UUA Top Stories https://www.uua.org/ Top Stories 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 Top Stories https://www.uua.org/ The Power to Make Change https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/power-make-change A person inserts a folded piece of paper into a cardboard box's slit. The box has a label that says, in bold blue letters, "Vote Here / Vote Aquí." Behind the box, on a white wall, is a range of red-and-blue "vote" emblems.

Christian Schmidt

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I believe in the power of people to make good decisions for themselves and for their communities.
]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:04:43 -0500 Christian Schmidt https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/power-make-change Less Platform, More Participation: A Simpler Delegate Experience https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/blog/less-platform-more-participation-simpler-delegate-experience Text reads, "SOMETHING NEW IS COMING" in the upper left hand corner. The forearm and hand of a person of color holding a mobile phone with "General Assembly Email Voting Ballot"is in the middle of the image. Below, text reads, "Voting at GA will happen a little differently this year. We’re making some changes (for the better!) and want to make sure you’re informed. Check out the latest Governance Blog post for more information." followed by the URL to the uua.org page.

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We’re making a change to how delegates engage with the business of General Assembly (GA), with a simple goal in mind: making it easier to find information, participate in discussions, and cast informed votes.To help make that happen, we’re retiring the Delegate Platform. In its place, delegates…
]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0500 Kimberly Quinn Johnson , Bill Young https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/blog/less-platform-more-participation-simpler-delegate-experience Unitarian Universalist Association Statement Regarding 2026 Midterm Elections https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uua-statement-2026-midterms Group of UUs sitting around a table at the Houston Solidarity Summit. A woman in a blue shirt is speaking, her hands are mid-gesture. On the table are pieces of paper, coffee mugs, and cell phones.
The Unitarian Universalist Association highlights the historic importance of the results of the 2026 midterm elections.
]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:13:09 -0500 https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/uua-statement-2026-midterms Flowers on Prison Fences https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/flowers-prison-fences Alt text: in front of a security fence at the Broadview ICE facility, a formal multi-level altar has been created. It's draped with cloths in rich jewel tones and its surfaces are filled with framed photographs, flowers, candles, and other remembrances.

Adam O’Dell

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Anger alone is not a sustaining emotion. It is our love that sustains us.
]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:46:30 -0500 Adam O’Dell https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/flowers-prison-fences UU World to Host Online Conversation on Why Faithful Dissent Is Fundamental to Unitarian Universalism https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uu-world-faithful-dissent-panel-discussion Courtesy Charlene Walker

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The free online event comes two months after a historic UUA statement on faithful dissent and civil disobedience.
]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0500 Staff Writer https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uu-world-faithful-dissent-panel-discussion The Faithful Work of Health Plan Governance https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/blog/faithful-work-health-plan-governance Image in red and white with a red stripe on the right side with circles containing the UUA chalice logo, a stethoscope in the shape of a heart, and a prescription pad. The text reads, "The Faithful Work of Heal Plan Governance" and "A Governance Blog Post by Co-Financial Advisor Chris Chapel" and "tinyurl.com/blog-health-plan"

Chris Chepel

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Rising UUA Health Plan premiums are understandably causing concern across our congregations. But what’s driving these increases, and what can we do about them?
]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:19:25 -0400 Chris Chepel https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/blog/faithful-work-health-plan-governance Congregational Salary Program: Creating Opportunities for All to Thrive https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/congregational-salary Colorful scarf draped around thick white candle with an artistic chalice flame in the background

Jan Gartner

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The UUA offers a Congregational Salary Program as a service to congregational leaders. Our approach emphasizes process and values, with recommended salary ranges provided for six job levels in four congregational size profiles.
]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:30:00 -0400 Jan Gartner https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/congregational-salary October is ADHD Awareness Month https://www.uua.org/accessibility/blog/october-adhd-awareness-month Atena O. Danner

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In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, Atena O. Danner shares, “I had encountered various publications and groups for adults with ADHD, but sharing stories with people whose parenting, finances, traumas and bodies are inextricably linked with the experience of blackness… This was a revelation.”
]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:34:39 -0400 Atena O. Danner https://www.uua.org/accessibility/blog/october-adhd-awareness-month Is It Appropriation?: A resource to help your worship team navigate wisely https://www.uua.org/worship/lab/it-appropriation {text file attached}

Erika Hewitt

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Without curiosity and caution, the lure of deepening a congregation’s awareness of other traditions can lead into the harmful territory of appropriation.
]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:42:23 -0400 Erika Hewitt, Julica Hermann de la Fuente https://www.uua.org/worship/lab/it-appropriation By Remembering, We Love https://www.uua.org/braverwiser/remembering-we-love alt text: In a chapel or funeral home, six adults form a cluster, their backs turned toward the camera. They have their arms around each other and are focused on an object out of view, implied to be a casket.

Kim Mason

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All Souls is a day to remember the dead, and by remembering, say: this life mattered.
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