Christopher L. Walton

UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray ‘incredibly buoyed’ by turnout; in other news, organ donors celebrated in Michigan, UU banners vandalized in Florida.

Also in the news: Louisville church provides sanctuary to protesters against police brutality; congregations in Massachusetts and Missouri will host homeless shelters all winter.

UUA’s first online-only General Assembly calls for solidarity with Indigenous communities, supports defunding police, and formalizes human rights investment screen.

Unitarian Universalist Association urges its congregations to plan on virtual-only gatherings for next twelve months as COVID-19 continues to endanger lives.

UUA staff curate a library of resources to help congregations adapt to COVID-19; Pandemic Response Fund provides grants to local groups and religious professionals in need.

At annual business meeting, Unitarian Universalists also celebrate completion of fundraising for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism.

Join the conversation about Unitarian Universalists’ shared purpose; major speakers will include poet Richard Blanco and antiracism educator Robin DiAngelo.

But children’s enrollment in religious education continues to drop.

UUA General Assembly continues focus on dismantling white supremacy. Resolutions condemn criminalization of migrants, call for end to private prisons, and urge support for indigenous water protectors.

Unitarian Universalist ministers and local UUs mark Juneteenth with rally in solidarity with Poor People’s Campaign in Kansas City.

The Rev. Mary Katherine Morn has led the Unitarian Universalist Association’s fundraising since 2014.

There are Unitarian Universalist angles to four prominent movies this season.

Community is not just a cure for what ails us; it is also what ails us.

President Susan Frederick-Gray names outreach director Carey McDonald to one-year term as acting chief operating officer.

One employee, in New Orleans for UUA General Assembly, was critically injured in June 24 attack, is slowly improving; four suspects arrested.

Minister of Phoenix, Arizona, congregation wins three-way race to become UUA’s ninth elected president and the first woman elected to the office.

President Peter Morales moved the UUA’s headquarters, encouraged entrepreneurs, and stressed immigration justice. His resignation opens a painful and possibly hopeful new chapter in our conversation about racism.

Key, elected as moderator and chief governance officer in 2013, resigned May 13 when cancer returned.

The Rev. Peter Morales steps down three months before end of term amid charges that a senior hire reflects white supremacy and failures to promote staff diversity.

With three candidates on ballot, UUA will use instant run-off voting for first time since 1977; regional candidate forums begin February 25.

‘This is how it feels a lot of the time,’ says one racial justice activist, ‘like white folks are just walking around like everything is okay.’

Imagine a magazine you would hand to a friend who expressed curiosity about our liberal religion, or one your congregation might send to visitors.

Delegates also affirm transgender rights, solidarity with Muslims, gun restrictions; agree to examine Pilgrim legacy; split on divestment resolution.

The Rev. Jeanne Pupke joins 2017 presidential race by petition.

Donald Trump has marshaled a movement that isn’t going to evaporate.

Susan Frederick-Gray must run by petition, but moderator and search committee support adding her to race.

Cites irreconcilable conflict between role as UUA regional lead and candidate for UUA president.

Race for 2017 election of next UUA president begins with nomination of Alison Miller and Sue Phillips.

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee urges people to call Congress in support of Syrian refugees fleeing ISIS.

Unitarian Universalists launch refugee crisis fund, call for admission of 200,000 refugees to the United States.

An intense UUA General Assembly celebrates marriage equality, affirms Black Lives Matter.

Join UU World’s team for daily coverage of the UUA’s convention in Portland, Oregon, June 24-28.

Train derailment in severe thunderstorm delays 2,730 UU World copies bound for California.

Bronze monument commemorates three civil rights martyrs killed in Alabama in 1965.

More than 500 Unitarian Universalists join 50th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama.

UU World’s readership survey also offers an updated profile of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s membership.

General Assembly vote endorses divestment, but allows for shareholder activism.

Three historic churches are home to Unitarian Universalist congregations in downtown Boston.

Beacon Benediction guests look through contents of 1926 time capsule.

Also votes for $100 General Assembly discount for congregational presidents.

In historic Boston meeting, denominations plan closer public witness ties, collaboration in other areas.

Where to learn more about President Obama’s family history with Unitarian Universalism.

At immigration-themed General Assembly in Arizona, UUA picks new four-year action issue.

Some date back to the 1600s, but 59 percent were founded in the last sixty years.

Most congregations have fewer than 100 members, but most UUs belong to larger churches.

This map shows the number of congregations affiliated with the UUA by state as of February 2011. The color of each state shows the relative number of congregations to a state’s population, using 2010 U.S. Census data.

An updated guide to our coverage of the UUA General Assembly in Charlotte.

Over the past decade, Unitarian Universalism has grown in 33 states and D.C.

The Unitarian Universalist Association celebrates its golden anniversary.

Prophetic witness, institutional challenges, and cultural change.

Selections from UU World’s archives, 2001–2006.

How American culture transforms—and is sometimes transformed by—liberal religion.

Unitarian Universalists cosponsor march, remember civil rights martyrs.

A guide to stories from UU World’s special issue in response to the attacks of 9/11.

