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Aug 19

As some of us prepare to go back to school or prepare for our children to head back to school we offer some tips to help you through the new school year. How do you support your children or students in your life as they make this annual shift?

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Aug 19

We have a number of new job openings here at the UUA. Learn more about these exciting opportunities and join us in this transformational work.

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Careers & Jobs

The UUA is a great place to work—where your job is in alignment with your values. We are an historic, inclusive, and progressive religious denomination.

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Aug 18

"help restore us — our connections to one another; our sense of hope, beauty, and fun in this world; our deep knowing that we have to take care of ourselves and each other with love and joy if we are to soulfully survive the world's mayhem." - Heather Rion Starr. pc: zeaink

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tonight, August 17 at 8ET /5PT / 6MT / 7CT / for their monthly Green Sanctuary Team Meeting: Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet, led by Karen Palmer from the UU Society of Oneonta! Sign up: bit.ly/3dzJ5Ur

Healthy plate, healthy planet: august green sanctuary gathering

Wednesday August 17th
7pm- 8pm ET

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Aug 17

As UUs, we are committed to welcoming and supporting people with disabilities in our communities. We share this message from

@Imani_Barbarin

as we all consider ways to be better allies to people living with disabilities in our communities. bit.ly/3K8G7mc

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Aug 16

Democracy is central to the faith of UUs. Demands for accountability are driven not by retribution but by the necessity to prevent the next attack. This UU World story reminds us to lend our voices to help ensure the January 6 investigations spark action.

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Rescuing Democracy from the Brink of Collapse

The January 6 Committee is doing its job admirably. Now we must make sure its work results in action.

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Aug 15

Minister & poet Kristen L. Harper unpacks the language, imagery, and cultural touchstones that reinforce white supremacy culture and invites readers to radically transform their perceptions of blackness. Get your copy from

@shopinspirit

book store. bit.ly/3eofwBS.

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Aug 12

The UUA remains steadfast in its commitment to anti-racism. We are hopeful that the Beloved Community can be built here in the US but we know that is only possible through the hard work of listening to and organizing in solidarity with those most impacted by systemic racism.

We remain so proud of the UU clergy &lay people who were on the side of love and provided courageous witness on that day. The stain of white supremacy is still part of our society. We must all find the moral courage to speak against the white nationalist rhetoric.

The dangerous rise of white supremacy was on full display as men with tiki torches marched on the University of Virginia's campus the night of August 11 and clashed with counter-protestors on August 12, 2017.

5 years ago today about sixty members of the clergy - including UUA Pres. Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray & Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith - marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in an interfaith, nonviolent protest against a white supremacist rally.

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Events in Charlottesville marking 5th anniversary of Unite the Right rally

Several events are planned to celebrate community in the wake of Aug. 12, 2017 violence.

“Every day of your lives is practice in becoming the person you want to be. No instantaneous miracle is suddenly going to occur and make you brave and courageous and true.” - Audre Lorde

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Aug 11

On this #ThoughtfulThursday, we offer you Worship Web message by Shari Woodbury. "Let us model the health we seek for all and lean into community. Somewhere out there, all we dream is possible. Somewhere in here, we are sowing the seeds." bit.ly/3C3xHKG PC:

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Aug 10

When teachers quit by the hundreds of thousands, the problem isn’t teachers. It’s a system that doesn’t value and support their work.

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We are so grateful to teachers, who are often so integral to our children's educational journeys. As parents and students prepare for this upcoming school year, we must demand action to support our teachers.

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Nationwide teacher shortage hitting crisis level as students head back to school

The first day of school is less than a month away for many but will there be enough teachers to lead the classrooms?

This staffing crisis is crashing down at a time when students need their teachers the most. UU's have historically affirmed the value of public education in a pluralistic society and we believe that free inquiry strengthens minds in the individual search for knowledge.

Our teachers face poor pay and benefits, poor health guidance, gag rules on instruction, book bans, denigration of science and humanities, bullying, intimidation, and death threats constantly. Before the school bell rings this fall, how can we show up for our teachers?

On 8/4, the Washington Post reported that the teacher shortage in the US has hit crisis levels. Experts point to pandemic exhaustion, low pay, and politics - during the last 2 years, classrooms have increasingly become ground zero for debates over gender, guns, race, and COVID.

Nichelle Nichols & Bill Russell changed how the world saw Black Americans. Their efforts on behalf of civil rights, helped the US to understand that we could do better when it comes to racial justice. UUs lift up the hope & power of Nichols & Russell.

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Remembering the legacies of Black pioneers Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell

From the deck of the Starship Enterprise, to the storied parquet of the NBA -- Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell changed how the world saw Black Americans. We remember the legacies of these two...

