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Live reports from religious witness at ‘Tent City’
UU World is monitoring social media about the 2012 General Assembly and curating them on our Storify page. Here are highlights from the religious witness at the Maricopa County “Tent City” jail on Saturday, June 23:
Building the world we dream about
In a three hour workshop on Saturday morning, Dr. Mark Hicks, Angus MacLean Professor of Religious Education at Meadville Lombard Theological School, gave participants a taste of his curriculum, “Building the World We Dream About.” This program for adults “seeks to interrupt the workings of racism and transform how people from different racial/ethnic groups understand [...]
Hinojosa describes ‘two Americas’ in Ware Lecture
Maria Hinojosa, National Public Radio broadcast journalist, presented the Ware Lecture at General Assembly Saturday night, telling several thousand Unitarian Universalists there are two Americas. Places like Arizona, she said, are “an America where people live in fear of any kind of authority. Imagine looking at officers and feeling fear because the police have the [...]
Phoenix UUs know pain, fear of deportation
During the Saturday afternoon plenary the General Assembly heard from Isabel Chairez, a Phoenix resident who spent three months in a Maricopa County jail last year while pregnant. She said she witnessed oral abuse, was only fed twice a day, and did not receive adequate prenatal care. She was released a month before giving birth [...]
Tse: ‘Do the one thing you can do’
Hundreds of people gathered in a large hall at the Phoenix Convention Center for the Service of the Living Tradition, the annual worship service that recognizes milestones for Unitarian Universalist ministers and other religious professionals. The Rev. Sarah Lammert, director of ministries for the Unitarian Universalist Association, welcomed the congregation. A video recording and a [...]
Posthumous Distinguished Service Award to Bowens-Wheatley
The Saturday afternoon plenary session included a UUA first* when the Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley posthumously received the 2012 Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Unitarian Universalism, the Association’s highest honor. Announcement of the award earned a standing ovation and long round of applause from the audience. Bowens-Wheatley died of cancer in 2006. The [...]
