The New UUA Movement by John Stowe

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Since 2017, when the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) Board declared that UUism and the Association were complicit with white supremacy culture, there has been a concerted, top-down effort to transform UUism from its historical theological foundations into a social justice, anti-racist, and anti-oppression movement. This Guest Reflection provides a perspective on the UUA’s attempt to … Read more

Day 2 NAUA Summit

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Day 2 NAUA Summit Day two of the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) summit began with a keynote speech by John Wood, Jr. Wood is a national ambassador for Braver Angels, the United States’ largest grassroots, bipartisan organization dedicated to political deplorization. Keynote speech starts at 17:15. Business Meeting At the business meeting the proposed … Read more

Day 1 NAUA Summit

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Day 1 NAUA Summit The North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) first Annual Summit started on Octobr 17, 2024 with a evening “meet and greet” session at a Spokane, Washington area hotel. The official first day of the  Summit was held on Friday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane. The Summit was a hybrid event … Read more

North American Unitarian Association Constitution

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Proposed North American Unitarian Association Constitution CORRECTION: Below are the proposed BYLAWS of the NAUA. (date October 10, 2024) Below is the proposed North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) constitution. This constitution will be discussed and voted upon at the upcoming Summit to be held October 17 – 20, 2024. We have also provided a link … Read more

Some Updates

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Just some updates. NAUA Summit Speaker The originally scheduled speaker for the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) Summit could not fulfill that commitment. A new speaker, John Wood, Jr., has been identified. The Summit will be held October 17 – 20, 2024 in Spokane, WA. You may attend in-person or virtually. For more information visit … Read more

Keeping the Faith

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Reminder NAUA First Annual Summit A reminder the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) is holding its first Annual Summit on October 17 – 20, 2024.  You may attend in-person or virtually. For more information visit our last Fifth Principle Project Discussion post, NAUA First Annual Summit. Guest Contributor Ken Ing Decisively losing the vote on … Read more

NAUA First Annual Summit

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The North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) is announcing its first Annual Summit to be held October 17 – 20, 2024. You may attend in-person or via Zoom. We have an exciting online and in person schedule, featuring a Keynote Presentation, workshops focused on current issues facing Unitarians as well as a Sunday service. There will … Read more

A Liberal Religion Should Promote Liberal Principles, By Tim Bartik

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  Keep the Faith As dissident Unitarian Universalists (UUs) seek to create sustainable liberal religious institutions, they should remember what led to the UUA’s mistakes. For many years and many UUs, liberal religion was understood as “anything goes”. This is unattractive and misunderstands liberalism. As a result, UUism was vulnerable to replacing the “nothing” of … Read more

Bear Suit, by Steve Myles

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Seeing What We Want to See In a management training course years ago, we were shown a video.  The instructor asked us to count the number of times people in the video passed a ball amongst themselves.  Most folks in the class counted the same number of passes.  None of us saw the man in the brown bear … Read more

The Ball is in Your Court

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Since 2017, when the UUA Board of Trustees declared that the Association and denomination were allegedly complicit with white supremacy culture, UU leadership has been able to further this discussion on their home court. For example, after alleging the prevalence of white supremacy culture, the Board created its vehicle, the Commission on Institutional Change, to … Read more