What’s Happening in Unitarian Universalism

Image Description: This image is of a chalice with an overlay of the word Love over the flame, with six outstretched arms that create a circle around each of the core values and form a six-petal flower shape. Each arm is a different color, and clockwise they are: Interdependence (Orange), Equity (Red), Transformation (Purple), Pluralism (Blue), Generosity (Green), and Justice (Yellow).

Our Unitarian Universalist Association Bylaws (as revised in June 2024) include an expression of who we are, focusing on our shared values – Justice, Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Interdependence, Generosity – and centering around Love.  You can read the full text of our values here.

Graphic Credit: Tanya Webster

Ingathering Message from UUA President and Leaders

UUA President the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt and a gathering of leaders from across the faith offer a message of welcome and courage at the start of a new congregational year for UUs. 

Together, these leaders invite us to consider how we might place love at the center of our commitments rather than fear, even and especially in these challenging days.

The UUA offers several ways for UUs to engage in the work of justice in our world.  Each has opportunities for learning and action!

A public advocacy campaign that seeks to harness love’s power to stop oppression, with four intersectional justice priorities: 

Climate Justice, Decriminalization, Democracy, and Reproductive Justice & Trans Rights.  Click here to learn more.  We build strong movements when we take action together.  Organize teams and networks that can take these actions together, and get support on practical organizing skills and support at our Organizing School and Skill Up resources.  Side with Love offers two ways to take concrete action:

Weekly Action Update features essential resources, upcoming events, and spiritual reflection to support work across our intersectional priority areas.  Click here to view this week’s update!

The Gathering – second Mondays at 7:00 pm – a new monthly virtual event designed to offer:

  • Spiritual grounding – strengthen your heart and spirit for the work ahead
  • Political analysis – understand the threats to democracy and justice
  • Collective action – organize with others to block anti-democratic forces and build a just and loving world

Click here for more information and to register to receive the Zoom link for The Gathering.

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The Woodlands – First Sundays at 3 pm

A UUA monthly online gathering designed for trans children, youth, and adults – as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people. Click here to learn more about the sessions and to register online.

Love Resists activates people of faith and conscience to resist the harm inflicted by criminalization, to create safer, more just, welcoming, and sustainable communities.  Click here to learn about current actions, and to download resources and tools to bring the Love Resists campaign to your community by expanding sanctuary, growing solidarity, and raising your voice.

UUs support the use of inclusive democratic processes to make decisions within our congregations, our Association, and society at large, and UU the Vote engages in year-round movement-building work toward building a truly inclusive democracy.  Wisconsin is a key state for UU the Vote’s action initiatives.  Click here to learn how you can get involved in getting out the vote.

Click here to find out more about WUUSAN our state-wide organization.

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