It has been two months since the El Paso shooting. In recognition of those lives lost and Hispanic Heritage Month, poet Richard Blanco penned this poem "The U.S. of Us." Some of us know Richard Blanco as the 2019 Ware Lecturer.


Blanco, the first Latinx inaugural poet, says the work is “a hard look at our place as Hispanics in the United States.”

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A list of firsts that includes Jharrel Jerome, who just made history *this year* as the first Afro-Latino to win an Emmy in the Ava DuVernay series' When They See Us. #RepresentationMatters


From the original “Godfather of Black History” to the “Queen of Salsa.”

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"I am excited to have my beautiful baby girl and my two sons, who I love very much. My life continues, and this broken system will not stop my fight to keep my family together." - Ingrid Encalada Latorre, a 36-year-old Peruvian immigrant and mother of three


Setting foot off church property could mean being permanently separated from her children—so Ingrid Encalada Latorre gave birth to her daughter in the rec room.

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Autumn is a time for us to reflect on not just how the Earth changes again & again, but how we might harness that same energy for ourselves & our communities.


This fall, we can learn a few lessons from the earth as she does her thing.

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Katie Campbell , an EMT and Unitarian Universalist, explains how the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism inform her beliefs about consent. This video is part of a video series called “Faithful Consent.” These videos and the companion discussion guide are a starting place for individuals or discussion groups to think about how consent impacts everyday life. To learn more about this project and to find the discussion guide, visit uua.org/faithfulconsent.



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Thank you to the RE program of Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church for your #Interfaith solidarity with the Tree of Life Or L'Simcha Congregation of Pittsburgh. #HeartsTogether "Fight with realistic hope, not to destroy all the world's wrong, but to renew its good." — Elizabeth E Wein


Allegheny UU Church Children Show Support for Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

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We cannot debate the worth & dignity of the lives of disabled people. "Every parent is going to suffer pain because of something in their child’s life, whether it be a learning disability, bullying, struggling with poor body image, or finding good friends. Sometimes this heartache begins at birth and sometimes it comes with puberty — but it will come."


An open letter from the mom of a kid with a rare disability

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Many white Americans view people of color as "less American" and say they are "not patriotic." Why?


Here's the data.

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Last Friday, Unitarian Universalists showed up in a BIG WAY to support immediate action on climate change. We are grateful for everyone's participation in the #ClimateStrikes, especially the Youth of the Sunrise Movement and the Future Coalition who led us. #StrikeWithUs



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Last Friday, Unitarian Universalists showed up in a BIG WAY to support immediate action on climate change. We are grateful for everyone's participation in the #ClimateStrikes, especially the Youth of the Sunrise Movement and the Future Coalition who led us. #StrikeWithUs

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Continuing the conversation on Latinx identities, Miguel Salazar of The Nation interviews those who have rejected the Latinidad label and how they engage around their identity.


A growing community of young, black, and indigenous people are questioning the very identity underpinning Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Spiritual director Lily Luo explains how creating more understanding about consent requires making room for complex conversations and creating space for questions. This video is part of a video series called “Faithful Consent.” These videos and the companion discussion guide are a starting place for individuals or discussion groups to think about how consent impacts everyday life. To learn more about this project and to find the discussion guide, visit uua.org/faithfulconsent.



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[Auto-Play Video Content] A short interview with Levi Draheim about the significance of the #ClimateStrikes and how continuing to do nothing is not an option.


Levi Camden Draheim is worried his Florida hometown on the beach faces harm from extreme weather and sea level rise. So he’s suing the government to do something about it.

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“Visibility and representation are the only things that create change. It’s when we’re visible that we have the power to create empathy through the way we tell stories,” he said. “Being black and gay and out and being in this position and speaking from where I get to speak from is the change. I hope that young queer people of all colors can look at me and know that they can.”


Billy Porter of FX's "Pose" is the first openly gay black man to win the Emmy for lead actor in a drama series.

