Sofía Betancourt
What are the stories that shift and shape your understanding of yourself, and have you had the opportunity to share them with someone else?
Sofía Betancourt
What are the stories that shift and shape your understanding of yourself, and have you had the opportunity to share them with someone else?
Cal Ball
I was motivated to action by anger, but what I found was love.
Nancy Pierce
Remembering an uplifting moment of community.
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:A video interview with longtime UUA General Assembly photographer Nancy Pierce
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The Fall/Winter 2023 issue of UU World explores stories of spiritual journeys and practices, pathways for connecting with others, and actions for creating justice in the greater world. We invite you to use the following questions for reflection, or to spark a guided conversation in your own congregation or small group.
Angélica Canlas Castro
I am so proud of my trans daughter, and I am ecstatic for the world to see and experience what the embodiment of revolutionary love looks like.
Angelle Eve Castro
Every day I wake up, and I’m more myself than ever before.
Sammy Castro-McCauley
,Isa Castro-McCauley
Brothers reflect on their love and support for their trans sister.
Sarita Gonzales
,Candice Bautista-Biddle
,Martha Bautista-Biddle
,Chris Long
Four Unitarian Universalists reflect on what brought them to the faith—and what keeps them coming back.
Jeff Milchen
:Massive complex would train area police, firefighters, and emergency responders
Alexandra Varney McDonald
As religious traditions across the country report dwindling memberships, Unitarian Universalism continues to attract new congregants.
Sara LaWall
:Unitarian Universalists must push back against anti-trans legislation.
Jessica Sapalio
Housing, medical care, legal needs, and more offered through Congregational Accompaniment Project for Asylum-Seekers.
Otto O’Connor
It’s the terrible things that put the beauty in sharp relief.
Elaine McArdle
Unitarian Universalists across the country are mobilizing to defend rights.
Jacqueline Brett
What does it mean to shift the focus from the needs of the dominant culture and to consider the needs of all who are in the room?
Jeff Milchen
The UUA's Side With Love team offers a variety of tools to help with public communication in the name of justice.
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Unitarian Universalists are using social media to help amplify their voices on justice issues.
Lisa Gregory
,Kristen Cox Roby
The Fall/Winter 2023 issue of UU World offers stories from our UU community.
Kat McKim
Small fellowships band together in just one example of the many ways the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted UU congregations to innovate and combine resources.
Elaine McArdle
Lay people and religious professionals reflect on the magic of co-creating worship.
Elaine McArdle
The room at Knoxville nonprofit The Bottom features books, materials that focus on racial, gender, other social justice issues
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Editor’s Note: On August 28, 1963, an estimated 1,500 Unitarian Universalists joined the 250,000 Americans who gathered in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The Unitarian Universalist Association recognizes this seminal history with the following message, and UU World magazine shares its commitment.
Elaine McArdle
,Horizon S.
A collection of photos of Unitarian Universalists from around the country who joined the call for civil rights.
Robert Nelson West
The 1963 sermon Rev. Robert Nelson West presented to his congregation on an event “of profound significance in the history of our nation and in our own lives.”
Horizon S.
A selection of UU World Black Lives Matter stories from the past ten years.
Jeff Milchen
The 2023 Berry Street Essay urges UUs to recognize and confront an imminent threat.
Elaine McArdle
From inspiring speakers to impassioned voices, here are the highlights of this year’s multiplatform UUA General Assembly.
Charles Coe
On July 10, Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt became the tenth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She took time to talk a bit about her background and share with UU World some thoughts about the opportunities and challenges facing the UU community.
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In this excerpted version of his now-classic 1852 oration, Frederick Douglass casts Fourth of July celebrations as an offense to the enslaved population of the United States, and all who yearn for true freedom.
Jeff Milchen
Unitarian Universalists must work to defend voting rights for all.
Ibram X Kendi
Fundamentally racism—its heartbeat—has always been denial.
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As her time as UUA President winds down, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray shares a message of appreciation for the work we’ve done together and excitement for what’s to come.
Jeff Milchen
Unitarian Universalists have worked consistently toward equality for all LGBTQIA+ people and, more recently, UUs are defending against escalating attempts to nullify civil rights advances.
Elaine McArdle
A quick guide to the speakers, events, and business of this year’s Unitarian Universalist Association annual meeting.
Jeff Milchen
The Unitarian Universalist Association and UU World are following several U.S. Supreme Court cases that address core UU principles and affect the rights of oppressed groups.
Susan Frederick-Gray
It has been my profound honor to serve as your UUA president.
Staff Writer
A brief look at the people who have led the Unitarian Universalist Association since its founding.
Rachel Walden
Long before Mother’s Day was celebrated with brunches and flower bouquets, Unitarian Julia Ward Howe wrote her Mother’s Day Proclamation.
Tania Márquez
You carry within the center of your understanding the compass to show you the way.
Heather Beasley Doyle
Unitarian Universalists offer pastoral care to travelers to New Mexico.
Kat McKim
Deep collaborations between congregations offer mutual support, foster creativity.
Jeff Milchen
As voters successfully fight repressive laws, more GOP legislatures attempt to stifle citizen initiatives.
Anna Bethea
,Janice Marie Johnson
,Carey McDonald
New online hub will offer resources, support for dismantling oppression.
