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                <title>UUA President’s Statement on BSA’s Historic Decision</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, issued a statement reacting to the Boy Scouts of America's historic decision. It begins, &amp;#8220;Yesterday, the Boy Scouts of America made a historic decision in the right step towards equality, but the decision falls short of affirming the worth and dignity of all who would like to participate in scouting.&amp;#8221;]]></description>
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                <title>Order Your Copy of Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In Sarah Conover's new book from Skinner House, Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer , young readers will encounter a man very different from the figure often presented in Western popular culture. Instead, they will meet a radical prophet who challenged the rich and powerful, formed alliances with people of different beliefs, and preached, 'love for humanity what you love for yourself.']]></description>
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                <title>The UUA And Religious Groups Press Big Retailers on Safety Overseas</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that the Unitarian Universalist Association has joined with 123 other religious groups and investors to urge retail giants like Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, and Gap to sign on to the factory safety plan for Bangladesh apparel factories that more than 30 European retailers embraced.]]></description>
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                <title>Southern Region Oklahoma Emergency Relief Fund</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Unitarian Universalists send care and prayers to those affected by Monday's devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Eager to lend a hand to those whose lives have been so disrupted, the Southern Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has established a relief fund in cooperation with the UUA. We hope you will give generously to the fund. Your gifts will be disbursed to appropriate local relief agencies as soon as possible.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President’s Statement on Marriage Equality in Minnesota</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, issued a statement applauding the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota. It begins, &amp;#8220;Last November, Minnesotans defeated an anti-marriage ballot amendment. And yesterday, the governor of Minnesota signed the marriage equality bill that made Minnesota the 12th state to ensure equal rights for its citizens. I applaud the great efforts of all who helped change minds in such a short amount of time in order to secure this victory.']]></description>
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                <title>UUA President’s Statement on Marriage Equality in DE</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, issued a statement applauding the legalization of same-sex marriage in Delaware. It begins, &amp;#8220;Yesterday, the governor of Delaware signed the marriage equality bill that made Delaware the 11th state to ensure equal rights for its citizens. I applaud the great efforts of all who helped secure this victory.']]></description>
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                <title>UUA President’s Statement on Marriage Equality in Rhode Island</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, issued a statement applauding the legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. It begins, &amp;#8220;Today, we celebrate marriage equality in Rhode Island. I want to thank and applaud all who worked tirelessly to secure this victory. Rhode Island now joins nine states and the District of Columbia where same-sex marriage is the legal right for all committed couples.&amp;#8221;]]></description>
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                <title>While Still There Is Light Available Now</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In 2011, Nancy Shaffer was diagnosed with what would be a fatal brain tumor. With clarity and honesty, she committed herself to writing about her search for meaning over the last year of her life so that others at end of life would not feel alone and pastoral care givers could understand better how to help. While Still There Is Light  is now available through the UUA Bookstore.]]></description>
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                <title>Watch the CBS Documentary Profiling Unitarian Universalism</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[CBS News profiles Unitarian Universalism in a new documentary called Religion &amp; Spirituality in a Changing Society  to explore the dramatic changes in Americans' religious behavior. They interview UUA President the Rev. Peter Morales and profile First Parish Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist to better understand what Unitarian Universalism offers to meet the spiritual needs of a growing population of individuals who have no religious affiliation.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Board of Trustees Letter to Congregations</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees held their quarterly meeting in Boston, MA, from April 18 to 21. UUA Secretary Tom Loughrey has prepared a letter sharing important news from that meeting. The letter reads, in part, 'Our Association faces many challenges. We are in a sea of change. Our congregations are all more or less engaged in the question about how our congregations and other U.U. communities can make a real difference in the world today. It is the Board's role to make sure the question is being engaged not just in our congregations and local groups but in our Association as well.']]></description>
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                <title>While Still There Is Light Available Now</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In 2011, Nancy Shaffer was diagnosed with what would be a fatal brain tumor. With clarity and honesty, she committed herself to writing about her search for meaning over the last year of her life so that others at end of life would not feel alone and pastoral care givers could understand better how to help. While Still There Is Light  is now available through the UUA Bookstore.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President’s Statement on BSA’s Proposed Membership Standards</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), issued a statement addressing the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) proposed membership standards resolution. It begins, &amp;#8220;The Boy Scouts of America has announced a proposal for revising its discriminatory membership policies. The proposed resolution would remove the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone, but would continue to perpetuate the discriminatory membership policy for all adult scout leaders.&amp;#8221;]]></description>
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                <title>We Know This, A Pastoral Message from the UUA President</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sadly, we are once again witnesses to senseless violence. New images of suffering, panic, and heroism burn themselves into our memory. Shock mixes with grief, disbelief, compassion and anger. Monday's bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon occurred just blocks from the Unitarian Universalist Association headquarters. As far as we know, all our staff are safe. Our prayers go out to the families of those who were killed and to all who have been injured.]]></description>
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                <title>In The Interim Available at the UUA Bookstore</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In The Interim: Strategies for Interim Ministers and Congregations , edited by Barbara Child and Keith Kron, is available now at the UUA Bookstore. In this practical and insightful volume, interim ministers and other congregational leaders provide a road map for a transformative and fulfilling interim period. Interim ministry poses unique challenges and opportunities for both congregations and ministers. Much more than a 'caretaker' ministry, an interim ministry can help a congregation navigate and get the most out of a time of transition.]]></description>
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                <title>Documentary Depicts Unitarians’ Story During WWII</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  reports on Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War , a documentary film depicting the heroic work of Martha Sharp, a social worker, and her husband the Rev. Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister. At the request of the American Unitarian Association, the Sharps left their comfortable home in Massachusetts and risked their lives in war-torn Europe to rescue thousands from the Holocaust.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President Peter Morales Shares Message about New Headquarters!</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In a message from the Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), he shares that the UUA's Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of a new headquarters for the UUA at 24 Farnsworth Street in Boston's Innovation District and the sale of our current Beacon Hill properties. This is truly a historic moment for our Unitarian Universalist movement.]]></description>
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                <title>Statement from the UUA Board of Trustees Announcing New Headquarters</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Your Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees made the decision to move our Association headquarters from its long-time home on Beacon Hill to a new home in Boston's Innovation District. We did not make this decision lightly. We did so knowing the heart of our Association is always in our covenanted communities. The administration made a compelling case for workspace suited to this collaborative age. This move will strengthen our Association spiritually, financially, creatively, and technologically.]]></description>
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                <title>Statement from the UUA Board of Trustees Announcing New Headquarters</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Your Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees made the decision to move our Association headquarters from its long-time home on Beacon Hill to a new home in Boston's Innovation District. We did not make this decision lightly. We did so knowing the heart of our Association is always in our covenanted communities. The administration made a compelling case for workspace suited to this collaborative age. This move will strengthen our Association spiritually, financially, creatively, and technologically.]]></description>
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                <title>In Afghanistan, UUs Light Chalice in New Congregation</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  reports on the Rev. Chris Antal, a Unitarian Universalist military chaplain, who has established the first and only Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Kandahar, Afghanistan which offers weekly worship services on the 25,000-person military base.]]></description>
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                <title>Read “Is Divestment the Only Solution to Climate Catastrophe?”</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post  published a blog post by Tim Brennan, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Unitarian Universalist Association, about the issue of divestment from companies in the fossil fuel industry and its effects.]]></description>
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                <title>A UUA Breakthrough Congregation: Unitarian Church of Sharon, MA</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/R6C9l4tuiJc/284022.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  profiles the Unitarian Church of Sharon, MA which the Unitarian Universalist Association named as a Breakthrough Congregation this year. The congregation has more than doubled its membership over the last twenty years. It made room for full-time professional ministry, chose generosity over scarcity, and created a church that is accessible to everyone. Read the full article.]]></description>
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                <title>Falling Into the Sky is Available Now at the UUA Bookstore</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Falling Into the Sky , edited by Abhi Janamanchi and Abhimanyu Janamanchi, is the 2013 Unitarian Universalist Association Meditation Manual. Comprised of forty remarkable writings from Unitarian Universalist ministers, leaders, and lay people, these meditations are full of vivid vistas of imagination and reflection.]]></description>
