Six Actions of Immediate Witness on Sunday’s agenda
All six of the proposed Actions of Immediate Witness were chosen to be placed on Sunday’s plenary agenda. They include: single-payer health care (universal health coverage); opposing a U.S. attack on...
View ArticleSocial activist inspires delegates
The Ware Lecture, the event at General Assembly that each year inspires delegates to go out and change the world, was given Saturday night by Van Jones, an activist who is working to combine solutions...
View ArticleCampaigning for president
At the 2009 GA in Salt Lake City delegates will elect a new UUA president and the Rev. William Sinkford will step down after eight years. The two announced candidates, the Rev. Laurel Hallman of First...
View ArticleMinister’s fellowship can be terminated for incompetence
Two UUA bylaw changes were passed at this morning’s plenary, and one Action of Immediate witness statement was debated and passed. Controversy erupted over a proposed bylaw change allowing for the...
View ArticleGA delegates endorse single-payer health care, other issues
GA delegates passed five Actions of Immediate Witness with little or no discussion in the sixth and final plenary session Sunday afternoon. One AIW, on ending present-day slavery in the fields, had...
View ArticleAccountability established for Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Act
Three Responsive Resolutions, one in response to the Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Resolution, one advocating a consultation on ministry to young adults, and the third asking the UUA to leverage...
View ArticleAnother GA Comes to An End
A worship service closed out General Assembly tonight. The final service is always where we get to see the GA Choir, which has been practicing all week. It sang five numbers, including “Yonder Come...
View ArticleClarification on ministerial fellowship bylaw change
The original headline of the General Assembly blog post about a bylaw change concerning the Ministerial Fellowship Committee—”Ministers can be terminated for incompetence”—imprecisely characterized an...
View ArticleMore news coverage of the 2008 General Assembly
The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel focused on youth anti-racism workshops at the 2008 General Assembly, but mistakenly described the 3,000 GA-goers as “clergy”—including the teenagers interviewed for the...
View ArticleNews summary from the 2008 General Assembly
This week’s edition of uuworld.org includes a news story about General Assembly business, focusing especially on the passage of the so-called “Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Resolution.” Be sure to...
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