From Selma to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s never-published eulogy for James Reeb, a memoir, and a monument renew ‘the challenge and charge’ of Selma.

‘White Lies’ retells the story of the murder of a white Unitarian Universalist minister and civil rights activist, which galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act but which the white residents of Selma, Alabama, refused to help solve.

Introducing our completely rebuilt, mobile-optimized website.

To protect its trademark, UUA now licenses its Standing on the Side of Love logo for nominal fee.

This special issue of UU World examines how we can create a more just, equitable, and antiracist society, reflecting fundamental values of the Unitarian Universalist faith tradition.

Board of Trustees appoints the Rev. Sarah Lammert acting chief operating officer following resignation of the Rev. Harlan Limpert.

Andrews, who led the UU Service Committee since July 2016, is leaving to start a human rights advocacy group focused on the Rohingya of Burma.

Dick Jacke, who was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association in 2016, died suddenly July 28.

Chicago seminary welcomes ‘an innovative leader, a committed Unitarian Universalist, a celebrated educator, a social justice activist, an accomplished scholar, and an experienced community organizer’ as next president.

UUA welcomes five new congregations, hears reports from president, moderator, and Board of Trustees.

Watch the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s General Assembly address.

Morales: ‘This is a significant step in the direction of greater inclusion for the BSA.’

Budget cuts will mean new print issues of the magazine will appear in September and March only.

New headquarters is open, modern, and environmentally responsible.

This issue of UU World goes to press as Americans try to fathom video of the traffic stop that led to Sandra Bland’s death.

The Rev. Lee Barker will step down as president at the end of August 2019, completing sixteen years as head of Chicago seminary.

Master calligrapher Margaret Shepherd transforms ‘the words the church is made of’ into dazzling modern art.

This issue of ‘UU World’ is full of Unitarian Universalist stories with a passage or transition at the center.

New from the UUA: 12-session training program for congregational boards.

New biography of T.S. Eliot gives detailed portrait of the poet’s Unitarian childhood.

All sorts of creative ways one can live out Unitarian Universalist values.

In April 3 meeting, UUA Board of Trustees endorses ‘UU White Supremacy Teach In,’ discusses plan for interim president, outlines plan for audit of hiring practices.

President Susan Frederick-Gray writes: ‘It is tempting to want to believe that sexual harassment and assault do not happen within our own faith tradition, among our leaders, or within congregations.’

Since 2017, UUA staff has shifted from 19 to 28 percent people of color overall, and from 12 to 42 percent of senior staff.

Mementos from two earlier headquarters buildings.

Three men shot five Black Lives Matter activists who were protesting the police killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis.

Boston-area seminary, a major training center for Unitarian Universalist clergy, announces plans for Yale Divinity School partnership.

In a letter to Unitarian Universalist clergy, UUA President Peter Morales says of the incoming Trump administration, ‘We are entering dangerous times.’

The newly reimagined Breakthrough Congregations program honors innovations that energize congregations. Nominate your congregation’s most inspiring initiative.

Unitarian Universalist Association and UU Service Committee presidents vow to ‘oppose any and all unjust government actions to deport, register, discriminate, or despoil.’

The editor introduces a new look to UU World.

Acknowledging that we have fallen short, UU World is committed to sharing in appropriate and respectful ways the inspiring and powerful stories of trans and gender nonbinary people within our faith community.

From the editor: Our new website; remembering contributing editor Warren Ross.

Professor Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé, a member of seminary faculty since 1995, has died.

Art installation outside chapel at UUA headquarters faces Selma memorial.

Dianna Thornhill Miller, working with her late husband and with her son, makes stylized medallions honoring the world’s religious diversity.

‘This change provides executive leadership for the ongoing internal dialogue of how to decenter white supremacist culture.’

Delegates affirm importance of issues raised by three proposed Actions of Immediate Witness that did not make it onto the final agenda.

Investigative series confirms that four white men joined in the attack that killed civil rights activist James Reeb in 1965.

The Church of the Larger Fellowship’s weekly talk show focuses on Black Lives Matter confrontations with police over killing of Jamar Clark.

Inside: The dream of white innocence; the rising costs of entering the ministry; and a new musical by a young UU that gives a happily-ever-after ending to its queer characters.

Susan Frederick-Gray condemns tax bill as part of ‘all-out violent assault’ on poor, working class, and middle class people; interfaith movement plans nationwide campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience.

Elias Ortega-Aponte succeeds Lee Barker at Chicago’s Unitarian Universalist seminary.

A powerful nor’easter predicted to coincide with the full moon and high tide is expected to cause flooding in Boston. UUA staff will work remotely.

The Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley, member of UUA’s four-person executive team, announced today she will leave the staff at the end of January.

Business resolution focused on UUA investment practices regarding corporations involved in occupation of Palestine.

There has never been a better time to invest in groups that bring you joy, that strengthen you, that help you serve others, and that work for justice.

UU World senior editor is the co-author of The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind.

It turns out that several hundred General Assembly delegates received voting cards without being counted in the final credentials report.