Delegates oppose institutional racism with AIW
GA delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday afternoon for an Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) that condemns racist mistreatment of young people of color by police. The AIW grew out of an appearance at...
View ArticlePassed: fossil fuel divestment AIW
General Assembly delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday afternoon to adopt the Action of Immediate Witness “Consider Divestment from the Fossil Fuel Industry,” which calls for delegates to “begin a...
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Recommitting to antiracism, thanking Gini Courter
Gini Courter lights the chalice at her final plenary as moderator of the UUA. (© Nancy Pierce)Delegates introduced two responsive resolutions during Sunday’s final plenary recommitting the Unitarian...
View Article3,426 people participated in Louisville GA
A total of 3,426 people participated in the 2013 General Assembly, Trustee Tom Loughrey reported during the final plenary session Sunday night. Of those, 1,732 were on-site delegates, 112 were off-site...
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Ministry fund created in Courter’s honor
Announcing a fund to honor Gini Courter that supports experiments in UU growth. (© Nancy Pierce) In honor of the service of UUA Moderator Gini Courter, who retired from that position at General...
View ArticleCourter urges assembly to set the UUA’s vision
Gini Courter delivered her last moderator’s report Sunday afternoon, an impassioned plea to the delegates to be the visionaries for the Association. “You hold the power of this Association in your...
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Delegates donate $16k to New Orleans congregations
© 2013 Nancy Pierce/UUA In Plenary Friday afternoon, a special collection raised $16,994 for the three New Orleans-area congregations, still recovering from the damage of Hurricane Katrina and broken...
View ArticleGA ends in celebration, installation of new leaders
At the closing ceremony at General Assembly Sunday night GA participants welcomed a new moderator, Jim Key, who was elected to that position Saturday. They also welcomed back to a second term UUA...
View ArticleRoundup: Media coverage of 2013 General Assembly
In addition to early media coverage of last Thursday’s clean energy rally—the public witness event of the 2013 UUA General Assembly—GA also attracted the following news coverage: The main Louisville...
View ArticleGA clean energy rally draws attention from EPA
General Assembly ally draws EPA’s attention from UU World on Vimeo. The General Assembly’s public witness event—a June 19 rally for clean energy sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association and...
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