Pre-registration is required for all.

Register today:


Register to join one or more of the upcoming GA 2022 prep webinars let by members of the UUA Board.

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Spread the message of social justice through the power of art.

This art is free and available for you to use to spread a message of social justice. Much of this art was produced though our art projects, Mamas Day and Trans Day of Resilience (TDOR) and for our state-based action sites in Oregon and New Mexico. We welcome you to reproduce this social justice art and share it in your community. Please do not alter the image in any way and or offer these images for sale. Do not use or reprint the image in a publication or for commercial or institutional purposes without the permission of Forward Together. If you share this social justice art on social media please tag Forward Together (@fwdtogether on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook).


Spread the message of social justice through the power of art.

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Programming for the 2022 Intergenerational Seminar will be offered fully online, April 22 – May 1, 2022. Addressing the theme “Displacement and Human Rights: All In for Climate Justice.” It’s hosted by the UUA Office at the United Nations (UU@UN) in partnership with UU Ministry for Earth, UU Service Committee (UUSC), and Side With Love. Congregations are invited to host local gatherings to allow Seminar attendees to connect with others who live nearby.

Registration for the Seminar is open through April 3, 2022. Check out the tentative schedule for additional details about what to expect!

https://bit.ly/3wwkrM0



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Unitarian Universalists celebrate the profound gift that transgender and nonbinary religious professionals, leaders, adults and children are to our faith and our lives. We see you. We love you. You are sacred. You are a gift. #TransDayOfVisibility



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After multiple failed attempts across twelve decades, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, finally making this brutal act of racial terror a federal hate crime.

As Unitarian Universalists, we carry with us the hope and the power of the civil rights pioneers who came before us and we carry the light of their inspiration forward. We are grateful for the Biden Administration’s willingness to take up this historic legislation.


President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, the culmination of more than a century of efforts to designate lynching as a federal hate crime.

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Democracy is a process and a practice. A movement for genuine democracy requires us to create deeper coalitions and community partnerships to put power in the hands of the many and not the few. Join us in this work on Sunday, April 10 at 4pm ET/1pm PT for the launch of UU the Vote 2022! #UUtheVote #VoteLove #DefeatHate bit.ly/UUtheVote2022Launch



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April 4 is the date Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 while he was in Memphis, Tennessee to support sanitation workers. Exactly one year before, on April 4, 1967, Dr. King gave one of his most consequential speeches titled, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”. This speech was the first time he publicly called for an end to the U.S. war in Vietnam and for unity and action to end the triple threats of militarism, racism, and extreme materialism.

Next Monday, April 4, 20222, people of all ages, experiences, and backgrounds will join together in national and local readings of Dr. King’s “Breaking Silence” speech in communities across the country. Learn more and register to watch a reading at https://bit.ly/3DlZWTA.



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Get Rooted, Get Ready!

Spring for Change: a Season of Sacred Activism — from March 20 (Spring Equinox) through May 22nd (International Day for Biodiversity) — is an invitation to the Unitarian Universalist faith community to embody the transformational, regenerative power of Spring through sacred activism for Earth and all our relations.

The 2022 Spring for Change theme is Get Rooted, Get Ready!
Together, we will Get Rooted in our faith communities, our spiritual practices, and our relationships to the ecosystems we are home to. We will Get Ready by facing the facts and forecasts of our climate and ecological crises with courage, moral clarity, and a commitment to act for justice.

For more opportunities to engage in this season of sacred activism click here:


Get Rooted, Get Ready! March 20 – May 23, 2022 Spring for Change: a Season of Sacred Activism — from March 20 (Spring Equinox) through May 22nd (International Day for Biodiversity) — is an invitation to the Unitarian Universalist faith community to embody the transformational, regenerative pow...

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This week's Braver Wiser message comes from Christine Slocum.
"I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t fail first.We can avoid failure or try and roll with whatever the consequences are, trusting we're worthy all the same. "

Read it in full:https://bit.ly/3IAXQjJ


A combination of strategies can offer layers of precaution that increase safety and inclusion for all members of a community.

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The UUA supports congregations that continue to suspend in-person gatherings, as well as those that are combining in-person and online engagement to offer a multiplatform experience. We believe this is an important way for us to continue live out our UU values of radical inclusion.

Learn about our seven strategies for gathering and how your congregation can sustain and grow its vital ministry in these turbulent times in our resource pages online: https://bit.ly/36i953B.



