Media wraps up General Assembly, elections coverage
Media wraps up GA, elections coverage
Most of the General Assembly coverage was listed in the last blog post, but here are a few stragglers:
USA Today picked up the story that the UUA has elected its first Latino president, the Rev. Peter Morales. The Examiner also wrote about the elections. (USA Today - 7.2.09, 6.29.09)
See also: Morales decisively wins UUA presidency (uuworld.org - 6.29.09)
The Deseret News wrote about the General Assembly, focusing on the interfaith appeal of the annual meeting and on a peace and justice panel discussion. (Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT 6.27.09)
The Salt Lake Tribune offers a list of ???fast facts" about the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. (Salt Lake Tribune - UT 6.18.09)
KUTV mentioned a well-attended Friday evening event organized by the UUA in which GA attendees and the community gathered to support immigrants and protest a new Utah law that is supposed to crack down on illegal immigration. (KUTV - UT 6.26.09)
For more GA coverage visit the UUA's General Assembly page.
Also in the media:
Members of the UU Church of Akron, Ohio, participated in an interfaith ''Mitzvah Day'' of volunteer work and "good deeds." (Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH 6.28.09)
In honor of Pride Month, Adrian Hilliard, a UU writer for the Examiner, presents a Q&A with the Rev. Keith Kron, director of the UUA's Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns. (Examiner.com - 6.29.09)
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