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                <title>Dallas Unitarians Fund Well in South Sudan</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/cjqstvOOkDk/282187.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  reports on First Unitarian Church of Dallas, TX and how they raised more than $23,000 to have a well dug in Ayiet in South Sudan which is the home village of Bol Deng Malual, one of the 'Lost Boys of Sudan.']]></description>
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                <title>UUA Board of Trustees Report to Congregations</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees held their quarterly meeting in Philadelphia, PA, from January 17 to 20. UUA Secretary Tom Loughrey has prepared a letter to congregations sharing news from that meeting.]]></description>
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                <title>Watch the Moderator Candidate Election Videos</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[At the 2013 General Assembly in Louisville, KY, the UUA will be holding elections for many positions including Moderator. Our elections of people to serve the members and congregations of the Association are at the heart of our fifth principle of our faith and our trust in the democratic process. Please take the opportunity to learn more about each candidate by watching these moderator candidate election videos.]]></description>
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                <title>Announcing the 2013 Minns Lectures</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sign up to attend for free the 2013 Minns Lectures Series titled, &amp;#8220;Young for Liberty: The UU Movement in the 21st Century&amp;#8221;. The series will take place March 8 and 9 in Boston, MA. The Minns Lectures for 2013 will be structured around three lively interactive presentations on how our faith tradition speaks to young people, and how social media can invigorate that outreach today. For more details and to register for these free lectures, please visit the Minns Lectures website.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA, UUWF Presidents' Statement on 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and the Rev. Marti Keller, President/Chief Executive Officer of the Unitarian Universalist Women&amp;#8217;s Federation, issue a joint statement commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade  Supreme Court decision.]]></description>
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                <title>Read “Five Action Items for Obama” by UUA President</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/NAiCoSu1S9Y/5-action-items-for-obama_b_2489762.html</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post  published a blog post by Unitarian Universalist Association President Peter Morales calling upon the Administration and Congress to work together to rise to five great challenges of our time with justice and compassion. &amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Makes List of Reproductive Justice Victories of 2012</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/_Ih1hFrTpg8/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) made the Center for American Progress's (CAP) list at #4 of 12 Reproductive Justice and Faith Victories of 2012! CAP highlights the UUA&amp;#8217;s decision, made at General Assembly in June, to make reproductive justice a denominational priority. Read the full article.]]></description>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalism’s Two Truths by the Rev. James Ishmael Ford</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/e5Ef_1GCij4/281648.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In UU World , the Rev. James Ishmael Ford reflects on some essential questions for us all as Unitarian Universalists: 'What is our healing message? To what are we pointing, to what are we being beckoned, within our gatherings?' &amp;#160;He finds answers in our 'electric, dancing middle way between the two poles of our precious individuality and our intimate connection.' Read the full article.]]></description>
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                <title>A UUA Breakthrough Congregation: First Parish in Bedford, MA</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/n7CDTwLYvpU/280833.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  profiles First Parish in Bedford, MA which the UUA named as a &amp;#8220;Breakthrough Congregation&amp;#8221; this year for its sustained growth. Membership has doubled since the Rev. John Gibbons started there twenty-three years ago and is projected to break 400 this year. Read how they made real growth happen in their congregation.]]></description>
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                <title>Read “Fear of the Fiscal Cliff” by UUA President</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/iM8GAxJ8QO8/fear-of-the-fiscal-cliff_b_2231836.html</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post  published a blog post by Unitarian Universalist Association President Peter Morales about the &amp;#8220;fiscal cliff&amp;#8221; and the federal budget debate. &amp;#160;In it, the Rev. Morales calls upon elected political leaders to stand up for those most marginalized in our society.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA and UCC Explore Ways to Collaborate</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/yLNlKuGyrY8/281310.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  reports on the historic Boston meeting with leaders of the United Church of Christ (UCC). They spent two days exploring ways to collaborate with the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and its congregations. The denominations plan closer public witness ties and collaboration in other areas. Read the full article.]]></description>
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                <title>Thanks and Giving Holiday eCards Available Now</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/eQlnJKtImxs/sslpage.aspx</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The holiday season is a time to remember with gratitude the people who have made a difference in your life. Show them how much you care by sending them a holiday eCard and making a donation of $10 or more to the UUA. Your gifts will help Unitarian Universalism grow and thrive, and your cards will show your loved ones how much you appreciate them. Send an eCard today!]]></description>
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                <title>UUs Celebrate Historic Wins for Marriage Equality</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/s7mozC3uqZk/280934.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  reports on UUs celebrating the popular votes in Maine, Maryland, and Washington that approved same-sex marriage and rejected a marriage ban in Minnesota.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>CERG UU Disaster Relief Fund</title> 
                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ZLlRtINL9Q0/398-sandyrelief.html</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[To aid our Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations and members who have been affected by this tragedy, the Central East Regional Group (CERG) leadership has set up the CERG UU Disaster Relief Fund to collect donations to assist fellow Unitarian Universalists with storm damage clean up and members&amp;#8217; immediate needs and in the rebuilding efforts. &amp;#160;We will work with the congregations affected to channel the money raised where it can make an impact in people&amp;#8217;s lives.]]></description>
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                <title>UUs Rally For Marriage Equality in Four States</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/p6X2DJXIZQk/279152.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In Maine, Maryland, and Washington, there are measures on the ballot that would authorize same-sex marriage. In Minnesota, marriage equality advocates are working to get out a &amp;#8220;No&amp;#8221; vote next month on a legislative measure that was passed to prevent same-sex marriage. In all four states Unitarian Universalists are deeply engaged, hoping for outcomes that favor marriage equality. Learn more about their important work in this article from UU World .]]></description>
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                <title>The Rev. Jack Mendelsohn: An Appreciation</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/gvFRW6CL7Yw/279161.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In the world of Unitarian Universalism, Jack Mendelsohn, who died October 11, 2012, at the age of 94, singularly exemplified the possibility and power of human agency to make a difference. In this article from UU World , the Rev. John Gibbons remembers Jack's historic Unitarian Universalist public ministry and his many enduring contributions to our faith. 'Jack Mendelsohn is largely responsible for making social justice essential to the DNA of Unitarian Universalist identity,' affirms Gibbons.]]></description>
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                <title>Skinner House Books Publishes Two New Justice eBooks</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
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                <description><![CDATA[Unitarian Universalist activism in response to Arizona&amp;#8217;s S. B. 1070, culminating in Justice General Assembly in Phoenix, produced some of our greatest work as Unitarian Universalists. This year, Skinner House Books has captured some of the most popular and thought-provoking events from our time in Phoenix in two new eBooks. Assembled 2012: Select Sermons and Lectures from the General Assembly of the UUA  collects some of the marquee events from this year&amp;#8217;s gathering. Resistance: A Memoir of Civil Disobedience in Maricopa County  by Annette Marquis is a heartfelt reflection on her time witnessing against SB 1070. This remarkable personal tale is included as free bonus material when you purchase Assembled: 2012, or it can be purchased on its own.]]></description>
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                <title>UU Marine Ecologist Wins 'Genius Grant'</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/hQEr6NZJ0fQ/277520.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Nancy Rabalais, member of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, La., has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation for her ongoing work studying hypoxic zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Along with her husband Eugene Turner, Rabalais has attended the Baton Rouge church for 20 years. &amp;#8220;I bring water from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico where the low oxygen occurs each year to our water ceremony with a rededication of my efforts to improve water quality,&amp;#8221; she said.]]></description>
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                <title>UU-UNO 50th Anniversary: Tickets Are On Sale Now</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ZMGEKm25pFs/uu-uno</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO)! For 50 years, the UU-UNO has worked to support international human rights, climate change policies, security and peace building for women, and many other issues. We invite you to attend our anniversary celebration in New York City on November 3rd, 2012. Tickets are on sale now through Oct 20th. Buy your ticket before Sept 30th and receive a discounted rate. Celebrate in your congregations and come celebrate with us!]]></description>
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                <title>Souls Bold Enough to Experiment</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/W6OVRMAN9WI/220121.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to All Souls New London, Connecticut for being named the newest Breakthrough Congregation! Each year the Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA) Office of Growth Strategies recognizes a handful of congregations that have 'broken through' barriers to achieve exemplary goals. All Souls New London has inspired a culture of trust in leadership and each other that has gained attention and grown membership since 2001. All Souls New London has also opened their old meeting place, after relocating in 2006, to the New London Homeless Hospitality Center and provided them with shower facilities.]]></description>
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                <title>UURISE Gives Radical Hospitality to Immigrants</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/D1ow1-ZR0Y4/220094.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  profiles a nonprofit group providing immigrant advocacy and education with a Unitarian Universalist voice. Founded in 2007 by Unitarian Universalist and retired immigration law attorney Daniel Stracka, UURISE is modeled after the faith-based groups certified by the U.S. State Department to resettle refugees. Stracka hopes his organization will one day represent Unitarian Universalists at that table.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>Standing on the Side of Love: Send Love to the Sikh Community</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/Rg9sx9QYH7k/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The tragic Sikh Temple shooting in Oak Creek, WI evokes for many Unitarian Universalists memories of July 2008, when the Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, TN, was attacked by a lone gunman with hate in his heart, killing two. The Standing on the Side of Love Campaign&amp;#8212;borne out of that terrible event&amp;#8212;is now collecting words of prayer and compassion to send as an outpouring of love to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.]]></description>
