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Delegates pick reproductive justice as next CSAI
The 2012 General Assembly chose a new four-year Congregational Study/Action Issue at Saturday’s plenary. For 2012–2016, congregations and the UUA will focus on “Reproductive Justice: Expanding Our Social Justice Calling.” During Friday morning’s plenary, delegates heard from advocates of five proposed Congregational Study/Action Issues for 2012–2016 and cast paper ballots for the proposal they [...]
Tonight’s vigil may have armed counter-protesters
UUA Moderator Gini Courter opened Saturday afternoon’s plenary with an important series of announcements about this evening’s prayer vigil outside the Maricopa County “Tent City” jail. “I want to update you about what you should expect,” Courter said. “It will be very hot tonight, and there is no shade at the site of our vigil. [...]
UU College of Social Justice begins
General Assembly served as the kickoff for the UU College of Social Justice on Saturday. The UUCSJ is a collaboration of the UU Service Committee and the UUA. Essentially it collects many existing UU-related service trip programs plus some new ones, and it will also create non-trip learning opportunities around social justice. The Rev. Kathleen [...]
Talking about immigration with children and youth
Gail Forsyth-Vail, adult programs director of the Unitarian Universalist Association, assembled a panel of three religious educators to discuss how Unitarian Universalist congregations could talk about immigration issues with children and youth. Even though immigration is a complicated issue for adults, said Jessica York, youth programs director for the UUA and one of the panelists, [...]
Chalice maker, 92, lights General Assembly chalice
Mordecai Roth lit the chalice at the beginning of Friday morning’s plenary session. It was a chalice he made—but not the only one he’s made. Roth, 92, a retired dentist and a member of the UU Church of Surprise, Arizona, has made 132 chalices, most in use by UU congregations. His chalices range from 9 [...]
In Civic Space Park, an evening of fun, fellowship
Watch Community celebration with partners from UU World on Vimeo. Friday night was an evening of fun and fellowship in Phoenix. Unitarian Universalists and members of the partner groups that have been so central to the Justice General Assembly gathered in Civic Space Park for food and music on a warm Arizona night. The folk [...]