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"Together, we must demand bold climate action on scale with the climate crisis. We must demand the transformation of energy usage, equitable energy solutions and accountability for corporations and leaders responsible for the crisis. And spiritually, we must free ourselves from the imaginations of division, scarcity and domination - and unlock the spiritual imagination that knows we are in this together and that there is more possibility ahead for our future." Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray gave this charge before marching with Unitarian Universalists and Side with Love in New York City's Climate Strike. Thank you to all Unitarian Universalists who showed up for youth and our planet and supported the climate strikes. Share your favorite moment or photo from the strike in the comments, and let us know where you were striking! #StrikewithUs #ClimateStrike



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Join this live worship service as Unitarian Universalists prepare to march in the climate strike. Our president, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, is speaking before she joins the strike! #StrikewithUs #ClimateStrike


LIVE from Community Church of New York --- UUs are worshiping and getting ready for the global #climatestrike! #CreateClimateJustice! Unitarian Universalist Association

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We're striking for the climate TODAY! Thank you Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray and Rev. Fletcher Harper of GreenFaith for this faith-centered URGENT call to action. #ClimateStrikes


Driven by our faith and by our profound concern about climate change, we will be joining young people from around the world in a climate strike.

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Matthew Swoveland of the The Second Step discusses how men can expand their conversations about consent to help create a safer, more compassionate world. This video is part of a video series called “Faithful Consent.” These videos and the companion discussion guide are a starting place for individuals or discussion groups to think about how consent impacts everyday life. To learn more about this project and to find the discussion guide, visit uua.org/faithfulconsent.



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Join us for the #ClimateStrikes TOMORROW. Where will you be striking?



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As Unitarian Universalists, we strive to honor the worth & dignity of all by engaging in work that fosters true inclusivity, even when it challenges us. As part of our commitment to dismantle white supremacy in our faith movement, we have developed a guide centered on the question: How will we move our faith forward toward greater justice? https://www.uua.org/conversations


Invitation, framework, and action plan for UU to engage in local faith community conversations and movement-wide discernment on how UUism will move toward greater justice.

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We’re gonna strike coz the waters are risin’ We’re gonna strike coz our people are dyin’ We’re gonna strike for life and everything we love We’re gonna, strike for YOU will you #StrikeWithUs? Join the #ClimateStrike: globalclimatestrike.net


If you didn't know, the Sept 20-27 Global #ClimateStrike has everything. Students👩‍🎓, parents 👨‍👨‍👧, workers👩‍🏭, and now? There's even a music video with The Peace Poets. RSVP to #StrikeWithUs: globalclimatestrike.net

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We are grateful for this piece from the Rev. Ashley Horan, the Organizing Strategy Director, on the lessons our youth teach us every day. We are humbled by their ferocity and refusal "to accept an inheritance of doom" on climate change and the other ills of the world. #ClimateStrikes


"Our young climate leaders are teaching us this lesson," writes Rev. Ashley Horan, "when the grownups and the old movements are too slow— as the sea levels rise and the hurricanes rage and the migrants flee and the corporations profit— one generation, both young and silenced, refusing to accept an inheritance of doom, will take toward the streets and move us toward life." https://www.uua.org/worship/words/meditation/fierce-urgency

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Young children are not "mini-adults," but the pressure of modern life often leads to the rapid "adultification" of children. How can we resist the societal pressure and focus on what matters to a young person's growth - relationship building?


The author of "The Importance of Being Little" on the costs of our collective failure to see the world through the eyes of children.

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Rev. Darcy Roake of Community Church Unitarian Universalist shares her experience as a minister and mother fighting for reproductive justice within the socio-political complexities of the Deep South.


A female, feminist minister on the personal and political battle for reproductive rights in the South.

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"When boys are not allowed to express their sadness, their hurts– when they're growing up, they're essentially taught– that they shouldn't have pain. And what that does over time is it creates a condition where boys who are becoming men– stuff their pain. And so the document seeks to help people understand– one potential pathway for how men– come to be at such greater risk for experiencing greater health problems, physical health problems and mental health problems."


The American Psychological Association in 2018 published its first-ever psychological practice guidelines for boys and men. The guidelines look at how concepts of masculinity and the socialization of men may be contributing to higher rates of suicide, depression, health issues and violence in male p...

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Will your congregation be reading this year's Common Read with us? The Common Read Selection Committee is pleased to announce that An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese are the new 2019-2020 Common Read.