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                <title>Skinner House Publishes New Title on Language of Reverence</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/JwDszQlsOiM/productdetails.cfm</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Discussion of using traditional religious language in the Unitarian Universalist community began in 2002, following a sermon by the Rev. William G. Sinkford, then president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, in which he called for a &amp;#8220;language of reverence.&amp;#8221; In her forthcoming Skinner House Book, Fluent in Faith: A Unitarian Universalist Embrace of Religious Language , Jeanne Harrison Nieuwejaar argues that Unitarian Universalists should embrace religious language in all its diversity.]]></description>
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                <title>Youth ‘Pilgrimage’ to GA Opens Eyes and Hearts</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/JRpb2RCDKOA/211961.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[A Minnesota youth group took a winding spiritual journey to Phoenix to prepare for the Unitarian Universalist Association's Justice General Assembly (GA) in June. After traveling through national parks in the Western United States, the youth attended GA youth events, workshops, worship, and were among the 2,500 UUs who took part in a candlelight vigil at the Maricopa County sheriff&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Tent City&amp;#8221; jail.]]></description>
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                <title>Skinner House Books Publishes New Book By Paul Rasor</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/tmM1S1h2fo4/productdetails.cfm</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Skinner House Books has published Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square by Paul Rasor. In this new book, Rasor argues that religious liberals are more numerous than many realize, but tend to ground their activism in secular arguments. He makes the case that as religious liberals we should embrace our prophetic heritage and bring our religious convictions explicitly to bear on the issues of our time. It is now available at the UUA Bookstore.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA, UUSC Collaborate on Social Justice 'College'</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/3neO7h7WcXo/209897.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The newly-created UU College of Social Justice will offer international service trips and social justice education. A joint initiative of the Unitarian Universalist Association and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), the college is based at the UUSC in Cambridge, MA and is led by the Rev. Kathleen McTigue, who previously served the The Unitarian Society of New Haven in Hamden, CT.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President Rev. Peter Morales: "Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona's 'Bull' Connor"</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In an editorial in The Guardian, UUA President the Rev. Peter Morales writes about how, with his racial-profiling policing, Maricopa County's Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his thugs in badges recall the civil rights violators of the 1960s. 'No one should be treated the way Arpaio treats people. No one,' affirmed Rev. Morales.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President Rev. Peter Morales: "Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona's 'Bull' Connor"</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
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                <description><![CDATA[In an editorial in The Guardian, UUA President the Rev. Peter Morales writes about how, with his racial-profiling policing, Maricopa County's Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his thugs in badges recall the civil rights violators of the 1960s. 'No one should be treated the way Arpaio treats people. No one,' affirms Rev. Morales.]]></description>
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                <title>Webinar, July 25: "Breaking the Isolation of Immigration Detention: Starting a Visitation Program"</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/JO3YOaD9vdg/signup</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[On July 25, at 8pm EST, Standing on the Side of Love will host an online training titled, &amp;#8220;Breaking the Isolation of Immigration Detention: Starting a Visitation Program.&amp;#8221; This webinar will be led by Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership, an organization that works with communities across the country to abolish for-profit prisons, jails, and detention centers and strives to reduce criminalization and incarceration.]]></description>
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                <title>Beyond Belief: Welcome to Justice General Assembly</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/87h1G61hCG8/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA President the Rev. Peter Morales reflects upon his arrival in Phoenix, AZ, for Justice General Assembly 2012: 'At the very core of our faith, though it be a creedless faith, is the conviction that religion should focus on this life. Our religion is not an escape from this life, but a means of engaging life fully.']]></description>
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                <title>Skinner House Books Announces Release of Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Beyond Belief: Our Religious, Compassionate Justice GA</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, has posted his reflections regarding the UUA's recent Justice GA on his blog, Beyond Belief: 'GA is over and I am exhausted! But what a wondrous, satisfying, joyful fatigue this is. I have rarely felt such gratitude&amp;#8212;gratitude for colleagues, for our partners, for our guest speakers...']]></description>
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                <title>National Day of Witness Planned for June 23</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[On Saturday, June 23, while a few thousand Unitarian Universalists engage in a day of witness and service in Phoenix during General Assembly, UUs at home also will have an opportunity to participate. All congregations and all UUs who are not able to be in Phoenix are being asked to find a way to witness in their local communities around the issue of immigration and related causes.]]></description>
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                <title>Kalamazoo Congregation Lauded for Wide-Ranging Social Justice Efforts</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/-D3Xh67ao8s/208834.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The roots of social justice work run deep at People&amp;#8217;s Church, Kalamazoo, Mich., the winner of the 2012 Bennett Award. The Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action is an annual honor given by the Unitarian Universalist Association to a congregation that has done exemplary work in social justice.]]></description>
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                <title>UU Congregation of Danbury: 'Justice for Everyone'</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Chicago UUs Broadcast Worship on Progressive Radio</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/carR8724pHs/200045.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[A recent visitor to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockford, Ill., explained that he discovered Unitarian Universalism on the radio. Signing the guest book after his first visit, the newcomer wrote that he had been listening to the Food for the Soul radio show for three months. Food for the Soul is a weekly, Chicago-area radio show that airs Sunday evenings at 6 on WCPT, Chicago&amp;#8217;s progressive talk radio station. Now in its second year of broadcasting, the show attracts between 3,000 and 11,000 listeners each week.]]></description>
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                <title>UU Congregation of Danbury: 'Justice for Everyone'</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, Conn., was one of the first congregations in the UUA to take up immigration justice as a ministry. Many others have followed suit, and UUA leaders have made immigration justice one of the association&amp;#8217;s top public witness priorities.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Names Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden a Breakthrough Congregation</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, Utah, for being the newest Breakthrough Congregation! Each year the UUA&amp;#8217;s Office of Growth Strategies recognizes a handful of congregations that have &amp;#8220;broken through&amp;#8221; barriers to achieve exemplary goals. UUCO's embrace of multigenerational worship and religious education for all ages has drawn attention from across the UUA. UUCO has also become a sanctuary for LGBT youth and a community hub for social justice work.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: May BorderLinks Trip Underway</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/DJePm6mdmzo/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In preparation for Justice GA in Phoenix, June 20-24, 2012, the UUA and &amp;#160;Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have jointly organized three Service Learning trips to the U.S.-Mexico border with our partner organization, BorderLinks. In this post Rev. Eric Cherry, Director of the UUA's International Office, describes what is planned for the third trip which began May 25. The BorderLinks service learning trips are made possible through the generous contributions of UUA and UUSC donors.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: From Elmina Castle: Undoing Racism</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/fvXAwXyeqFY/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), and a delegation of Unitarian Universalists have just returned from visiting the Every Child is Our Child program partners of the UU-UNO in Ghana. In his post on the Faith Without Borders blog, Charles DuMond, a member of this delegation, shares reflections following visits to schools near the Cape Coast and Elmina Castle near Accra.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Many Ways to Build a Foundation</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/uxVvSj1yotU/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28&amp;#8211;May 5, 2012. In the post below, trip participant Barbara Nelson reflects on the various ways to build foundations &amp;#8212; with rocks and with voices. The UUSC-UUA Haiti Volunteer Program is made possible through the contributions of UUA and UUSC donors and a generous grant from the Veatch Program of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, N.Y.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Ghana: Odumase to Accra</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), is currently with a delegation of Unitarian Universalists in Ghana. Their visit includes time with international human rights partner the Manya Krobo Queen Mother&amp;#8217;s Association (QMA). The Queen Mothers are traditional leaders in Eastern Ghana who organized an effective response to the traumatic effects that the HIV/AIDS pandemic was having on children in their community. This latest post discusses the delegation's first day.]]></description>
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                <title>UU World: Dallas Church Raises $20K for Wells in South Sudan</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/7K00lQLvkvs/199596.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[For Lent this year, friends and members of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas turned soda, coffee, and wine into water: They gave up those drinks and used the money they saved to create a $20,000 fund &amp;#8212; almost three times their goal &amp;#8212; that will be used to drill two wells in villages in South Sudan And it&amp;#8217;s all because of Bol Deng Malual, 25, one of the &amp;#8220;Lost Boys of Sudan.' Bol is one of more than 30,000 young boys who were displaced or orphaned during a civil war in Sudan between 1983 and 2005. Thousands of the boys were brought to the U.S. after years of hiding out and living in refugee camps.]]></description>
