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10/10/2026

What does it mean to build a community where our differences are not simply tolerated, but genuinely valued?

The Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray reminds us that true community is rooted in equality, mutuality, and reciprocity—honoring both our individual identities and the humanity we share.

For Unitarian Universalists, these words reflect our values of equity, justice, pluralism, and interdependence. We are called to build communities where everyone’s inherent worthiness is honored and our differences strengthen us.

A multiracial Black, LGBTQ+ human rights activist, legal scholar, author, poet, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Murray spent a lifetime breaking barriers. Murray was the first Black person to earn a JSD from Yale Law School, a founder of the National Organization for Women, and the first Black person perceived as a woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest.

Murray’s remarkable life and legacy continue to inspire us to build a more just and inclusive world. 💛

Learn more from the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice at the link in the comments.

10/07/2026

Our Action Center Weekly Update is live!

This week: why abolishing ICE is climate justice, as people of faith take action to Shut Down ICE in Vermont, how Chicago grounded an ICE Air contract, and what CBP's destruction of the Grandmother cottonwood at the border tells us about which side we're on. Plus: a new film centering TPS holders for African Immigrant Heritage Month, a Standing Rock anniversary conversation on defending public lands, and actions you can take with your community.

Read it now on SideWithLove.org

10/07/2026

We light this chalice for all those who opened doors before us....

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10/07/2026

When Christians say “empire,” we are not just describing a structure of domination but contrasting the politics of empire with the kingdom of God.

10/07/2026

The Children’s Diversity & Justice Library in conjunction with the organization that hosts our space and supports our mission, the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church (TVUUC) , is ending Banned Books Week 2026 with a joint service “Dangerous Learning: Anti-literacy & Op

10/07/2026

What makes a place sacred?

For many of us, there are buildings that hold deep meaning—the sanctuary where we found community, the fellowship hall where relationships grew, the rooms where we worshipped, grieved, celebrated, learned, and changed together.

But the heart of a church has never been its walls.

In the Fall/Winter issue of UU World, Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd reflects on the beloved buildings that can become our spiritual homes—and on the realization that what ultimately makes them sacred is the people who gather there.

That gathering can happen beneath a steeple or beneath the trees, in a storefront or around a screen. Wherever we show up for one another, practice our values, and choose to be in community, something sacred can take shape.

The beautiful new UU World cover, illustrated by Zöe Barker, captures that expansive vision of UU community: many doors, many spaces, many ways of finding our way to one another.

Where—or with whom—do you experience that sense of sacred community?

Read the article in UU World at the link in the comments.

10/07/2026