S. D. Hodell
,Elaine McArdle
Q&A with BLUU Executive Director Lena K Gardner about an exciting new project underway in Minneapolis.
Karen Hering
On the threshold of change, we need to learn to let go.
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"It was like we were all transported to a common place that was peaceful, happy, and alive. To me, that’s creating Beloved Community."
Kat McKim
The current iteration of the ongoing congregational program includes an emphasis on justice.
Sonja L. Cohen
The film explores the lives and legal case of a group suing the federal government over climate change.
William G Sinkford
Our faith’s hope is to be found in living as if our deepest yearnings could be fulfilled.
Sarah Cannon
In a world altered by the pandemic, religious educators are finding ways to stitch unraveled communities back together.
Elaine McArdle
Strong connections with caring adults matter when young people are struggling.
Charles Coe
UU World asked two deeply-involved religious educators to share their perspectives on on the future of the curriculum.
Arthur Hirsch
How one congregation is learning to live into its antiracist commitments.
Jeff Milchen
The campaign helped reach more than two million potential voters before midterms.
Elaine McArdle
With the Community Church of New York's All-8 Workshop, young people are exploring the Principles in ways that touch both their creativity and their identities.
Staff Writer
General Assembly delegates will elect a new faith leader this June.
Sonja L. Cohen
Delegates at GA 2023 will help shape the future of the faith.
Elaine McArdle
‘This is participatory theology. It is inclusive and alive. I am hopeful that we will, together, forge a new statement for these times.’
Rowan Lynam
Revisions to Our Whole Lives prioritize ensuring that everyone locates themselves in the materials.
Jeff Milchen
All of our voices are needed to stop a wave of hateful bills.
Elaine McArdle
Association offers a leading voice in the media and new resources.
Susan Dana Lawrence
Parenting practices to strengthen our children for better Earth stewardship.
Staff Writer
Six UU organizations release joint statement committing to respond to climate-forced displacement.
Jeff Milchen
A Montclair coalition rallied the community to save the town’s first Black-owned home.
Arthur Hirsch
Faith groups in the United States respond to climate change.
Bill Reed
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Unitarian Universalist’s painting is part of a series on climate change and air quality issues.
Kat McKim
Coralville’s painstakingly designed building embodies its wider commitment to sustainability.
Erica Shadowsong
A more spiritual worldview may help us heal the planet.
Jeff Milchen
Rev. Viola Abbitt's unconventional path from DA's office to the ministry is a story of UU faith and principle.
Staff Writer
A curated sample of pastoral and prophetic writings of a prolific president.
Elaine McArdle
Reflections on the transformational presidency of Susan Frederick-Gray.
Alexandra Varney McDonald
UUA Executive Vice President Carey McDonald answers questions about proposed changes to the Principles, Purposes, and Sources.
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UU the Vote was back in 2022 to help organize, educate, and empower voters across the country.
Jeff Milchen
Ten months ago, we critiqued the ill-advised and damaging plan by U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy to purchase tens of thousands of gas-guzzling delivery trucks. We’re excited to report the USPS changed course.
Jeff Milchen
Responding to the effects of the June ruling that voided key elements of Roe v Wade requires us to build a lasting movement focused on cultural transformation and justice.
Atena O. Danner
A poem by Atena O. Danner.
Gwen Matthews
As December opens up before us, we welcome in the gift of reflection.
Susan Frederick-Gray
Dr. Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, shares a blessing for the holiday season in the final year of her administration.
Michael S. Hogue
In place of resignation in the face of climate change, the path of spiritual resilience opens us to a fuller life.
Jeff Milchen
In Moore v. Harper, the U.S. Supreme Court will make crucial choices regarding limits to partisan manipulation of our elections.
Elaine McArdle
UUs support Build Back Fossil Free, Citizens' Climate Lobby
Sofía Betancourt
Beloveds, we are called to communal care like never before.
Roger Santodomingo
The religious scholar argues that religion has fueled humanity’s denial of climate change and that—even in knowing ours may be a finite future—there are still places to find hope.
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New president to be elected at General Assembly 2023.
Lóre Stevens
Food can be an avenue in the struggle against climate change and for climate justice.
Jeff Milchen
First Parish in Portland, Maine, wins Bennett Award for work to support Wabanaki sovereignty.
Elaine McArdle
Congresswoman Judy Chu on climate change, being a UU, and more
Jeff Milchen
The Legacy Fellowship program builds leadership capacity to advance democracy in 2020 and beyond.
Susan Frederick-Gray
Unitarian Universalists commit to defend voting rights as sacred.
Elaine McArdle
Congresswoman Judy Chu on climate change, being a UU, and more
Rachel Myslivy
Environmental degradation is exacerbating existing inequities; we have a moral obligation to center solutions on those most impacted.
Jeff Milchen
The mobilization campaign organized events in Michigan and Georgia, where voter rights are most threatened.
Alice Kurima Newberry
In the face of ongoing existential threats, how will you respond?
Elaine McArdle
As the climate crisis grows more serious, the moral and even spiritual value of a green burial appeals to many people.
Nazune Menka
For Indigenous Peoples around the world, climate change has long been more than an abstract, futuristic possibility.
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Donate to the UUA's Disaster Relief Fund today to aid affected congregations.
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After years without a building, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta has held the grand opening of its new campus.
Staff Writer
Our hearts are still heavy on the anniversary of September 11, 2001.