As Unitarian Universalists, we acknowledge our own history of these efforts. Unitarians worked to establish two Indian boarding schools in the US, specifically in Colorado and Montana. Learn more about our history with Indian boarding schools: juustwa.org/10113-2/

“From this place we handle the truth that poverty doesn’t have to exist. It’s our creation, not God’s.” -Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II #PoorPeoplesCampaign Read Bishop Barber’s entire remarks from today’s Vatican conference on ending poverty: breachrepairers.org/press-releases… 📷 Vatican trip, 11/2017

The auction is coming! The auction is coming! firstparishinbrookline.org/first-parish-a…

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” Happy 90th birthday Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Peace and Love.

Deb Haaland US Department of the Interior will run the Boston Marathon. She will have ancestors running with her. #IndigenousPeoplesDay bostonglobe.com/2021/10/10/opi…

It is impossible to exaggerate the magnitude of the human injustice perpetrated against Indigenous people. We must continue to open ourselves to a transformation that seeks to redress past wrongs and address injustices. bit.ly/3oIa4Rs bit.ly/3lnOKyg

Alfred Brownell of First Parish in Brookline featured on Defenders of the Earth podcast. player.fm/series/defende…

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Thompson v. Clark, a case that has major implications for police accountability and racial justice. The Center for Antiracist Research partnered with Please follow @aonwuachi to submit an amicus brief in this case. 1/8 bu.edu/antiracism-cen…

What if anti-poverty programs addressed structural injustice rather than the behaviors of poor people? bostonreview.net/class-inequali…

Congratulations, Jo Murphy!!

LGBTQ UU's and people everywhere face discrimination and still need ministry and advocacy specific to their identities. We encourage you to reignite your congregation’s work of welcome & inclusion by making a commitment to renew your recognition. bit.ly/2GSUATQ

Though we strobed That we came in peace, He was already at war. We have battled hard to be. Nothing— Nothing— Can keep you safe. Silence least of all. Look alive, everyone. May such a prayer, A people, A peace, A promise, Be ours. Be right & radiant & real.

—dear trans*, non-binary, genderqueer⁠, and gender-expansive friends and kin:⁠ (and those of us whose gender is survival)⁠ by Rev. Theresa I. Soto⁠, from Spilling the Light: Meditations on Hope and Resilience⁠

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“For those living in harmony with these lands, the losses are permanent and incalculable, and cannot be righted by a fine. This is why water protectors and thousands of activists peacefully protested, enduring tear gas, police harassment…” — Climate Nexus link.medium.com/97iVCCU7Ylb

Just cancel it.

History has never been kind to those who have sided with voter suppression over voting rights. And it will not be kind to those who fail to defend the right to vote. Congress must debate and vote on the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

We won’t celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day without demanding legislation to protect the #MLKLegacy. We're calling on Congress to protect our freedom to vote! #wewantvotingrights Join us ➡️ deliverforvotingrights.com

Need a PCR test? The Town's free COVID-19 testing site is open at the Pierce School until 2 p.m. today. brooklinecovid19.com/2022/01/13/bro…

The privileging of White perspectives and power w/in American Christianity has been documented by ProfB, Robert P. Jones - Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, Kristin Du Mez, & others. Violent threats arose when one local church tried to prioritize other voices during Lent. #cancelculture publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/canceling-a-…