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Aug 9

Today is the International Day of the World’s #Indigenous Peoples. As UUs, we celebrate the world's 476 million Indigenous people and work in solidarity with Indigenous communities to preserve their lands,waters, peoples, sacred sites, & sovereignty. Photo Credits:UN

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Aug 4

We hold #BreonnaTaylor and her loved ones in love and light. This action by the U.S. Attorney General is a small but hopeful indication that our legal system knows that #BlackLivesMatter.

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'Breonna Taylor should be alive today': 4 current & ex-LMPD officers charged in her death

Joshua Jaynes and Brett Hankison were arrested Thursday morning by the FBI, according to attorneys for the former Louisville Metro Police officers.

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Aug 4

"May you choose your people, and be chosen by them, again and again and again." ~Rev. Abbey Tennis Read her full reflection and prayer from Braver Wiser:

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Loving with a Broken Heart

We must choose each other again and again, though conflict and through plenty.

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Aug 3

As we prepare for our children to head back to school, make time for one more summer read. "Little Did I Know" is an inclusive,diverse anthology that includes all kinds of families and goes well beyond the honest reckoning of the beauty of parenting. bit.ly/3SmdMfJ

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Aug 2

Read these activists' suggestions about how to make religious places more accessible:

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10 ways to make your worship space less ableist

(RNS) — There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to ending ableism, but disability activists spoke with RNS about where religious communities can start.

UU's are committed to affirming and welcoming disabled people. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to ending ableism, but disability activists spoke with Religion News Service about where religious communities can start.

August is #NationalBlackBusinessMonth, created to bring attention to the needs of Black-owned businesses operating across America. Project Pneuma compiled a list of ways consumers & funders can support Black-owned businesses during August and beyond. bit.ly/3JqdqAK.

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August is National Black Business Month - Project Pneuma

August is #NationalBlackBusinessMonth, created in 2004 by historian John William Templeton and engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr. to bring attention to the needs of more than two million Black-owned...

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Aug 1

Co-Moderator Rev. Meg Riley calls the review of the portion of the UU bylaws that includes the 7 Principles, 6 Sources, & statements on inclusion and freedom of belief, “the juiciest part of what is going on in our faith today.” Learn more from UU World:

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The 'Juiciest Part': GA Discusses Article II Changes

Attendees discussed the future of the UUA's Principles, Purposes, and Sources.

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Aug 1

UU faith is enriched by Earth-based traditions, such as the marking of Lammas, harvest of the grain, which begins today. Lammas is the 1st of 3 celebrations of the harvest. Today marks the beginning of upcoming seasons & the inevitability of change.

George Cole, Harvest Rest, Public Domain

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Jul 29

Take a minute to understand how the rising threat of minority rule impacts us in this recent UU World Article.

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The Rising Threat of Minority Rule

To save reproductive choice and preserve previous civil rights advances, it’s essential to recognize the need for structural change.

The current escalation of minority rule undermines virtually all core UU principles. In order to save reproductive choice and preserve previous civil rights advances, we all need to recognize the need for structural change.

Constitutional conveners were wealthy white men who shut out women, POC, and the working class. Despite the expansion of rights over the last 200 years to populations previously excluded, minority rule remains in force today.

In the June Dobbs ruling, SCOTUS discarded a half-century of precedent because the U.S. Constitution’s authors failed to affirm reproductive choice. According to SCOTUS, reproductive choice is not “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition.”

Join UU the Vote and the Environmental Voter Project on Aug 1, 2022, at 7 pm ET to call voters in Arizona ahead of their Primary Election on August 2nd. Let's help make sure climate voters get to the polls. Sign up here:

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Join me to change that with UU the Vote

Have you seen the colorful emoji-like characters from the children’s book series, Mr. Men, all over social media? People have been posting the characters with alternate captions detailing possible traits that might represent them. We hope you enjoy the UU take on this trend.

Little MX brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers

Another world is possible. Prepare yourself for the times of triumph and trial ahead. Let us prepare for a path of justice and equality. We need grounding to find a more beautiful world. How can UU's take a stance & continue reimagining the future? Photo credit: soleoado

I've had enough thinking of what we can't control. What can we create?

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Jul 27

At GA last month, former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford received the Award for Distinguished Service. His commitment to justice and service exemplifies for all of us what it really means to be a religious leader. Congratulations Rev. Sinkford!

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Sinkford Receives UUA’s Highest Honor

Former UUA President William G. Sinkford recognized for decades of distinguished service to the faith.

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Jul 26

In memory of Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs co-minister of Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul, Minnesota we share with you "We forgive ourselves and each other and begin again in love," from A Litany of Atonement, he wrote, #637 in Singing the Living Tradition. bit.ly/3PE8pGZ

we forgive ourselves and each other and begin again in love- Rob Eller Issacs uua.org/worship

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Jul 26

32 years ago today the ADA was signed into law. The UUA is deeply committed to working to create a more welcoming world for people of all abilities. Get to know some amazing authors writing in this area through our historic publisher,

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Stronger Than Ever For Disability Pride and Beyond books