Unitarian Universalists
Unitarian Universalists’ Boston headquarters hosts temporary overflow shelter
By Kathryn Post — March 21, 2024
(RNS) — Amid an urgent need to shelter Massachusetts' growing migrant population, the UUA opened a vacant floor of its South Boston headquarters.
Unitarian Universalism revisits identity, values at 2023 gathering
By Kathryn Post — June 26, 2023
(RNS) — Intense discussions at this year’s General Assembly took place as the UUA navigates how to continue implementing its commitment to anti-racism.
Unitarian Universalists elect first woman of color, openly queer president
By Kathryn Post — June 25, 2023
(RNS) — A womanist theologian, ethicist and minister, the Rev. Sofía Betancourt previously served as interim co-president of the UUA in 2017.
The first woman to head Unitarian Universalists ends term full of historic turns
By Kathryn Post — June 21, 2023
(RNS) — President Susan Frederick-Gray has led the denomination throughout a pandemic, insurrection, racial reckoning and the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Unitarian Universalists resolve to fight ableism highlighted by pandemic
By Kathryn Post — October 24, 2022
(RNS) — 'You get a bunch of 'UUs' committed to systemic change, and things start to happen,' said one drafter of the new anti-ableism commitment.
California church sues after removal as polling place over Black Lives Matter banners
By Aysha Khan — June 13, 2019
(RNS) – The church's lawsuit claims that when it refused to remove its two Black Lives Matter banners, a county election official illegally removed the church from the list of polling places.
Clergywomen numbers increased significantly in two decades, sometimes equaling men
By Adelle M. Banks — October 18, 2018
(RNS) — The two traditions with the highest percentages of women clergy, according to the ‘State of Clergywomen in the U.S.,’ were the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.
The ’Splainer: What is Transcendentalism?
By Kimberly Winston — July 12, 2017
(RNS) The author of 'Walden; or, Life in the Woods,' who was born 200 years ago this week, was a Transcendentalist. Let us 'Splain . . .
Clergy for a new drug policy
By Martin E. Marty — September 13, 2016
...priests, ministers, and rabbis are on the front line and frustrated by the futility of the War on Drugs.
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