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                <title>UU World: Dallas Church Raises $20K for Wells in South Sudan</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[For Lent this year, friends and members of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas turned soda, coffee, and wine into water: They gave up those drinks and used the money they saved to create a $20,000 fund &amp;#8212; almost three times their goal &amp;#8212; that will be used to drill two wells in villages in South Sudan And it&amp;#8217;s all because of Bol Deng Malual, 25, one of the &amp;#8220;Lost Boys of Sudan.' Bol is one of more than 30,000 young boys who were displaced or orphaned during a civil war in Sudan between 1983 and 2005. Thousands of the boys were brought to the U.S. after years of hiding out and living in refugee camps.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: From Odumase, Ghana: Education is Medicine</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/e8TFRk94AOU/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), is currently with a delegation of Unitarian Universalists visiting the Every Child is Our Child program partners of the UU-UNO in Ghana. Lorella Hess is a member of the delegation, and in her post, shares reflections following visits to schools near Odumase.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Ghana: Odumase to Accra</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/cnrDaKo3rM4/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Peter Morales, President of The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), is currently with a delegation of Unitarian Universalists in Ghana. Their visit includes time with international human rights partner the Manya Krobo Queen Mother&amp;#8217;s Association (QMA). The Queen Mothers are traditional leaders in Eastern Ghana who organized an effective response to the traumatic effects that the HIV/AIDS pandemic was having on children in their community. This latest post discusses the delegation's first day.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: An Education in Partnership in Ghana</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/Q3Q4rsoYgAg/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[A delegation of Unitarian Universalists, including UUA President Rev. Peter Morales, arrive in Accra, Ghana, on May 6 to begin a notable visit with &amp;#160;international human rights partner, the Manya Krobo Queen Mother&amp;#8217;s Association (QMA).&amp;#160;The Queen Mothers are traditional leaders in Eastern Ghana who organized an effective response to the traumatic effects that the HIV/AIDS pandemic was having on children in their community. By visiting children, their teachers, the Queen Mothers, and other local officials, the UUA delegation will learn how this community came together and responded to a serious crisis.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Bringing Your Truest Self to Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/pso2rkPWRfQ/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28&amp;#8211;May 5, 2012. In the latest post about this journey, trip staffer Charles Huschle ruminates on the many qualities and skills that the trip participants are bringing to their work in Haiti &amp;#8212; and what they are leaving behind. The UUA-UUSC Haiti Volunteer Program is made possible through the contributions of UUA and UUSC donors and a generous grant from the Veatch Program of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, N.Y.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Thinking About Earthquakes in Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/HTA6BqNf6cc/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28&amp;#8211;May 5, 2012. In the newest post about the trip - along with a video diary entry - participant Orelia Busch reflects on tiny movements and cataclysmic earthquakes. The UUSC-UUA Haiti Volunteer Program is made possible through the contributions of UUA and UUSC donors and a generous grant from the Veatch Program of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, N.Y.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Ready for More Invigorating Work in Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/jLZHYnjTD90/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28&amp;#8211;May 5, 2012. In the introductory post about this journey, trip communications specialist Nicole McConvery of the UUA writes in anticipation of a week filled with learning and growth. The UUA-UUSC Haiti Volunteer Program is made possible through the contributions of UUA and UUSC donors and a generous grant from the Veatch Program of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, N.Y.]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Without Borders: Ready for More Invigorating Work in Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint volunteer trip to Haiti, April 28&amp;#8211;May 5, 2012. In the introductory post about this journey, trip communications specialist Nicole McConvery of the UUA writes in anticipation of a week filled with learning and growth. The UUA-UUSC Haiti Volunteer Program is made possible through the contributions of UUA and UUSC donors and a generous grant from the Veatch Program of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, N.Y.]]></description>
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                <title>Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Phoenix, Two Years Later</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/qGFRUDmSYb4/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-crime-phoenix_b_1438440.html</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Two years have passed since the implementation of SB1070, and for the first time since my conviction for peaceful civil disobedience while protesting this law in Phoenix, I will join with thousands of Unitarian Universalists from around the country, other people of faith, our local social justice partners and residents of Arizona. We will gather in peace, in solidarity and to bear witness to the truth.]]></description>
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                <title>Now Available from Skinner House Books: The Pen and the Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[It can be difficult to create space for our spiritual lives in a world crowded with distractions. The Pen and the Bell, from Skinner House Books, addresses the topic of achieving mindfulness and creative fulfillment in spite of long to-do lists. It's about gaining access to our deeper selves in the workaday world, and bringing forth this authentic self in our writing. With both meditative and writing exercises in each chapter, it will help you awaken your creative soul and find a more rewarding life. &amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>Meet the Candidates for Moderator</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/I6bx1IEaTCY/199223.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees has nominated two candidates to run for moderator of the association. Jim Key and Tamara Payne-Alex will stand for election at the 2013 General Assembly to replace Gini Courter, who has served as moderator since 2003. The next moderator will be eligible to serve a single six-year term. Read the candidates' profiles to learn more about their commitment to Unitarian Universalism and their hopes for the moderator position.]]></description>
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                <title>UU Board and the Doctrine of Discovery: Accountability in Action</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ePtKyKXwQds/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[When our Association&amp;#8217;s Arizona Immigration Ministry met with our social justice partners there, we received one clear request for an agenda item at GA 2012.&amp;#160;Our partners said that the single most important piece of business we could do at GA 2012 was to study and repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery and support the full implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.&amp;#160;Further, they asked us to have our congregations study this issue and how it is related to the ongoing oppression of indigenous peoples whose lands straddle the US-Mexico border.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Joins ICCR in Lauding Social Justice Work of Catholic Women Religious</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/uvyG17cosLI/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is a 40-year-old network of faith-based investors exercising their power as active shareowners to transform companies. Together, ICCR members promote sustainable practices through engagement with company management. As an active member of ICCR for many years, the UUA has partnered with other faith groups on numerous campaigns. In a post on the Standing on the Side of Love blog, UUA Treasurer and CFO Tim Brennan voices support for the ICCR and the Catholic religious women who work for justice.]]></description>
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                <title>UU World: Spiritual Connections to the Universe for Teens</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/7lF-9F4nje8/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Early adolescence is often a time when a child&amp;#8217;s appreciation of the magic that younger children see everywhere in the world becomes squelched or outright ignored.&amp;#160;Wide-eyed wonder about life and the universe isn&amp;#8217;t &amp;#8220;cool&amp;#8221; and gaining the respect of their peers often becomes tantamount. By the time they have become teenagers, most children have already developed that ever-present internal critic that haunts adults. This can keep youth from being fully present in any moment, let alone experiencing the sacredness of life or a connection to the divine.]]></description>
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                <title>The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide, Fifth Edition, Now Available</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The 2012 edition of The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide is now available at the UUA Bookstore. This edition is the most extensive revision of the Pocket Guide in over a decade and features a foreword from MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry. Other contributors include Kay Montgomery, John Crestwell, Gail Geisenhainer, Rosemary Bray McNatt, Jane Ranney Rzepka, Mark Belletini, Judith Frediani, Rebecca Parker, and 2011 Frederic G. Melcher Award winner Dan McKanan.]]></description>
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                <title>Congregations Encouraged to Study Doctrine of Discovery</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Many people didn&amp;#8217;t learn about the Doctrine of Discovery in school. But those who attend Justice General Assembly in June will learn about it there. In brief, the Doctrine of Discovery is the premise that European Christian explorers who &amp;#8220;discovered&amp;#8221; other lands had the authority to claim those lands and subdue, even enslave, peoples of those lands simply because they were not Christian.]]></description>
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                <title>UU World: For Love and Justice</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ZC4TPhZ0-yU/192682.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Unitarian Universalists mobilize in response to laws that tear families apart and abuse immigrants. Immigration justice has become a flash point for Unitarian Universalists, especially as we approach the UUA&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Justice General Assembly&amp;#8221; in Phoenix, Arizona&amp;#8212;where one of the most aggressive state laws on local immigration enforcement has been enacted.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Looking Beyond Traditional Congregations</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Whom does your Unitarian Universalist congregation serve? Is it focused only on those who become members? Or does your congregation also serve other people who might have less obvious connections to the congregation? These questions and others are being asked in conversations among UU leaders this winter and spring about how to broaden Unitarian Universalism&amp;#8217;s reach.]]></description>
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                <title>Pedaling for Hope</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bicycling ministers turn long-distance rides into opportunities to raise funds and awareness for charitable causes. They describe their rides - one as long as 3,300 miles - as powerful experiences, both physically and spiritually, beyond their ability to raise money and awareness for causes they support.]]></description>