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Programming for the 2022 Intergenerational Seminar will be offered fully online, April 22 – May 1, 2022. Addressing the theme “Displacement and Human Rights: All In for Climate Justice.” It’s hosted by the UUA Office at the United Nations (UU@UN) in partnership with UU Ministry for Earth, UU Service Committee (UUSC), and Side With Love. Congregations are invited to host local gatherings to allow Seminar attendees to connect with others who live nearby.

Registration for the Seminar is open through April 3, 2022. Check out the tentative schedule for additional details about what to expect!

https://bit.ly/3wwkrM0



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The Article II Study Commission needs your input on key themes related to its revision work. After you have participated in reflection with your local community or attended an online discussion, please share your feedback with us through a brief survey.

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Thanks to grassroots organizing, we knew President Biden’s SCOTUS nominee would be the first Black woman so honored, but that doesn't minimize the staggering importance of breaking through 230+ years of excluding Black women from the Supreme Court.

Jackson brings impeccable credentials that inspired the UUA to formally join in supporting her nomination. Among her decades of achievements, Jackson will break another pivotal barrier by becoming the first public defender ever to serve on the Supreme Court and the first criminal defense attorney since Thurgood Marshall retired in 1991.

As we celebrate this historic moment, we are in solidarity with all whose hard work and activism has brought us here, and we wait to exhale collectively when Judge Jackson is rightfully confirmed as our next Supreme Court justice.

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As we confront the urgent threats to peace, voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and more, let’s appreciate and celebrate the landmark nomination of Judge Ktanji Jackson, which grassroots activists helped create, and draw needed inspiration for essential struggles to come.

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Doug Sherman reminds us how we must welcome and find room for refugees. “Every person deserves dignity, every person has inherent worth. We are in an era of a mass migration of people fleeing war, terrorism, drug lords, authoritarianism, starvation, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes: These are the teeth of the shark .No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.”

Read more from member of the UU Church of Buffalo, Doug Sherman:
https://bit.ly/3It6uk4


Every person deserves dignity, every person has inherent worth.

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We are excited to share a new UU youth ministry podcast with you! JUUst Breathe Live is a podcast hosted by religious educators Eric Bliss and Shannon Harper. In each episode, they interview special guests on topics that are central to youth ministry such as climate justice, spiritual direction, and life after bridging/circling.

https://bit.ly/3udGhBf


And now for something completely different! Eric Bliss Yms and I are trying a new tactic for bringing UU youth and emerging adult ministry to the people. JUU...

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Despite the Texas Supreme Court's ruling ending legal challenges against their inhumane anti-abortion law, Unitarian Universalists in Texas remain committed to helping women who want abortions find the health care they need. “I’m organizing chaplains to assist patients to be with [the women seeking abortions], to give them spiritual care, to accompany them in their journeys to these clinics,” said Rev. Daniel Kanter of First Unitarian Church of Dallas. https://bit.ly/36tSbhS
Texas clergy part of lawsuit struck down in latest blow to abortion law challenge
(RNS) — The Rev. Daniel Kanter, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said they will continue helping pregnant people get safe and legal abortions in other states.


(RNS) — The Rev. Daniel Kanter, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said they will continue helping pregnant people get safe and legal abortions in other states.

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If you identify as cisgender, consider taking our Spokesperson Training to learn how to speak in support of trans/genderqueer/non-binary people, whether at legislative hearings, community meetings, in media interviews, or other venues. We encourage you to share this with religious professionals and congregational leaders beyond UUism. We need Progressive congregational and community leaders to speak up against hateful anti-trans legislation around the country.

Register at https://bit.ly/TransLivesSpokespersonTraining.


Progressive congregational and community leaders are needed to speak up against hateful anti-trans legislation around the country. If you identify as cisgender, consider taking our Spokesperson Training to learn how to speak in support of trans/genderqueer/non-binary people, whether at legislative hearings, community meetings, in media interviews, or other venues. Register at https://bit.ly/TransLivesSpokespersonTraining.

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This week's Braver Wiser message comes from David Kohlmeier.

You and everyone else on the planet are worthy by nature: you didn’t earn your worth, and you can’t lose it. Because you exist. Period.

Read it in full:https://bit.ly/3MUwyZ7


You didn’t earn your worth, and you can’t lose it. Because you exist. Period.

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The UUA's Holdeen India program works in many ways to support women's empowerment in India. Here's a recent dispatch sharing how one Holdeen program partner is supporting women farmers in the western state of Gujarat.

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How grassroots partners of the UU Holden India Program celebrated International Women's Day

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UU congregations from across the nation will come together in late April to discuss climate justice and human rights. This will be a great opportunity to network and discern ways to address climate change!