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Rev. Susan Chorley, Executive Director of Exhale, shares why discussing consent with her son is an important, faithful part of her parenting. Learn more about the Faithful Consent project and check out the discussion guide: uua.org/faithfulconsent



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Have you heard of her?


If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the father of the Civil Rights movement, then Ella Baker was the mother.

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Hurricane season is upon us. Your generous donation to the UUA Disaster Relief Fund will help provide UU congregations, their people and their communities, with the tools they need to recover when they are impacted by disasters like Dorian. https://giving.uua.org/disaster-relief



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"Replacing certain forms of consumption with other, marginally better forms of consumption is not going to save the planet." #ClimateStrike #GreenNewDeal https://bit.ly/2HtLeya


They’re a single-use, disposable consumer item—a greener option, but not a green one.

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Why does consent matter? For us to understand why consent matters, we have to identify what it is. Sometimes in an effort to push back on harmful narratives, we declare consent to be simple, to follow a list of rules and criteria. But consent isn’t simple because our lives aren’t. May we stay spiritually grounded as we have conversations about consent. For this video, we spoke with faith leaders and consent advocates about what consent means to them. Learn more about the project and check out the discussion guide: uua.org/faithfulconsent

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Seattle is doing some amazing things! From restorative justice policies to climate justice legislation and now their highlighting of sensible actions able-bodied folks can do to make their city (and all cities) more accessible.


Let’s make bike share work for everyone. We partnered with Rooted in Rights to create a video highlighting the importance of parking your bike correctly to make it easier for everyone to navigate Seattle’s streets and sidewalks. Check it out! #bikeshare #SEAbikes #a11y Lime JUMP

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Do our politicians really care about acting on climate change? What about voters? Here's what the data suggests. #ClimateStrikes #StrikeWithUs https://bit.ly/2Zqve6h


Bernie Sanders released a massive plan for a Green New Deal this week. What’s the point of all these climate plans?

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With people looking to leave Equinox and other Ross owned gyms, there has been a push for them to switch their membership to community-centered gyms like the YMCA. But the class divide that created these gyms that won't be solved by a few changed memberships.


Don't forget that the luxury gym was built as a monument to classism and corrupt body politics.

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Thank you Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray for your spiritual leadership, especially in times when it feels our wells may at long last be dry. This year, let us focus our collective energy on enacting change in the lives of ourselves and others. Let us do work that replenishes one another as well as it fills.



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We're going to end the Big Money dominance of our elections. Call your member of Congress and urge them to pass the #DemocracyForAll Amendment to finally overturn #CitizensUnited: 1-866-937-7983



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The IPCC report spends little more than 10 pages on climate ethics, social justice and human values. But we need human-centered perspectives on climate change to ask hard questions, such as what solutions are "good" and "for whom?" #ClimateStrikes https://bit.ly/2ZrI4kF


Steven D. Allison , University of California, Irvine and Tyrus Miller , University of California, Irvine Large wildfires in the Arctic and intense heat

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http://bit.ly/2ksbsIV Are you ready to demand a just and sustainable world? A right to a future for our youth and young adults? Have you been in the fight and want to welcome new people in? This is the call for you, this is the perfect time to STRIKE FOR CLIMATE! #ClimateStrike #StrikeWithUs



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"For nine months, Rosa Gutierrez Lopez has been living at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Md. She can't leave the property. If she does, she risks being deported to El Salvador."


NPR's Leila Fadel first met Rosa Gutierrez Lopez in January, after she sought refuge at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. If she leaves the property, she risks being deported to El Salvador.

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http://bit.ly/2ksbsIV Are you ready to demand a just and sustainable world? A right to a future for our youth and young adults? Have you been in the fight and want to welcome new people in? This is the call for you, this is the perfect time to STRIKE FOR CLIMATE! #ClimateStrike #StrikeWithUs



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It can be hard to accept the end of a friendship. Sometimes breaking up with a friend is the healthier option to preserve one's dignity. Can you relate?


Breakups happen to friends, too. Here’s how to find closure, while preserving your heart and dignity.

