With the release of The Post directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, the story of the Pentagon Papers has rekindled public conversation about the importance of a free press. The film’s release couldn’t have come at a more relevant time. Its historical dramatization of how an administration tried to stop the … Continue reading UU’s Pentagon Papers Connection
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The newly approved strategic plan, a culmination of many months of work, is based on the Strategic Summit process held last spring and the work of the subsequent action planning groups. The goals, objectives and tasks outlined in this plan will help define, shape, focus and prioritize the next five years of UUFD’s congregational life. … Continue reading Board Approves 5-Year Strategic Plan
A recent Facebook post by Rev. Susan Fredrick-Gray: What a gift it was to be with Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen today, authors of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want. This is one of our UUA Common Reads this year. Frances and Adam shared some of the stories … Continue reading UUA President Meets Common Read Authors
Our UU friends and neighbors in Florida and the Caribbean—including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands—have experienced extraordinary devastation following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. UUA’s disaster relief efforts have expanded in response. More information»
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has joined with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a recovery and relief fund. We’re holding all of those affected in our hearts and prayers and we are in touch with local Unitarian Universalists so we can meet needs as they arise. Once the pathways for action become clear, we can effectively … Continue reading UUA/UUSC Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund
UUA President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s directive banning transgender people from entering the military: I condemn in the strongest terms President Trump’s immoral directive banning transgender people from entering the military and revoking health care support for those currently serving. Unitarian Universalists unequivocally support the full humanity … Continue reading UUA President Condemns Directive Banning Transgender People from Military Service
“…We came to Charlottesville to bear peaceful witness but were met with hate and racist violence. My heart has been broken and I am deeply troubled by what is happening in this community and across this country…” Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray More»
Through our Share the Plate collections on the first Sunday of each month, we contribute to the resources of worthy organizations doing social justice work in the Four Corners area. If you would like to nominate a worthwhile organization to be considered as a recipient in the next cycle (October-September), click here» to fill out … Continue reading Nominate Share the Plate Recipients, 2017 / 18
The UUA Common Read Selection Committee has chosen two books for this year’s Common Read: DARING DEMOCRACY: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen, (Beacon Press, September 2017) lifts up the importance of democracy itself. It examines the anti-democracy movement that led to the Trump presidency, then … Continue reading Unitarian Universalist Common Read 2017-18
