In the UU-verse
News and happenings in the broader Unitarian Universalist community.
- Kat Liu: When I remember to orient myself within the bigger picture, it recalibrates my perspective.
- Christine Slocum: Crows found ways to adapt to our concrete forests but we have not yet found ways to make sure we are in balance with the rest of creation.
- UU the Vote, the UUA's nonpartisan civic engagement initiative focused on strengthening democracy and organizing for justice and accountability, launched its 2024 organizing initiative in March.
- Quinn Gormley: This is my favorite thing about seaweed: it feels so much like my neurodiverse brain.
- Quinn Gormley: People who aren't neurodiverse tend to frame neurodiversity as symptoms of inconvenience to people around them. For me, my ADHD means beauty.
- The UUA is pleased to introduce Taylor Hoffman as Director of Human Resources. In this role, Taylor oversees the Human Resources office, staff, policies, benefits and resources, and helps lead the UUA’s commitment to being a workplace where people of all backgrounds and identities can thrive.
- The UUA is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Darrick Jackson (he/him) as the Ministerial Credentialing Director within the UUA’s Ministries and Faith Development staff group.
- Jami Yandle : Appreciation and deep witness are beautiful gateways for returning to our most authentic selves.
- The UUA joins with the United Way of Massachusetts and other community-based organizations to provide temporary emergency housing and support to local families in need. Space in the UUA headquarters building will serve as a temporary, overnight emergency shelter location as part of this arrangement.
- Connie Simon: When someone lists Unitarians or Universalists, they usually name white men. Never anyone Black like me.