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Wealthier countries are more likely to emphasize domestic politics and scientific evidence of climate change, while media in poorer nations tend to focus on the impacts of climate change and the need for international policy solutions. https://bit.ly/2Nx5Rxf


How an issue is portrayed in the media can have a huge effect on how it is perceived by the public. When it comes to climate change, a lot of attention has

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[Content Warning: pictures of needles, other drug paraphernalia] Seattle's LEAD program uses community-based, harm-reduction intervention to help drug users, instead of incarcerating them.


While other cities are jailing drug users, Seattle has found another way.

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"We have to go on strike because we can no longer sit around for politicians to make change. We have to take actions and disrupt daily life for the average person." Please join the youth in the #ClimateStrike on September 20th! Sign up at strikewithus.org #StrikeWithUs


Back in 2017, I was listening to news of another category four hurricane hitting the U.S. I remember sitting and thinking: Are we not going to do anything!

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Indigenous women have been leading the fight to save the Amazon. Their words sound like those familiar to those of us in the United States - "Respect existence or expect resistance."


Speaking to Rayanne Cristine Maximo Franca, the 25-year-old indigenous youth activist from the Amazon, about a historic march, resistance, and youth empowerment

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Very happy #OITNB brought this story to life in its final season. The reality is the immigration process is poorly designed and while it gets worse, real people are being harmed.


Diane Guerrero's family was sent back to Colombia. Now she's urging reform of laws that mean immigrants can serve their sentence but never escape punishment.

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Did you know Latino and Hispanic are not interchangeable? Using his own family history,Terry Blas breaks down the differences.


Many people don't know when to say "Hispanic" and when to say "Latino." So I drew a comic to explain the difference.

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What would a world without jail look like? The Detroit Justice Center promotes solutions to root causes of incarceration while helping build communities one story at a time.


Detroit Justice Center helps returning citizens navigate the red tape that comes with re-entry and avoid landing back in jail.

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While the federal government is mired in debate, cities like Seattle are passing #GreenNewDeal legislation because they know we have no time to waste.


The next step is turning the City Council’s resolution into pro-climate policies and finding ways to pay for them. Seattle has a few big ideas.

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A thought-provoking look at the work the Unitarian Society of Germantown has been doing to not just dismantle white supremacy culture in their congregation, but also build the "beloved community" Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King spoke of.


The Unitarian Universalist church in Mt. Airy has a long history of fighting for social justice, since the days of slavery, but admits it's not perfect.

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We are so grateful for the religious leaders who are so deeply involved in #ImmigrationJustice. This 76 mile trek is part of an effort to end detention and deportation. #InterfaithActionWorks


The roughly 76-mile trek protesting immigrant detention and deportation will take marchers from Boston through Lynn, Danvers and Newburyport, and ultimately on to the Strafford County Department of Corrections in Dover, N.H.

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Never again means 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍


(RNS) — In less than two months since it was formed, Never Again Action has mounted 37 demonstrations around the country — a breathtaking feat for a small and decentralized organization of young Jewish liberal activists.

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Gratitude comes in different flavors; what's yours?


Americans say “thanks” a lot, but other cultures may have a deeper understanding of gratitude.

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"There was a decision based on homophobia I had internalized that said you can be one or the other - you can be queer or you can have a family." Kyisha Williams is a queer single black mother creating new meaning for the words "motherhood" and even "family."


"I think the prevailing assumptions behind momhood are that you're a women, you're straight... there's a lot if tricky things to that."

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Have you read 𝐴 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑’𝑠 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 or 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠 with your littles? Don't forget to join the #ClimateStrike on September 20th! It's an all ages event!


The 16-year-old climate change activist has galvanised young people to read more about saving the planet

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We must be in solidarity with the indigenous people of the Amazon. They are losing their homes, their culture, their spiritual connection to the land. Everything. We are grieving with you.


The Amazon is referred to as "the lungs of the planet" and plays a major role in regulating the climate.

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We will be following the Administration *closely* on this issue. Our backs are not turned.


The U.S. government may send unaccompanied migrant children back to the recently closed Homestead detention center as early as October or November, sources say.

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Candidates need to take a seat at the table of black & brown environmental justice advocates, as the policies they endorse will have lasting impact in these neighborhoods that have been overburdened by pollution and economic decline in environmental “sacrifice zones.” #GreenNewDeal


Few candidates have made a point of visiting environmental justice communities as part of their campaigns.