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                <title>Pedaling for Hope</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bicycling ministers turn long-distance rides into opportunities to raise funds and awareness for charitable causes. They describe their rides - one as long as 3,300 miles - as powerful experiences, both physically and spiritually, beyond their ability to raise money and awareness for causes they support.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Persuades Verizon to Protect Transgender Workers</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[For each of the last five years, the UUA has filed shareholder resolutions with Verizon Communications to urge the corporation to add &amp;#8220;gender identity or expression&amp;#8221; to its non-discrimination policy. In mid-February, Verizon notified the UUA that it has agreed to adopt the policy, which provides protection to transgender people and those in transition.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Offers New Discussion Guide on Doctrine of Discovery (PDF)</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[At the January meeting of the UUA Board of Trustees, the Trustees voted to place a responsive resolution to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery on the business agenda for the 2012 Justice General Assembly. What is the Doctrine of Discovery? Why have our partner organizations in Arizona called for its repudiation? How are we as Unitarian Universalist people of faith called to respond? Download a new three-session discussion guide suitable for in-person and online conversations, individual reflection, and journaling.]]></description>
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                <title>How My Testimony Went Viral</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/NjBMu9O2T78/187747.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Zach Wahls&amp;#8217;s testimony before the Iowa House Judiciary Committee about his two-mom family become an internet sensation. From Zach: 'As I approached the microphone to testify, I saw for the first time just how many people were in this massive room. I would have whistled if my mouth had had any moisture in it. 'My name is Zach Wahls,' I began. 'I&amp;#8217;m a sixth-generation Iowan, an engineering student at the University of Iowa, and I was raised by two women.'']]></description>
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                <title>Partners in Justice</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/Se3nz-Ph4Uk/192684.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The UUA's immigrant rights partners in Arizona help communities in peril. This network of activists is working with Unitarian Universalists to promote immigrant rights in Arizona as the Unitarian Universalist Association&amp;#8217;s 2012 Justice General Assembly in Phoenix approaches.]]></description>
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                <title>Congregations and Beyond, From UUA President Rev. Peter Morales</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/YiK-hMX2BZc/120115_congs_beyond.pdf</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In Congregations and Beyond, the Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), offers a vision of the opportunities and challenges that face Unitarian Universalism as an international movement. He presents a strategic direction for Unitarian Universalism consistent with our core values and historic willingness to push beyond pre-determined boundaries. All Unitarian Universalists are encouraged to read, discuss, and share Congregations and Beyond.]]></description>
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                <title>Congregations and Beyond, From UUA President Rev. Peter Morales</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/1GMfvS-h6io/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In Congregations and Beyond, the Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), offers a vision of the opportunities and challenges that face Unitarian Universalism as an international movement. He presents a strategic direction for Unitarian Universalism consistent with our core values and historic willingness to push beyond pre-determined boundaries. All Unitarian Universalists are encouraged to read, discuss, and share Congregations and Beyond.]]></description>
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                <title>Congregations and Beyond, From UUA President Rev. Peter Morales</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/1GMfvS-h6io/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In Congregations and Beyond, the Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), offers a vision of the opportunities and challenges that face Unitarian Universalism as an international movement. He presents a strategic direction for Unitarian Universalism consistent with our core values and historic willingness to push beyond pre-determined boundaries. All Unitarian Universalists are encouraged to read, discuss, and share Congregations and Beyond.]]></description>
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                <title>Forums on the Renewal of Unitarian Universalism Continue Jan. 20 at First Unitarian in San Francisco</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/iwfX2LCSFfM/2011to2012.php</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Minns Lectureship Committee continues its 2011-2012 lecture series with &amp;#8220;Practicing Compassion and Connection More Fully,&amp;#8221; to be held at First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco on Jan. 20, led by former UUA President the Rev. John Buehrens. The Rev. Bill Sinkford and the Rev. Meg Riley will be panelists at the event. The series will continue the conversation begun at the April 2011 Minns conference, &amp;#8220;Composing Our Unitarian Universalist Future.&amp;#8221; For details and registration information, visit MinnsLectures.org.]]></description>
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                <title>'Gathered Here' Helps UUs Share Experiences, Hopes</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/8C5FMJzf6rk/191554.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Gathered Here, a denomination-wide listening campaign initiated by the Unitarian Universalist Association's Board of Trustees and administration, invites congregations and individual UUs across the country to share hopes for the faith through &amp;#8220;Community Conversations&amp;#8221; and one-on-one interviews during the next eight months. The board and administration will use that information to help determine the UUA's future.]]></description>
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                <title>UU World: Winter Solstice and the Shaman Within</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The dwindling of the sun&amp;#8217;s light in autumn is a reminder that even as the old year dies, so must all living things. The shaman helps the tribe to accept this universal dying, to understand it is necessary for new life. When the daylight hours are shortest, we long for assurance that spring will return, that once again the warm sun will nurture growing things and make the earth green. In this time when foliage has all but disappeared, we look to the trees whose evergreen boughs offer us hope.]]></description>
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                <title>Community Minister Helps 'One Child at a Time'</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/uIPSJ2qj1OA/191194.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Donald E. Robinson had already had a long career helping disadvantaged children in Washington, D.C., when he took on one more gargantuan task. In 1991, after more than 30 years of working with Washington youth in juvenile halls and community programs, Robinson founded Beacon House in the Edgewood Terrace neighborhood of Northeast Washington. Over the years Beacon House was adopted by around 15 area UU congregations.]]></description>
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                <title>Maria Hinojosa selected as the 2012 Ware Lecturer</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ApvdVEyDsAU/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Maria Hinojosa, award-winning broadcast journalist and author, has been selected as the Ware Lecturer for the 2012 Justice GA. She is the anchor and managing editor of NPR&amp;#8217;s Latino USA . In April 2010, Hinojosa launched The Futuro Media Group with the mission to produce multi-platform, community-based journalism that respects and celebrates the cultural richness of the American experience.]]></description>
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                <title>Phoenix UUs Protest Conservative Policy Conference</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/DBxYahw-1fk/190819.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Phoenix-area Unitarian Universalists joined protests last week objecting to the American Legislative Exchange Council&amp;#8217;s (ALEC) influence in Arizona. The Council is a conservative think tank that brings together lawmakers and corporations from around the country to craft model legislation. In Scottsdale, Ariz., last week, ALEC held its annual States &amp; Nation Policy Summit.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA and UUSC Begin New JustWorks Service Trip to Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/Jixm4yFqO74/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint JustWorks volunteer service trip to Haiti starting December 3. In the first blog post about this JustWorks experience, trip leaders Nicole McConvery of the UUA and Evan Seitz of the UUSC share their &amp;#160;thoughts on the journey to help rebuild the community and lives of earthquake survivors in Haiti.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA and UUSC Partner for JustWorks Service Trip to Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/Z3TqR-1uKjE/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) partnered for a recent joint JustWorks volunteer service trip to Haiti, December 3-10. Read the latest blog post as participants share impressions of their journey to help rebuild the community and lives of earthquake survivors in Haiti.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA and UUSC Continue New JustWorks Service Trip to Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/q7UPphIQIUg/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a joint JustWorks volunteer service trip to Haiti this December. Read the latest blog post as participants share their&amp;#160;thoughts on the journey to help rebuild the community and lives of earthquake survivors in Haiti.]]></description>
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                <title>New Immigrant Advocacy Toolkit Available</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA Witness Ministries Director Rev. Craig C. Roshaven has announced a new resource to help interfaith teams advocate for changes in local policy on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests. This toolkit provides information on how to organize advocacy meetings with local officials, partner with immigrant rights groups, and bring a faith-based message.]]></description>
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                <title>Wal-Mart Confirms Expansion of Non-Discrimination Policy</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/0XMG34y7v5Q/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In each of the past five years, the Unitarian Universalist Association has filed a shareholder resolution asking Wal-Mart to add Gender Identity or Expression to its non-discrimination policy. Recently, the UUA was notified by Wal-Mart&amp;#8217;s Office of Diversity that they were adopting this policy and were disseminating it throughout their network of stores and distribution centers. Fittingly, this news came not long before Sunday, Nov. 20, the International Transgender Day of Remembrance.]]></description>
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                <title>Isipho binds Atlanta UUs to African village</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Witnessing the living conditions in the Zulu village of Inzinga&amp;#8212;in the midst of hospitality like none that Unitarian Universalist father and daughter Tom and Miranda Lynch had ever experienced&amp;#8212;altered the course of Miranda's teen years, Tom's career, and the villagers' nutrition and educational opportunities.]]></description>
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                <title>For Veterans Day: UUA Offers Bless All Who Serve</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[On Veteran's Day, we remember with gratitude the men and women who have served our country in the military. To honor their service, free copies of Bless All Who Serve: Sources of Hope, Courage and Faith for Military Personnel and Their Families  are available to military chaplains, ministers, and enlisted men and women of all faiths. Chaplains and ministers should contact Julie Shaw (mplassistant @ uua.org) at the Unitarian Universalist Association. Servicemen and women should contact Lorraine Dennis (ldennis @ clfuu.org) at the Church of the Larger Fellowship. All others wishing to purchase a copy may do so at the UUA Bookstore link below.]]></description>