Visit https://bit.ly/3MUlJ9e to learn more.


Youth and adults from all over North America gather annually for our three day seminar to dig deeply into issues with global impact.

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This time two years ago, our lives changed forever when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Vaccinations and therapeutic strategies have allowed some Americans to move on with their lives.

But we cannot forget that the pandemic permanently altered many lives, particularly among Black and brown families, individuals, and communities. Recent analyses of federal, state, and local data show that people of color experienced a disproportionate burden of cases and deaths. As is almost always true, this crisis has made pre-existing racial inequities much worse.

As a society, we need to reflect on how to close these gaps. As a faith tradition, Unitarian Universalists are committed to justice, equality, and inclusion. When it comes to COVID-19, that means respecting and protecting the BIPOC communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, promoting the right to health care, and creating better access to it.

As we pick up the pieces of this pandemic and rebuild, may we hold the pain of so many lives lost and so much injustice together as communities of love and justice. And may the experience of shared heartbreak move us to be bolder as we take action where we live to transform this society into one that is rooted in justice and equality for all.

For a deeper understanding of the state of the current crisis, please visit the following link:https://bit.ly/3i6DTGF


This is an updated analysis of COVID-19 cases and deaths by race/ethnicity that incorporates more recent data amid the surge associated with the Omicron variant.

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These activists are each making unique and powerful contributions to our world and they are lifting up other women, too. How are you celebrating Women's History Month?

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We reach out to five activists to learn how they're celebrating Women's History Month and share their advice on how to celebrate women every day.

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As people of faith who believe in every person's right to live freely and fully in the wholeness of their own beloved identity, we denounce the harassment of families in Texas by their state's government. Gender affirming medical care is a human right and all trans people deserve to be loved, uplifted, and celebrated for who they are. #ShameOnTexas

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Amber Briggle had hoped inviting Paxton to dinner might soften his views about transgender children. Now, the family is under investigation after he issued an opinion equating gender-affirming medical care with child abuse.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association joins more than 450 other organizations in petitioning governments in boycotting Russian gas and oil in addition to committing to phasing out fossil fuel use. Read the letter and see all the signers at https://bit.ly/3tJvuhN.


Organizations around the world demand that governments put forward plans to bring emissions and fossil fuel production down to Real Zero.

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Please save the date and join The U.S. HIV & AIDS Faith Coalition on a HIV & Faith conversation on Women, Girls and HIV. This Wednesday, March 9th 2022 at 2 pm EST. The HIV & AIDS Faith Coalition is proud to partner with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference.



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We are so grateful for all the women leaders—especially the BIPOC women, trans women, women with disabilities and poor women—who have been leading change throughout history and today. And we remain ever grateful for the leadership of our President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray.

#InternationalWomensDay



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In response to the outpouring of concern, we're sharing the most up to date information we have on how UUs in the United States and around the world are responding to the humanitarian crisis in #Ukraine and to amplify the ways that we can all help.


We continue to hold in our hearts the people of Ukraine and all of those around the world who are suffering because of war and injustice.

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March is Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the incredible and often overlooked contributions women have made throughout history. Many Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) women have not only shaped and led the UU faith, but they’ve also left an undeniable impact on history in general. Learn about these ten influential women who changed the world for the better. Don’t see your favorite UU woman in history? Comment below their name below.

https://bit.ly/3hMkcDO


March is Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the incredible and often overlooked contributions women have made throughout history. Many...

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Yesterday a Kentucky jury cleared a former police officer of charges that he endangered neighbors when he fired shots into an apartment during the 2020 drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor’s death.

This news is both heartbreaking and heartbreakingly unsurprising. The UUA affirms our solidarity with all of our Black siblings and kin, with communities across the globe who are rising up. As Unitarian Universalists, we must commit yet again to acting alongside all who are working to bring about a world in which Black lives, bodies, and communities are treated with reverence and respect.

#BlackLivesMatter #SayHerName

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky police officer was found not guilty Thursday on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor's death.

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These activists are each making unique and powerful contributions to our world and they are lifting up other women, too. How are you celebrating Women's History Month?

https://bit.ly/3hCT7mq


We reach out to five activists to learn how they're celebrating Women's History Month and share their advice on how to celebrate women every day.

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For those looking for ways to support folks impacted by the war in #Ukraine, we share this blog post from the @UUAInternationalOffice, which includes links to support the Hungarian Unitarian Church as well as the @UnitarianUniversalistServiceCommittee. You'll also find more information on Russia's actions in the UN Security Council in a UU World from the director of our UU United Nations office, Bruce Knotts.

https://bit.ly/3HHPZAq


As the situation in the Ukraine unfolds, we in the International Office echo the messages shared by UUSC’s president the Rev. Mary Katherine Morn and by...