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Interfaith Action works! "We have Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Red Letter Christians, Unitarian, and people not of faith but who believe in a moral universe coming together at the border today, not for our own agendas but for the immigrant children and families who are facing injustice," [Rev. William] Barber, national co-co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, said ahead of the march.


"We are here in unity with local leaders who invited us. We have seen just a glimpse of the horrible conditions our immigrant neighbors are facing at the border."

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The parable, often attributed to indigenous faith traditions, was actually invented by Southern baptist minister and evangelist Billy Graham.


And here’s why…

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An interesting perspective on Christianity and socialism. Did you know the first National Organizer of the Socialist Party of America was a Universalist minister?


Shall Christ or Cain reign in our American civilization?

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Missionary work is colonialism; this is an act of imperialist violence. We don't need white saviors.


When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children. Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died.

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[Content Warning: Video of a car being used as a weapon.] Last night, Never Again Action, also known as #JewsAgainstICE, staged a nonviolent protest outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, RI. Corrections officers met their peaceful protest with violence. Protestors were pepper sprayed and several were hit by a truck.


Share this story“If they’ll use this kind of violence on us,” asked former State Representative Aaron Regunberg, “think about what the defenseless detainees inside are subjected to, every day.” One ...

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“Most mass shooters have a history of domestic or family violence in their background. It’s an important red flag.”


Misogyny and mass shootings in the United States are closely intertwined.

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No pull quotes - this piece needs to be read in full. Thank you Bart Frost for all your work for the association, and this brilliant perspective on how we can shape the future of this faith tradition.


Bart Frost led the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries through 5 years of growth and change. In parting he gives the gift of 5 crucial observations.

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Bruce Lee's advice inspires a movement.


For almost two months, a wave of anti-government protests have rocked Hong Kong. Initially sparked by a government proposal to introduce a law that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects to stand trial in mainland Chinese courts, the protests have morphed into a broader pro-democracy movem...

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You actually can teach an old dog new tricks.


For anyone struggling to use "they" as a singular pronoun, linguist Geoff Nunberg says: Just practice. He believes human language processing capacity is far more adaptable than people realize.

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Steve Sawyer took part in much of Greenpeace's direct action work. One of the most notable was Operation Exodus, in which activists relocated the people of Rongelap Atoll, who had suffered birth and medical defects due to nuclear testing. He will be remembered for his ability to combine a passion for activism with science and strategy.


He was there when the ship the Rainbow Warrior was bombed in an antinuclear protest and helped evacuate an atoll contaminated by radioactive fallout.

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“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


Trump's recent words attacking the city of Baltimore and the people who live there are dehumanizing.

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As election season ramps up, we look at our world and know we are in danger, that the stakes are high. But we have the power to create lasting change. NOW is the time for all of us to commit to voting our values. Let's UU the Vote! #UUTheVote Join us for a Webinar on Democracy & Electoral Justice 2020 - Wednesday, August 14th, 7 pm ET/4 pm PT. Register here: http://bit.ly/2YOPttV



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The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Marta I. Valentín as Professional Development Director in the Ministries and Faith Development Staff group. “Rev. Valentín brings a wealth of experiences, relationships and wisdom to the UUA staff, and is one of the most respected liturgists in our ministry. It will be a blessing to have her share these gifts in developing religious professionals across the Association in her new role,” said UUA Executive Vice President Carey McDonald.



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BREAKING NEWS FROM American Friends Service Committee - Homestead Child Detention Center is SHUT DOWN. 🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏿 Read more here: http://bit.ly/2ZsQHfH When we fight WE WIN! [Image Text reads: “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Faulkner]



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There is no justice in the death penalty.


Trump has also called for increasing the use of the death penalty for drug traffickers and mass shooters.

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Thank you to the Jewish Telegraph Agency for this in-depth look at our history and the disappointing repetition of rhetoric we thought long gone.


After the Holocaust, Congress passed two bills that let 80,000 survivors move to the U.S.

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Has a key Buddhist concept been co-opted by those who do harm in an effort to offset blame and accountability? How can we return "mindfulness" to its roots?


In December 2008, while forcibly evicting tenants from a concrete high-rise in south London, Southwark Council pulled off a remarkable feat of complacency. Though residents didn’t know it at the time, every flat in the development that replaced the Heygate Estate would be sold to foreign investors...

