Six experts in public health, racial injustice, economic inequality, extremism, and Unitarian Universalist theology talk about the deep fissures the past year has revealed—and how we can move forward.

One hundred years after the violent destruction of a prosperous Black neighborhood, a coalition of faith communities is building support for reparations.

UUA’s second all-virtual General Assembly is focused on improving user experience and providing more opportunities for interaction.

Filipino composer and music director at UU Community Church of Santa Monica, California, provides creative direction for UUA General Assembly 2021.

UUA’s second online-only General Assembly focuses on dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism.

Financial contributions from GA participants make significant change possible: a look at the work of three recent recipients.

Three core priorities will continue to guide our work.

Five central Illinois congregations collaborate, aided by a new UUA study/action guide.

There is great healing and sustaining power in our faith, even if the ways we gather look different than before.   

As the Delta variant complicates plans for a return to in-person worship, congregations continue to explore a variety of models for being in community.

I am a college student, but more urgently, I am a young Unitarian Universalist working to save my future.

People v. Fossil Fuels Demands Biden Stop New Projects

However you celebrate, holidays and rituals are an invitation for reflection. They remind us of our past, and they also invite us to be attentive to the present moment.

We need a new theology of darkness—a new way to relate to the darkness, blackness, and brownness that surrounds us.

VIDEO | Over 120 Unitarian Universalists participate in Poor People’s Campaign Moral March

The safety I once perceived was because I did not have the complete perspective.

Statement by the Unitarian Universalist Association on the anniversary of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol

This week, we introduce Jeff Milchen: kayaker, democracy activist, and new UU World columnist.

Voting rights bills being brought to a vote in the Senate.

Because opposition to reproductive rights is so often presented as religious, UUs have a special opportunity to present faith-based arguments for reproductive justice.

While many corporations offer feel-good commercials promoting multiculturalism and equality, their political arms (like the Chamber of Commerce) and political investments perpetuate the dominance of wealth over our elections and the public interest.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting. In an interview with Marianne Schnall the master explained how meditation can help us.

Reasonable people disagree on appropriate levels of immigration, but to have substantive debate, we must refute racist scapegoating and tactics of dehumanization. 

An interview with Bruce Knotts, director of the Unitarian Universalist Office at the United Nations and new UU World columnist.

We see a historical pattern that puts everyone in the world in danger. To obtain a safe and dignified life, we need to foster trust, mutual support, and reliance on science.

Zach Norris, the author of this year's UU common read, challenges our notions of safety, promoting a culture of care.

Our personal transportation choices matter, but significant emission reductions must also involve large-scale institutional change.

Human rights defenders—especially women and LGBTQ+ people—can suffer harsh consequences in their home countries for working with the United Nations.

An effective tool exists to minimize the chance of illegitimate votes—those who fail to embrace it show professed concerns about voter fraud are false.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reminds us that peace, justice, and human rights are linked and interdependent.

Implementing unsafe standards in communities is harmful to trans and non-binary youth and encourages prejudice and violence.

If Russia abstained—as Article 27 of the UN Charter requires—the resolution would have passed.

Dayton gathering calls for Biden Administration to shut down detention centers, end deportations, and release all people in immigration detention.

We often miss how far we’ve progressed unless we stop to look back and count our blessings.

Florida's Agricultural Department routinely grants burning permits when the wind blows toward the poor but does not allow burning when the wind blows toward the affluent communities.

Now more than ever it is important for UUs to live their values by supporting the trans community.

Resources and compassion are needed to expand our care not just to those in Ukraine but in other parts of the world.

In response to the outpouring of concern, the UUA shares the most up-to-date information on how UUs in this country and around the world are responding and amplify the ways that we can all help.

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

Nonpartisan Civic Engagement Initiative Will Focus on Strengthening Democracy, Organizing for Justice and Accountability

As threats to democracy grow, we’re determined to make 2022 the year love and justice regain the upper hand.

The rights of the transgender community and trans children are under attack, with a record number of anti-trans bills proposed in state legislatures across the country. Watch the testimony of the mother of a trans child fighting for the rights of trans families.

Bylaws as a whole, Article II, and governance top the list of priorities.

On our theology’s leading edge (+video)

Join us in this important work to shape the future of our faith.

The annual meeting will be multiplatform and now features a business-only attendee option.

