UUA Governance & Management

UUA’s second all-virtual General Assembly is focused on improving user experience and providing more opportunities for interaction.

Election features one contested Board seat; resolutions would shorten UUA presidential campaigns and allow possibility of uncontested presidential election.

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

Five-year agreement signed at 2019 General Assembly in Spokane.

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

Board of Trustees appoints Elandria Williams and Mr. Barb Greve to continue serving as co-moderators through special election at June 2020 General Assembly.

Rivera was a central figure in the UUA’s 2017 hiring controversy and an organizer of the White Supremacy Teach-in; UUA co-moderators denounce hateful letters Rivera and her family received.

UUA Board of Trustees asks potential candidates to delay running until role is better defined.

UUA is working with people of color ministry on a plan for long-term financial and organizational support.

UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray condemns anonymous letter targeting youth leader whose mother is a UUA trustee.

Commission on Institutional Change issues report on tumultuous spring of 2017, prepares for broader audit of white supremacy culture within UUA.

At May teleconference, UUA Board of Trustees also discusses ongoing work of Commission on Institutional Change, names new youth observer.