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Welcome! |
| The Women and Religion Movement is
alive and well in the 21st Century. It exists in UU Districts that hold Women
& Religion programs and gatherings. It exists at General Assembly, where
UUW&R sponsors programs and a fabulous booth in the display area. And it
exists in the hearts and lives of women who have been touched by the many
changes inspired by this movement. |
Spring
issue of WOMUUNWEB is now online!
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Many of us are at the
General Assembly in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Here are some photos of our booth
and a couple of pictures from the Annual Gathering. Rev. Addae Watson conducted
the opening service and Rev. Shirley Ranck was our keynote speaker.
We
passed a budget, honored the women of Florida District in solidarity with their
memorial to the Clearwater family's tragedy, and we elected new co-convenors
and secretary. I'll post more soon as I can!
Gretchen
 
The purple banner at the bottom of
the booth is the memorial to the Clearwater family. It will soon become a
traveling memorial to raise awareness about issues related to domestic and
sexual violence and violence against women. Stay tuned.
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 CAKES FOR THE
QUEEN OF HEAVEN:
IN ANCIENT TIMES
a five-session religious education curriculum in feminist
thealogy for adults and older youth
by
Shirley Ann Ranck
Unitarian
Universalist Women & Religion
Order HERE. The new Cakes curriculum includes a CD-ROM with
the greatly expanded slideshows and printable resource documents.
You
may also pre-order the 6-session "Part II: On the Threshold," which will
be released summer 2008. |
| You may now order the
revised RISE UP curriculum through our Store! |
| "We do not want a piece of the pie. It
is still a patriarchal pie. We want to change the recipe!" -- Rosemary
Matson |
| Our Story |
In 1977 the UUA General Assembly
unanimously passed the Women & Religion Resolution, calling all individual
UUs and UU organizations to examine and put aside sexist assumptions,
attitudes, and language and to explore and eliminate religious roots of sexism
in myths, traditions and beliefs.
For two decades the UUA Women and
Religion Committee led in transforming Unitarian Universalism toward greater
inclusiveness and gender equality. At the same time Women & Religion groups
formed, particularly at the district level, and began holding significant
programs and retreats. These gatherings continue to nurture and support UU
women today.
In 1996 the UUA Board declared the work of the resolution
finished and thus "sunsetted" the Women and Religion Committee. District
groups, however, continued to meet, and there was much conversation across the
continent about what to do next. In 2002, in honor of the 25th anniversary of
the Women and Religion Resolution, UU Women & Religion officially became an
independent affiliate organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association,
in order to continue the work of establishing gender equality in our religious
movement and the world. The religious roots of sexism continue to pervade the
secular world and reinforce sexism and patriarchy throughout the world today.
Clearly, we still have work to do! |
PHOTOS from GA
2007 - our booth and the "Revoluton by Resolution" workshop
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plus one new photo
from GA2006 "Cakes - She Changes" panel with Rev. Leslie Westbrook, Margot
Adler and Rev. Shirley Ranck: |
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Do you have more photos to share? Please send
them to our webweaver.
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UU Women & Religion
c/o
Secretary Gretchen Ohmann
P.O. Box 173, Benton Harbor, MI 49023-0173
info at uuwr dot org |
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contact our Webweaver if you have any
questions about the site!
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