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At times it can be helpful to remember that if someone we admire loves us, we must have value. #SeventhPrinciple


If a friend were in my situation, I would have seen their failings as human. So why hold someone to an unforgiving standard just because that someone is me?

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A poem for the dispossessed of Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and Hong Kong from Smith College's Tian An Wong.


The water that gives life mixes / With the blood and the tears / From the gas, the bullets

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“The USA provides certain legal protections for unaccompanied children because of their unique vulnerabilities. The USA is violating its human rights obligations at Homestead by holding unaccompanied children in prolonged and indefinite detention,” the report said.


Citing what it calls a slew of human-rights violations, Amnesty International is calling on the U.S. government to shut down the Homestead detention center before children in Miami-Dade start school again next month.

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Thank you Alex Kapitan for all your wisdom on how we can use language to humanize undocumented peoples. We agree that language has the power not only to describe, but create reality.


Get five practices to center immigration justice in how you talk about, write about, and resist dehumanization and violence toward immigrant communities in the United States.

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This is what people can accomplish when we work together in our communities, and know our rights! #AbolishICE


'They came to the wrong community on the wrong day'

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We are excited to announce the appointment of Rev. Ashley Horan as the Organizing Strategy Director. Welcome to the UUA, Rev. Horan!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉


Rev. Horan comes to this new role after serving for five years as the Executive Director of MUUSJA, The Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance.

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Telling people of color to "go back to their country" is white supremacy, plain and simple.


In attacking women of color for their so-called disloyalty to the country, President Donald Trump is perpetuating the notion that “American” is synonymous with “white."

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CW: Mentions of suicide . . . . . . In this article, organizers from Ohio talk about the impact social justice work has on mental health. We're sharing this because there are organizers in our congregations, who work at the UUA, and who we are in partnership with. Check on your people. Share and give resources to organizers that allow them to invest in their care.


The deaths of Amber Evans and MarShawn McCarrel II point to the mental health toll faced by activists.

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"With their presence as well as their prayers, 10 diverse faith leaders proclaimed what too few people have heard: Religious people can be pro-choice, not in spite of their faith but because of it."


(RNS) — The clinic blessing, held in Austin, Texas, is part of a long tradition of progressive faith communities supporting women making reproductive decisions according to their own conscience.

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This post is for the folx caring for (or who have cared for) children. Share you biggest challenge in the comments in three words. Then check out what other folx had to say in this piece from Motherwell Magazine. https://bit.ly/2JLgY2f


We asked, you answered. In three words.

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"As the abortion bans continue to gain traction in the United States, feminists must learn from their prior mistakes. We cannot get free until all of us are free." https://bit.ly/2S72b5x


The prison industrial complex looms large as one of the single biggest institutions which perpetuate and exacerbate unequal access to reproductive care.

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Are you ready to get involved more directly with social justice? Are you already involved and in need of spiritual sustenance? Check out this piece to guide you through questions about how you can show up in an accountable way and get spiritually grounded for social justice. And remember, risk is different for different people. Your identity and your privilege inform how you understand and experience risk. And those with more privilege need to ask what new risks they can take in this crucial moment. https://bit.ly/2LLFHFX


Effective justice action requires risk, courage and discernment. Assessing whether or not an action is strategic or grounded in collective liberation, accountable partnership and the leadership of those most impacted is very complex and almost never totally clear. Here's how one organizer considers....

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This. This is why you should follow us on Twitter. Have a great Sunday and enjoy this especially corny joke. ________________________________ Image description: A screenshot of a tweet. The tweet is from the Unitarian Universalist Association's account on July 6 and says: Q: How did the chalice compliment the minister's sermon. A: It's lit!" ‏ The text of tweet is followed by many emojis that are laughing so hard, they are crying.



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"While much of the narrative surrounding the Trump administration’s immigration policy has focused on immigrants from Central America at the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrants fleeing violence or poverty in countries throughout Africa are increasingly among those seeking asylum, the Los Angeles Times reports."