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This week, we were reminded once again that the damage that climate change will bring will devastate neighborhoods and disrupt lives around the world, especially BIPOC communities and developing nations. According to a New York Times summary of the latest International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, extreme weather events killed 15 times as many people in highly vulnerable countries, including those in Africa and Asia, than in wealthier nations. .

Unitarian Universalism's 7th Principle calls us to acknowledge and protect the interdependent web of existence of which we are all a part. As people of faith, we accept our responsibility to act on our commitment to environmental justice.

Review the latest IPCC report here:
https://bit.ly/35AHDgy


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report

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Many people who complain about “voter fraud” clearly want to ensure the tiny number of cases continue, lest they lose their excuse for continuing voter suppression and election sabotage.

Here's the evidence! https://bit.ly/3v0b1r6

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Voter registration rolls in America are often out-of-date and complicated to maintain because millions of Americans move, die, or change their names each yea...

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Lifting up and echoing this message of love from the Rev. Erin Walter and the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry:

To trans UUs and parents, caregivers, and families of trans kids: You are deeply loved. [Attorney General] Paxton and [Governor] Abbott do NOT speak for your communities of faith. Your clergy are NOT required to report gender-affirming care, nor would we. We pray you are tending to your needs and doing what gives you joy right now. Please reach out to your local clergy or church care teams for support, or contact TXUUJM@gmail.com and let us know how your state justice ministry can support you. We pledge to do everything we can.

TrustTexasFamilies #TransPeopleAreDivine


Updates from the Texas UU Justice Ministry, in Support of Trans Texans and Their Families


Dear Texas UUs and justice seeking friends,


Trans people embody the inherent worth and dignity that is a pillar of our Unitarian Universalist faith. At the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry, our hearts are with trans kids, their families and caregivers, and all trans and nonbinary people. We love you fiercely, and will forever fight for your rights and honor the beautiful ways you are you.


As has been reported, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott are threatening to remove trans-children from their homes if parents seek gender-affirming care, prosecute their parents for child abuse, and prosecute mandatory reporters — including clergy — for failing to report this “child abuse.”

These threats are abhorrent, unconscionable, and immoral, and Paxton and Abbott's fear-mongering poses real danger to the health and safety of trans Texans. However, we also want to send legal and spiritual reassurance from TXUUJM partners, ministers, and friends (below).

To trans UUs and parents, caregivers, and families of trans kids: You are deeply loved. Paxton and Abbott do NOT speak for your communities of faith. Your clergy are NOT required to report gender-affirming care, nor would we. We pray you are tending to your needs and doing what gives you joy right now. Please reach out to your local clergy or church care teams for support, or contact TXUUJM@gmail.com and let us know how your state justice ministry can support you. We pledge to do everything we can.

In faith,

– Rev. Erin Walter, Minister & Executive Director, Texas UU Justice Ministry

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Are you participating in Lent this year? In this Braver Wiser message, Author Nathan Ryan shares an experience he has had with Lent. “I’m prone to think of my Lenten practice as a failure: I didn’t pick something rigorous enough to help me grapple with the realities of my own mortality and the temporary nature of all of existence. Then again, maybe transformation shouldn't be measured in forty-day increments.”

For those who practice, we hope this season of Lent is a meaningful one for you - with or without transformation.

Learn more about Nathan Ryan’s experience here:
https://bit.ly/36WXd70


Last year for Lent, I decided to say yes to any request. I made it all the way to Easter without having to honor my decision.

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Jeff Milchen

There is pain and outrage in our hearts because Texas Governor Greg Abbott has escalated the attacks on transgender people living in his state, especially trans youth, by equating medical care with child abuse. Governor Abbott is weaponizing this basic right of care for trans youth and their families.

As Unitarian Universalists, let us come together in solidarity at this critical moment in unequivocal support for trans children. We will continue to work unceasingly to create inclusive religious communities and for LGBTQIA+ justice and equity as a fundamental part of our faith tradition.

To our trans family: we uplift and support all the trans and non-binary people in our lives, our congregations, and communities. You are not alone. We hold trans children and their families—in Texas and in the world—in deep care.

For more resources, please visit Resources for Transgender Youth in Texas.

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There is pain and outrage in our hearts because Texas Governor Greg Abbott has escalated the attacks on transgender people living in his state.

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