James Reeb UU Congregation has recently submitted an application to the Unitarian Universalist Association in hopes of receiving the Bennett Award in recognition of our congregations' social justice commitment and action. Read the application here. Thank you Beth E. and Barb W. for your work on compliling all this information into one spot!

The Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action, instituted in 1999 by James Bennett to honor the congregation that has done exemplary work in social justice, is accompanied by a $500 cash award that is presented at General Assembly. Dr. James R. Bennett is professor emeritus of the University of Arkansas and he is the former director of the Gustavus Meyers Center of Human Rights in North America, founded in 1984. Dr. Bennett is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, AR.