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                <title>UU Ministers Support Immigrants in Massachusetts</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Nov. 7, interfaith allies and immigrant justice groups held a press conference at Church of the Covenant in Boston. The press conference was in response to a recent wave of anti-immigrant activity and a draconian anti-immigrant bill introduced in the Massachusetts State House.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Named One of Five Top Organizations for Green Meetings</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Forums on the Renewal of Unitarian Universalism Begin Nov. 5th at King's Chapel in Boston</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Minns Lectureship Committee is kicking off its 2011-2012 lecture series with &amp;#8220;To Be an Effective and Justice-Seeking People,&amp;#8221; to be held at King&amp;#8217;s Chapel in Boston and led by former UUA President, the Rev. John Buehrens. Rev. Paige Getty and Rev. Nate Walker will be panelists at the event. The series will continue the conversation begun at the April 2011 Minns conference, &amp;#8220;Composing Our Unitarian Universalist Future.&amp;#8221; For details and registration information, visit http://www.MinnsLectures.org.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>The Boston Globe: Vandals Target Rainbow Banners</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[In the past decade, seven Unitarian Universalist congregations in Massachusetts have reported at least 11 incidents in which rainbow flags were stolen or vandalized, including Bridgewater, Watertown, and Quincy.]]></description>
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                <title>2011 Minns Conference on Composing Our UU Future: Video and Text Now Available</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Alabama UUs Join Fight Against Immigration Law</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>15 UUs Arrested During Tar Sands Action</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people were arrested in the past two weeks in front of the White House for protesting the proposed construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. At least 15 Unitarian Universalists, including the Rev. Craig Roshaven, the Unitarian Universalist Association&amp;#8217;s Witness Ministries Director, were among those arrested.]]></description>
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                <title>UUs Raise Funds for Filipino Church</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Rev. Fredric John Muir, of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Annapolis, Md., Len Pellettieri of the First UU Church of San Diego, Calif., and Lee Boeke Burke of the Fox Valley UU Fellowship in Appleton, Wisc. have each donated their time and talent to raising awareness about the UU Church of the Philippines (UUCP). They are members of a project called BUILD: Build Unitarian Universalism, Inspire, Lead, Develop. The project, created by UUCP, seeks to construct a dormitory for women on the Filipino island of Negros to provide safe, affordable housing for female students.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Monitoring Hurricane Damage to Congregations</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Tar Sands Action Inspired by UU's Civil Disobedience</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Religious activists and organizations are gathering August 29 outside the White House as part of a two-week protest called Tar Sands Action, which is aimed at pressuring President Obama to reject a proposed oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The Tar Sands Action is the latest in a series of public witness events that have grown, at least in part, out of the arrest and conviction of Unitarian Universalist and environmental activist Tim DeChristopher.]]></description>
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                <title>UUSC Launches Relief Fund for East Africa Famine</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[The United Nations has declared a famine in southern Somalia that is expected to spread in the next two months. With 3.2 million people &amp;#8212; half of the Somali population &amp;#8212; needing immediate lifesaving assistance, this is the world's worst food security crisis in the last 20years. In light of this dire crisis, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) has opened the Somalia and East Africa Relief Fund.]]></description>
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                <title>Iowa UU Named Rural "Champion of Change"</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/lbVww7UcPI0/186150.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In the middle of Iowa, where biological diversity can consist of fields of corn next to fields of soybeans, Linda Barnes wanted more. To make that happen, Barnes, a Unitarian Universalist, started a two-year degree program in Entrepreneurial and Diversified Agriculture. The program, now in its eighth year, caught the attention of the Obama Administration, and in July she was summoned to the White House, where she was recognized as a 'Champion of Change' for rural America.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President Convicted in Civil Disobedience Case</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/zkgYx8n5A2U/186294.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[On the one-year anniversary of his civil disobedience in Phoenix, while protesting Arizona&amp;#8217;s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, UUA President Peter Morales stood trial in the Maricopa County Justice Court. With him in the July 29 trial were Salvador Reza, a lead organizer with the immigrant rights group Puente Arizona, and two others. On Friday, August 5, all four defendants were found guilty on misdemeanor charges of failing to comply with a police officer.]]></description>
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                <title>Immigration in Arizona, One Year Later</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA President Rev. Peter Morales stands trial in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday, July 29, for his nonviolent civil disobedience in opposition to anti-immigrant legislation in that state. Rev. Morales says he is 'proud to be president of a religious movement that calls all of us to stand on the side of love. I am proud of our Unitarian Universalist ministers and congregations in Georgia and Alabama who are at the forefront of opposing anti-immigrant legislation in those states. And I know all of us who stand on the side of love will have to make that stand again and again.']]></description>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Mark Third Anniversary of Knoxville Tragedy</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/mU2SU1f8HfI/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[From Rev. Chris Buice, minister at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville: 'It is a paradox that good can come from evil. Acts of hatred can inspire an outpouring of love. Our congregation and the Westside congregation are empowered by the many people across the country who have become part of the Standing on the Side of Love campaign in the aftermath of our tragedy.']]></description>
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                <title>Georgia Minister's Hunger Strike Protests Immigration Law</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/Q8UrV4EGf90/185782.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Rev. Jeff Jones joined two Georgia men, Salvador Zamora and Martin Altamirano, in protesting their state's anti-immigrant legislation by fasting for seven days. &amp;#8220;I want to stand in affirmation with them and the inherent worth and dignity of every person,&amp;#8221; said Jones, minister of the Emerson Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Marietta. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re living the struggle of the civil rights movement. We have to keep lifting up what we value.&amp;#8221;]]></description>
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                <title>Reflections on a Seven Day Fast in Solidarity with Salvador Zamora and Martin Altamirano</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/JR-Y7S7QLDs/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Unitarian Universalist minister, Rev. Jeff Jones, reflects on his decision to join two Cobb County, Georgia men, Salvador Zamora and Martin Altamirano, in protesting their state's implementation of anti-immigrant legislation by fasting for seven days. Rev. Jones sees immigration becoming the moral question of the day and finds hope and strength in recent successes in the GLBT rights movement to continue fighting for meaningful immigration reform.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>New York Unitarian Universalists Celebrate Marriage Equality</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/wcbnPdSoEM4/185940.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Rev. Julie Taylor and Rev. Laurel Koepf got married two years ago at Fourth Universalist Society in New York City. It was a ceremony that was deeply meaningful but without legal standing in the state of New York. Last month they got married again, and this time they got the legal part. On July 24, 2011, New York became the sixth state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize same-gender marriage.]]></description>
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                <title>Letter From Selma</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/94ACTV7UhIk/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In its July 17 edition, the Boston Globe Magazine  delves into the 1965 murder of James Reeb, a white Unitarian Universalist minister from Boston, which helped usher in the Voting Rights Act but left lasting scars on the city of Selma, AL. When the FBI reopened the case recently, the painful past came flooding back.]]></description>
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                <title>U.S. Churches Unite to Support Uganda School</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/06ApKe_r5JE/184913.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Annual sponsorships seek to boost nutrition, sanitation, supplies, and teacher salaries at the New Life School in Kkindu, Uganda, started by Ugandan UU minister, the Rev. Mark Kiyimba.]]></description>
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                <title>Love Marches in Georgia Against Anti-Immigrant Legislation</title> 
                <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/PaxEFnBpoOE/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[On July 1, Georgia&amp;#8217;s new state immigration law went into effect, following a federal court judge&amp;#8217;s decision to enjoin a couple of the provisions, but allowing for most of them, similar to the law passed in Arizona last year. In response, Unitarian Universalists took part in a protest march and rally beginning at the state capitol on Saturday, July 2. Many wore yellow Standing on the Side of Love t-shirts, and the crowd was estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 people.]]></description>
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                <title>General Assembly 2011 Event Coverage</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/eWChP7kpJD4/184876.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly 2011 in Charlotte, N.C., ended Sunday, June 26. Full coverage is available from UU World and on UUA.org.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>General Assembly 2011 Event Coverage</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/PfyREX0NCRw/uuaga</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly 2011 is happening now through Sunday, June 26, in Charlotte, NC. Live video of business plenaries and major events will be available on UUA.org&amp;#146;s General Assembly 2011 page and on a dedicated channel at Livestream, at http://www.livestream.com/uuaga.&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>Delegates Approve Ethical Eating and a Smaller Board</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/DWp-xBg1pSU/185311.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The 50th General Assembly of the UUA adopted a Statement of Conscience promoting &amp;#8220;ethical eating&amp;#8221; and approved 11 bylaw amendments, including one that will reduce the size of the Board of Trustees starting in 2013.]]></description>
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                <title>Follow General Assembly 2011 with UU World</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/TaVC2O2CsQs/184707.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association holds its 50th General Assembly this week in Charlotte, N.C. UU World will provide extensive daily coverage of the UUA&amp;#8217;s annual convention and business assembly June 22&amp;#8211;26 as well as meetings of the UUA Board of Trustees on June 21, 22, and 27.]]></description>
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                <title>Shareholder Resolution Advances LGBT Rights</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/_yhIxI921Cw/184526.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In its continuing effort to persuade corporations to adopt policies protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees from discrimination, the UUA has assisted in a shareholder resolution urging a major defense contractor to protect its workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. At the annual shareholder meeting of KBR Inc. in Houston on May 19, 61.6 percent of shareholders voted in favor of the resolution.]]></description>
