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Celebrating UUWF at 50!


Who are these women? Click the photo to find out.
Welcome to the circle of liberal religious women and men working to advance justice for women and girls and promote their spiritual growth.

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Jim Key, member, UU Fellowship of Beaufort, SC
Meet the Candidates for UUA Moderator

Deciding to take an educational role in the upcoming election for UUA moderator, the UUWF Board of Trustees asked both candidates three questions the board felt would be of interest to the Federation's
members and friends.


Here's how the candidates responded

Tamara Payne-Alex, member, First Unitarian Church of San Jose, CA

UUWF Signs onto Conestoga Wood Specialties v Kathleen Sebelius

Case is another aimed at keeping contraception coverage included in health insurance, this in the Third Circuit of the US Court of Appeals



Thought of the Month: May 2013



"Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions."
-- Unitarian Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell, born May 20, 1825, women's rights activist, social reformer, and the first American woman to be ordained by a congregation. In 1850 she attended the Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, MA; seventy years later, in 1920 at age 95, she was the only convention participant to witness the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the vote.




Welcoming 2013's First Clara Barton Sisters
 
The Women's Alliance of New York City's Unitarian Church of All Souls honored Jane Michel Alwais (left) and Marilyn B. Reagan by enrolling them in UUWF's Clara Barton Sisterhood - the first Sisters enrolled in 2013. The honorees are seen here with Rev. Galen Guengerich, th congregation's minister.
 
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Observing the 40th Anniversary of Roe v Wade
 
 
Read the joint statement issued by the presidents of the UUWF and the UUA
 
 



Left to right: Virginia Whitehill, Pat Cookston Davidson, and Mary Lou Hoffman



 Learn about the important role these and other women from the First Unitarian Church of Dallas played in Roe v Wade.




Reproductive Justice

UUWF issues statement on the North Dakota and other recent nti-choice legislaton

Federal court hands down ruling requiring emergency contraception to be available over the counter
 
UUWF signs onto an early onto another in a series of amicus briefs opposing the exclusion of contraceptive services from health  insurance, this involving a case in the Court of Appeals for the 10th District.

2012 UUWF Actions:

UUWF signed onto ACLU et al v O'Brien, an amicus brief supporting a case in the 8th District Court opposing the exclusion of contraception from health insurance.  You can also read UUWF's Statement of Interest.

Co-signed a letter supporting the Shaheen Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which would add coverage of abortion to medical insurance coverage provided to military families.

Related Actions:

  • UUWF Board Reaffirms UUA Resolutions on Reproductive Rights
  • Statement Protesting Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Resources on Reproductive Justice:

  • UUA's Congregational Resource Packet on Reproductive Justice 
  • Congregational Curriculum on Reproductive Justice, also from the UUA

 


Postings
  • Streaming video of UUWF's report to the 2012 UUA General Assembly
  • October 2012 UUWF report to the UUA Board of Trustees
  •  Summer 2012 issue of UUWF's newsletter, the Communicator
  •  "Circles of Reflection: Engaging Women in Justice Work through Small Group Ministry
  • Congregations and Beyond," an article by UUA President Rev. Peter Morales
 





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