Whether you are returning to our community or coming here for the first time, welcome! We love having you here for the few summer months that you take off to escape the hot southwest. Summer Citizens at USU: Live and Learn at the Top of Utah
Transgender 101: Identity, Inclusion, and Resources Unitarian Universalism honors diversity of genders and gendered experiences. This page offers ways you and your congregation can increase your welcome and inclusion of transgender people, basic definitions, and further resources. Read more…
In an effort to stop new oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, at least two dozen Unitarian Universalists joined over 200 Gulf Coast residents and climate justice groups for a major rally inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans during a federal oil lease auction on March 23. Read more… https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uus-protest-gulf-drilling
Don’t just learn about justice — do justice! This one-week training for high school youth offers interactive social justice education and meaningful work with local organizations engaged in the climate justice movement. Participants will see firsthand Boston’s historic roots as a harbor city built primarily on landfill, and how that pushes up against the city’s future as climates change and sea levels rise. In a program grounded in UU values and practices, participants will learn about systems of privilege and oppression and how we are called to respond to our world’s changing needs. This program will run from Saturday, July 9 to Sunday, July 17, 2016. Youth who attended high … Continue reading Activate for Social Justice!
General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend; congregations must certify annually to send voting delegates. General Assembly 2016 June 22-26, Columbus, OH The theme for GA 2016 will be Heart Land: Where Faiths Connect. The faith world is increasingly multifaith. People are crossing borders of religion and spiritual practice to create wholeness in their lives individually and collectively. The labels—Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, theist and non-theist—no longer define who or what we love, or how spirit moves in our lives. General Assembly 2016 in Columbus Ohio will assemble leaders … Continue reading UUA General Assembly meets in June in Columbus, Ohio