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                <title>People of Faith Will Rally in Charlotte to Oppose Homophobia and Transphobia</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ujq72a6wF4M/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Interfaith community leaders will gather in Charlotte, NC, on Friday, June 24, for a Faith Community Rally Against Homophobia &amp; Transphobia. Hundreds of people are planning to march from the Charlotte Convention Center, the location of the UUA General Assembly, to gather for a rally in Marshall Park. The rally will feature local, national, and international clergy speaking out against proposed legislation that will marginalize and discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.]]></description>
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                <title>Fire Devastates Maine Church</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/LnMYDPF-B0U/184523.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine, suffered heavy damage in a fire that started in the early morning hours of Monday, June 6. The fire destroyed the entire rear of the building, gutting the first and second floors. The Northern New England District has set up a relief fund to aid in the repairs and rebuilding of the church. To donate, please go to the Northern New England District website.]]></description>
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                <title>Massachusetts UUs Support Transgender Anti-Discrimination Measure</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/VOSM1-S72B0/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, June 8, Unitarian Universalist Rev. Sue Phillips, District Executive for the UUA Clara Barton and Massachusetts Bay Districts, testified at the Massachusetts State House in support of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill. In the latest post from Standing on the Side of Love, Rev. Phillips reads a portion of her testimony on the State House steps about the importance of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill.]]></description>
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                <title>Eco-Village Rises in Haiti’s Central Plateau</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Recovery from last year&amp;#8217;s devastating earthquake in Haiti has been painfully slow for the tens of thousands of Haitians who still sleep in tent cities in the capital of Port-au-Prince. But on a joint service trip of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee in late May, there were signs of hope and action. Along with 10 UU seminary students, leaders of the UUA and UUSC travelled to Haiti&amp;#8217;s Central Plateau to participate in a hands-on eco-village building project that will help 40 Haitian families rebuild their homes and their lives.]]></description>
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                <title>Seminarians Reflect on UUA, UUSC Joint Trip to Haiti</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have just returned from their joint service trip to Haiti. On this trip, seminary students were given an opportunity to develop a multicultural understanding vital to their calling as ministers in the modern world. Their on-the-ground reflections about this experience are available now.]]></description>
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                <title>Religion For Our Time Episode 17: Greater Good Project</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/qXpnQFqx_DM/index.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[For the past five years, First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York has developed an amazing holiday tradition. Members tally up their planned holiday spending and then give half of that amount to the church. The children then decide what local and international charities the money will support. Over the years, this remarkable project has given a whole new meaning to the holidays for hundreds of Unitarian Universalist families and for the people they help.]]></description>
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                <title>Clara Barton District Establishes Massachusetts Tornado Relief Fund</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Clara Barton District is working to support congregations and families affected by violent storms on Wednesday, June 1. Donations to the Clara Barton District's Massachusetts Tornado Relief Fund will be used to provide immediate relief to congregation members and staff, for cleanup efforts at the damaged UU Parish of Monson, and for longer-term needs as they arise. For more information and to donate, please go to the Clara Barton-Mass Bay District website.]]></description>
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                <title>Religion For Our Time Episode 17: Greater Good Project</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/uvbTqSP69GA/181865.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[For the past five years, First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York has developed an amazing holiday tradition. Members tally up their planned holiday spending and then give half of that amount to the church. The children then decide what local and international charities the money will support. Over the years, this remarkable project has given a whole new meaning to the holidays for hundreds of Unitarian Universalist families and for the people they help.]]></description>
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                <title>Atlanta-area ministers decry immigration bill</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ufHx0PLp46o/182979.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[A group of Atlanta-area Unitarian Universalist ministers has signed a strongly worded letter condemning a Georgia immigration bill as &amp;#8220;racist,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;bad for business,&amp;#8221; and reflecting &amp;#8220;spiritual blight.&amp;#8221;]]></description>
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                <title>The UUA at Fifty: Rooted and Growing</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/ip2vEJ6bvLw/183118.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Our religious tradition was not planted yesterday. Its roots go deep: Forty-one of the Unitarian Universalist Association&amp;#8217;s congregations are at least 300 years old. Many of our denominational institutions were first set up in the nineteenth century, including our publishing enterprises, one of our seminaries, and the delegate assembly we know as the General Assembly.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA-UUSC Japan Fund Supports Religious Partners After Quake</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/hw7K7ZQ4mgE/179729.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast coast of Japan killed more than 12,000 people. Rev. Eric Cherry, director of the UUA's International Resources office, was in Japan recently to meet with the partner groups. He said many members of these groups were directly affected by the disasters. &amp;#8220;The Rissho Kosei-kai itself has 35 to 40 congregations that have been damaged terribly.' As of April 8, Unitarian Universalists had donated $200,000 to Japanese relief efforts. Decisions about how to use these funds will be made in cooperation with our partners, Cherry said.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Brings Message of Condolence, Spiritual Support, and Solidarity to Japan</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/jEiPKCA2m60/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Eric Cherry, Director of International Resources at the UUA, has just returned from meetings with our partners in Japan. While there, he learned of the latest recovery efforts in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami and delivered the Unitarian Universalist Association&amp;#8217;s (UUA) message of condolence, spiritual support, and solidarity. To support the ongoing work of our interfaith partners, the UUA and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have created the UUA/UUSC Japan Relief Fund.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President Peter Morales Releases Strategic Plan for Professional Ministries</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/d5WXuXCcnBk/110406_sppm.pdf</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[From the Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA): 'I'm pleased to announce the public release of the new five-page UUA Strategic Plan for Professional Ministries. The plan, developed by our Professional Ministries Task Force, outlines eight key recommendations gleaned from our 64-page Strategic Review of Professional Ministries Report. I cannot emphasize enough how valuable input from individuals and organizations has been in developing these recommendations, all of which can effectively be advanced through the efforts of UUA staff working closely with our partners and constituents. We already are acting on several initiatives in the report, and look forward to sharing our progress with you as these efforts come to fruition.']]></description>
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                <title>UU Legislator Leads Marriage Equality Fight in Maryland</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/6zeOBxlC5Lg/179465.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month Maryland came close to becoming the sixth state to approve same-sex marriage. In the end, the votes weren&amp;#8217;t quite there, but one of the key reasons for the issue&amp;#8217;s near-passage is Maryland state Senator Rich Madaleno, a member of Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda.]]></description>
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                <title>Tell Congress: Stop Defending the Indefensible</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/SG9gQHz1rGg/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bruce Knotts, executive director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, speaks out on the Standing on the Side of Love blog: 'It&amp;#8217;s time to end institutionalized discrimination based on sexual orientation in this country. Tell Congress it is time to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and restore the rights of lawfully married same-sex couples to receive the protections of marriage under federal law.']]></description>
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                <title>Current and Former UUA Presidents Represent Faith Voice in Letter to Obama</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/aEDtpRNVcWk/5rnghg4</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford are the only initial signers from the faith community on Freedom To Marry&amp;#8217;s letter to President Obama. The letter asks the president to support full marriage equality. Obama has spoken about his 'evolving,' attitude on same-sex marriage. Now, Freedom to Marry has joined with Hollywood celebrities, civil rights leaders, and others, to move Obama from 'evolving' to supportive.]]></description>
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                <title>Current and Former UUA Presidents Represent Faith Voice in Letter to Obama</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/BzcnnCnINqU/f7yrJ5</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford are the only initial signers from the faith community on Freedom To Marry&amp;#8217;s letter to President Obama. The letter asks the president to support full marriage equality. Obama has spoken about his 'evolving,' attitude on same-sex marriage. Now, Freedom to Marry has joined with Hollywood celebrities, civil rights leaders, and others, to move Obama from 'evolving' to supportive.]]></description>
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                <title>Current and Former UUA Presidents Represent Faith Voice in Letter to Obama</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/KVACA-w3-gs/major-figures-from-entertainment-sports-and-business-come-together-in-urgin</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford are the only initial signers from the faith community on Freedom To Marry&amp;#8217;s letter to President Obama. The letter asks the president to support full marriage equality. Obama has spoken about his 'evolving,' attitude on same-sex marriage. Now, Freedom to Marry has joined with Hollywood celebrities, civil rights leaders, and others, to move Obama from 'evolving' to supportive.]]></description>
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                <title>UUA Opens Japan Relief Fund</title> 
                <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/NVJVTBPLv78/japan</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The UUA has created a Japan Relief Fund to support the recovery efforts of our religious partners there. Rissho Kosei-kai, Tsubaki Grand Shrine, the Konko Church of Izuo, the Tokyo Dojin Church, and the Japan Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom are now considering the specific efforts they will be taking to support the work of recovery. Please join with UUs throughout the United States by contributing to the UUA&amp;#8217;s Japan Relief Fund.]]></description>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalist Tim DeChristopher Convicted for Environmental Activism</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/SKHpIWvE7rg/178994.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[DeChristopher, a member of First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, UT, was convicted on March 3, 2011, of two felony counts of disrupting a federal auction of oil and gas leases. He faces up to ten years in prison for this act of civil disobedience.]]></description>