Unitarian Universalist programs seek not only social justice in the wider society, but cultural transformation within.

Important for people to ‘feel a sense of agency, empowerment, and choice.’

In a statement, UUA President Susan Frederick Gray promises we "will continue to fight for abortion access."

Nuanced, surprising, and beautiful, Unitarian Universalism joins together myriad sources and experiences.

The best thing about a hand-made pattern is the flaw.

Living into Beloved Community is spiritual work.

The UUA wants the multiplatform General Assembly to be an equitable experience for all, including the voting process. The board approved the final agenda on May 25.

May 25, 2022, marks the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The UUA lifts up the life of George Floyd and honors his loved ones and his community, all of whom will have a painful and indelible memory in their hearts forever. We recognize that searing injustices and death as a result of police use of force and systemic racism continue within a militarized law enforcement that has changed little. As we resolved in 2020, the UUA is committed to making our congregations and communities authentically multicultural, multiracial, anti-oppressive spaces that dismantle anti-Blackness. We pledge to continue that important antiracist work, today and for the long haul. We remain committed to building a world in which love and justice thrive. The photo was originally published as a Moment of Reflection in our Spring 2021 edition.

Discussion guides and resources are available forDefund Fear.

We can build on our traditions to keep pushing our boundaries.

The UUA's 2022 gathering will offer onsite and online attendees a more equitable experience than ever.

I call it Black Joy, but I want to offer it—to the extent that it is mine to offer—to this faith.

Article II Study Commission undertaking a ‘deep examination’ of the UUA’s Principles and Purposes.

Guided by faith that this too will pass / We can survive this because our ancestors survived

Words come alive when we claim what is sacred.

Boston, Mass. (June 24, 2022) – The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women Health Organization case, which overturns Roe v. Wade, upending nearly 50 years of access to abortion. Below is a statement from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), regarding this decision:

This decision manifests the worst fears of those of us who have been working for decades to protect and affirm reproductive rights.

To save reproductive choice and preserve previous civil rights advances, it’s essential to recognize the need for structural change.

The case of Jayland Walker reminds us that, despite modest reforms at some departments, killings by police remain pervasive.

Former UUA President William G. Sinkford recognized for decades of distinguished service to the faith.

Attendees discussed the future of the UUA's Principles, Purposes, and Sources.

Former UUA President William G. Sinkford recognized for decades of distinguished service to the faith.

The January 6 Committee is doing its job admirably. Now we must make sure its work results in action.

An Ingathering greeting from UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray.

Kansas organizers succeed through inclusive leadership and seeking dialogue with potential opponents.

Our hearts are still heavy on the anniversary of September 11, 2001.

After years without a building, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta has held the grand opening of its new campus.

Donate to the UUA's Disaster Relief Fund today to aid affected congregations.

For Indigenous Peoples around the world, climate change has long been more than an abstract, futuristic possibility.

As the climate crisis grows more serious, the moral and even spiritual value of a green burial appeals to many people.

In the face of ongoing existential threats, how will you respond?

The mobilization campaign organized events in Michigan and Georgia, where voter rights are most threatened.

Environmental degradation is exacerbating existing inequities; we have a moral obligation to center solutions on those most impacted.

Congresswoman Judy Chu on climate change, being a UU, and more

Unitarian Universalists commit to defend voting rights as sacred.

The Legacy Fellowship program builds leadership capacity to advance democracy in 2020 and beyond.

Congresswoman Judy Chu on climate change, being a UU, and more

First Parish in Portland, Maine, wins Bennett Award for work to support Wabanaki sovereignty.

Food can be an avenue in the struggle against climate change and for climate justice.

New president to be elected at General Assembly 2023.

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.

Beloveds, we are called to communal care like never before.

UUs support Build Back Fossil Free, Citizens' Climate Lobby

In Moore v. Harper, the U.S. Supreme Court will make crucial choices regarding limits to partisan manipulation of our elections.

In place of resignation in the face of climate change, the path of spiritual resilience opens us to a fuller life.

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.

As December opens up before us, we welcome in the gift of reflection.

A poem by Atena O. Danner.

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.

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.

UU the Vote was back in 2022 to help organize, educate, and empower voters across the country.

UUA Executive Vice President Carey McDonald answers questions about proposed changes to the Principles, Purposes, and Sources.

Reflections on the transformational presidency of Susan Frederick-Gray.