Rules limiting the number of people allowed to claim asylum in the U.S. are trapping more and more refugees in Mexican towns along the U.S. border, including those fleeing war and poverty in Haiti and war-torn nations in Africa

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All Souls Unitarian Church was featured in the documentary film, "American Heretics: The Politics of Gospel." The film focuses on progressive faith in Oklahoma. Check out the review from the New York Times here: https://nyti.ms/2YOz61r --------------------------------------------------- Image Description: A picture of Rev. Bishop Carlton Pearson smiling. There is text on the image that says, "I never thought anybody would ever attribute the word 'heresy,' [or] 'heretic to me. It just wasn't in my mind at all. It just means choice or opinion, or to choose differently from others, 'hareisis' in Hebrew/Greek. So the whole idea of getting out the trade-itions of the traded down ideologies and ideas, and developing an independent way of thinking, is dangerous. The image also features a movie hashtag, #AmericanHeretics, and the film's website, https://bit.ly/30uO90y, with the logo of Butler Films.



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On Friday, July 12, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants. How are you speaking out and showing up to demand justice for migrant people?


http://www.lightsforliberty.org Seeking Asylum in the U.S. is LEGAL. ● On July 12th, Lights for Liberty will shine a light on the horrific abuses of the Trum...

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“[Anxiety is] a gremlin who undermines you and sits there talking crap constantly." Although most people experience nervousness, everyone doesn't experience anxiety. Curious about the difference? Here are 36 ways people described their anxiety.


"This is what my brain looks like during an anxiety attack..."

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A pastor has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that U.S. officials violated her religious freedom when she was put on a watchlist because of her ministry to migrants at the border. We are in solidarity with all people of faith and conscience who demand justice and dignity for migrant people.


(RNS) — A New York pastor, the Rev. Kaji Douša, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that U.S officials violated her religious freedom when she was put on a watchlist over her ministry to migrants at the border.

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"When the Storybook Pride Prom for LGBT teens in Jacksonville, Fla., was canceled after online conservative backlash, a local church made sure the story had a happy ending." Thank you to Buckman Bridge Unitarian Universalist Church in Jacksonville for living out our values in the world! https://wapo.st/2LNdcYN


“It was the right thing to do," said the church's past president.

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"A vacation a decade ago with five other women -- where the conversation kept coming back to sex -- prompted Sekyiamah to set up Adventures, as she refers to the blog. Its goal is clear, to provide 'a safe space where African women can openly discuss a variety of sex and sexuality issues.'" A Ghanaian writer created an online space that removes shame and stigma from talking about sex. Ten years later, it's still going strong. We celebrate sex positivity, body positivity, and safe spaces where people can talk about sex.


Sex isn't hidden from view in Ghana. But it mostly plays to men's desires and insecurities. Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and others are trying to change that.

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Today, think about how you're being called to let go. What you're being called to let go. We are not all called to sacrifice the same things, and we have different privileges that inform what risks we take when we let go. But no matter who we are, regular practices of letting go and letting in are places of spiritual transformation. Image description: Graphic says, "So much of what is possible to carve out in this world requires some giving up, some letting go, some sacrifice."



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.@SideWithLove has resources to help us all answer the urgent questions of this moment: "Are you willing to make the moves that are needed to fight back and center human dignity?” “Are you ready to embody your values, ethics and morals?" https://bit.ly/2XnpVZ2


We know this tactic of shock and awe! When we begin to shift the current conditions by putting pressure and begin to gain results as we have in our campaign to close migrant child detention centers in Homestead and elsewhere, oppositional forces use these tactics. The current administration uses the

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A new report highlights the importance of congregations supporting caregivers. As the Religion News Service article says, there are about 41 million caregivers to the elderly who work for free, which will increase as baby boomers age. What are some ways you'd like to see UU congregations support caregivers?

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What can you do to support today's actions calling on the government to close migrant detention camps? ✔️Text CAMPS to 668366. ✔️Tell your Congressional representatives you demand their support in closing the camps. ✔️Sign the petition calling for the closing of the camps. ✔️Donate to migrant justice groups.


Children denied soap and toothbrushes, crowded into unsafe conditions. Separated from their families, subject to cruel treatment that leads to lasting traumas. And some dying in custody—or dying with parents as they cross the Rio Grande. We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers. Will you join a local Close the Camps protest near you this Tuesday, July 2? Find an event and bring everyone you know!

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