UUA.org Updates https://www.uua.org/ Updates from the Unitarian Universalist Association en https://www.uua.org/files/styles/max_992x992/public/logos/uua_logo_gradient_on_white.png?itok=zTEG1IXI UUA.org Updates https://www.uua.org/ Unitarian Universalist Association Releases Historic Statement on Religious Practice of Faithful Dissent, Noncompliance, and Civil Disobedience https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/civil-disobedience-statement-2026 A crowd stands in front of a chain link fence at the Delaney Hall Detention Center. There are red, orange, and yellow ribbons festooned to the fence. Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt is standing in the middle of the crowd, wearing a green shirt and clergy collar.
The UUA releases an historic statement asserting that civil disobedience and faithful dissent from oppressive policies and actions are fundamental practices of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) faith tradition.
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Ann Stillwater

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Learning about my neurodiversity has been a huge relief.
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Sara LaWall

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After her arrest during a protest of anti-trans legislation, Rev. Sara LaWall explains why civil disobedience is deeply rooted in her UU faith.
]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0400 Sara LaWall https://www.uuworld.org/articles/sara-lawall-civil-disobedience-unitarian-universalism Permission to Grieve https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/permission-grieve A Black man with a salt-and-pepper beard sits on a leather couch. He's using both hands to cradle the head and back of a brown pit bull terrier, and nuzzling its face, as the dog gazes happily into the distance.

JeKaren Bell

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Grief does not measure itself by species.
]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:34:41 -0400 JeKaren Bell https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/permission-grieve Our Collective Power https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/our-collective-power Against a blue sky, a juvenile red shouldered hawk, wings spread, is being dive-bombed by a territorial blue jay protecting its nest. 

Christine Slocum

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May we find our people and join together.
]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:33:52 -0400 Christine Slocum https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/our-collective-power UU Minister Arrested in Anti-ICE Protest in Vermont Says the Movement Will Continue https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uu-minister-arrested-vermont-ice-protest © Brenda Patoine

Ethan Loewi

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Rev. Karen G. Johnston reflects on her arrest and what comes next for the movement.
]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0400 Ethan Loewi https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uu-minister-arrested-vermont-ice-protest UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt Statement on 25th Anniversary of September 11th Attacks https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uua-rev-dr-sofia-betancourt-sept11-anniversary-statement A person wearing a purple shirt with a yellow Side With Love stole. Their hands are cupped in prayer and are behind a row of lit candles.
Below please find the statement from Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) President, regarding the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Today we mark a solemn anniversary, twenty-five years since the September 11th attacks brought so much violence…
]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:52:01 -0400 https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uua-rev-dr-sofia-betancourt-sept11-anniversary-statement The Dust, the Dirt, the Soil https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/dust-dirt-soil Indoors, a person with long hair crouches near the floor, using a clear glass pitcher to water an assortment of lush houseplants.

Carleigh Heckel

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We are givers and creators of life.
]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:14:40 -0400 Carleigh Heckel https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/dust-dirt-soil CER News Update - September 2026 https://www.uua.org/central-east/blog/news/cer-news-0926 Central East Region UUA Logo

Central East Region of the UUA

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Find out what’s happening in the Central East Region! This month — Ingathering Greetings, RE Trainings, Minister and President Gatherings and more.
]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:38:18 -0400 Central East Region of the UUA https://www.uua.org/central-east/blog/news/cer-news-0926 Unitarian Universalist Association Responds to Allegations of State-Sponsored Surveillance of at Least One Unitarian Universalist Church https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/surveillance-uu-churches Exterior sign for First Universalist Minneapolis, with a gray wooden outer structure and a changeable message within. The message says, "Loving Our Neighbors Even Under Surveillance".
The UUA condemns the secret spying on at least one of our congregations, the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.
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