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                <title>Wisconsin UUs Continue Month-long Protest for Workers’ Rights</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/JNLajYV5py0/179313.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Members of the First Unitarian Society of Madison have been at the Capitol every day since the protests began February 12 and continued to be involved, even after Gov. Scott Walker officially signed away collective bargaining rights on March 11. Now the protest goal has shifted to recovering workers&amp;#8217; rights. <br><br><br>&amp;#160;]]></description>
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                <title>To Listen without Judging</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/e0cXcFfE4qM/175352.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Inspired by their minister's story, activists at a New York Unitarian Universalist church launch an abortion hotline that offers support without judgment.]]></description>
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                <title>Unitarians in the Khasi Hills</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/sqKbQ-Ba-GI/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[UUA President Rev. Peter Morales sent blog posts from India during his two-week journey to meet with partners of the UU Holdeen India Program and with leaders of the Unitarian Union of North East India. In this post, Rev. Morales reflects upon his visit with the Unitarians of the Khasi Hills.]]></description>
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                <title>Oregon Unitarian Universalist Congregation Builds Cuban Alliances</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/jfyN_CWlc0o/177019.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Cuba AyUUda group at the First Unitarian Church in Portland, OR, has made twenty-five trips to Cuba since 2003. Trip participants have built lasting friendships with Cubans while engaging in social justice work.]]></description>
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                <title>India’s Hidden Poverty</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/MTJ1sBrOyi8/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[India&amp;#8217;s Hidden Poverty]]></description>
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                <title>Unitarians Turn Tragedy into Lesson in Tolerance</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/sX60NcJb1lw/article.cgi</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Unitarians Turn Tragedy into Lesson in Tolerance]]></description>
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                <title>Faith Community Stands with Immigrants for a Halt to ICE Programs</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/brd2amYseGc/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Faith Community Stands with Immigrants for a Halt to ICE Programs]]></description>
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                <title>UUA President Launches Social Justice Journey Across India</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/MiS_P7oUWdU/</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[On February 14, Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, launched a two-week journey to India to visit with several partners of the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program and with leaders of the Unitarian Union of North East India.]]></description>
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                <title>Pastor Keeps Immigration Message in the Headlines</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/3aeinh-a-PA/ci_17302888</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Monterey County Herald interviews UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and Rev. Greg Ward, minister of the UU Church of the Monterey Peninsula. Morales and Ward, both of whom were arrested in July 2010 protests against SB 1070, discuss the religious case for immigration reform.]]></description>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Raise Funds for Gay Rights in Uganda</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/JZFfU94LtQM/175328.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In response to a growing number of threats against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people in Uganda, the UUA has launched a fund to help human rights activists in that country.]]></description>
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                <title>Cases Dismissed for Many Phoenix Protesters</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/B1TWwwWC7Dw/175168.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Phoenix Municipal Court has dismissed most of the charges against Unitarian Universalists who were arrested while protesting Arizona's anti-immigrant law SB 1070 in July 2010.]]></description>
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                <title>Dinner with Monsanto</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/vpU96IGXHZE/172753.shtml</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Rev. Nate Walker and the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, PA, have engaged in a public dialogue with the Monsanto Company, the world's largest producer of genetically modified seeds. Walker is advocating for a code of ethics for bioengineers.]]></description>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Call for Peace, Civility, and Love, on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Phoenix Court Dates Scheduled for Unitarian Universalist Arrestees</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Forty Years of UU Sexuality Education</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Paired, &amp;#8220;sex education&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;church&amp;#8221; still sound strange to some ears, but it needn't be so. Religious leaders have guided young and old alike in sexual morality for millennia. Our Unitarian and Universalist forebears tended to affirm new understandings in science and psychology, leading us to think progressively on sexual matters. Our congregations are recognized leaders in comprehensive sex ed, grounded in UU values.]]></description>
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                <title>UU Legislative Ministries Now in Fifteen States</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA Plans Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Rally Against ICE Program</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Honor Transgender Deaths</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Celebrating the Winter Holidays</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Stirring Up Gratitude</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Poverty and Thanksgiving: A Call to Close the Rich-Poor Gap</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
                <author>web@uua.org</author>
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                <title>Poverty and Thanksgiving: A Call to Close the Rich-Poor Gap</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Share Their Immigration Stories</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA Supports International Transgender Day of Remembrance</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uua/Lxnn/~3/7wOJhCV9F6A/</link>
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                <title>The Bravery of Unitarian Universalists in Uganda</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Mark Your Calendars: It’s Time to Renew Our Vows</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>York Congregation Welcomes UUA President</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA Partners with Faithful Democracy to Encourage Voting</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA President Addresses Interfaith Breakfast for New Sanctuary Movement</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>More Than 80 UUA Congregations Participate in 10/10/10 Global Work Party</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA’s Socially Responsible Investing Featured in Los Angeles Times</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>One Sunday, Five Hundred Congregations, 100,000 Memories</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA President Sends Condolences on the Death of Rev. Dr. Árpád Szabó</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA and Standing on the Side of Love Support One Nation Working Together</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA President Meets Dalai Lama</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA President Issues Statement in Support of Religious Freedom</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUSC and UUA Launch Joint Pakistan Flood Relief Fund</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUSC, UUA Declare Support for Lower Manhattan Mosque</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA President Applauds California Prop 8 Ruling</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Witness to a Return Home: A Trip to Uganda</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Human Rights Issues Dominate Annual Meeting</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalists Volunteer at Hope Community</title> 
                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Rev. Jane Rzepka Receives Prestigious Award from UUA</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA's 2010 General Assembly Meets June 23-27 in Minneapolis</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>A Struggle for America's Soul: A Message from UUA President Morales</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA General Assembly Leads the Way in Sustainability</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA Moves Retirement Plan from Fidelity to TIAA-CREF</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUs Protest Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law</title> 
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                <title>UUA President Condemns Anti-Latino Arizona Law</title> 
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                <title>UUs Celebrate Earth Day and Commit to Ethical Eating</title> 
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                <title>Unitarian Universalist Teens Advocate for Comprehensive Sexuality Education</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA Holdeen India Program Partner, Ela Ramesh Bhatt, Receives Peace Prize</title> 
                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Interfaith Group of Teens Calls for Comprehensive Sex Education Funding</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UUA Announces Organization and Staffing Changes</title> 
                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Ugandan BGLT Rights Advocates Organize at Valentine's Day Conference</title> 
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                <title>A Larger Love: A Valentine's Day Message from the President of the UUA</title> 
                <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Courageous Ugandan UUs fight "Anti-Homosexuality Bill"</title> 
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                <title>Spiritual Dilemmas and the Right to Choice</title> 
                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Beacon Press Publishes First Books in "The King Legacy" Series</title> 
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                <title>New Jersey UUs Bring Faithful Witness to Struggle for Marriage Equality</title> 
                <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>Unitarian Universalist Minister Nominated for Grammy Award</title> 
                <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <title>UU-UNO 50th Anniversary: Tickets Are On Sale Now</title> 
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                <title>UUs Rally For Marriage Equality in Four States</title> 
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                <title>A UUA Breakthrough Congregation: First Parish in Bedford, MA</title> 
                <pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 1899 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[UU World  profiles First Parish in Bedford, MA which the UUA named as a &amp;#8220;Breakthrough Congregation&amp;#8221; this year for its sustained growth. Membership has doubled since the Rev. John Gibbons started there twenty-three years ago and is projected to break 400 this year. Read how they made real growth happen in their congregation.]]></description>
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